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The new lineup at Gearworks -> We squeezed a long bed Comanche in between the XJ’s

Guess what we are doing this weekend - > Definately more of a job for the MJ, but worked out anyway

just an awesome read.

It’s official - the last part of the dually project has been sold. A member on this forum bought the kit off me. He does plan on doing a build-up page

Love those brown dog motor mounts too

Love the free stuff. I pulled a seat for someone today lol.

Lol and these were tiny scores. You should have seen the look on my fiancé face when I excitedly pulled these from my pocket. It was I just don’t get it look lol.

Made, in my book, a huge score at the pick n pull. They had an 1988 XJ parked in the way back and I really wanted the clock out of it but the dash had been stripped clean. Today I started a new routine of looking over the jeeps for new parts rather than just what was on my list. Go to the engine bay and there is the plastic relay cover with one of the round lock downs in it . Please let the other one still be there. I flipping found it -> I have been waiting on these to put in my relay cover for a while! When I got up front to pay the guy said don’t worry about it. It’s my lucky day . . .

Yeah, me too. Great thing is that he wants to do it again

Jumped in the Jeep on Thursday to leave a little early and turned the key and nothing 😡. Fan came on and the gauge said I had juice in the battery?? But not even a click when I turned the key. It is flipping too hot for this stuff to be happening. After checking everything I could think of I decided to push it across the street to the mechanics shop. That winded the hell out of me. He tested the starter and said it was bad. He did hit it with a hammer and I was able to get home and back to work on Friday. Like I said, way too hot for me to be working on the Jeep. For the price of the new starter and $30 to install, I felt good about having it done. I really does crank over now!

One of the local Jeep clubs posted an event called Go Topless Day at Holder Mine!! Girls Girls Girls My disappointment turned into an opportunity after realizing “topless” meant the top off the jeeps. This would be a chance to test out the Jeep and spend some quality time with my son. They had rides planned for 10, 2 & 7. We got there a little before 2 only to find a few jeeping campers . Don’t know if they just hadn’t returned from a ride or what happened to them? I didn’t drive an hour and a half just to turn around and head home, so I decided to check out the trails. I don’t like to wheel alone and especially with a 4 year old copilot lol, but I did not want to disappoint him. I took him down a few easy trails and then just hung out in the woods chasing lizards, collecting ginormous pine cones, and swatting at quarter sized horse fly’s for over an hour. Had one of the best days of my life just hanging out in the “bushes!”

Thank you Mjeff87. I couldn’t use a torch . I would melt the fenders for sure. I already hit the fender in a few spots with the tip of the heat gun. Just small dings but nothing like I would do with a torch. I would probably set the Jeep on fire 🔥

It works! For what ever reason, the front Bushwacker flares faded bad. They almost looked gray . As you can see the difference between the front and rear fenders-> This really bothered me. I would use all the back to black etc. products on them, but it would not last more than a few days and never as black as the rears. I heard stories that if you use heat on them they would come back magically. Yeah sure. I had nothing to lose, so I got out the heat gun I had from when I was busy soldering electronics -> You know what - it works!! Take your time and it comes out looking close to new -> TBC

Got some good stuff in today from Quadratec and Amazon. I already had front drivers and passengers side floor mats from Rugged Ridge. The Quadratec mats look like the came off the same assembly line. I got the one piece mat for the back seat area -> This is an awesome fit and thick. The I picked up the cargo area mat before -> After-> not the same same thickness and construction like the interior pieces but still nice. Not sure what took me so long to get rid of this thing that the previous owner left me -> I also got in the Nilight LED flood lights! These are nice. Built well and look great -> I can’t wait to get them hooked up

Delta lights . Look at this crap -> After 3 years these “water proof” Delta lights reflectors are rusting. I spent a lot of money on these and I had hoped that they would be concerned about this. Well, I called them and they said we would like to see pictures of them. I sent the pictures and all they said is that they needed my receipt. Darn it - I cannot find it and I can’t remember where I bought it from?? Quadratec said no, so no where to go now. They told me they would give me the replacement lenses at cost. Not what I hoped for, but ok. Sent me the email with the cost - $38.32. I was just going to order today and re-read the email. $38 each. I will never buy anything from them again and I will let everyone know that they do not stand behind their products. Granted no receipt but obviously a serious flaw in the product. I just ordered two Nilight LED 7” lights for $21 with coupon off Amazon. They have a 2 year warranty and 2200 feedback rating at 4 stars. I will just use the Delta wiring harness with them. For 21 dollars I am willing to try them out. Delta =

Oh yeah! What a great price. What year is it?

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Part of my "I don't remember this at all" fixes was the replace the dash. I thought the jeep had a perfect dash until I found these pictures. Here is a look at some of the cracks in the dash -> Removing the dash -> You can see the rust that was behind the dash in this picture -> A closer look -> While I had the dash out, I took the opportunity to polish up the gauge cluster glass with some Novus plastic polish. Before -> After -> I can only guess that I had gone to the Pick n Pull to get a new dash . Here is how she looks today -> I guess I have more upgrades to discover other that the obvious ones. TBC

I bought the XJ knowing the rear axle was on its last leg. The gears were howling and binding up. I had a D44 out of an 87 Cherokee sitting behind my buddy's shop. It was going to go into the Damien MJ project, but this was a priority at the time. It is amazing that I had not removed the spring perches, because I am always jumping the gun on these things. I can only guess it was because the welder broke?? I already had the new spring perches ready to go on. The first thing I did was lift it up to working level with the fork lift . I took off the diff cover and to my surprise the gear ratio was the same as the front axle. Everything looked good inside -> So I put the OX cover on it and filled it back up with lube -> Used the fork lift again and lifted the back end up to get axle out - I can't remember doing this, so I am glad I have the jack stands and wheel chocks in place -> Got the axle out-> And the new one in - again, with the help of the forklift -> Test drove it and was all good! It would have been better to have done this when I put in the RE lift kit, but it needed the axle right then. Next would be the lift and gearing. TBC

So jealous

I have the same issue but with the automatic. I will try replacing the O2 sensor as it needs it anyways.

I did not notice the fenders either. I am amazed at the miles on that 2 door! I think it is a great price. I will be the progress

Wheeling in snow is on my bucket list . Oh how I would love a barn packed full of Jeeps and Jeep parts. Keep the paint it just reinforces how tough it is

Before you get rid of the front remember to try JB Weld. It can do amazing things