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Sweet!

Sweet! So… when should we do some CJ stuff?

I absolutely kept all the removed parts! Dirt duties are for the CJ along with bad winter days. My long term mental project I’d like to do one day is a firewall buggy from an XJ. This would be a completely different story if this truck for sale was anything but a 2.8!

Hell yeah!

Mmm… I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I don’t need it. I don’t need it… but I kinda want it.

Thats on the list also. I do have another 6” I can move it over but it would also put the pump right where I need to add a reinforcement plate come the day I start on the YJ spring swap.

The CJ finally got un-Moabed today. I pumped out the remainder of the fuel in the long range auxiliary tank and removed it. There was a bunch of last minute wiring that needed to get cleaned up and I never added an override switch for the fan… that I later did in a parking lot. This means that a new hole got drilled in the dash! The turkey pan heat shield got retired today also. I got a couple rolls of heat shield tin foil kind of stuff and went to town on nearly all of the exhaust under the tub. Hopefully that put a pin in the overheating fuel pump. Fingers crossed for no rattles! We’re getting into our heavy snow season also. I’m not interested in seeing how the new top holds up to wet, heavy snow that we’re supposed to get this week so it’s hiding out under the carport. Planning ahead for the next big project, YJ springs have been ordered. I decided to go with Zone Offroad 2” lift springs because they’re under the Fox/BDS umbrella. They offer a kit that doesn’t include shocks that’s very affordable! I’m hoping they don’t suck. For shocks, I’ve got two new Bilstein 5100s for a 3” lift rear TJ application already but they’re the same shock as a 3” YJ only with a bar pin in the upper bushing that’ll get taken out. The front will be matching 5100s for a 3” YJ. I’m not in a huge hurry to tear apart the whole suspension right now so I’m just collecting parts. Stay tuned for that!

Thats what I started with for the original cover. It was a Rain Gear brand but it was for a YJ. The for was never great around the windshield, but it was good material to work with when I trimmed it down to fit. They make a great product!… but they don’t make one for an early CJ.

Please do!

With springtime trying really hard to come around, I wanted to address the old rain cover. About this time last year we got some gnarly hail and it trashed the old cover. It was kept around because it was better than nothing. The new top is made of a thinner material, but it is waterproof. I made it inside out so the seams would be easier to work with. Reinforcement patches where the straps would go were added along with some marine vinyl where there could be a wear spot. After final sewing it fit great! In the future, I’ll try and keep an eye on any heavier weather and park it under my carport if need be. We’ll see how it lasts. Hopefully the thinner material holds up.

I welcome it!

Funny enough, a bunch of parts in that truck came out of my old XJ that also got around from owner to owner!

I lost track of how many times the truck changed hands between you and me. Maybe three? Four? Interesting way of “extending” that input shaft though.

Heck yeah!! More CJ content on CC!!

Dang, dude! Can’t believe how clean this truck is.

Fridge hauler 5000 today.

Dang, dude. Looking great! That is a ton of work you’re getting done.

After getting back from Moab I noticed a puddle of brake fluid under the left rear wheel. I swapped out both of the wheel cylinders today along with finally compounded and quick waxed the truck for the first time in a very long while. Mmm… always worth that extra look back.

Welcome back! Yours has been an awesome build from the start and I’m glad that you’ve still got it. Thanks for checking in! Looking forward to more updates.

Option 2… should be able to rotate it away from the started. Be sure to inspect the o rings in there when you have it apart too.

I see what you did there.

Interesting. I wonder if the Jeep rep was referring to the production process? I suppose I can see a 3D printed part being used as a carbon fiber mold. They definitely were very rigid.

Dang!