JP's Week to Wheelin Dec 10-14

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"It’s coming this December. Not a Christmas eggnog coma or an early New Year’s hangover. We’re talking about another edition of Week to Wheeling, in which we take a boring, ordinary, completely stock vehicle and throw insults, wrenches, and high-quality parts at it until it’s an off-road killing machine. What’s the catch? We only have a week to do it, and there’s no wiggle room because at the end of each build day we upload a photo gallery and video of the day’s work.

Last year we did a fancy-pantsy 2007 JK Wrangler for Jp magazine, but this year the torch has been passed to Petersen’s 4-Wheel & Off-Road. We’re keeping it old-school and gritty with a 21-year-old 1997 Wrangler TJ. We love TJs because they’re light and nimble, and still enjoy a huge amount of aftermarket support. Best of all, they’re an affordable platform on which to start an off-road buildup.
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As this is being written, the Wrangler waits in the wings and parts are starting to flow into our shop. Come December 10, we’ll hoist the TJ up on the lift, roll cameras, and the 4-Wheel & Off-Road crew will begin the transformation by gutting the undercarriage in anticipation of a top-quality MetalCloak long-arm suspension. Be sure to check back here at fourwheeler.com each day beginning Monday, December 10, to see the video wrap-up of the day’s work, with new update stories and videos each following day until Friday, December 14, deadline!"
 
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Ranger_b0b said:
I wish I had a magazine budget...I also feel they are cheating a bit, ordering everything ahead of time. Part of the project include going "Oh Crap! I need this other part to finish before I need to drive to work, pick up the kids, whatever."
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Yeah I agree on the "Oh Crap" part happened to me last week and now I'm waiting on parts but at the same time I do enjoy watching stuff like this!!!! I can't wait to see each video this should be fun to watch!
 
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Fouledplugs said:
Its great to see that folks are still building the TJ’s. So many people have jumped on thr JK/JKU ans now the JL/JLU train...which I am thankful for, makes for more TJ’s out there for us to get our hands on.
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I agree and I love my TJ but I will say a JKU is in my future as my daily, with 2 kids and 3 huskies, a JKU is going to be a great daily driver, but my personal off-road Jeep will with my be TJ or my 1947 CJ-2A!!!!

-Grant
 
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MallCrawlOnTons said:
The videos weren’t very technical to say the least. But I still endured and watched it.
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Yeah, I especially liked the part where they rammed a tap in with a power drill. Not exactly the correct way to use a tap.....

And the question: "Why is there one Torx bolt and three regular bolts holding the seat down?" Duh, the Torx bolt is the seat belt anchor. Still, funny nonetheless. :)
 
RubiconMike said:
Yeah, I especially liked the part where they rammed a tap in with a power drill. Not exactly the correct way to use a tap.....

And the question: "Why is there one Torx bolt and three regular bolts holding the seat down?" Duh, the Torx bolt is the seat belt anchor. Still, funny nonetheless. :)
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I cringed when I saw the tap being turned via power drill. I mean do what you want, but I always turn by hand.
 
RubiconMike said:
Yeah, I especially liked the part where they rammed a tap in with a power drill. Not exactly the correct way to use a tap.....
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Why is it not the right way to use a tap? If you have a moderate amount of skill with a good drill driver, you have a very good increase in the chances of getting the tap started straight, you are only limited by your drill's power level as to what and how deep you can tap and it is certainly a whole bunch faster. If you are worried, get a set of tap sockets so you and pull off and stop the tap from being turned if you feel like you are getting in trouble. I've been tapping with a drill forever and it is fast, clean, accurate, and did I mention it was fast? Not to mention, taps are used with power tapping heads all the time so I'm not quite sure what the hang-up is?
 
MallCrawlOnTons said:
I cringed when I saw the tap being turned via power drill. I mean do what you want, but I always turn by hand.
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Yeah, that was cringe-worthy. When I was a machinist, I was taught to oil the tap, then by hand, turn - back off to break the chip - turn - back off, etc. For a long thread, remove the tap when it is filled with chips, blow out the hole and tap, and repeat. But I didn't have to rebuild a Jeep in a week........ :)
 
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