Long day yesterday working until noon, and driving 6 hours across the wastelands of Kansas I finally arrived to inspect the LJ I have been eyeing. It has some shortcomings, it needs some dialing in and some attention to detail, but with only 50k actual miles and a mod list probably well north of $30K I negotiated a price I could live with and loaded it up. It was a close thing, at one point I was ready to go home with an empty trailer over $1000 difference of option. The seller caught me just in time with a "yes" to my demands. Time will tell if I made the right decision.
Here she is in all her vinyl covered glory. I hate stickers, I really mean it. Your Jeep you decision, I respect that. But for me, no stickers.
The roads really suck out in rural Kansas, and empty the trailer is no fun when the roads are bad. With the LJ on the back the ride home was much more pleasant, and we took a longer route on mostly 4 lane through Southern KC.
I didn't take many pictures today, since I spent pretty much the whole day peeling stickers and cleaning off adhesive. My son helped me for a while and made parts runs to get adhesive remover and a new piece of tubing for the front diff vent. It was pinched almost in two, so I rerouted it and tidied up a little under the hood. Lots of wiring for lights, super charger computer, SPOD, etc. and I don't like the way they did any of it. Part of making it my own I guess.
Found both door locks inoperable, pulling the panels and lubing everything fixed 95% of the issues. The drivers door still does not like to lock occasionally from the inside but the key works 100%. Seems they froze up from not being used, PO said he never once locked it since it was always indoors. Soft top it came with is pretty ratty looking, but I will clean it up and see what's what. At least I have a frame if I want to use it.
Here she sits free from the shame of 100 stickers, next to the TJ while the wife's Grand Cherokee is outside in the rain. TJ gets detailed and readied for a new home next week. Next on the list will probably be a snorkel delete. Looks like he chopped the fender up to get it to fit. Will tinker as time allows. Wheeling next weekend, plan to find the weak links then.
I need a set of OEM hood latches if anyone has any. The alloy ones on the LJ are garbage.
Here she is in all her vinyl covered glory. I hate stickers, I really mean it. Your Jeep you decision, I respect that. But for me, no stickers.
The roads really suck out in rural Kansas, and empty the trailer is no fun when the roads are bad. With the LJ on the back the ride home was much more pleasant, and we took a longer route on mostly 4 lane through Southern KC.
I didn't take many pictures today, since I spent pretty much the whole day peeling stickers and cleaning off adhesive. My son helped me for a while and made parts runs to get adhesive remover and a new piece of tubing for the front diff vent. It was pinched almost in two, so I rerouted it and tidied up a little under the hood. Lots of wiring for lights, super charger computer, SPOD, etc. and I don't like the way they did any of it. Part of making it my own I guess.
Found both door locks inoperable, pulling the panels and lubing everything fixed 95% of the issues. The drivers door still does not like to lock occasionally from the inside but the key works 100%. Seems they froze up from not being used, PO said he never once locked it since it was always indoors. Soft top it came with is pretty ratty looking, but I will clean it up and see what's what. At least I have a frame if I want to use it.
Here she sits free from the shame of 100 stickers, next to the TJ while the wife's Grand Cherokee is outside in the rain. TJ gets detailed and readied for a new home next week. Next on the list will probably be a snorkel delete. Looks like he chopped the fender up to get it to fit. Will tinker as time allows. Wheeling next weekend, plan to find the weak links then.
I need a set of OEM hood latches if anyone has any. The alloy ones on the LJ are garbage.