pilotblake Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 Finally broke down and took the MJ to the fancy alignment shop to see how out of wack things really were. Happy to hear everything was pretty close. Did find that my trac bar end was starting to get alittle slop. On a side note he told me he had the the toe set straight ahead, I remember hearing something about DW if you didnt have your toe set in alittle on these lifted rigs? I have had DW before on a vehicle and the idea scares the hell out of me. Am I alright having the wheels set dead straight ahead?
BLHTAZ Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 I prefer a very slight toe in...1/4" max, but as long as all of your components are in good shape & tight you should be OK.
mvusse Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 I stole an idler pulley off it to fix the Cherokee.
Windowsrookie Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 Got the seat out and the carpet out. I also cleaned up the carpet, looks great now. Tomorrow I plan on applying the rust eating paint. :)
glundblad Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Peaked into the garage to look at it before I went to work.
BPB Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Fired it up for the first time in a month. test fit the over head sound bar. Washed the mud off the rear frame, didn't have time to grind off the bumper.
Windowsrookie Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 Put the interior back in. Also tightened down the valve cover bolts a few turns by hand. I guess that's why it was leaking. :rotfl2:
Jerry Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Patched up a couple of holes in the header pipes :thumbsup:
ren Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Put on a new exhaust system... now, you can actually hear the fan spinning when the engine is running. :eek: Too quiet. This is with no cat, 2 1/4" pipe and a Thrush "Raptor" turbo style muffler and the pipe dumping in front of the axle.. :hmm:
92comanche4x4 Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 droped the trans and clutch ready to puut new one in
HOrnbrod Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Replaced my broken stuck-up power antenna with a new Crown aftermarket one from Team Cherokee. Bench tested it first, worked fine, got it installed, it hangs up coming up. :fs1: Got it fully extended then massaged it w. 0000 steel wool, seems to work okay up and down now. But for how long?? Should have looked for an OEM used one at the yard........
89eliminator Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 welded up floors, put interior back in. good to see some forward progress for once.
Giffer Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 built a new rear bumper, 6x6 square tubing @ 1/4 thick, should hold up to a tree or 2. what else... new spark plugs, changed the oil and filter, changed the transmission fluid, air filter, tightned the valver covers and worked on the passanger door. the bloody thing will not open! i can't figure it out!
Whamm Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Installed new head, camshaft, waterpump, rotorcap, wire, spark plugs, and valve cover. Only forgot the CPS but will get to that next week end. :yes:
Giffer Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 new head and cam eh, just stock or what. details.
Whamm Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Everything went back stock (will be building a new motor to replace the 2.5 in the future), nothing exciting, had a lot to replace due to mileage (253,000). Number 2 Exhaust lobe was wiped and caused a few problems ;) .
blusteve Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 Looked at it again today, too sick to work on it.
Pete M Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 I thought about firing them up and moving them to the other side of the parking lot. :dunno: Maybe tomorrow I'll actually get around to doing it (if it doesn't rain too much). I've gotta swap the new axle into the trailer too so we'll see how long that takes.
Windowsrookie Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 Replaced some of the wiring. What were they thinking using that little 8 gauge wire for the alternator?
pilotblake Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 Took a non traditional MJ Poser shot at work since the weather was nice
jeepcoma Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 Replaced both headlights. One was burned out, the other was junk (OK, they were both junk). Autozone had the Sylvania XV series for $9! Cheaper than the regular halogens, so I just did them both. Also got a flex hose for my grease gun to make it easier to grease stuff without jacking the truck up and removing wheels, so I had to play with it and greased the front end. It's super easy now. Glad I went with the longer 18" hose; best four bucks I ever spent (that's what she said). Then... dropped the truck off at the inspection place where it will attempt to pass safety inspection again tomorrow while I'm at work. Given everything I've done to it, and the fact that the FOUR BALL JOINTS WERE NOT BAD IN THE FIRST PLACE, it had better pass. :fs1:
ComancheKid45 Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 Replaced my Bad NSS finally and cleaned my Air Filter....next is an Oil Change, grease up and a BATH whenever my lane drys out. I also need to schedule a Transmission flush here soon. Also ill likely be picking up a near perfect 96 XJ country next week
project88mj Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 wished it had not been hit :( and did one last "big" burnout with the bald street tires :banana: with less weight from having the bed off the 4.0 spun the tires through 1st gear and 2nd the up in to third and held it there at speedo said i was going 72mph but i was not going any where? :dunno: there was a lot of smoke coming from the back of the truck near the tires though do i need to have that looked at? :rotf:
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