ThatJeepGuy

^^ that ^^ Saw it there, haven't decided on acquiring it yet or not. My kiddo was intrigued by the "T is for Turbo" book but not as enthused about putting his hands on the parts from the book.

Slow weekend here I did get a couple pieces of old MJ bed to repair panels my way out of this hole. Swapped out the Barnes4wd universal battery mount for their XJ/MJ specific mount Did also score this fiberglass ranger topper for a mere $40 This will end up on the OJ but for now the MJ trailer can rock it for now Picked up a couple clusters to modify for custom gauges. While I'm aware of the autometer preformed cluster for aftermarket gauges I'm also Very much aware of its ~$110 price tag as well! For that price I'll explore this custom route for a little bit first. Teardown Mapped out Black trim bezel will need some clearance but I'm liking what potentially could be More to come!

Dryer sheets has worked well for me. I've done the Irish spring soap bars as well but eventually start seeing the naw marks in them - maybe they're cleaning up their teeth Why not as well post up a few peanutbutter/TP roll and water in a bucket traps in the area as well? If your not aware of that setup.... Google. Very effective and constantly working

Nice! The center caps especially

I could potentially get more made, it's something I had initially wanted to do but with constraints on who I was going through for the plasma table work and also cost of materials and my available free time I had to step away from it. I'll poke around to my local cut guy(s) and see about costs to do some more.

Have you started combing ebay yet?

Are you talking about the interior molle panel?

Lastly came the final install and plumbing of everything! Fuel filler jerry setup, still need to affix the cutout section as an access door. Plan to store a bottle jack and small tool set for removing lug nuts - the bare essentials. Tank installed and filler hose connected I've kept all the stainless fuel lines from all of my part-outs over the years soo a pair of these factory MJ fuel lines worked out nicely for running the fuel from sender under the frame to the frame rail, soft line from there forward for the time being. Now you see me... And now you don't... but you do see the big hole that was made for the send/return lines - Yuck! Thats all for this weekend, there is a bit of cleanup in order because my garage is a disaster from this little project but we're not done yet, more to come!

Next came the fuel sending unit. This ended up not being nearly as complicated as I had thought... I had previously modified the sending unit top section by removing the factory pressure regulator and then drilling out the center to make room for this Gforce V2 regulator bypass setup. Also pictured is the aeromotive 340 series pump. To utilize the areo fuel pickup sock I had to make some extra room at the bottom of the sending unit body It's a squeeze but it's sitting nicely With a few access holes cut this assembly came together nicely!

Jerry can fuel filler wasn't going to mount level with the bed thanks to this raised section for the frame so I notched it and welded in a donated piece of tan MJ hood

Wide chain time? Does your case pop out of gear even when your shift linkage is disconnected? Or adjust it more gooder to stay in gear 😜

Meh, just less grabby, not much room for positioning as it is let alone having a textured finish

More TJ tank progress Modified the rear mounting setup and then leveled the tank. Made some simple brackets that secure the front of the skid plate to the exposed 1" lip of the unibody X brace. Then came the fuel filler setup. One of my old jerry cans and the gift that keeps on giving - Tan MJ parts! Old style fuel filler cap to boot! After plasma cutting out the threads from the jerry can cap I bolted the filler from the inside to the can. Next was getting the fuel to go from the bed and into the fuel tank. A custpm steel elbow is in order. Some leftover chunk of 1.5" hrew tube and some cuts with the grinder. Then we sprinkle the fluxore welds into place And spiffy it up some - good enough for me Little access hole which avoids the leaf spring mount, rear bed mount and also the mounting setup for the rear bumper brackets Some salvaged radiator hose will do for the time being until the new fuel filler hose shows up And that's all for the weekend folks! Tune in next week and see where I wind up with either finding an 05-06 TJ fuel sending unit assy to drop in OR try to be crafty and adapt an Areomotive fuel pump to my current 04 and older sending unit.

So did you guys pick it up as is or are you guys the ones responsible for the work done to it?

Yea my mistake, I forgot I shared the picture of that one here thanks to the sliding rear glass. I knew it had been around for a while now but never knew it came out of Wisconsin! Didn't get it with the drivetrain, it did initially have a motor still in it but when I haggled my deal, it didn't include it. No tailgate on it either but humor me, when did you haul it from WI?

Nice work, rather inspiring I must say

I think you've got a different orange MJ in mind?

Interesting placement for the XJ speaker bar.... love the looks of it though. Clean paint

Well it's finally time! Prepare for custom install! Yup that's the spot right there Hit the steel skid with some death wheels cuts Then pre installed the assy for some reference marks and came to adding some steel to the rear so it will attatch to the rear of the bed. And there we have it, it's angled down atm but that will get remedied before I start figuring out the front mounts More to come on this- see you next weekend OJ

Personally I think it's a fitting character for the patina your truck apparently has (peeling clear and faded). It'd be a shame to go soo far out of the way to straighten a lighter duty bumper like that to only have someone schmuck it in a parking lit a week later. No bad joojoo here but losers will do as they do best and run away from honesty/responsibilty.

Back it into a tree... gently, easy now don't get too carried away.

How dare he deprive us of live updates

Why are we still talking about this? You should already be on your way there

Decided to start with the day with these stubborn rusted on wheels. Just a touch of sketchy creativity here. Didn't take much till that very satisfying Pop! Occurred The other side didn't put up much a fight either. Glad I've hung onto a few of these factory jacJack's. Not much for in-progress photos but gussets on the top corners of the tongue. Then capped the face of corners and added a 2000 lb tongue jack. I'm roughly $110 into this now all thanks to the tongue mount and tongue jack. Still need to brace and cap the unibody rails before I move onto lighting/wires or how I'm going to address the lack of tailgate currently. Tailgate mounts are a little tweaked which has me leaning away from bothering with a factory tailgate and instead making my own "tailgate". More to come on all of this!

Overall weekend progress ended with a couple braces added to the tongue. Also a bit more welding. Still need to box out the frame rails and I'll be adding some corner gusset plates throughout. I was planning to swap the wheels/tires but it turns out the wagon wheels are absolutely rusted on. Gonna keep coating them in PB blaster throughout this week before I take the wood block and sledge to them. Also set my eyes on some harbor freight boxes potentially for the front end.