I have 2 more heat cycles before I can cruise the freeways. I'll be getting those in tomorrow.
What did you do to your TJ today?
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I have 2 more heat cycles before I can cruise the freeways. I'll be getting those in tomorrow.
Those look a lot like the tires I used to run on my old CJ5 back in the 80s. Great mud tires, not so much in sand though as I got stuck in my sandy yard with them. What brand and size are they?
Head Lice
TJ Addict
Mounted a flip down door stop on the inside of the tailgate to keep the tailgate from swinging closed. I believe there's a thread in this forum about doing this. It works very well.
May I recommend doing the valve cover gasket first. Mine was so bad the underside of the engine & trans was an oily mess. Once I changed it and cleaned the residue I found that there were actually no other leaks.
There's dark red fluid on my garage floor right now. The transmission absolutely is leaking. I'm having some weird issues with the transmission right now and I heard that the 32RH transmissions have issues when the fluid is low.
Yeah, valve cover aint gonna fix that!!
I have 2 more drives before I can start tackling the AT fluid change and the transfer case change this weekend. I may be able to do it Friday after I leave work early.
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36x12.5r15 TSL radials. I ran the same on my cj5 in the 90s. Mud, rocks, sand, snow. Never had a problem with any of that. That's why I have them on my TJ.
I ran the old Gateway Buckshots in Q78 15 and their Q78R 15 back in the 80's and early 90's.
Sure do miss buying 4 of them for $500.00 mounted and balanced.
These are what they have now. I just can't justify the price.
The TSL ain't cheap that's for sure. I ran a set of Buckshot Mudders on my first 4x4, a 76 fj40. That was back in the 80s.
deadbeat son
TJ Addict
Is it leaking from the connection to the cooler in the new radiator you installed?
I love the TSL's also. Ran them on my 78 Bronco.
Fordy too's and jaun tauns!!!!!
Nope, it is leaking from the trans oil pan area.
The skid plate is getting dropped this weekend, thoroughly cleaned, the AT pan is getting the gasket replaced as well as a fluid change, and the transfer case fluid is getting changed too.
I want to thoroughly clean everything so that if there is a leak elsewhere, it is easier to track down.
MountaineerTom
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So, where did you get it from? Does the quality seem good?
I went to put the little gray piece back in mine and found that the bottom of the connector was broken and wouldn’t hold the gray piece.
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Jason06
TJ Enthusiast
I bought two new keys for the TJ at the local Dodge/Jeep dealer. Grand total was $51.06 and that included them being cut while I waited!
drilled the new old windshield to mount some hacked up side trim
Worked on modifying and mounting the cavfab sliders.
It comes with a spacer welded on for the raised torque box section but it's not high enough. And the sliders only have 4 mounting holes underneath. So, I made some spacers and drilled some more holes. Again, don't mind my super sloppy welds. It just needs to be held in place.
Oh yeah, mounted the front bumper and winch as well
I didn't get one of the nutserts set quite right and it's spinning, so I'll need to address that when I take it off to paint. But not bad.
Worked on modifying and mounting the cavfab sliders.
It comes with a spacer welded on for the raised torque box section but it's not high enough. And the sliders only have 4 mounting holes underneath. So, I made some spacers and drilled some more holes. Again, don't mind my super sloppy welds. It just needs to be held in place.
Oh yeah, mounted the front bumper and winch as well
I didn't get one of the nutserts set quite right and it's spinning, so I'll need to address that when I take it off to paint. But not bad.
Mine were Co Op Grip Spurs in a 7.00 x 15 if I remember right. I think I bought 5 at $75 each mounted and balanced. This would have been about '82. My CJ5 was a '80 with the GM 4 banger so the smaller tires worked well on it. Until I backed into a deep sand corner of the yard to turn around and all 4 dug down in about 3 seconds. I spent the rest of afternoon digging it out.
