Capt'n
TJ Enthusiast
First attempt at plastic bondo for fender flare repair. Painting up next
What did you do to your TJ today?
- Thread starter LJRubiconGuy
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Installed the Savvy body lift and put in new motor mounts with spacers.
Officially - the driver side motor mount install is the worst thing I’ve ever attempted. Those 3 bolts kicked my ass for almost the entire day.
butt crack pic will be shared soon
Officially - the driver side motor mount install is the worst thing I’ve ever attempted. Those 3 bolts kicked my ass for almost the entire day.
butt crack pic will be shared soon
Not_Invented_Here_
TJ Addict
Got started on replacing the water pump, hoses, metal water pump inlet tube and tstat + housing finally today. Passenger side lower fan shroud bolt was a real pain to reach but otherwise pretty straightforward. The biggest problem I've run into was all the caked up oil and gunk congealed along the edges of the mating surface (see bottom two photos). I don't think I can put the new one on until I clean the gasket as well as all the accumulated crap around the edges. Suggestions welcome. I probably just need to sack up and clean it.
Also, getting the gasket off is as bad or even worse than I was told to expect ha. Keeping it away from the openings was tough, even with towels stuffed in there. Tomorrow I plan to finish cleaning the surface and then I'll put it all back together.
Also, getting the gasket off is as bad or even worse than I was told to expect ha. Keeping it away from the openings was tough, even with towels stuffed in there. Tomorrow I plan to finish cleaning the surface and then I'll put it all back together.
jmd349
Member
Yes, I had the doors and full windshield done to match the top. I don’t remember exactly but I believe it’s around 10%. If this was my daily driver I wouldn’t have put tint on the full windshield, just a brow.
Right, my Jeep is not my daily either so I went pretty dark.
I did the square root of eff all. Scored a set of take-off Jeep branded grab handles on letgo that I have to pick up on Monday. Did *NOT* succeed in finding a used tire for my new spare wheel...
alittleoff
TJ Addict
Is that a loose bolt on your timing cover?
Last pic at the bottom.
Not_Invented_Here_
TJ Addict
Not_Invented_Here_
TJ Addict
Mounted the KMC Amber Fogs. (New Old Stock)
Soldered, heat shrunk and connected to the factory fog pigtail and switch.
Soldered, heat shrunk and connected to the factory fog pigtail and switch.
New u joints in the front driveshaft and it drives like a dream!
You can also get some metal screen material and melt in into the plastic at the split to strengthen it and keep it from tearing again.
Installed the OME transfer case drop kit. Went in pretty smoothly, hopefully my drive line will be just as smooth now.
Hunter Rich
TJ Enthusiast
It was yesterday, 25Apr20, but I replaced the catalytic converters. Took a while lying on my back in the driveway. Hardest part was getting the new ones up to the manifold. New ones have heat shields that increases their diameter by about 1/4" so I had to move the drive shaft. Once they were up there the bank 2 bolts went in without the loss of too much knuckle meat. Bank 1 was a different story. After several attempts and proof that I was in the USN for 8 yrs, I looked from a different angle and could see that the flange didn't line up. Little pry bar work and CLUNK! then the bolts went in a little easier. Got everything else secured and Cleared the P0420 code. Will drive it today to see how it goes.
TJ6781
New Member
Picked up purple (future black paint job) half doors and soft top hardware.
ParatrooperJeeper
Member
Finally swapped out the stock upper control arms for some Core 4x4 adjustables. Everything is ordered or in place for the SYE and Adams Driveshaft. Felt quite some ride quality improvement after the CA swap, which I wasn’t expecting.
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