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[lBasket]

Anyways related to the trip. It was kinda a shit show. Dude I went with decided not to mention his dog is "highly protective of us and our jeep" aka aggressive. I spent the entire first night keeping his dog from guarding the campsite from mine. I left the next day after I got yelled at for stopping their dog from trying to bite mine again. So stupid.

That was the night I ended up in Alamosa and got the control arm fixed. Next day, everything fixed, I decided to get as close to Poughkeepsie to camp as I could. I think I took mineral Creek up to it - I probably got there around 6. Couldn't find a campsite - in the dark, I turned off what I thought was a road to a campsite, ended up driving up a cutout from the forest service for erosion control. Not a road. Sketchy lol. I left and slept in my jeep on Silverton, shit night.

Overnight my ground beef escaped it's container in my cooler. Contaminated it all including my beer. By the time I got out of town to dump the water, it had left congealed fat through the Jeep and my stuff.

So I drove home with the Jeep smelling like meat and then broke the ujoint almost back of the highway. What a shit trip. And I don't think I like jeep camping anymore

I didn't take many pics when shit hit the fan, but:

Heading down medano first day:

Stopping by the rio grande reservoir after getting the control arm fixed

Cool little photo spot on Stony pass I think

Meat gunk :

 

[Apparition]

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[Woodrow]

More broken parts!! U joint failed … a lot of self-clearencing on the trail, so by the time I made that trip it was basically driving normally. In gunnison I decided to risk it and drive home - I just picked up some diff lube since it was leaking pretty bad. Stopped and filled it up every 30mins, ended up losing about 1/3q every 30mins on the highway.

Ended up being a nicer drive out with a known bad ujoint than my drive out with an unknown bad control arm lol. It honestly drove mostly normal.
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I'll bet that was noisy

 

[Woodrow]

Yeah... My hard part is I have tow hooks there. Although Maybe I will trust my bumper more with 8 more bolts in it.

Sorry I missed this earlier Trevor. I went round and round with frame tie in brackets and I run a tow hook on my driver rear frame, too. Next Venture were the brackets that finally worked for me. They fit (which the first 2 I tried did not) and they have 3 holes instead of 2 so they worked with a tow hook (albeit with some mods). I talked about it in my build thread some when I finally got it done (https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/woodrows-97-green-tj-moderate-build.51602/post-1337293) and here’s a pic:

Also, my Barnes bumper 3/16” steel only has 3 bolts per side (the 2 you see in the pic and one into the frame on the bottom which is blocked by the tow hook). I’ve used it for recovery without it bending.

 

[lBasket]

Sorry I missed this earlier Trevor. I went round and round with frame tie in brackets and I run a tow hook on my driver rear frame, too. Next Venture were the brackets that finally worked for me. They fit (which the first 2 I tried did not) and they have 3 holes instead of 2 so they worked with a tow hook (albeit with some mods). I talked about it in my build thread some when I finally got it done (https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/woodrows-97-green-tj-moderate-build.51602/post-1337293) and here’s a pic:
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Also, my Barnes bumper 3/16” steel only has 3 bolts per side (the 2 you see in the pic and one into the frame on the bottom which is blocked by the tow hook). I’ve used it for recovery without it bending.

Thanks for doing the research already!!

 

[lBasket]

Meat.

The carpet and seat are gonna have to come out. Hosed it down and hit it with soap and a sponge but it still smells today.

I'll try hitting the carpet with my carpet cleaner on the deck once I get it out. Might end up looking pretty nice at least.

 

[lBasket]

still smells like meat

 

[lBasket]

What do you guys think about garage doors like this? Overhead doors? Seeing them suggested over the flip-up style doors sometimes.

Looks like you can get one with insulated panels, side/header insulation, painted, with locks for like 1500$ shipped. If I could find one local and avoid the 500$ shipping it'd even better. They're supposed to be easy to install.

 

[FarFire70]

What do you guys think about garage doors like this? Overhead doors? Seeing them suggested over the flip-up style doors sometimes.

