98 TJ Take 3 or 4 or something

No pics, but a little wrenching today.

Saw an LJ on the side of the road with a wheel mostly off and 4 sheered wheel studs. Older guy with a dog and no cell phone.

Went home and to napa for tools and parts & got the guy back on the road pretty quick.

Not sure how he didn't feel the vibration beforehand, but idk maybe it all happened crazy quickly.
 
G Beasley said:
That was very cool of you!
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I'm using some pto this week and working on the coffee space cleanup and build. It makes a huge difference being right around home for a repair like that. That guy could've been waiting a while, but it was only an hour or so out of my day.
 
I've been a way a while. This happened tonight. I still have the TJ

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The max towing package was a big draw to getting this one.

It also has the convenience package and cold weather package which is nice for my back (even though it's crazy hot here) - heated seats on a sore back are great.

I'll get more pics up tomorrow.

I'm also back in the mini game - the green one is the main one and the silver one behind it is the parts car for it. I can't deny how much I love being in Jeeps and Minis.
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Here's a video of the TJ actually getting on the road for the first time since I bought it pretty much.

The 2.5 has good compression, so I'm going to get it driving as is. The last year or so:
-Metalcloak control arms finally installed (still have the front lowers to install)
-BDS 2.5" lift finally installed
-New injectors
-New fuel pump (again as the cheapo one crapped out)
-New fuel damper at the fuel rail (the old one turned to flame thrower mode and had a ton of crud in it so I replaced the whole thing)
-New plugs again
- Rear Dana 44 installed
-oe replacement motor mounts
-alternator & belt
-new cat as the old one was apparently Bluetooth
-Magnaflow muffler (the generic one just welded in)
-B&M shifter on the ax5
-Tailgate replaced with a non cracked one
-Receiver/hitch installed

I'll get some pics of said work up soon

Tj first trip out
 
Finally got the frameless top swapped. The new fabric pulled the door surrounds in a bit and there is a gap between the door and the surround. I think this is due to my aftermarket cage up front, but this jeep isn't 100% straight either, as I lined up the cage pretty close to the oem front bars and test fitted the surrounds during the cage install.

I added more weather stripping tonight though.


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The previous owner of the mini trashed the bolt in the crank. I'm surprised the pulley was still on there. There were only 2 or 3 threads barely engaged. Cleaned out the threads in the crank though.


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Took a few mins tonight to start stripping the ZJ engine bay a little, so I can pull the 5.2L.

I sprayed 1 wasp nest ahead of time. There were 4 more I found. Thankfully I had more spray ready.
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Also added these reverse lights. They'll likely end up in the bumper or under. But wanted to try them out. They're pretty bright for $12 or whatever they were on Amazon.
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