What did you do to your TJ today?

[Shane Mckinley]

Put on new rear bilstien shocks thankful my job has a warehouse with a lift I can use haha

Oh the luck! Totally jealous


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2005 RHD TJ Sport
2010 BMW 528xi

 

[psrivats]

I uninstalled the crappy aftermarket auto-mate car alarm that the prev owner put in. It took longer than expected due the clusterf*** of the way the wiring was done. But I managed to get it all out and tidied up. Why do people put these things in Jeeps. No one pays attention to car alarms anyways these days.

I am going to the dealership in the AM to get the new OEM SKIM and keys I put in.

 

[k-huevo]

This task wasn't completed in one day, more like two weeks of fiddling. Shifting has always had its problems, a rebuilt transmission and a shifter tower in much better condition than the previous one, fixed some of the issues, but not all. A body and engine mount lift created some added interference; sculpting the shifter bezel and console helped a bit there, but once again not quite enough. While removing the stick shifter I could see and feel a lot of play in the damper assembly, part of the issue was a badly worn index key. I looked at the shape of B&M's aftermarket stick shifter and thought that at least it may offer room for a beverage in the forward cup holder. The surprise after installing it was much improved shift quality, immediately. I removed the vinyl boot, replaced a torn shifter cover, and whittled away the bezel and console to eliminate any possibility of contact. I also radiused the lower edge of B&M's nub mount for a low friction interface with the new shifter cover.

Shifting is nothing like it used to be. I use fingers to shift, instead of palming the stock knob and swinging the stick far & wide. BTW, a beverage in the front cup holder still gets in the way.

 

[jeepins]

Waiting on a wiring harness and getting ready to replace the carpet so I started taking out all of the plastic to redo (repaint).

You can see the differences in color from the sun fading things over the years. Should be only 2 colors.. gray and black

This guy was watching me the entire day.

 

[Lucee]

Hung this. Didn’t have time for anything else

 

[psrivats]

I got the SKIM programmed at the dealership and new keys cut. They charged me waaaay less than I was expecting and it was really painless. Anyone worried about your Jeep's security, strongly consider this addition to your Jeep if it did not have it from factory.

 

[Agee]

Just bought a 2005 Unlimited and found a little rust on the front window hinge
This morning I brought it to a body shop for rust repair
My first Jeep
Also has some pock marks on the hood but the body man said to just touch up paint them
along with the scratches on the door frame
My first post on this site

 

[Mike_H]

Old...

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[Oscar]

Nothing to the Tj but for the Tj. A little buddy.

 

[KCsTJ]

Me and my little buddy took care of my pool route today in the TJ..

Here we are back home after a days work in the TJ ..

 

[psrivats]

I got the SKIM programmed at the dealership. Also got 3 chip keys cut and paired to go with it. With my OEM locking gas cap (also opening with the ignition key) that I installed, I finally have better peace of mind. I feel they are worth what I spent on them.

 

[psrivats]

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What a difference @Ranger_b0b !! New wheels look great. Are those 33s or 35s?

 

[Mike_H]

What a difference @Ranger_b0b !! New wheels look great. Are those 33s or 35s?

Thanks! Tires are 33's. I keep talking myself out of 35's...

 

[tworley]

Received tracking info for some parts from Artec!

 

[JeepZilla380]

Yesterday eve was able to get the front pinion angle back set properly. Had just enough adjustment in my upper control arms to get it right and still maintain caster of about 5. Seems to ride smoother withtout the front end vibes I was feeling.

 

[Westtown Willy]

Fluid Filmed underneath, last year's application was still on with plenty of filth adhered to it so this application went right on top. Had a much better process this time, set up two fans under the front bumper blowing through the bottom & out the garage door, had the tc & engine skids off so it was really easy to get the entire tub then put on some nasty old clothes, face mask & goggles & went at it like I was putting out a fire. Had the entire thing drenched in about 20 minutes:

 

[Nicholas]

Fluid film reapply, going into work atm smelling nasty-sweet


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[Nicholas]

Fluid film reapply, going into work atm smelling nasty-sweet


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[glwood]

I fixed an annoying squeak that was coming from the back of the Jeep every time the rear wheels hit a bump. It was just loud enough to notice, but not loud enough to be the first thing on my to do list.

I figured it was some part of the hard top, maybe the rear window frame, but I was wrong.

A couple weeks ago I swapped out my old, cracked body mounts for new rubber. But when I got to the top halves of the mounts next to the rear shocks, I couldn't get them out right away because I didn't have the tub lifted high enough. The wood blocks I was using between jack and tub would only fit near the front. I needed to move the jack to the rear of the tub, but had to find something else to stack on it and I was short on time. So I left those two old top mounts in place and bolted everything back up.

Yesterday, I finally got around to getting those last two body mount halves. With the jack at the back of the tub, I easily got the extra 1/4" I needed to pull out the old mounts and drop in the new rubber.

And when I drove the Jeep out of the garage, the squeak was gone!

Given the discussion we just had about NVH, I should have guessed it was that body mount.

I'm curious to know more about the squeak - I have something like that which seems to be coming from the right side of my TJ, and it sounds like a rubbery squeak, for lack of a better term. I cannot pin it down, as it only happens when I am driving the Jeep, and not all the time, and I have no way to recreate the sound while the Jeep is sitting still. I have suspected a body mount, but have no way to verify it. It could possibly be a control arm bushing also, but seems more likely to be the body mount. Is there perhaps a way I can pinpoint this sound?

 

[fuse]

I'm curious to know more about the squeak - I have something like that which seems to be coming from the right side of my TJ, and it sounds like a rubbery squeak, for lack of a better term. I cannot pin it down, as it only happens when I am driving the Jeep, and not all the time, and I have no way to recreate the sound while the Jeep is sitting still. I have suspected a body mount, but have no way to verify it. It could possibly be a control arm bushing also, but seems more likely to be the body mount. Is there perhaps a way I can pinpoint this sound?

I couldn't pinpoint it, but then I didn't really try. I was already committed to replacing the body mounts because the visible rubber was hard and cracked. And then replacing this one fixed the squeak, so I got lucky.

Whenever I hit a sharp bump with the rear wheels, I would get a sequence of a few short squeaks. Sounded like something was making noise while moving back and forth a little bit. The sound was definitely coming from the back, and seemed to be from something inside the cab. I suppose rubbing the outside of the body is close enough to sound like that.

If you don't want to buy new body mounts just to see if they help, you could lift up your tub and put some silicone spray on each of the mounts near where you're hearing the squeak and see if that makes a difference. Pick a light lubricant that will eventually dry out and that won't harm rubber or painted surfaces, and maybe hit them one by one to see if it helps.