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jeeps lookin good! beachin the jeep looks like fun :thumbsup:

so after further searching i found a ghetto splice into the igintion wire under the dash, so i checked it and theres no power to it, so i ran straight power to it and i can get everything hooked to the igintion to work but when i try to hit the start it doesnt try to start and every shuts off and then you let go and everything turns on again. i replaced the starter thinking i fried the starter but it still won't crank

hitting the starter will do no good if nothing has power all the grounds are good, we swapped the motor 2 weeks ago so everything was cleaned, and double checked when this occured i have checked the fusable links, they are good, so i ordered a starter relay, someone said they had one go bad once, for 15 bucks its worth a try, if that doesnt work ill check the ignition switch

it doesnt crank or anything, no sounds at all. but my head lights, fog lights and radio are still bright so thats why i ruled out battery terminals it ran when parked so I'm not sure if thats it either

I pulled in my driveway sunday around 10am, parked my jeep and didnt go anywhere till monday morning. i hopped in the truck and tried firing it up but i had nothing, no fuel pump prime, no dash lights, no door buzzer. i checked my head lights, head lights are strong. checked my radio, radio is hard wired to the battery, its also strong. tried jumping it with my brothers jeep, still nothing happens. Iv checked every fuse and started checking connections in the engine bay. It sat in heavy rain for a day so I'm not sure if thats the cause of my problems. Any ideas?

well i made it to the east coast, iv been getting settled in here and trying to unpack. it was a crazy trip, made it all the way to Toledo, Ohio and then BOOM started to here loud noises and back firing, so we go a hotel room and slept it off, we had been at it for over 24 hrs at that point. woke up the next morning and busted out the cat. we thought it might have been clogged from the truck running for 24 hrs straight, so we busted it out in the parking lot of walmart and it still ran funky. so i ended up leaving the trailer at a U-haul place and finished the trip. I got home slept for 6 hrs and hopped in my buddys 97 1ton cummins and we hit the road back to Ohio to pick up my trailer. We drove straight there and back, no stops 23hrs later and another 1400 miles under my belt i was home with all my stuff. I got a good nights sleep and woke up the next morning to see what was going on with the truck. we bent a pushrod, valve and snapped the bolt holding the rocker. we drove on 5 cylinders for over 700 miles. luckily i had pulled the motor out of my 98 zj from high school before we scrapped the rest, so we swapped in the 98 HO motor and after a few minor speed bumps, bruised knuckles and one too many 30 packs we had succecfully swapped the motor and had the thing going down the road again. when i set up my computer ill be sure to upload the pictures.

hahaha talk to frank about the primer! yes looks very familar haha ill be on the trail this summer, can't wait to see what youve done with that old beast!

well the truck is sitting on 245/75/16 tires, it looks so small but anyway, I'm still trying to get my rear brakes to work, for some reason i can't get fluid to the rear, i might just put a whole new line in. Ill be doing an oil change and a good inspection of everything before i make my way to the east coast. my brother flys into denver thursday the 27th and we leave the night of the 28th and will hopefully be in Mass on monday. many more updates to come it looks like a multi colored sh*t box but it will be all one color eventually

spartan lockers engage when they feel torque put to the axle, when its not locked it will click when you turn, i prefer selectable lockers for the rear and lunchbox lockers are fine for the front IMO

small update: I had a 4' by 4' peice of 1/4" sheet metal and some 1"x1" square pipe and my spare tire mount sitting next to my shed and it was all stolen. I'm extremly upset, the sheet metal was for a full belly skid and i had the pipe kicking around incase i needed it for something, and i have to build a new tire mount now. very upsetting, I'm assuming that it was a scrapper driving around looking for metal and just so happen to take my stuff.

damn it!!! I'm rolling into Massachusetts march 1st and I won't be able to go down to Rausch that soon, I have to find a job and get another apartment. kinda have to get back on my feet before i start taking trips again hahaha i have family in new york though! next time i go see my grandfather we'll meet up

Heading to MA in three weeks, just doing a lot of maintance on her right now, getting her ready for the trip. lots of pictures after the trip is over!

nice work :thumbsup: turns out i am returning to the east coast this spring so this summer we will have to go wheelin, maybe a trip to rausch, iv got a whole crew that wants to go down there.

your avatar is my dream mj but with a 4bt cummins.... one day... one day... love your progress so far :thumbsup: