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Okay, the Heep is a Jeep again. Yesterday the crankshaft sensor was fixed. Took 6 hours. 1.5 to get the stupid sensor out and put the new one in, which ended up being defective because as soon as we plugged it in the whole Jeep ran worse than ever. Bucking, high idles, rpms going crazy. About 3 hours of guess and check trying to diagnose the problem (since we didn't know the sensor was bad) found out I have a slight exhaust leak coming from the back of the engine. 30 minutes of waiting out a storm. Then limped the Jeep to an Auto Zone where we got the right sensor (for more $$) and spent another 2 or so hours fixing it there, also meeting an interesting guy who impersonates Elvis for car shows in a '92 XJ with a 6" lift on 33s and a drag car. Funny guy. After that, poof! Jeep acts like nothing happened. Still need to get a new exhaust system, still sluggish. But it's drivable again and I can listen to my music the way it should be, loud and full of bass.
Just about 195,000 miles and that's the worse that's happened to it so far.
Tires finally arrived! They were on national backorder until September 24th, but strings got pulled at all 4 are here. Still waiting on the wheels, hopefully this week they'll be in.
Took advantage of the beautiful day and attempted to change my valve cover gasket. Attempted. **** broke yo.
Breather hose snapped right off, old and brittle.
Ghetto band aid until tomorrow
Lol yup. Thankfully when I did mine somebody warned me about that so I just bought new lines when I did it. Suprisingly the dealership gave me a better deal than most of what I found on the internet, plus I got it the next morning.
Lol yup. Thankfully when I did mine somebody warned me about that so I just bought new lines when I did it. Suprisingly the dealership gave me a better deal than most of what I found on the internet, plus I got it the next morning.
Yeah, I wish I was warned. Now I gotta find a day to finish.
Trying to fix my leaks. I got 3: Valve cover gasket is the main one, power steering box has to be replaced (One of the POs filled a crack with silicone or something), and transmission pan leaks slightly. NOT looking forward the the trans.
Tires are mounted, balanced, and brought home!! 32x11.5x15 Goodyear Wrangler MT/R with kevlar on 15x8 4.5 BS Black Rock black circle window steelies. Wanted 3.75bs but the only ones available were in 4.5, so we'll see. Took FOUR HOURS to balance these turds. FOUR! Just chasing weights over and over. Center caps are kinda cheap plastic, 3/4 were dented and scratched, and 1 was really loose in the wheel. Want to see if I can find a Jeep center cap and replace it, they'll look better with thise or none at all IMO.
Enough rambling, pictures!
In the hospital, freak accident at work and had a collapsed lung. Probably be here for a few days, or only over night. Depends on how fast it heals. No heavy lifting or exercise for a week or so. Lift'll have to wait even longer now
Putting a tire from a Nissan Armada (pretty big SUV and tire) on the balancer, i guess I held my breath at some point and coughed, that little bit of pressure change collapsed my lung. Felt a little sharp pain but didn't think anything of it. Took the tire to mount on the car, coughed again, little more pain, again didn't really think of it. 2 minutes later I couldn't talk, barely breathe, or move. We thought I threw out my back or popped/ dislocated a rib. Went to the ER took the most painful X-RAY I've ever had felt because I was laying on my side and found out my lung's collapsed and now have a tube in it. Staying for a few days, all depends how fast it heals. Then I can't exercise or lift any heavy things for a couple weeks.
08-16-2015, 10:02 PM
