Rymanrph Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 I stopped by the body shop today. There is another soft spot in the driver side rocker that neither of us caught before, so he's going to hang on to it and fix it too (hopefully next week some time). The good thing is that the passenger side and tail gate are done. Here is a shot of the tailgate all painted: I have a set of black Jeep stickers to put on it when I get it back to my house. Here is a shot of the front to show the lower springs:
500 MJ Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 There it is! Really nice shape. The rear slider slides over to the passenger side of the cab. I had to put some Vaseline in the channels to get mine to move freely. Is there a clasp or something? I can't seem to get it to move at all. I don't want to apply too much pressure because I'm afraid of breaking it. Yah, there is a clasp for it, but most of them fall off because the glue gets old and they come up-glued. Mine was pretty stiff too when I got it, but it was movable... You'll see the channels on the passenger side, see if you can lube them up with some plastic friendly lube and go from there. Thats about all I can tell you to do.
Rymanrph Posted October 31, 2011 Author Posted October 31, 2011 I got the truck back from the shop today and promptly gave it a bath. The camera makes the whole truck look way better than it is, but you can see the drop in the front a lot better in this shot: And since I got the tail gate painted, I went ahead and added the www.jeepsticker.com (plug for Spencer) Jeep decals:
Rymanrph Posted November 2, 2011 Author Posted November 2, 2011 I painted the rear bumper today as well as the tailgate handle. I think it looks a lot better.
Backdraft Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 Looking good Ryan! The more I see of your Olympic, the more I want a white Comanche.
Rymanrph Posted November 5, 2011 Author Posted November 5, 2011 Since I've had this truck, the speedometer hasn't worked. I had turned the housing for the speedo gear, but couldn't get anything, so I decided to tackle it today. I tried all three positions for the speedo housing and nothing, so it had to be at the other end behind the gauge cluster. Turns out that was it, but as I was trying to pull it forward to attach it, I broke it. Thankfully I had a spare cable from the '90 and all is well. Now I just have to make sure that I have the correct gear in there now.
Rymanrph Posted November 10, 2011 Author Posted November 10, 2011 I dropped off the bench top at the upholstery place to fix the ripped seam across the top and swap it onto my old '90 bench back with headrests. I should have it back next week. I really don't want to, but I think I'm going to have to sell this truck. Unless I can find another job, money is going to get real tight pretty soon.
Rymanrph Posted November 18, 2011 Author Posted November 18, 2011 I got the bench seat back back from the upholstery shop. Now the cover is repaired and it has head rests.
Rymanrph Posted December 10, 2011 Author Posted December 10, 2011 I did something to my truck today. Here is the before: And here is the after: You're probably thinking, "he did the '97+ front end swap," but you're wrong. I actually traded it for a '99 2 door XJ. Its a Sport model with power options and cruise control. They guy that I traded wanted to keep his wheels and tires, so we swapped. Its going to be my new daily driver. It will get better gas mileage than the green MJ and since I'm working in uptown Charlotte now, not having to drive the stick shift in the cobalt will be nice. I'm going to miss the '88. Its been driving really great recently and I've got a lot of compliments on it. For where I live and work and what my needs are, this is going to be a good swap for me. I gave the new owner a CC card and told him to swing on by. For posterity, here is one last shot of both MJs this morning:
knever3 Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 I can see your side on the swap, I have a 2 door XJ for a donor that my wife bought me that I'm itching to restore for a DD winter truck. It's hard to convince myself that I NEED two summer cars and three winter trucks. :shake:
gai092460 Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 Late you to. the party but how do. you take the old stripes off ? Did. any paint come off as well ?
Mattman6 Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 Late you to. the party but how do. you take the old stripes off ? Did. any paint come off as well ? Autozone sells a wheel that you attach to a drill. It's made to take the stickers off without harming the paint.
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