When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
I bought a new blower motor and a fan blade to replace the existing unit since it was periodically making a high-pitched sound like a stuck bearing and not putting out as much wind as I thought it should. Today I pulled the old one out and found a piece of foam stuck in it. Removed the foam and the blower works fine. Hooked up the old and new fans to a battery charger to see which worked better, and they work the same. Reinstalled the old fan, got to figure out what I'm going to do with the new stuff.
Hold on to it and treat it like gold. as long as you do that the old one with never fail. As soon as you let go of the one you just got the old one will die a horrible death at the most inconvenient moment
relocated my fender flairs higher up on my '99 and even though I did the research and even after I used a piece of wood for back up... I still was able to drill a hole in the window washer bottle located just behind the driver side fender. but I was not satisfied with one hole so on the next hole , I did it again. flairs look good in their new location and lucky for me had a tube of plastic mender epoxy... so I mixed up a batch and patched up the holes... back in business. also did the cut and fold (beat into submission) on the pinch seam for the front wheel wells.
Wanted to do something different, so I put my back up lights in the bumper. The Mickey Mouse ears were easily stealable and now if you want them, I'm gonna make you work for them! Took me a little bit of work with the Dremel but happy with the results.
Finally did my 97+ console swap in my 96. I had two skinny ammo boxes mounted as the center console with the old E-brake but was tired of hearing from the wife that the boxes weren't stylish enough. The donor that I got was from a 2WD so there was no 4WD indicator bezel. To overcome that, I took a shift boot from a 93 Isuzu trooper, cut it to fit in the existing cover. I used the existing mounting brackets from the old console to fit the new console. The only thing that took me a lot of time was mounting the new E-brake, which I don't have pictures of. I've seen people using linkages to attach the ebrake to the E-brake cable but I didn't have to do that. The existing cable has an eye in it so I bored it out. Inside the brake handle area there, was where you would attach the Cable from a 97, I mounted in a threaded stud with a nut on one side tightened it down as much as I could on the inside of it and then I have the existing cable from my 96 I put a washer and a bolt on that side tied them together. I haven't had any issues since!
Wanted to do something different, so I put my back up lights in the bumper. The Mickey Mouse ears were easily stealable and now if you want them, I'm gonna make you work for them! Took me a little bit of work with the Dremel but happy with the results.
Just don't get rear-ended you lost alot of structure of the bumper cutting 2 big holes like that but it looks great. ...
10-26-2015, 03:42 AM
