What did you do to your TJ today?

[lowranger]

Yeah....Happy Birthday! What a great way to spend it...cruising around in the TJ and great food.

 

[Squatch]

My birthday day today so I conned the boss into giving me the day off (ssshh) and went out around my fair city in search of some new shoes for Bruiser...more of recon mission just seeing what's out there and how much..had a look at some KO2's and almost fell over....560 bucks that's almost 400 USD each !!! stopped in at acouple wrecker yards as well to see if they had any soft top upper door skins but alas nothing.
Still a great day though...topless and doorless and ate a fantastic steak sandwich on the waterfront.Today was a good day.....oh and got a bit crispy as I forgot the sunblock lol

Happy Birthday, @Kiwi TJ!!! :dev14:

 

[Kiwi TJ]

Thanks everyone....might just kick back and watch a classic car movie ...Two lane blacktop, Bullit or maybe even the Blues Brothers lol

 

[Squatch]

Thanks everyone....might just kick back and watch a classic car movie ...Two lane blacktop, Bullit or maybe even the Blues Brothers lol

All worthwhile choices!

 

[Chief1942]

Yes, from across the pond, Happy Birthday!!

 

[CRGR]

View attachment 25997 Found a 5 band equalizer radio at u pull it yard. Thinking could tye a aux cable to cd input on back of radio. Any thoughts on this ?

That would be awesome if my speakers weren't crap!

 

[eddiefast1]

Got Stinger back. It has air! Air conditioning that is. Mac's Radiator in Bend did the plumbing. Cascade Auto Electric wired it. Again Mac's evacuated the unit and charged it. 39 degrees at the vent. Oh ya baby.

I may have to add a pusher fan. When I brought it home I was told to manually turn on the fan when using the AC. I did that and it still made the engine run warmer than I would like.
It looked like an easy job to wire it however I had three sets of instructions-- two from Novak, and the factory service manual. None agreed with the other hence letting the pros do it.

However for now I am focused on fabricating skid plates for the engine and tranny. Not a lot of hard points on which to mount these!

Kit? Cost would be of interest particularly for the install. Thanks in advance.

 

[B4_685]

Removed noisy / binding NV3550

Comparing NV3550 to Aisin Warner AX15 from Novak

Had to swap input shaft with shorter one from Novak

Borla header was cracked so went to swap in this one....didn’t fit [emoji52]

Inlet ports looked a bit gummy but otherwise ok

New shaft bent close to stock shape

And tunnel clearanced

Boot refitted

Gearbox filled with MT-90 and ATF for transfer case. Any idea how long a break in is for a new transmission?


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[StG58]

My birthday day today so I conned the boss into giving me the day off (ssshh) and went out around my fair city in search of some new shoes for Bruiser...more of recon mission just seeing what's out there and how much..had a look at some KO2's and almost fell over....560 bucks that's almost 400 USD each !!! stopped in at acouple wrecker yards as well to see if they had any soft top upper door skins but alas nothing.
Still a great day though...topless and doorless and ate a fantastic steak sandwich on the waterfront.Today was a good day.....oh and got a bit crispy as I forgot the sunblock lol

Happy Birthday!

 

[JMT]

Removed noisy / binding NV3550
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Comparing NV3550 to Aisin Warner AX15 from Novak
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Had to swap input shaft with shorter one from Novak
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Borla header was cracked so went to swap in this one....didn’t fit [emoji52]
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Inlet ports looked a bit gummy but otherwise ok
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New shaft bent close to stock shape
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And tunnel clearanced

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Boot refitted
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Gearbox filled with MT-90 and ATF for transfer case. Any idea how long a break in is for a new transmission?


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Nice work! And lots of it!

 

[JamesAndTheSahara]

Removed noisy / binding NV3550
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Comparing NV3550 to Aisin Warner AX15 from Novak
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Had to swap input shaft with shorter one from Novak
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Borla header was cracked so went to swap in this one....didn’t fit [emoji52]
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Inlet ports looked a bit gummy but otherwise ok
View attachment 26241

New shaft bent close to stock shape
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And tunnel clearanced

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Boot refitted
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Gearbox filled with MT-90 and ATF for transfer case. Any idea how long a break in is for a new transmission?


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What did you do about the cracked borla header?

 

[IronCity]

Installed new sway bar disconnects

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[glwood]

Installed new sway bar disconnects View attachment 26257


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Who makes those?

 

[IronCity]

Who makes those?

Rough country $85.00


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[glwood]

Rough country $85.00


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Thanks. Those actually look pretty nice for the price.

 

[IronCity]

Yeah no complaints so far n def better then stock. Only downfall is no greased joint but they got great reviews


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[Davidtj]

Removed noisy / binding NV3550
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Comparing NV3550 to Aisin Warner AX15 from Novak
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Had to swap input shaft with shorter one from Novak
View attachment 26238

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Borla header was cracked so went to swap in this one....didn’t fit [emoji52]
View attachment 26240
Inlet ports looked a bit gummy but otherwise ok
View attachment 26241

New shaft bent close to stock shape
View attachment 26242

And tunnel clearanced

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Boot refitted
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Gearbox filled with MT-90 and ATF for transfer case. Any idea how long a break in is for a new transmission?


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So how does it compare and what kind of money are we looking at?

 

[B4_685]

So how does it compare and what kind of money are we looking at?

I havent driven it but watch this space! 1600 USD for brand new box and input shaft for nv231 plus fab work for bending the selector and new fluids. They offer a new transfer case linkage cable system if you have issues with higher lift but I didn’t need it for my 3.5” rough country setup.


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[Kiwi TJ]

Cracker day so went for a drive at lunch...topless of course.

 

[JamesAndTheSahara]

Thanks. Those actually look pretty nice for the price.

Want to see what they look like post road salt season?

They still work fine, just aren’t shiney . These have 30k miles on them to show how durable they are. They will work just as good for the next owner of them as well .