What did you do to your TJ today?

[Foxhound67]

First off, the good stuff today. Worked on the TJ sun up to sun down, new bearings, new ball joints, 4.56 gear install, lunchbox, fun times!

The issue arose when I went to swap the u-joints in the front shafts at the end of the day. Those fools were seized, I don't know how they ever articulated in the vehicle outside of sheer force. Couldn't get the rings out to press out the joint, had to shatter them. Good joints don't look like this.

Turns out when the PO of this Jeep did joints last (or had them done) the ears on the drivers side shaft (Dana 30) were bent! Gonna have to leave the shafts out so I can at least drive the 3 miles to work in 2wd until my chromoly replacements get in Tuesday.

 

[TheBoogieman]

When I bought this TJ in March I flushed the cooling system, replaced the hoses, tstat and cap and filled with G05. It ran perfectly with the needle in the same spot and coolant temp from 195 to 203 on the Torque app. A month ago the OEM rad split the top tank and I replaced it with a Denso. The old rad looks really clean inside. Temp ran exactly the same in the same 100+ heat. Put the winch back on and now temps in Torque are running 200 - 212 in 95f heat.

Those are normal temps. Go by the temp gauge on the dash.

 

[All 4 Wheelin']

Finally raining. Put the top on.

 

[Kiwi TJ]

Took a trip out to a car museum today .

Found some Jeep bits

And this fully restored Texaco gas tanker…(Found in Texas restored here in New Zealand) it was a complete rusty mess.

 

[Willys LJ]

Ol' Blue ran great on my little road trip yesterday. Still has the power steering leak that I need to fix. Guess it's time to get edjikated on Mercedes power steering boxes. Near as I can tell, mine is leaking from around the input shaft. I've got the seal and o-ring kit for it.

 

[Zorba]

Took a trip out to a car museum today .
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Found some Jeep bits
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And this fully restored Texaco gas tanker…(Found in Texas restored here in New Zealand) it was a complete rusty mess.
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The first couple of shots looked like miniatures at first glance. Wonderful collection! The dash on the Texaco tanker is reminiscent of - wait for it - a Tesla! All instrumentation in the middle. We've come full circle.

 

[TheBoogieman]

The dash on the Texaco tanker is reminiscent of - wait for it - a Tesla! All instrumentation in the middle. We've come full circle.

They're almost identical.
p.s. I'd rather drive the tanker.

 

[Willys LJ]

Took a trip out to a car museum today .
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Found some Jeep bits
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And this fully restored Texaco gas tanker…(Found in Texas restored here in New Zealand) it was a complete rusty mess.
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Love the Diamond T tanker! My cousin had a Diamond T pickup as a project once until someone came along and offered him more money than he thought it was worth.

 

[Zorba]

They're almost identical.
p.s. I'd rather drive the tanker.


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Yup. One of the Teslas doesn't have any instrumentation at all in front of the driver - just a tablet on a stalk in the middle.

 

[kincaid.0678]

Started on a project to fix my front bumper. It’s been held on by three bolts since I bought it. I noticed one of the bolts was broken off for the upper bolts. I got the bumper removed and the broken bolt with nut plate attached. Luckily the rear half of the plate was still tacked to the inside of the bumper. I put some new bolts in 5 out of the 6 holes and looked around for a 1/2-13 nut to weld inside the bumper but it looks like I’ll have to finish up this project later when I can scrounge up another nut that’s beefy enough to be welded up inside there. I’ll be ready for a winch soon.

 

[b622r]

 

[b622r]

Yup. One of the Teslas doesn't have any instrumentation at all in front of the driver - just a tablet on a stalk in the middle.

Full circle here

 

[b622r]

Full circle here

 

[Irun]

The weather has been very nice here over the last week or so. Mid 80's temps, no humidity and light breezes. Took advantage of that to explore some Virginia back-roads.

 

[SPECWAR]

Every road in Virginia is a back road.

 

[Willys LJ]

Every road in Virginia is a back road.

From what I saw when I was stationed in Norfolk, once you get out the Hampton Roads area, that's probably right.

 

[Cbrianroll]

Started pulling my lower front control arm to install new ones, bolt and sleeve are rusted together…wife is bringing me sawzall blades from shopping trip….booooo

 

[Zorba]

The weather has been very nice here over the last week or so. Mid 80's temps, no humidity and light breezes. Took advantage of that to explore some Virginia back-roads.

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I see ROTM potential here!

 

[SPECWAR]

Road of the month??

 

[Irun]

Road of the month??

https://wranglertjforum.com/forums/ride-of-the-month.228/