What did you do to your TJ today?

Zorba said:
I've never jacked mine up to change the oil - Hell, I don't even jack up the old MBZ for that. *shrug*
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Same…I only get ‘jacked up’ on Mountain Dew 🤪
Case in point…. The long drive to the Grand Canyon
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Trying to chase down a cylinder 1 misfire. Went to swap the 1&2 injectors to see if the code moved, but instead tore the o-ring. Got new o-rings, decided that my heat shield was thrashed so I ordered a new one of those too. Looks like the PO may have had a guest.

Pulling the fuel rail is a bit of a pain, can the insulation/heat shield be installed with the rail/injectors in place? It doesn’t get here till tomorrow but I’d like to get it back running today.


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Got my state inspection done. I was worried about having a high beam out and didn't have time to replace the headlight (sealed LED). I pulled up and got out, the mechanic jumped in, scraped my sticker off, put the new one on and said, "you're all done." 🥳Got home and removed some decals and did some touch-up on my paint chips.
 
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TheBoogieman said:
Got my state inspection done. I was worried about having a high beam out and didn't have time to replace the headlight (sealed LED). I pulled up and got out, the mechanic jumped in, scraped my sticker off, put the new one on and said, "you're all done." 🥳Got home and removed some decals and did some touch-up on my paint chips.
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Don’t forget to change the serial number😏
 
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ZazzelDazzel said:
Installed $2 Junkyard YJ rear rollbar pads kinda fit too!

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All that needs done is heating up my soldering iron and making a new hole in the correct place for the seat belt bolt. Waay cheaper than new, and washed up nice. I Don't know about the other pads, as I only needed the rears… dry lube for the zippers was clutch.
 
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TheBoogieman said:
Did you get the Mountain Dew pillow? ;)

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You can't begin to know how much mtn dew I consume. Especially Code Red. Who did a tub swap recently? They posted a video and I caught a glimpse of their code red and immediately had to stop the video & run to QT to make my PAF home-brew icy Code Red. I may need to go to QT now just thinking about it. I do need to test my fuel injector work.....
 
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hear said:
Trying to chase down a cylinder 1 misfire. Went to swap the 1&2 injectors to see if the code moved, but instead tore the o-ring. Got new o-rings, decided that my heat shield was thrashed so I ordered a new one of those too. Looks like the PO may have had a guest.

Pulling the fuel rail is a bit of a pain, can the insulation/heat shield be installed with the rail/injectors in place? It doesn’t get here till tomorrow but I’d like to get it back running today.


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I guess pulling the rail the first time was hard because It clearly hadn't been done in a long time. Apparently it's much easier to put the injectors into the rail and then install the rail into the block. Also a dab of oil on the o-rings seemed to make things go much easier. Now to pray my misfire code either moves or goes away.
 
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hear said:
You can't begin to know how much mtn dew I consume. Especially Code Red. Who did a tub swap recently? They posted a video and I caught a glimpse of their code red and immediately had to stop the video & run to QT to make my PAF home-brew icy Code Red. I may need to go to QT now just thinking about it. I do need to test my fuel injector work.....
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Why do all the things that are bad for us taste so damn good 😂
 
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hear said:
I guess pulling the rail the first time was hard because It clearly hadn't been done in a long time. Apparently it's much easier to put the injectors into the rail and then install the rail into the block. Also a dab of oil on the o-rings seemed to make things go much easier. Now to pray my misfire code either moves or goes away.
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Misfire code didnt' go away on its own, nor did the IAC code I got when I forgot to plug it back in (felt like it was impeding my ability to get the fuel rail out, was probably wrong). Last night I bit the bullet & cleared the codes knowing it would re-set my monitors and delay getting inspected...I was already a month out of date. Anyway, took it for a drive last night & then again this morning, got all the monitors ready in record time, and immediately went to go pass my inspection. WOOHOO!

All I did was clean the injectors, replace one rail-side o-ring, and moistened the o-rings with some 5w-20. I did swap the #1 & #2 injectors expecting the code to move, but so far no misfire at all. I have a hard time believing my actions fixed it, especially since I'm pretty sure I tore the o-ring putting it back together Wednesday (long after seeing the misfire code).

For the non Texans - in addition to whatever else they test, you can't have a CEL on, and for cars 2001 & newer, you can only have 1 monitor in not ready status. Older than that you can have 2 monitors not ready. I have definitely worked this to my advantage a time or two. :p
 
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