New TJ owner!

[SentientMachinery]

Hello everyone! I've had a number of different cars over the years and always wanted a Jeep and finally got one a few months ago. It's an '05 Rubicon and I absolutely love it so far. It's been a lot of fun digging through it and sorting out what the previous owners have done. I'm sure I'm going to have a ton of questions with most of them being annoying so I apologize in advance

 

[bucky]

Welcome to the forum. Is it stock? If not put all your mods in your profile. I gives us the information we need to answer questions. We also like pictures. You can start by posting a pic of your new found beauty.

 

[DakotaTJ]

Welcome. They get in your blood. You probably already know that. Glad to have another “annoying question guy” because I certainly am one.

 

[rasband]

Welcome to the forum! It's definitely the best place to chat and ask questions about TJs.

 

[SentientMachinery]

Thank you for the welcome! It's not stock but pretty close and I've been crawling around it seeing what it has. It has a 3" spacer lift, old Rancho RS5000 shocks, some 33" Cooper Discoverer S/T Tires, and thats about it that I can tell so far for major mods. So far I've replaced both locker pumps, parking brake, battery, spark plugs, ignition coil, water pump, radiator, thermostat, fan and fan clutch, courtesy lights, door switches, and footman loop. The next project is replacing the suspension as the rear shocks are actually Teraflex 9550s so on the highway crossing a crested centerline at 75mph feels like a roller coaster taking orbit.

Is there a specific place to ask technical questions?

 

[bucky]

Sounds like you’ll fit in just fine. This section is for General Discussions. TJ How-to Guides and TJ Resources have lots of good information. Spend some time perusing all the sections. Chris has built a wonderful platform and we have many members who are more than happy to help and spend your money.

 

[John Cooper]

So far I've replaced both locker pumps, parking brake, battery, spark plugs,



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Where did you find pumps? New or used?

 

[tr21triton]

Very nice looking Rubi. Welcome to the forum

 

[Irun]

Where did you find pumps? New or used?

The question many of us immediately thought, when reading the post!

 

[SentientMachinery]

Where did you find pumps? New or used?

The pumps are new! It took a good bit of investigating to figure this out. So the pumps were/are manufactured by a Japanese company called GKN Driveline and Jeep put their part number on it. They make the same pump for some Asian auto manufacturers like Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Kia, and Hyundai. The Kia and Hyundai ones are easy to import from Korea and the Kia part number is 51030 3E100. The only difference is with the Kia ones that I got, the connector is different so you just need to cut and solder your old connector on to them. Other than that, they are the exact same pump.

 

[John Cooper]

The pumps are new! It took a good bit of investigating to figure this out. So the pumps were/are manufactured by a Japanese company called GKN Driveline and Jeep put their part number on it. They make the same pump for some Asian auto manufacturers like Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Kia, and Hyundai. The Kia and Hyundai ones are easy to import from Korea and the Kia part number is 51030 3E100. The only difference is with the Kia ones that I got, the connector is different so you just need to cut and solder your old connector on to them. Other than that, they are the exact same pump.

Ok, yep I had heard of those. If mine do go out, I will probably order used ones from Rubicon Resurrection.

Not knocking the new one's, I'm just cheap.

 

[bucky]

I’ve got 2 recycled pumps from Dead Jeep sitting on the Parts shelf waiting when needed.

 

[SentientMachinery]

Ok, yep I had heard of those. If mine do go out, I will probably order used ones from Rubicon Resurrection.

Not knocking the new one's, I'm just cheap.

I don't blame you, that's more money for more parts

 

[Weasellee]

The pumps are new! It took a good bit of investigating to figure this out. So the pumps were/are manufactured by a Japanese company called GKN Driveline and Jeep put their part number on it. They make the same pump for some Asian auto manufacturers like Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Kia, and Hyundai. The Kia and Hyundai ones are easy to import from Korea and the Kia part number is 51030 3E100. The only difference is with the Kia ones that I got, the connector is different so you just need to cut and solder your old connector on to them. Other than that, they are the exact same pump.

This information needs to be documented in the resource section. Anyone? @Chris

 

[Chris]

This information needs to be documented in the resource section. Anyone? @Chris

This is documented in there. I need to find the thread but someone made a thread all about this.

 

[Weasellee]

This is documented in there. I need to find the thread but someone made a thread all about this.

Good enough