Novak Conversions Jeep Wrangler TJ radiator

What did you do to your TJ today?

Doing lots of stuff to the tj today. Mainly fucking shit up, Putting in my RGA front shafts.

Because…….

I’m an idiot.

I hammered the u joint together WITHOUT putting on the snap rings on first. Now I can’t get the damn thing apart. I’ve got one cap back off, but for the life of me I can not get the other cap off to install the snap rings and start over, not enough clearance to slide it out. Any advice before @mrblaine or the other non dumbasses see this and rip me a new one and tell me to sell my tj and my tools?

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Easiest way I found to do u joints is find and old socket that fits over the end of the spider but inside the yolk ears that will keep it centered when you smack it with a hammer- jack that way it goes where it needs to alot easier. Just a thought...
 
Took my daughter and the TJ out to the beach today....getting as much time in the sun as possible before our Autumn finally gets stuck in. :(
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Awesome pictures. Thanks for posting. Almost as scenic here in Ohio :ROFLMAO:

In my book, that's about as good as it gets...time with your daughter, in the TJ, with that landscape.
I hear ya.....making the most of my time with her before she grows up an gets to busy for her old man, like her older sister. :ROFLMAO:
 
Actually I have both housings the New housing has been stripped of its mounts and is all clean and ready I even have the new bracket kit for it all that needs to be done is matching the mount placement from the old rear end to the new and then the welding.
If that is for the rear axle, the brackets fit, the axle is cleaned correctly with no additional prep, that is about 4 hours max.
 
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I have the ones someone painted and they have the paint flake look. I'm going to take mine off and sand them with my palm sander spray with adhesion paint , primer and shoot with Bedliner . That seems so simple when you say it real fast. I bet that's going to be an all day thing ........ then a couple of weeks drying before I put them back on.
I have some red full doors like that too. The guy I bought the jeep from bought them off someone who had painted them green .... how do I know they were red.... that green shit is flaking off too. They will get stripped , primed and a full spray.
OH the fun never ends ! Will
 
Drove to Scottsboro, AL. To meet up with @AndyG who is fashionably late as usual, :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: @Hog understands what I am saying :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: 🤫

Andy doesn't know it yet but his new to him Rubi is gonna get ducked :oops: :cool: :oops: 🤫 just saying.
And here I am still waiting, I am sure he will have some off the wall excuse, such as, I had to stop and eat, or the wife had to go potty, maybe even this new jeep isn't geared low enough for highway speeds, heck he might get 2 ducks :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
And here I am still waiting, I am sure he will have some off the wall excuse, such as, I had to stop and eat, or the wife had to go potty, maybe even this new jeep isn't geared low enough for highway speeds, heck he might get 2 ducks :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
It’s because he’s been busy talking to the Rubibros
 
Novak Conversions Jeep Wrangler TJ radiator