All Around MJ’s all around slow going build

[Pete M]

On 9/8/2021 at 3:36 PM, All around mj said:

What started out as retrofitting R134a and putting new carpet in has become a snowball effect.

 

that's how a Jeep project goes  

[All around mj]

Getting the little flux cored welder dialed in was a bit of trial and error but things are happening.

[Pete M]

looks factory to me!   

[All around mj]

On 9/18/2021 at 9:05 PM, Pete M said:

looks factory to me!   

Thanks Pete. I’ve got more updating to do, but first need to work on a few things. I’d hate to post about new upgrades and then have them fail on me.

[Pete M]

that's part of the adventure!

[All around mj]

It’s been over two years since this truck has had carpet and it finally has all of its interior put back in. I went with euramtec lights for the b-pillars. I have more goodies to take pictures of under the hood as well.

[All around mj]

Had I know ACC Carpet had ruby red carpet I would have went with it instead of maroon.

[All around mj]

Had I know ACC Carpet had ruby red carpet I would have went with it instead of maroon.

[Pete M]

but why would something called ruby red be darker than maroon? 

[All around mj]

On 10/4/2021 at 9:00 AM, Pete M said:

but why would something called ruby red be darker than maroon? 

I have no idea. If one were to think of stones a ruby is more of a pinkish color while the garnet is a dark red color. The maroon carpet is growing on me though, can’t afford a redo at the moment anyway.

[All around mj]

It’s been a long time since I have posted. I’ve been pretty disappointed with how things went with the new cam. It lasted a bit longer than I expected after getting death wobble one day and knocking the lower radiator hose off. I’m pretty sure the head gasket is bad and possibly a cracked head. I think I made it to November that year when I wiped a lobe on my cam (during deer season of all things). Just know that I never gave up but haven’t had a penny of extra money since. Since March this year, I have been working 63 to 75 hours a week (volunteering for overtime). I have ordered some goodies from Newcomer Racing. This thread will be resurrected soon.

[All around mj]

Okay, I’m still waiting on parts but I will get pictures tomorrow of what I’ve got. I’ve decided to go the route of MS3Pro Evo+ with some Newcomer Racing goodies. Wish me luck.

[All around mj]

Let me rewind a bit. So, in 2008ish, I bought the house I grew up in from my mom. In 2021 I sold that house, because everybody seemed to think that meant they could live with us for free, and I ended up moving my family, our son would’ve been 13 and our daughter 7, in with my grandma while we were in between houses. I think it was around 2019 when we had inherited part of my mother and father in laws land, we decided to build out here. So, 2022-2023 our new house was being built. We moved into our house in March of 2023, on the 13th, which is my son’s birthday, during spring break. A month or two before deer season that year my new cam decided that it had had enough. It had been parked for three long years and I am determined to revive it.