Was hoping some of my clunking sounds would be solved by replacing it, so it was worth the $20 to determine that wasn’t the cause. Eventually I’ll replace it with a new mopar one but didn’t have the funds right now
What did you do to your TJ today?
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New guy here. Just picked up my new-to-me 1998 Sport last week and have been busy fixing little things.
Might've gotten the days a little mixed up, but roughly it has been...
Day 1: Fluids. Clutch, oil, brakes, transmission, transfer case, and power steering. Left the differential fluids alone because the front D50 and rear Dana 60 were built/installed less than 10k miles ago by previous owner.
Day 2: New front bump stops. Tire rotation. Replaced one wheel stud. Tried and half-succeeded at adjusting parking brakes; can't get the right side to fully grab without dragging on release. Changed spark plugs, ran compression test. Wrapped steering wheel with cheap leather stitching kit; took four hours but got a surprisingly decent result.
Day 3: Checked A/C; no leaks but was super low on refrigerant. Filled up to spec. Added dash camera. Removed some ugly stickers and decals.
Day 4: Took it wheeling. Almost rolled it. Had a blast.
Day 5: Adjusted transfer case linkage. Installed new battery terminals (but they seem super cheap and likely to fail, so I have another style of new ones on order already). Removed hideous Amazon-junk fog lights and light bar.
Day 6 (today): Installed Quadratec floor liners. Had to cut notches up front to get around the full cage inside. Not sure that I'm a fan, but will see if they grow on me.
Still have quite a few things to address, and a bunch of stuff coming in the mail over the course of the next week. But, all in all, it's a great build and a great rig. Owned a 2018 JL Rubicon prior to this (and had a 4xe on order before I decided to go another direction due to delays), but this one has so much more panache.
Might've gotten the days a little mixed up, but roughly it has been...
Day 1: Fluids. Clutch, oil, brakes, transmission, transfer case, and power steering. Left the differential fluids alone because the front D50 and rear Dana 60 were built/installed less than 10k miles ago by previous owner.
Day 2: New front bump stops. Tire rotation. Replaced one wheel stud. Tried and half-succeeded at adjusting parking brakes; can't get the right side to fully grab without dragging on release. Changed spark plugs, ran compression test. Wrapped steering wheel with cheap leather stitching kit; took four hours but got a surprisingly decent result.
Day 3: Checked A/C; no leaks but was super low on refrigerant. Filled up to spec. Added dash camera. Removed some ugly stickers and decals.
Day 4: Took it wheeling. Almost rolled it. Had a blast.
Day 5: Adjusted transfer case linkage. Installed new battery terminals (but they seem super cheap and likely to fail, so I have another style of new ones on order already). Removed hideous Amazon-junk fog lights and light bar.
Day 6 (today): Installed Quadratec floor liners. Had to cut notches up front to get around the full cage inside. Not sure that I'm a fan, but will see if they grow on me.
Still have quite a few things to address, and a bunch of stuff coming in the mail over the course of the next week. But, all in all, it's a great build and a great rig. Owned a 2018 JL Rubicon prior to this (and had a 4xe on order before I decided to go another direction due to delays), but this one has so much more panache.
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HuskerJeep
TJ Enthusiast
Finished late last night - Gobi Stealth rack.
Welcome to the finest forum around! This place loves pictures.
Post some, so we have a visual of what you're working with.
Put it back on. The top had been sitting in the sun for a few days and it fits a lot better now. Was able to get the front bar to seat pretty good. The new fabric has stretched a little making it easier to work with.
I have to store my hardtop outside on a cart I built (using plans found on this forum), so I thought I would get a cover for it. I thought it would be an easy find, but no one seems to make one. I found a Custom Cover place online and sent them the dimensions and logo I wanted. Took just about a month.
What did I do to my TJ today? Nothing major. Just replaced the blown rear sound pod speakers with some 5.25” Kicker CS. Have the same pair for the dash; just waiting on the adapters from Amazon to show up. The previous owner put a POS head unit in and some Kenwoods overhead. Fronts speakers are oem mopar. The Kenwoods crumbled in my hand when I removed them. Looking at an Alpine head unit, but until then I’m hoping these Kickers will make somewhat of an improvement.
Both sound pods had some sort of rubber bushing that covers the stud that mounts in the roll bar. Yep....I lost both bushings by pushing them into the bar. Hopefully the pods don't rattle too much
In the vid i faded from rear to front to rear and wow what a difference. This ain’t no audiophile’s dream, but anything is better than what it was
edit: No vid...guess I can't load .mov vids Oh Well
Both sound pods had some sort of rubber bushing that covers the stud that mounts in the roll bar. Yep....I lost both bushings by pushing them into the bar. Hopefully the pods don't rattle too much
In the vid i faded from rear to front to rear and wow what a difference. This ain’t no audiophile’s dream, but anything is better than what it was
edit: No vid...guess I can't load .mov vids Oh Well
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kanur
Member
I had bought a set of Sahara/Rubicon fender flares a while back and sent them to the paint shop. I got them back and put them on and painted my front bumper with spray can bed liner to match the grill guard,
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Just finished cussing out my 4.0 while trying to remove the CCV valve and grommets. Finally got them out and replaced!
Now to move onto the leaking RMS...
Now to move onto the leaking RMS...
Threw the winch on last night, finally got tired of stepping over it in the garage
Found out today that my union is a sponsor of the Toledo Jeep Fest and I can sign up for free through them. Stopped by the hall to register, got a free union Jeep Fest shirt and some stickers. Free stuff is always nice lol
Painted some trinkets for the half doors, scraped adhesive off from the old door seal, and test painted some cardboard for color match. Tomorrow half doors get painted.
Where did you get the paint? My half doors could use a touch up
Www.automotivetouchup.com
have to give them a paint code and wait for it to be made, took about 4 weeks. I have a small touch up bottle from last year, only took about 10 days for it.
I’ve used those guys as well. That match was excellent.
Oh,is that ps5?mine were hard to match,still not perfect
PSB is the paint code, I think yours look pretty good! 99% of folks would never notice that slight difference in passing.
Psb is a lot better looking silver,don’t know why they had 3 silvers up to 2002?