What did you do to your TJ today?
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Just an FYI, Danarch - I installed the ORO York kit on my 2005 LJ, and it had a spot on the new bracket to mount the tensioner:
Are you 100% sure there's no way to adjust belt tension, even manually? Belt lengths vary due to production tolerances, so it would be very odd not to have some way to adjust it with your setup.
I believe the Kilby bracket has two bolts you turn to move the entire York to tension the belt, but I couldn't find a picture. I remembered that @Wildman had posted some pictures of how his JeepSpeed York bracket adjusted belt tension in, I think, a similar fashion. I "borrowed" the picture below from his build thread (I added the circle to show you where it adjusts):
Maybe that's how yours works?
Thanks for the info. Got me thinking and ran out to take a look. Likes like my bracket has a slotted base for the compressor to slide on. There are 4 bolts to loosen on the bottom. Can see in slots in the picture below. Then two bolts on the side with nuts to adjust the position of the compressor. Loosen the 4 bolts and turn the two nuts and compressor should slide. At this point though looks like it is all the way out. If an issue would need a slightly smaller belt.
Thanks again, got me looking I a a different direction.
Change my TJ…er….XJ filter…definitely time.
Crawled my dad’s project Jeep out of the snow to start trying to get the body mount bolts off. Planning on a frame repair/swap along with floor pan work on the passenger side. First thing coming off is the angry grill. Low on transmission fluid and this thing still crawled out like a champ.
Was able to get most of the body mounts off with an impact. Would work it back and forth until it spun free. Can’t believe I got some of these out. Both sides will need the middle repaired. One of the rear bumper mounts started to break free but now just spins, no idea how to get it out as of now.
This is the last half of gallon of distilled water through the radiator, doesn’t look too bad to me.
Got version 1.0 of my dash bar welded, painted, and installed along with ram mount. Go pro mount eventually maybe. Happy ish with how it came out but I want to try and make it simpler and no welding required if possible.
My original underhood mat was slowly deteriorating so I replaced it.
I used Under Hood Thermal Acoustic Liner from Design Engineering. (I'd asked for some, and received it, over Christmas.)
Basic steps: popped off the old hangers, removed the old mat, made a template for where I wanted coverage, traced template to liner, cut, test fit, installed.
Before:
During:
After:
I used Under Hood Thermal Acoustic Liner from Design Engineering. (I'd asked for some, and received it, over Christmas.)
Basic steps: popped off the old hangers, removed the old mat, made a template for where I wanted coverage, traced template to liner, cut, test fit, installed.
Before:
During:
After:
You could cap the ends of the bar. Drill the caps for nutserts. Drill brackets for bolts.
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Gunmetal blue is a beautiful colour…. Although I may be a bit biased lol
Looks good. What size did you get to cover everything? I need to do that to mine soon.
I still ride past mine a few times a week. Pretty much just like I sold it back in 2011 except it hasn't moved in the past 10 years, and the guy who has it won't respond to my request to buy it back.
I've only sold one of my Jeeps locally, so I wouldn't have to see them again and regret it. The one I sold locally looks like it hasn't been washed since I sold it (8 years ago). The guy loves it and drives it daily though.
I've only sold one of my Jeeps locally, so I wouldn't have to see them again and regret it. The one I sold locally looks like it hasn't been washed since I sold it (8 years ago). The guy loves it and drives it daily though.
All of mine were sold locally, except the CJ8 that I totaled.
Most were to young kids who destroyed them.
That's what stinks, I bought them, fixed them up and they looked and drove great.
Then got trashed.
Oh well I made money off of all of them but one, and broke even on it.
Washed it last weekend right before the virus hit me and sucked away all my energy for the rest of the week. Somewhere in there I remembered to soften the shocks and oh boy what a smooth ride. I always forget once I get back from a camping trip and unload it. Ordered a Mopar resistor motor for it. If I can get all my responsibilities taken care of by Wednesday, I may be able to sneak out for an overnight trip Friday or Saturday.
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