his jeep tried to pull a sam's colorado today
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his jeep tried to pull a sam's colorado today
Could you just inset the lights more and grind down that lip to be flush with the rest of the bumper?Quote:
Originally Posted by zebvance
Good looking truck BTW.
Have you met Junior?
Trade you mufflers. I have a Flowmaster that's a little loud for my taste. Not sure if/what value difference there is. I've just been thinking about getting something quieter now that I'm old and have kids. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by zebvance
Cool rig. Hope to see it out on the trail
Thanks hope to come out soon. Very time I plan to Somthing breaks.....Quote:
Originally Posted by JB
So Next I noticed the steering wheel felt like it was about to fall off, shaking around and very loose, did some research and noticed it is a common problem with these year model jeeps. I had to tear everything apart and tighten up four screws that had backed out around the ball joint? of the tilt wheel assembly. This took some time and a few time of putting it back together and taking it back apart to get right. Finally got it all back together and everything works great but now a month or so after the horn is intermittent and I have the key get suck in the on position twice randomly. Haven't had time to check it out yet though.
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These are all the pictures I have, I forgot to take some of the actual Business area where the problem was. But all I can say is I don't want to have to do this again.....
been a while since a update so it is about that time. truck started to give me some over heating problems so i started stocking up on more parts.
New trans oil lines, fan shroud, serp belt, upper rad hose, power steering lines came in today.
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new HD fan clutch and new 3 row CFS all metal radiator also just came in.
old radiator and clutch beside the new.
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here is the new radiator with the trans cooler hooked up on it.
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now its time for the install. first I pulled off the high flow thermostat and drilled 2 holes it it to make it easier to burp the closed loop system and keep air pockets from getting trapped.
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got everything bolted on and sitting in there and ran into some serious problems with clearance between the fan clutch and new thicker CFS radiator.
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so after sitting on the clearance problem for about a week and talking to a few different people, I was told that its very close but it should be enough room as long my motor mounts are solid. Which i just replaced with the iron man 4x4 mounts and they are VERY solid. But I was still rubbing the fan on the fan shroud also because the motor mounts lifted the engine 1/4 inch up.
However I just wanted to be better safe than sorry. so my solution to this was to drill new holes and modify the radiator support bracket to move the whole radiator/fan shroud Assembly back about a inch.
This is how I did it. First cut out the clearance on the bracket in order to push the radiator up under it. then I made the brackets
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And here is the radiator support trimmed, painted, and the brackets installed on it.
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and this is what happened after I buttoned everything up and started it......haha opps
forgot to tighten a few things up...
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And here it is running again!
so after all that it still gets kinda warm, so Im going to install the electric fan I have in addition to keeping the stock mechanical. Also Im going to install the datsun louvers soon.
I was worried that the head gasket might be gone after it was still getting a tad bit warm but ran a pressure test and it all checked out good! so as far as it seems im just not getting enough air flow through the grill because the winch,lights,and bumper is restricting it to much.
took the truck for a nice ride on a beautiful day and it did great!!!! snapped a few pictures :)Man, I love this truck!!!!! Even if its not the prettiest thing in the world :rolleyes:
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Next to tackle, STEERING!!!!!!!!! AHHHH so much play in the wheel.
and here comes the flow of parts :cool:
steering stabilizer and bracket
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99 Durango Steering gear box
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JCR inner steering box brace
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Serious Off Road Under the knuckle 1-Ton steering!!!!
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a few pics on the ramp after a night wheel. What a fun night!!!!
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Time for a up date. I got these Datsun 280z hood vents and I had never installed them so go figured it was time.
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First I made a cardboard template
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The I started cutting and the next thing I knew I had 2 big holes in the hood!!!
I also positioned them so that the left vent opening was not directly over the distributor cap.
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Then I used e6000 epoxy to glue them on. I don't know how well it will hold up but we will see.
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Then it was time to dry. ***
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And here is the final result.
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Under the hood shots
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Went to the junk yard last week and scored a 97 explorer 31 spline 8.8 with disk brakes and 4.10 gears for 200$ Wahoo. Now I can get rid of the TURDYFIVE!!!
The load and unload was intresting to say the least.....
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Im going to order the purches, drive shaft adapter and what not soon to hook this bad boy up.
Decided to take a run to the beach this weekend and do some fishing. Broke a pole in the bed last time so this time im fabed up a fishing rack.
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Oh also went for a spur of the moment early morning duck hunt. This is the weekends kill! :)
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So I have been putting off this one for a while. Got some vibrations from the angle of the drive shaft and it is also to short. But the stress on the tail housing of the transfercase finally took its toll anbd blew the seal. So I figured if Im going to fix it Ill fix it the right way the first time.....
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So here somes the new stuff..
Tom woods drive shaft and a Advance Adapters SYE kit
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Now this is not somthing I did by myself. I have never opened up a transfer case and I was told it was just best to get it all professonally installed. SO I ended up getting it installed a J&P transmissions (aka J&K). they did a great job. Havent snapped a picture of it all installed yet though.
Got some new Halo headlights and clear corners as a xmas present. Also painted the old woreout head light bezels.
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Still havent hooked up any of my lights or my E-Fan to I got the switch panel ready for that. Also got a Digital tach cause I dont have one.
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So I have had a slow drip from the oil pan and Rear main seal. The oil pan has some rust on it also so got a oil pan and oil pan gasket.
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Looking to put some XJ apillar lights on soon so I got these from DETOURS they are the SNORKLE A-PILLAR Friendily ones.
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this is what they will look like. I havent decided what lights im going to go with yet.
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Awesome job on the louvers! I would suggest KC lights if you are going halogen. Just make sure that you get light locks, I got mine stolen awhile back.
Thanks didnt even think of light locks. I also have been thinking about getting HID's.
Had some blow by in the air filter. The CCV system is all new and I and get it to stop. Apperantly this is a problem with the 4.0's in jeeps. Did a compression test and the rings are good to everything checked out. turns out the problems is the intake flutes in the top of the valve cover sit to low in the head and suck up oil. The solution to this is to trip about 1/2 inch off the flutes. However I just got done pulling the valve cover off and just put a 40 dollar fel-pro gasket on it. So the solutoion for now is a 20 dollar oil catch can. and so far it has worked great.
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Awesome technology, but with a price to match hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by zebvance
Any body had any experiance with this?
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cool truck!
Update... Blew the rear end out on the turdy5 a little while ago. Cracked the carrier right down the middle, pinion is snapped in half and spider gears are in peices along with a nice dent in the diff cover. Got the 4.10 8.8 sitting in the garage and started cutting brackets off, but im waiting on time and funds to get the new perches,shock mounts,brakes, ect for it. Hopefully it will be done by may but this school load is kicking my ass right now.
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Holy hell, that blows man!
yup. Mall Crawlin isnt as easy as you would think.....smh....Quote:
Originally Posted by MR.ZAP
Hahaha