Took her out in the back 40 on post to test out my daystar extended bump stops. Hadn't had time to go play since I put them a couple weeks ago. MOC Complete

 

Sooo note to self don't wash the wholly crap out of ur motor.I ended up toasting my tps .haha ooops. On a side note within the last few months my rig has a new alternator, battery, roof rack, tow hooks, hitch,cb mount, front breaks, new tps lol.cheers I can't wait for thid weekends camping/wheeling trip.

 

Leaked blue liquid in the hatch from this guy... Sprung a leak in my reservoir...

 

Picked up a tstat and got it legal today.

When i get home from work in the morning ill put in ignition switch

Hopefully ill also be able to put the tstat in and get the cooling issues sorted out

 

started on my next big mod.. going doorless

for now I've decided to just do the front doors, since my kids ride in the back. problem is that I have power everything, so if I pull my door all the windows go dead. my fix? puIl the switches out of the doors! here's the driver's door now, with a piece of abs covering the hole where the switches used to be.



once I got the harness pulled free, I extended the window and lock motor wires with a four pin trailer setup, which gives me a quick and easy disconnect in the jam.



I left just enough slack so I could tuck the plug into the door, and the two boot halves line up good enough that it should help to keep excessive mud out of things.

next up will be finding a good spot to mount the switches inside.. i'm leaning towards the spot where my rear defrost switch is now, and I'll move that over next to the rear wiper switch. for now it's just zip tied up under the dash next to the center console.

and to keep it legit when the doors are off, I pulled the original mirror and found one at vatozone to mount on the a-pillar. not sure how much I like it tho, so I'm gonna have a look at some motorcycle mirrors at bent bike next week. and then I gotta get the passenger door done. should be a lot easier now that I know what to do.



could have sworn I got a pic with the door off, but I guess not.. I'll get one up tomorrow tho.

 

I likes a lot! Itotally screwed up my top mount and my track bar ended up short and doesnt follow the drag link arc during flex very good.

 

Repainted the wheels just a flat black with clearcoat

 

yesterday i woke up at 0630 didnt realize it was raining hard untill 0800. went out as quickly as i could back was hurting and put the doors back on was only around a 1/4 of water on the floor boards.

 

'87 XJ 4.0 I6
1. Replace radiator, cap & hoses
2. Replace starter, cable & battery terminal
3. Replace oil pan & gasket
4. Change oil/filter (R Purple)
5. Diff^2 clean/refill (R Purple)
6. Install some music
7. Put back on time sync (wasn't idling correctly )
8. Took it for a ride (45 miles road ride break in )
9. Park it and had a cold one, or were three?

 

So I took each wheel off one by one to paint them yesterday. Put them back on last night and drove it to surprise lake today. Every time I hit a bump on the road with my drivers side front tire it would get death wobble real bad. Slow down and it would go away until I hit another bump again??

 

Stump section on the way to surprise lake. Knocked my offroad light completely around

 

sounds out of balance to me, did u take the wheel weights off?

 

No didnt take any weights off. Maybe I'll take it to tire discount Monday and have them check it out

 

Got underneath it today. Track bar was pretty loose so I torqued that bolt down and went for a short drive. Steering felt better and no death wobble yet but will take it for a longer drive probably Monday

 

thinking about giving her a fathers day stretch.

Also Happy Fathers day!