Finally got the winch wiring in and got rid of some crusty bits...lol
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Started the Jeep on fire...a couple times...lol Guess the diff left some residual oil in the frame rail over the years. Welded in a T-nut to fix the broken off nut. PB Blaster works ok to put out small fires.
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Swapped the O2 last night, seems like the fuel trim is a bit better but still not always within +-10%...Old one didn't look to bad:
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Left the hole(s) over the frame rail open for now.
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I admire your reactionary speed from discovery of the problem to resolution of said problem lol... I discovered the rusty floor in mine back in 2012.... 5 years later - still rusty.
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Originally Posted by Basslicks
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I admire your reactionary speed from discovery of the problem to resolution of said problem lol... I discovered the rusty floor in mine back in 2012.... 5 years later - still rusty.
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Finished up one last section over the framerail last night as it's supposed to be freezing rain for the next couple days. Also added a drain plug that had fallen out of my rear lower rusty quarter panels.
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Ya didn't do that top picture right, man. It's grayed out w/ the little "do not enter" symbol.
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Originally Posted by Basslicks
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Ya didn't do that top picture right, man. It's grayed out w/ the little "do not enter" symbol.
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Workin'
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Why are people so neglectful...Are tire rotations really that hard...
Broke a 3/8th breaker bar, 3x 1/2->3/8ths adapters one of them was an impact adaptor on my milwaukee fuel impact, tried the wax trick, gratuitous amounts of PB over the course of 4 days and still don't have the stupid lugnut out. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sb...SEY=w640-h0-noClick for full res https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/iJ...TOI=w640-h0-noClick for full res https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ea...hcs=w640-h0-noClick for full res https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bE...yS4=w640-h0-noClick for full res Thinking I might grind a hex pattern on the extractor socket if I break another adapter...then I'm drilling the stud out. |
Tried the ATF and ACETONE over the course of a couple days... no dice
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Zd...9nQ=w640-h0-no Drilled that sucker out, had a few spare studs that I knocked out of old hubs and stuck that in, over the weekend wire wheeled and painted 2 and 3/4 sets of rims(ran out of paint) and got my first sunburn of the season...lol Last night started working on finishing the brake job. Welder quit working part way through so took that apart and I think the motor connectors to the wire feed motor just had some corrosion, wiggled them off and back on and it started working. When I took the discs off the PO just had removed the parking brake assemblies all together and neglected everything else... Click for full res https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Hu...EEc=w640-h0-noClick for full res https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rN...-2c=w640-h0-noClick for full res https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Qq...lPk=w640-h0-noClick for full res https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Pk...F4k=w640-h0-noClick for full res https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0y...tek=w640-h0-noClick for full res https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ai...Cog=w640-h0-noClick for full res Wasn't any pad material on one of the pads on both sides! No wonder this thing sounded so nice while braking...lol One corner down 3 more to go. |
Finally got out to go wheeling!
It's been a looooong time but finally got around to a wheelin' adventure with some friends. Only got stuck twice and broke a leaf spring wrap(maybe another leaf too, didn't bother looking too hard with all the mud) other than that was a successful trip! First time I got stuck I was trapped by a tree and a rut, 2nd time I backed down a hill into a hole against a tree...lol had to use the winch for the 2nd time I was stuck, it was one of those comical moments where if you'd had a locker you'd probably have been fine but passenger front and driver rear were completely flexed out next to a mostly flat trail.
On to the media(vids I'll have to add later): This ravine was about 3 feet deep. I tried "skipping" across it but eventually got sucked in and made the spot to cross now uncrossable...lol https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1U...DHY=w640-h0-noClick for full res Not too muddy...yet https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/i2...MTs=w640-h0-noClick for full res Passenger side was more in the goop. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/yV...v-A=w640-h0-noClick for full res The LJ's turn: Tried a different way around, was making a bit of progress https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/H4...SHU=w640-h0-noClick for full res Then things just got worse https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LJ...tFA=w640-h0-noClick for full res https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/n9...sIA=w640-h0-noClick for full res https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ad...Ei4=w640-h0-noClick for full res Got "stuck" in my rut up against this tree and had to get my rear end pulled sideways a bit to get out https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JU...lSA=w640-h0-noClick for full res Then my friend started sticking nature to my Jeep... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8M...DJs=w640-h0-noClick for full res Small branches actually stuck https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/64...VfE=w640-h0-noClick for full res Kinda miss fender flares. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qN...UnU=w640-h0-noClick for full res Then we decided to find some new trails https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Np...Df4=w640-h0-noClick for full res Then another friend said he could meet us but he was on the top side of the ravine, I got video of him coming down and then he wanted to try making it up, testing out his new 33" MTs. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/st...s5s=w640-h0-noClick for full res Almost made it not quite...lol Then he wanted to try the other way around... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/vq...Tvw=w640-h0-noClick for full res Aftermath of "normal" way https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oE...8Rw=w640-h0-noClick for full res He got stuck exactly where I did https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1B...JwE=w640-h0-noClick for full res Just made the hole bigger https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Fv...ftc=w640-h0-noClick for full res Of course had to do some poser shots... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Fd...yAk=w640-h0-noClick for full res https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/V7...DsA=w640-h0-noClick for full res This trail dead ended https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SJ...SO4=w640-h0-noClick for full res Found a cool little lagoon made by beavers with a beaver dam and lodge https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ka...F_8=w640-h0-noClick for full res Almost looked like part of a railroad bed and the beavers just finished it off https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8M...S3A=w640-h0-noClick for full res https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8W...Uak=w640-h0-noClick for full res Found a cool little waterfall way in the middle of nowhere https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/h1...Xto=w640-h0-noClick for full res https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/vH...5w8=w640-h0-noClick for full res I've got some videos I can upload but will probably edit out my obnoxious voice first...lol That's the muddiest I've ever gotten a vehicle...luckily it's supposed to rain the next couple days so I get a free prewash before I get to really clean it. |
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