Oil change with T5 and WIX 51515. Also found out my T stat housing is leaking a little from the bottom and I just changed the Tstat, gasket, and water pump Saturday

 

Finally fixed that annoying e-brake button that apparently broke many moons ago. A 12 guage shotgun shell works as a perfect replacement.

 

I'm putting the wiring harness for the new electric fans on, will have to modify the fan housing some its a little to tall. The Electric fans seem to work-no overheating ...the 2 fans are 2600s cfms each...

 

Put some 31"s and nice wheels on my buddies stocker(right) and made them fit (sawzall)

 

pulled the headliner, applied some roof flashing to the whole underside of as a sounde/heat deadner, works good as far as i can tell and got the proper bolts an lug nuts to mount my spare to my tire carrier

 

removed stickers and badging, prepping to install Grand Wagoneer Badges and 4x4 emblems

 

Replaced stock worn out lower control arms for sabotage stock set I got for $40 new.

They were a pita to get out, rusty nuts and bolts.

 

so I heard a screeching sound as I came to a stop earlier tried to pull my lug nuts off And the one I pulled off was cross threded. F*** kost tire On top of that I couldn't budge the other lug nuts with my impact. so off to **** shop of the world.

 

Installed thermostat and the housing back on the head, put in new alternator, and cleaned off the engine grounds.

Torqued the rocker arms to 20 lbs

 

Pic's

 

Shakedown drive to work today. Seems the front brakes are seizing up after sitting too long. Runs great some stuff works, some stuff doesn't. It's a 22 year old Jeep.

 

They are great. Help keep everything outside, that's what matters most. Plus they are easy to rebuild. Just don't let them dry out and they last for a while.

 

Sanded down some paint. Found some good news and bad news. Front door is okay, back door is a straight hole through to the interior. Bing bong. Not sure how to fix that crap! TONS of bondo? hahahhaa.

 

Oil driven horn?


Hosed out a couple of my summer wheels the other day, so I could get them balanced and put back on. Discovered one of the tires was flat with a crack through the sidewall. Unfortunately they are oddball tires with a fair amount of use, so no chance finding a match. Looks like new tires for the quad will have to wait, while i put new tires on the Jeep. Looking at my options for price and availability, but looking Toyo Open Country A/T IIs, BFG Rugged Terrain T/As or Cooper Discoverer A/T3s.

This evening I hitched up the trailer and started loading stuff to go 4-wheeling tomorrow.

 

I got 38 mpg steadily while driving on the flat highway this morning ...i had the wind on my back and this ain't that kind of thread dammit BwahahHh. Yesterday i relocated my IAT to the airbox lid. Have to update my build thread with pics one day soon. Too lazy