mvusse Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 In 38 hours time I covered 940 miles. Strasburg, OH to Chicago, IL to Kenosha, WI back to Strasburg, OH. Overnighted in a sleeping bag in the bed at a Walmart in Indiana somewhere. I also found out it needs more gears. That 4 cylinder only got 19mpg running 75mph for 344 miles straight (at over 3000 rpm), but averages 27 doing 60.
89eliminator Posted June 11, 2011 Posted June 11, 2011 In 38 hours time I covered 940 miles. Strasburg, OH to Chicago, IL to Kenosha, WI back to Strasburg, OH. too bad we couldnt meet up. I'm not that far from Kenosha. what ya doing in these parts of the woods anyways?
orangecrush4u Posted June 11, 2011 Posted June 11, 2011 Just thought about working on it, not happened though.
mvusse Posted June 11, 2011 Posted June 11, 2011 In 38 hours time I covered 940 miles. Strasburg, OH to Chicago, IL to Kenosha, WI back to Strasburg, OH. too bad we couldnt meet up. I'm not that far from Kenosha. what ya doing in these parts of the woods anyways? Since the Honorary Consul here in Cleveland didn't have the equipment to take my fingerprints I had to go to the Consulate General of The Netherlands in Chicago to get my passport renewed. Could have also gone to NYC or DC, but Chicago was closer, plus I'd never been there before. Then I thought why not hop the border to find a few geocaches in Wisconsin and add another state to my map. Last time I'd been in WI was 17 years ago (just travelling through then). I did remember you live in those parts, and if I hadn't been so busy this week I would have contacted you.
orangecrush4u Posted June 11, 2011 Posted June 11, 2011 I didnt get a chance to do anything again the weather has been crappy and I have too many projects going on.
SW86 Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 ripped a huge hole in what was basicly still a brand new KM2 while urban wheeling. YAY.............. :wall:
orangecrush4u Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 ripped a huge hole in what was basicly still a brand new KM2 while urban wheeling. YAY.............. :wall: Ouch that sucks what did you hit? I have them on my 72 EB (35/ 12.5 ) :eek:
SW86 Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 there was a piece of metal sticking out of the concrete slabs i crawl on. grabbed right on the bottom of the sidewall lug and ripped out towards the tread. i thought i cleared it but at least i was watching when it went. kind of cool in a very depressing way :doh: pics tomorrow for sure edit: guess ill buy a cheapo to get me by cause there's no patching this Image Not Found Image Not Found
banshee Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 Friday afternoon 1. Mechanical fan/shroud removal, addition of two 10” 1,550cfm electric fans mounted directly to new three core radiator, first starts at 180, second at 195degF... 2. flow-thru coolant bottle removed and thrown as far as I could, hoses replaced strait to heater core, and finally installation of dodge inline fill spout adaptor ‘radiator cap’ with 16# cap… Results Truck still got stuck in Indiana mud down in the creek, with water in the floorboard about 3 inches deep, but awaiting a pullout in 90deg weather engine running temp 185 to 197degF while idling, ‘I’m happy’ :yes: but still testing, more results to come… B…
orangecrush4u Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 Ouch sorry man, maybe tube it and keep it as a spare just in case.
orangecrush4u Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 I took out my bed liner which has probabaly been in since it was new and its really clean under it. I hosed it out and scotch padded the rear and gavce it a shot of primer white cause my plan is to paint it a snow camo sceam.
philbert001 Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 Swapped in full gauge cluster, XJ Laredo accessory switches, CD player, removed e brake pedal, removed clutch and brake pedals, swapped in Full width brake pedal, rtv'ed behind fuse block, brake booster, and homemade plugs for where clutch master was, rerouted shifter cable, All while my 2 youngest were napping today!
Geonovast Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 there was a piece of metal sticking out of the concrete slabs i crawl on. grabbed right on the bottom of the sidewall lug and ripped out towards the tread. i thought i cleared it but at least i was watching when it went. kind of cool in a very depressing way :doh: pics tomorrow for sure edit: guess ill buy a cheapo to get me by cause there's no patching this Image Not Found Image Not Found Did you even TRY duct tape?
btm24 Posted June 13, 2011 Posted June 13, 2011 And this is why I have road hazard on my tires Brandon
Car RamRod Posted June 13, 2011 Posted June 13, 2011 Assembled/painted front axle. Should get it in tomorrow. What a pain getting seals for an '86 d30.
comanche12 Posted June 13, 2011 Posted June 13, 2011 drove my mj around again and still wait for title bonding.... as while drove my mj, i took my sister's bf a ride. hes fell in love with mj now! :cheers:
SoloCamo Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 Installed a new steering box and lines which tightened up some slop in the steering and fixed what was a waterfall of a leak of power steering. Since I had removed the sway to get to the pitman arm (in which the pitman arm was quite a battle to remove), I thought why not replace my very worn rubber bushing with some greasable polyurethane ones. The overhall highway and steady "high speed" turning has improved so much its ridiculous. Mostly due to my old shot bushing, but those polyurethanes really tightened up the front end
2360 Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 After 514,000 kms (308k miles) I decided it was time to go to one of those quick lube places and get the power steering fluid changed and the rear diff fluid. Used a synthetic in the diff, that should be a bonus next winter. :wrench:
comanche12 Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 do nothing with mj and still stuck at work but got metal wedges from pete! I'm might try start work on front springs and install metal wedge. :cheers: thanks again to Pete!
Rymanrph Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 Nothing. The truck is still at the paint shop and probably will be still for at least another week and a half. Sad face.
philbert001 Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 Tape measure alignment. (Bad death wobble after making new UCAs, and swapping in lift from my XJ.) She was toed out pretty good! Installed new radiator. I was dumbfounded by how plugged up radiator was! (My whole driveline was recently stolen from my XJ, in order to finally get my MJ on the road. 90 XJ only had 113k on it, so good healthy renix for the manche!) Anyhow, I was shocked to see that just by swapping in a new radiator, I picked up 10lbs. more oil pressure, (30lbs at Idle before, 40lbs at idle now!), and my volts gauge went from 13 to 14! The only thing I can think of that could have caused everything to get healthier, is that the radiator was so plugged up that the water pump was actually robbing engine performance building up the pressure required to flow water through the radiator! That's my best guess on that at least. Anybody got any ideas, or thoughts on the subject?
jeepsouth Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 Removed the factory radiator fan ,and installed a 14" electric one. Working well so far. :cheers:
Comanche County Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 I discovered my ARB wiring harness hidden in the bottom of my truck box...would have saved me about $100 worth of wires, connectors etc and almost a full day of work making my own harness from scratch. :fs1:
btm24 Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 I discovered my ARB wiring harness hidden in the bottom of my truck box...would have saved me about $100 worth of wires, connectors etc and almost a full day of work making my own harness from scratch. :fs1: I'm sorry but at least you have extras now :wrench: Brandon
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