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Looks like you can get one with insulated panels, side/header insulation, painted, with locks for like 1500$ shipped. If I could find one local and avoid the 500$ shipping it'd even better. They're supposed to be easy to install.

Be able to secure it internally. Otherwise — the badones will get in!

They get into brand new vehicles these days — seen stupid crazy videos of the tech they use. Don't give them an entry point with a lame padlock...

All locks internal...

 

[lBasket]

Be able to secure it internally. Otherwise — the badones will get in!

They get into brand new vehicles these days — seen stupid crazy videos of the tech they use. Don't give them an entry point with a lame padlock...

All locks internal...

Good point, I was thinking the same thing, I was going to go for an internal one. Seems like it could be more secure than a traditional door like that? I honestly don't really live somewhere that is a concern nowadays anyways.

 

[FarFire70]

Good point, I was thinking the same thing, I was going to go for an internal one. Seems like it could be more secure than a traditional door like that? I honestly don't really live somewhere that is a concern nowadays anyways.

Didn't mean to nitpick your idea. Just wanted to point out a potential issue so you'd be thinking of it. I would suspect they probably make that style of door that can be secured internally.

 

[Rickyd]

still smells like meat

Pull the front seats and carpet so you can get the whole tub?

Simple green and a bath tub might be your best bet

 

[Apparition]

Pull the front seats and carpet so you can get the whole tub?

Simple green and a bath tub might be your best bet

Or

 

[lBasket]

Didn't mean to nitpick your idea. Just wanted to point out a potential issue so you'd be thinking of it. I would suspect they probably make that style of door that can be secured internally.

You're good. Literally anything would be more secure than my tools strewn around the MR2 in the open like they are now

Pull the front seats and carpet so you can get the whole tub?

Simple green and a bath tub might be your best bet

All the carpet has already been pulled and I've given the inside of the tub a soap and hose down.

I can kinda see at the drain holes there is two layers of sheet metal? I can only assume there is some meat juice that got inside the tub somehow, maybe by the torque box? It was definitely under the driver's seat.

Guess I'm just gonna put it back together and hope it slowly gets better. I'll buy some air fresheners

 

[Rickyd]

Or

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Problem solved

 

[lBasket]

Jeep no longer smells like meat!! Back to driveable condition!!

I have a tiny leak from my inner axle seal from the axle shaft I let flop around in Silverton. Kinda expected that but was hoping it wasn't a problem. I have extra seals and the special tool from last time, just a matter of getting motivated to do it. I hate doing those seals I really struggled to press them in straight even with the right tool last time.

I also found out this weird donger was broken when removing the carpet.

Oh no! How will I switch between passively heated engine air and actively heated heater core air now??? Pretty sure it's stuck on the "hot" setting cos the heat definitely works lol.

 

[Wildman]

Is it possible to 3D print the part?

 

[lBasket]

Is it possible to 3D print the part?

I'm not sure... I don't know if it's worth doing anything about. I don't have AC and I'd need a new slider if I wanted to add it anyways so it doesn't really do anything

 

[Wildman]

I'm not sure... I don't know if it's worth doing anything about. I don't have AC and I'd need a new slider if I wanted to add it anyways so it doesn't really do anything

You don't have A/C? Or your A/C just doesn't work?

If you don't have A/C I might be able to help you out. The Blue Jeep the Hemi came in doesn't have A/C. I need to find out if I've got the whole thing sold or not. Somone my neighbor knows was looking for a project rig and they were interested in the Jeep. If it turns out the Jeep isn't sold I can strip off whatever parts you need.

 

[Rickyd]

Jeep no longer smells like meat!! Back to driveable condition!!

What did you do? Flush the torque boxes?

I'm not sure... I don't know if it's worth doing anything about. I don't have AC and I'd need a new slider if I wanted to add it anyways so it doesn't really do anything

Your hvac is always drawing some air. Switching it to cool will at least block off the heater core so it isn't drafting hot air into the cab?

Some of those levers used to be available. You might get lucky. I drilled and ran a screw into the broken piece so I could pull it out with pliers.