tom_echo

I replaced the power steering lines a couple years ago because they leaked but now I unfortunately have to do it again. Last time I routed too close to the steering shaft and it wore through like this. Luckily a new one is only like $20

most of them have rusted away at this point unfortunately. Do you need a bench seat btw? I have my old one available for free, has a rip in the drivers side but it works.

when doing front brakes (been meaning to do calipers and rotors for a while) I noticed both front wheels had play, looks to be the ball joints. took a while to tear down but I’ve been in here a bunch of times lately so I'm getting used to it. I went with the oem dana ball joints, they didn’t really cost that much ($102) and tbh I don’t trust the overseas brands at the parts stores.

Finally got around to installing that seat that I got. It’s muchhh more comfortable and the bucket style seats make me less likely to slide around offroad and just taking corners fast. Install wasn’t to hard, my seat brackets were rusted pretty bad but I managed to adapt them to the other seat with a few tabs I made out of flat stock. Outside holes were about 37” insides were about 20.5” apart here’s one of the tabs on the seat, I put the oem rail on top of this with washers for spacers the spacers were just some flat stock i had around, probably 1/4”. here it is in the jeep. I only bolted the rear in at first, then made the front spacers to match with the way the brackets were bolted in. took some time to measure everything up and fenagle stuff, overall probably about 8 hrs total.

My friends dad had this seat in his shed, it’s a little dusty but looks to be in way better condition than my bench. I’ll swap it in when I get the time for a much needed comfort improvement. Looks like this one won’t cost me anything at all, he was just going to throw it away anyways.

That’s right, I keep forgetting to do cruiser’s renix tips. I think the PO might have replaced the battery cables, they look newer, but I should at least check all the grounds.

I used the wrong emoji, I was looking for the shocked one (it looks really small on my desktop). I’m not disapproving of your willowwood brakes, they’re awesome, but it’s not something I can afford, I was shocked to see such a large price tag.

Haven't had the need to yet but when mine goes out I'll be either upgrading axle shafts or bypassing it by bolting the fork to the proper connected side of the actuator.

that's almost how much I paid for the jeep.

I used those when I redid my floors. They fit the smaller plugs in the cab. I bought them on ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-RUBBER-Floor-Pan-Drain-Plugs-fit-Jeep-CJ5-CJ7-CJ8-Wrangler-YJ-Cherokee-XJ/331725599226?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 there isnt much information on that ebay page but I think they're the same.

I want those... What should I be searching? I can't find any good build threads.

Why are they worth so much? I have a set on my jeep.

A 99-04 grand cherokee swap is great, I've done it on my MJ. It really helped braking and wasn't really all that difficult. There's a bit of grinding and drilling to adapt the rod to the brake light sensor (newer jeeps don't have that but my '87 and yours will too). Also you have to run new brake lines but that's not a big deal. Total cost for me was $36 for the booster/mc from an '04 jeep grand cherokee wj, $5 for new bolts for the back of the booster, $10 on misc brake line parts (metric fittings and the lines).

I've been seeing some low voltages on the gauge in the jeep when at stop lights and low reving off road. I figure I might have the really weak 62 amp alternator or it's just tired after 32 some odd years. Here's the voltage at when the jeep is off (two different times), not quite 12v but it's been going on for over a year like this and still keeps it at or near 12v. If I run the engine and step on the gas the volt meter in the cab reads up near 14 v But idling it reads 12.51v at the battery. Nothing too impressive. I certainly won't try running a winch any time soon or even plugging in those kc lites I have on the front bumper. I dug around and found a 1994 or so c1500 alternator (low output) is a cs121 style 100 amp alternator. I might upgrade to that 816576G (part number)

Had to use this rear tow hitch a couple times on that trip, I got stuck a lot.