apexjeepinjoe Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Installed a new valve cover gasket. PO had installed the cork gasket and every single bolt was only hand tight. To say the least it was an oily mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyt120 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 installed power windows, well power window....passenger side now has power, going to replace the entire drivers door so that one can wait! :wrench: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzik Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Installed a new valve cover gasket. PO had installed the cork gasket and every single bolt was only hand tight. To say the least it was an oily mess. FYI the valve cover bolts are only supposed to be in the neighborhood of 30 inch/pounds tight, which wasn't even hand tight for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rymanrph Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Looky what showed up today! Waiting on the rest to show up! RockMJ What tires are you mounting on them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMJ Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Just rolling over my 32x11.50 Toyo AT's for now. Eventually upgrading to 35's of some sort in late spring RockMJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apexjeepinjoe Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Took the steam cleaner at work and cleaned the entire bottom side to get ready for the transmission swap. The transmission and transfer case look brand new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW86 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 hood spacers installed :chillin: raised it up about an inch and half. should let out all that unwanted heat now Thats a crazy good idea :cheers: I know Hondas do that because of ther engine swaps. Engine is too big?? Use hood spacers! haha. it works great. the MJ would slowly creep up in temps just sitting around or after hard 4wd use. now it just barely moves, if at all. you can feel the heat rolling out after i shut it down and sometimes i see the nonstop stream of heat waves pouring out. its great. heat rises anyway so it just flows right on out. i havent had many issues with water but then again we havent really gotten a heavy rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeWI Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Sold the wiring harness off of the parts MJ. Should help fund my build a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW86 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 8.25 swapped in. halfway only. now ive got to pull it and go have the perches burned on for good. tons better then spring under :banana: :banana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMCJeepMJ Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Replaced both inner and both outer tie rod ends and steering damper. So much nicer to drive than with the 25 year old worn out parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Replaced front axle tube and pinion seals, new brake pads and new front driveshaft. Also swapped driver side door panels between the purple people eater and Wilbur,after modifying them for a speaker. Oh and I installed a new speaker in Wilbur's driver side door, and put my play tires back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComancheKid45 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Swapped idler pulleys in "2whpeel" and swapped Fan clutches and bled the cooling system in Dads truck. Dirt pile made the cooling system work easy :wrench: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW86 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 all buttoned up. ZJ discs, spartan locker and BTF diff cover with lube locker. so so sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMJ Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 southernwheeler86, looks killer man! Congrats! Just picked up the AEV wheels after being mounted and balanced at the tire shop! In the process of doing a front brake overhaul. The MJ is happy :chillin: RockMJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMJ Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Handle is refinished finally RockMJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenobian_84 Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Handle is refinished finally RockMJ Sweeeeeeet! :clapping: FINALLY got around to refinishing the J10 emblems today. Ran out of flat black and had to throw glossy black on the other one. Should have just used glossy for both. :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW86 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 BTF front diff cover to match the rear lined, painted and installed. aligned the front end since i havent done it with the 33s on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apexjeepinjoe Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Went and picked up my AX15 transmission today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hmmm let's see. I took it off road, lost a tail light but had fun until the front axle locked up. Turned out the tension pin holding the center shaft in the front diff had somehow fallen out, allowing the shaft to slide out far enough to come into contact with the pinion gear. Center shaft is now broken and pinion gear looks like a dog chewed on it. Pulled both axle shafts to remove the entire carrier, and reinstalled axle shafts. FORGOT TO TIGHTEN THE LUG NUTS! Went to limp it home and lost a tire after 3 miles. Of course this had to happen on a downhill; the tire just kept on rolling down the road alongside the guard rail. I finally fount it about a tenth of a mile down the road... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my86mj Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 pulled my taco shell of a rear bumper off and started work on my tube bumper. its going to be a long few weeks of swearing a welding :wrench: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apexjeepinjoe Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Picked up some Rubicon Moab TJ wheels today!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue88Comanche Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Finally Sold my old 21 spline TC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deziped Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Replaced the left side motor mount. Old rubber was broke in half 1/2" below the through bolt. Funny the RPM's picked up by 300 at idle with new mount. Weird . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenobian_84 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Oversized battery came loose and decided to play rough with my alternator. Alternator chewed the side of it up and sent battery acid over half of my engine compartment. Cleaned everything up as best I could and used a gratuitous amount of rust inhibitor on the spots where the acid hit. Decided enough was enough, so I went and got a factory sized brand new battery. $80 later, problem solved. Now I'm flat broke though. :fs1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apexjeepinjoe Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Finally Sold my old 21 spline TC How much did you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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