Recent content by Tejasol

We went for a quick overnight trip Sunday. Did not engage the front axle, but had a lot of fun anyway. It was cold, but not our coldest trip. I don't think it got below 20 and no snow. Found some more cool camp sites. This area is just below Tellico Plains.

No, I only get 35mpg since I took off the cold air intake.

Yeah, I may have stated it earlier, but my local Autozone did me right. They gave me full credit for my dead starter, and took another $40 off a new top level Gold starter. I ended up paying $80. Huge difference in torque this thing puts out. It feels like it is trying to flip the Jeep everytime...

My starter only lasted two years.

Finally, was able to finish up my starter replacement this morning. My brother-in-law was in town so kept getting interrupted with family time. Not complaining. Great visit with family is always cherished. Anyway, realized why that one bolt was so hard to break. The bolts must have been...

Put the charger on the battery because I couldn't believe that the battery was bad. Still would not start. Banged on the starter and it then it tried to start. Crawled under the Jeep and started to remove the starter and found one of the bolts did not want to move. Bought an adjustable breaker...

Jumped into it this morning with a plan to take my brother-in-law for a day ride. Turned the key and it cranked very slowly and would not start. Tried again and it got slower. Pulled out my emergency charger and even though it was fully charged, it could not turn it over. I have used it before...

Our son came over for Christmas yesterday and opened his presents to find the dome light bypass switch and new seatbelts. We spent the afternoon installing. Seatbelts work great but need a little adjusting to work without interfering with the seat functions. Good time. Couldn't ask for a better...

My buddy has been sick so it took him a while to get to my TJ. I have been extremely busy trying to finish up my Masters program. End of semester is always busy. The diagnosis was both the master cylinder and booster went out. It was completely dry. Don't know how I was able to drive it to his...

Found out that my problem is not my rear brakes, but rather my master cylinder leaking into my booster. Sucks, but 21 years of service is pretty awesome.

Dugout my old half door windows and cleaned them up so my son can use them on his TJ. He is putting the soft top back on before we drop below the 60s for good.

I mentioned earlier that I had a random misfire code pop up. It has not resurfaced, but I did get a check gauges light on my way home last Friday. The voltage was jumping around a bit. Not big swings like my truck did last year, but I guess it was fluctuating enough to cause the warning. I...

I have been the only person in it. The middle cross bar bent a small curve, and the rear cross bar bent at least a quarter inch. I have it open over the rear, so I am sure that the rear cross bar gets the most stress. The side bars are in great shape. My only problem with them is that they are...

I've yet to get the work done. The plan is to weld the three pieces of the sides tubes so that they are one integrated tube. These mount on front at the door hinge, and bolt to the bumper mounts at the rear. Welding it together will eliminate the persistent bolt hole elongation during off camber...

No symptoms. It has always run very smoothly. After the new coil pack is runs even better. I could tell the extra oompfh going up the hills on my way to work. Code popped up. We will see if it comes back. It gets driven about 50 miles a day 5 days a week so if is a legit code it will not be long...