What did you do to your TJ today?

[Zorba]

Took my amigos to Bucees, Athens,Al.

Google what happened here last friday night. Crazy.

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So you went dress shopping?

 

[Zorba]

I’m about to!

Tell him to turn his phone sideways while you're at it...

 

[matkal]

Finished up the license plate mount. When I re-tub I’ll increase the radius on the corners to better match the plate.

 

[Zorba]

Is there a reason insulating the A/C lines was not done at the building of the Jeep other than cost? I was considering doing this when I repaired my A/C but I see nobody does this so I held off. The line going to the evaporator is cold and there is condensation forming on it when in use. I would think that this line would be a good candidate I be insulated but i have never seen it done by anyone... not you either... is there a reason? And the line you did insulate I don't know why you did that line. What benefit would that have for the A/C in general? Can anybody please explain this for the A/C kind of is over my head for some reason.

Put simply: There's a line that gets cold - which means its absorbing heat needlessly. With that said, internet research shows doing this is controversial. "It won't do any good" is one - and in a practical sense that may be true. *shrug*. The other thing is to watch out for corrosion caused by trapped condensate. How this would differ from a home HVAC where the cold line is always insulated is unclear to me - but I'll check things in a year or so and see what they look like.

 

[NashvilleTJ]

Put simply: There's a line that gets cold - which means its absorbing heat needlessly. With that said, internet research shows doing this is controversial. "It won't do any good" is one - and in a practical sense that may be true. *shrug*. The other thing is to watch out for corrosion caused by trapped condensate. How this would differ from a home HVAC where the cold line is always insulated is unclear to me - but I'll check things in a year or so and see what they look like.

Condensate comes from warm moist air coming in contact with the cold surface of the tube. I would think that adding the foam insulation would keep said air from circulating around the tube, and therefore minimizing condensation. You can’t trap condensate that does not form. Does that make sense?

 

[Zorba]

Condensate comes from warm moist air coming in contact with the cold surface of the tube. I would think that adding the foam insulation would keep said air from circulating around the tube, and therefore minimizing condensation. You can’t trap condensate that does not form. Does that make sense?

It makes total sense and was my though process. But - I'll check it in a year or so anyway just to be sure.

 

[John Cooper]

FIFY....

Or maybe even the wheel droppers...

I could always add pictures if any one is interested??

Somethings are worth saving pictures of....

 

[NWPA Jeepy T]

Got it put all back together yesterday after having the front axle regeard after this on 4th of July weekend

Turns out, I trashed the spiders and bent the carrier and the ring in the location of the damaged teeth. $$
Got her all together though and started my 500 miles last night

 

[Andy-WhiteTJ]

Oh no - Talk about pokin’ the regulations bear…

No one is above the law....

 

[Dave Kerr]

Took my freshly cleaned 97 up into the Ouachitas to visit a cool natural spring, and then did some fire trails I hadn't been on, one of which turned pretty gnarly about halfway up. At which point I discovered that my cable shifter needs some sort of adjustment because I didn't really want to go into 4LO easily, and then I getting back into 2HI was harder than it should have been.

And I forgot just how early this thing shifts. I've messed with the TV cable before and not really had any success, but maybe today is the day I monkey with it some more. I'll be driving it back to Dallas tomorrow morning with a laundry list of stuff to do before we head to S.M.O.R.R. in mid-September.

• re-gear
• install the true-trac I picked up
• replace the stereo
• put the hard top on either the 02 or daughter's 97 / put the soft top back on mine

Related to the SMORR trip, I've been flat towing when I go to Hot Springs, but Seymour, MO is a lot further and have been considering trailering. (A) I've never driven a trailer and backing one up scares the crap out of me, and (B) I was concerned that it was going to be too heavy. I took the jeep to the scales at the dump yesterday, and with doors off, hard top on, 1/4 of gas...subtracting off my weight had it a touch under 3800 lbs. I will have very little in the way of gear and no additional people. FIL's tandem 18' trailer weighs in at 1750 lbs, which puts me around 950lbs (15%) under my advertised tow rating. So that just leaves me sacking up & learning how to do what every good ole boy in the world already knows how to do: back a trailer.

I put my LJ on a U Haul trailer and it towed great behind my Sequoia. Price was reasonable.

 

[Steve R]

I’ve got all the parts and this system is going in this weekend.

 

[mjonesjr84]

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I’ve got all the parts and this system is going in this weekend.

Keep us informed on this. I'm very interested in doing this.

Edit: The more I look at it though, fuel will still be present in the fuel rail. I don't see how this would completely eliminate the vaporization issue.

 

[Steve R]

Keep us informed on this. I'm very interested in doing this.

Edit: The more I look at it though, fuel will still be present in the fuel rail. I don't see how this would completely eliminate the vaporization issue.

Will do.

It keeps a constant flow of cool fuel from the tank circulating through the fuel rail instead of the fuel sitting there and boiling do to heat and causing vapor lock

 

[hear]

I put my LJ on a U Haul trailer and it towed great behind my Sequoia. Price was reasonable.

I just traded my GX for a Land Cruiser, so now I've got a bunch more towing capacity. And yeah, the u-haul trailer is under $300, so this doesn't have to be stupid expensive.

 

[hear]

I have a friend who did this in a Chevy truck. He used a hole saw and a drill press to cut the holes. Used Vulkem to hold the pods in.

hmm. That's an interesting idea. My free-to-me drill press spit the bit (pun intended) a year ago, but I guess I have to ponder this. Thanks!

 

[MD.PipeGuy]

Tie rod refresh

 

[jwilkinson01]

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I’ve got all the parts and this system is going in this weekend.

I am running an almost identical setup. I got the fuel pump from boostwerks, the fuel rail from FassterLLC (eBay, great to work with) and filter from FST performance. I still haven’t quite finished my work to get the jeep registered again so not too many miles but a good amount of idle time with no issues

 

[Dave Kerr]

You weren't being an ass
Yeah I'm halfway set on the soldering thing but now I gotta keep my eyes peeled on where it's OK to solder and crimp stuff !

I buy marine crimp connectors made by Ancor. I like their plating and the heat shrink insulation includes adhesive for waterproof and added strength. Their wire is also tinned. Some auto wire is and some isn't. I've seen some pretty corroded splices.

 

[TheBoogieman]

Took an hour drive (still testing my CPS sensors) and came back to this hanging from a tree behind my condo. Damn racist people.

 

[reddvltj]

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I’ve got all the parts and this system is going in this weekend.

If you could post up a link it would be much appreciated.. This might also serve to be a suitable fix for the ever disapearing OEM Bosch fuel pumps since it says you can run a second pump...