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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 01:49 PM
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How can I clip the hinges? I wanna take my doors off and also I have power locks and windows:\
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 02:09 PM
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Go on the how to forum and it will tell you how to cut the door hinges as for all of your electronics go to your local hardware store and pick up some
Male and female spades that you. An unhook when you want the doors off
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by jhampton
Go on the how to forum and it will tell you how to cut the door hinges as for all of your electronics go to your local hardware store and pick up some
Male and female spades that you. An unhook when you want the doors off
Damn phone can unhook and re hook up for you electric components
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 04:58 PM
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Oh the things I would do if I had a garage...
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by KJamesJR
Oh the things I would do if I had a garage...
What's that supposed to mean
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Old Jun 14, 2012 | 05:40 PM
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So a little update on the Lemon.
Mounted up a transfer case skid under her last month nothing fancy just a Warn skid for now.


and just finished mounting up some new wheels and tires. So what do you think...





























LOL



Just kidding,
so out with the old



and in with the new
33X12.5X15 Grabber Red Letters


and a few shots of them Mounted up to the Black Rock 941 Dune's




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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 04:54 PM
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It's been hard to get in the garage and work on the Lemon lately but got some stuff done to help out with the front end a bit.
Added a new Iron Rock Off Road double shear adjustable track bar and a Rubicon Express stabilizer.





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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 06:28 PM
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Lookin great
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 07:40 PM
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That's a damn good lookin jeep
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 07:00 PM
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I needed a little more protection for my lower control arms so after work today I stopped by Rozzo Fabrication in Lake Hopatcong to see Paul and he installed a set of lower control arm skids for me. He does all types of fab work and its quality work at a fair price. http://rozzofabrication.com/






I even got a cool sticker
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Old Oct 24, 2012 | 12:01 PM
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I like it! Subscribed
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Old Oct 24, 2012 | 12:09 PM
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Nice work and nice XJ! sub'd
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 08:38 PM
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holy engine bay boss! mmm nice beer collection! great build ill be watching
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 08:47 PM
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man the a nice rig.got some big money in it
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 09:52 PM
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I got a few more things done in the past few weeks.
I installed the H.D Offroad shackle relocation boxes in the rear along with a set of grease-able .75" shackles. I would say a definite improvement in ride on the street and the rear end flexes and works as it should with the improved shackle angle.
Here it is with the rear bumper removed to access the old nut-strips. I installed new nut-strips I got from JCR Offroad.


Here is the stock shackle in its stock location.


And here is the new relocated .75 grease able shackle.




I also had some transmission shifting issues not to long ago and the CEL came on a few times for the shift solenoids so I ended up ordering a full set of A340 Toyota solenoids to replace the old faulty ones as well as a filter kit and a new 10000BTU trans cooler. I did a full flush on the old trans oil and replaced it with some new DexIII. Sorry no pics of the cooler. The cooler mounted in front of the radiator and I plumbed it in line with the stock cooler in the radiator.

Here is the AW4 with the pan dropped. You can see the old solenoids above the filter with the yellow and white wire leads and reddish connectors and the one behind the filter as well with the black lead.


New filter and new solenoids


Now no more CEL issues and she shifts smoother than ever.

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