WahooSteeler

Heyyyy dude!!

I'm pretty sure that's saveevryjeep's ebay account, might want to PM him.

That orange crew cab will need to be registered in 2 states due to that wheelbase..........wow!

My truck had this same area damaged, although not as bad as yours. Body shop was able to pull 98% of it out. I told them it did not have to be perfect because you can't really see it behind the bumper and once I get it painted it will "disappear" even more. Couldn't tell you what it cost because I didn't take it there just for that repair, it was part of the job when I had them clean up the rockers and a cab corner.

Very nice, but the S10 wheels throw it off for me.

yeah, he was a good sport about getting picked on.

I can't believe I've been on here for 11yrs with a little hiatus in the middle. Pic of me with my kids sitting in my lap and my son getting ready to graduate HS this year. Time flies......

Volvo bottle cap Part #703-1396 at Napa. Best $10 you'll spend. https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/BK_7031396

Cruiser, thanks for the re-post. I have your tips saved and as stated in a post above have already bought these parts to install with my bored TB. Question though, I bought the plastic vacuum piping from your parts list, but there is rubber tubing available with the same orifice size that obviously would not become brittle and break as easily as the plastic tubing. Any reason that would not work also?

Interesting. I've eyeballed mine to see if it looks out of alignment and I don't see it. I have a very good eye for things out of square or linear alignment, and of course it still might be as I know it doesn't take much at all to throw it off......like your 1/16". I just ordered a Gatorback belt, hoping that finally does the trick.

Krypto, how did you diagnose the power steering pulley to be out of line and more importantly, how did you fix it? Thanks

Actually I did get the parts right after I got a bored TB from Mean Lemons, but of course I just kept putting off switching it out. I picked up a new Mopar TPS for cheap recently and was going to get a new MAP and IAC and just do everything all at once. Might have to brave the cold this weekend and just do it. Too bad my damn single car garage is just a storage facility.

I think it is the MAP sensor vacuum line. Drove it to work today and had a chance to fiddle with it and look around before running some errands a couple hours ago. Throttle body end of the brittle vacuum line seemed loose going in so I put a little pressure on it. Couldn't tell if it actually went in any further but maybe got a tighter fit, it definitely ran much smoother but not 100%. Will investigate further in a little while.

Truck idles fine and seems to be ok, or at least is noticeably better, under hard acceleration.

Bueller? Bueller?

I seem to be going backwards lately with my truck. I have had several things done recently that were more in the "should do" category than "need to do" category, yet each time it seems like the truck has taken one step forward and two steps back. I had the rear main seal replaced and it ended up leaking worse than before. Luckily I've been using this shop for a couple of years, they are very reputable and did it again for no charge, as expected. I picked it up last Thursday and dry pavement under the truck. Drove it back to the office and when I left work, dry pavement. Drove it about 20 miles that evening to my son's wrestling match, seemed to be running well, dry pavement underneath when I left the match a couple hours later. On the way home it started to shudder in the 0-40mph range under light acceleration. It was relatively fine while cruising at hwy speeds but would shudder again if I had to accelerate. My son drove it the past couple of days and I was able to drive it again tonight and it is definitely getting worse. Still dry pavement under the truck so the RMS replacement is holding up. I checked vacuum lines since one time they got crossed up at the airbox and it had similar symptoms but everything appears to be connected where it should be. Looking for direction on what may be the cause of these symptoms.

Is the trailer for sale separately or just the topper?

Prayers to you and your family during this incredibly difficult time.

Wow......stupid should hurt, but not kill. Sad.......

We have a saying in my house "stupid should hurt"............well, in this case it did!

That's a 91 or 92 HO based on the coolant bottle and valve cover I see.........but you never know with Jeep owners that may have swapped something LOL