What did you do to your TJ today?

Tossed the tires on and set it on its own weight for the first time in a few weeks. Instantly noticed the axle wasn’t centered. Had the track bar up one spot too high on the mount, dropped it down a hole and it was within 1/16” left and right. Maybe tomorrow I’ll finally get to drive it haha

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MountaineerTom said:
Replaced a faulty switch for my windshield mounted lights, cleaned up my shop from multiple iterations of projects (I now have some workbench space) and then drove it to get me and my wife ice cream cones.
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I love Ice cream almost as much as i like driving my TJ.

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So in removing the rear drum brakes I came across the most interesting brake shoes I've seen.

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I don't know if they're a Canadian tj thing or what. Are all tj rear brake drums made in Canada?
 
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All 4 Wheelin' said:
So in removing the rear drum brakes I came across the most interesting brake shoes I've seen.

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I don't know if they're a Canadian tj thing or what. Are all tj rear brake drums made in Canada?
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How do you know they were Canadian.... were their traces of Maple Syrup on them ? ;)
 
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Well, technically this happened yesterday, but I found a little mud....I did not detect a whole lot of difference between the Mud T/As that were on it, and the A/Ts that are on it now.....Probably have to be a bigger patch of mud, or deeper to prove that.....

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BillW said:
Well, technically this happened yesterday, but I found a little mud....I did not detect a whole lot of difference between the Mud T/As that were on it, and the A/Ts that are on it now.....Probably have to be a bigger patch of mud, or deeper to prove that.....

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Look for a mud puddle, then cross it and see if you can get out.;)

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Developed a new sound today while driving home from my daughter’s school. Loud ticking or even knocking sound. Increases with throttle. Hopefully it holds out until the new parts get delivered. At least I only have one more night to work then I won’t have to drive it for a couple days.
 

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It appears that all my valves are getting oil and are moving up and down. I guess it could be a lifter stuck but everything else appears to be normal at first glance. Two out of 8 pushrods are tight enough that I can’t turn them with my fingers, the other 6 are loose enough to turn by hand. I guess I’ll dig into now and drive the wife’s car to work and tomorrow when my rocker arms and pivot and bridges are delivered I can just put back new parts.
kincaid.0678 said:
Developed a new sound today while driving home from my daughter’s school. Loud ticking or even knocking sound. Increases with throttle. Hopefully it holds out until the new parts get delivered. At least I only have one more night to work then I won’t have to drive it for a couple days.
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kincaid.0678 said:
It appears that all my valves are getting oil and are moving up and down. I guess it could be a lifter stuck but everything else appears to be normal at first glance. Two out of 8 pushrods are tight enough that I can’t turn them with my fingers, the other 6 are loose enough to turn by hand. I guess I’ll dig into now and drive the wife’s car to work and tomorrow when my rocker arms and pivot and bridges are delivered I can just put back new parts.


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Cylinder 3 and cylinder 4 both have a lifter stuck. One intake and one exhaust. I can see the one spinning in the hole so maybe it’s just locked from the pressure. The very last one on the engine cylinder 4 is also stuck but I can’t get a good look at it since it sets back so far under the firewall. Should be fun figuring this out.
 
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