What did you do to your TJ today?

DavidBT · Oct 16, 2022

I finally got the radiator back in. Had it all together yesterday and some how pinched the bottom of the water pump gasket. That's after getting the radiator back in and realizing I didn't put the shroud in first. Oh well, getting good at r&r of everything though. Took it for a little road trip around the block and all seems good.

MikekiM · Oct 16, 2022

Fluid Film inside the torque boxes. Removed the factory side steps which have been broken and repaired half a dozen times. Cleaned up the frame rails where the OE steps mounted, painted and installed the mounting bolts with a dab of anti-seize. Installed a set of Body Armor side step/sliders. I’m not likely to ever use them as a tru slider so they are perfect for my use case.

Doors off for the day.. winter is around the corner so gotta get as many last licks as I can.

Westtown Willy · Oct 16, 2022

yesterday we put the top up, screwed in the door surrounds & tossed the bikes on the back for a nice ride down the Schuylkill River Trail, then hit town for some seasonal microbrewed "Ivan's Spiced Ale", phenomenal stuff, they've been brewing it for the past month or so & I'm sopping up as much as I can get before it gets kicked for whatever will follow, which will also be good, this place (Conshohocken Brewery) doesn't miss. Daughter is coming home to visit next weekend so I grabbed a 4 pack to go for her & the son-in-law to sample, hopefully it's as good as it is on tap:

with my recent purchase of the vintage Schwinn (79), the girlfriend's interest was piqued so she sought out & found one of her own, damn these things are fun

RINC · Oct 16, 2022

Westtown Willy said:
yesterday we put the top up, screwed in the door surrounds & tossed the bikes on the back for a nice ride down the Schuylkill River Trail, then hit town for some seasonal microbrewed "Ivan's Spiced Ale", phenomenal stuff, they've been brewing it for the past month or so & I'm sopping up as much as I can get before it gets kicked for whatever will follow, which will also be good, this place (Conshohocken Brewery) doesn't miss. Daughter is coming home to visit next weekend so I grabbed a 4 pack to go for her & the son-in-law to sample, hopefully it's as good as it is on tap:
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with my recent purchase of the vintage Schwinn (79), the girlfriend's interest was piqued so she sought out & found one of her own, damn these things are fun

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Your half doors match. Did you file the correct paperwork with @AndyG to run those?

John Cooper · Oct 16, 2022

RINC said:
Your half doors match. Did you file the correct paperwork with @AndyG to run those?

Man @AndyG has been busy lately keeping up with paperwork

Westtown Willy · Oct 16, 2022

RINC said:
Your half doors match. Did you file the correct paperwork with @AndyG to run those?

Actually if you look closely you’ll see they don’t, the TJ has a factory flame red paint job with factory top coat, the half doors have a family-room paint job with a sad ass topcoat that, depending on which angle you’re looking at them, is as flat as an emaciated prepubescent birthing person bearing no real similarity to the rig, so I think I’m clear on the paperwork

SAWB · Oct 16, 2022

John Cooper said:
Man @AndyG has been busy lately keeping up with paperwork

So when I make my full doors match the color of my jeep I will need to file paperwork with Andy ?

DougyintheBushies · Oct 16, 2022

Paperwork !

RINC · Oct 16, 2022

SAWB said:
So when I make my full doors match the color of my jeep I will need to file paperwork with Andy ?

Yes. All I's crossed and T's dotted.

Apparition · Oct 16, 2022

RINC said:
Yes. All I's crossed and T's dotted.

I heard he can be bribed with a bag of ducks.

AndyG · Oct 16, 2022

RINC said:
Your half doors match. Did you file the correct paperwork with @AndyG to run those?

It’s getting out of hand. Folks are acting like they can just do whatever, as if we are not watching. I’m gonna tighten up on it.

hear · Oct 16, 2022

Put the fuel injector insulation around injector #3 on the 1997 in the hopes that it will cure my P0303. Moved the ZJ steering off the 97 over to the 02, put a new Rough Country tie rod (and new ends) on the 97, and used the bleepin jeep tool to do the alignment on both jeeps. Also worked out the trigonometry to prove to myself what the toe in measurement needs to be.

Installed a new rear bumper on the 97, only to remember that I already had a spacer on my spare tire mount since the 33" tire was rubbing on the OEM bumper. I don't want to use another spacer, so I'm left with either (a) spare tire delete (b) new bracket/hinge to raise the mount (c) body lift. Probably gonna go with option b but not sure yet. Need to see what domino effect a body lift is going to cause.

Then XJ buddy bought a 2000 TJ with 3.07 axles....swapped in some 4.10 axles and all that implies, which didn't end up being nearly as hard as we expected. The control arms & track bar didn't fight us as hard as they normally do. Waiting on a track bar flag nut from Black Magic to complete the project.

Frank M · Oct 17, 2022

AndyG said:
It’s getting out of hand. Folks are acting like they can just do whatever, as if we are not watching. I’m gonna tighten up on it.

I heard you would accept these

AndyG · Oct 17, 2022

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I heard you would accept these

The perdition. Right there in front of the entire family.

Apparition · Oct 17, 2022

Frank M said:
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I heard you would accept these

That's a whole lot of ducking to be done. Big ducks, little ducks, fat ducks, flat ducks.

AndyG · Oct 17, 2022

Apparition said:
That's a whole lot of ducking to be done. Big ducks, little ducks, fat ducks, flat ducks.

I know -right there around the holidays to.

Mudflat · Oct 17, 2022

Westtown Willy said:
yesterday we put the top up, screwed in the door surrounds & tossed the bikes on the back for a nice ride down the Schuylkill River Trail, then hit town for some seasonal microbrewed "Ivan's Spiced Ale", phenomenal stuff, they've been brewing it for the past month or so & I'm sopping up as much as I can get before it gets kicked for whatever will follow, which will also be good, this place (Conshohocken Brewery) doesn't miss. Daughter is coming home to visit next weekend so I grabbed a 4 pack to go for her & the son-in-law to sample, hopefully it's as good as it is on tap:
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Hey! We’re almost twins.

TheBoogieman · Oct 17, 2022

kincaid.0678 said:
I told you bring it to Martinsburg and I’ll hook you up for free. I’m almost finished with my engine.

I really appreciate that offer. I'm just not the type of person that takes help. @Irun knows that with his free battery offer. Thanks to you too.
p.s. If @AndyG wants to give me one of his white Jeeps, I might revisit my priorities.

Cstupac7 · Oct 17, 2022

Today I am planning to find this part so I can swap out this old rusty cover. But I’m enough of a noob that I don’t know what it is and I’m not having luck searching for it. Can anyone help me out?

sab · Oct 17, 2022

That's the gas tank skid. There are many aftermarket replacements. Savvy's is highly regarded, but costly. There are two models of the OEM skid. The one on later models is considered a better option.

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