helicoil? i drill and tapped the hole to the next size tap size i had on hand. Put some lock tight on it and has been fine for 48 hrs so far. well see. i also thought about welding it?


thanks man yeah the material I used was a fannel cotton carcoal gray color, I got it from joann fabrics. it was like 20 bucks for the 3 yards I got.

 

built a shelf for the back on the jeep this weekend.


just some 2x4s and a piece of plywood. its temporary.

 

this past weekend i cleaned my throttle body;

new iac
and new tps

 

today i put a new coolant temperature sensor in.

i also bought new tires this weekend.

 

lets see them.

I saw you last week on harrison. I was in my lifted red jeep. I have a stockish gold two door too

 

yeah man? i didnt see you. haha. now i gotta start paying attention.

the new tires are the same tires i had previously, just new. BFG All Terrains
30x9.5

 

NEW TIRES. STILL NEED TO GET THEM MOUNTED AND BALANCED. I ALSO THOUGHT AT THE SAME TIME I WOULD DO THE ZJ TIE ROD UPGRADE. THAT'S THE PLAN FOR THIS WEEKEND.

 

alright, looking to replace my whole steering at once. i think it just makes sense doing it all at once.
I going with the zj conversion. 1998 5.2L
If I get my parts from rockauto with MOOG I get it from $217. shipped. But it takes a week to get. if I go to the local part store, Oreillys, get the same moog parts for $360 but theres no waiting for the parts.


if something did happen and i had to replace a part down the road, Oreillys would be easier to get the replacement part. and free with the life time warranty with MOOG


am I being smart about replacing everything all at once?
do i pay more for the life time warranty?


ANY HELP WOULD BE AWESOME!!

 

whats bad on it right now?
what lift do you want to be at in the future?

 

nothing is bad per say, but the jeep has over 200,000 miles so i feel its time for a replacement, and might as well do the zj upgrade.


and as for lift. I am planning on staying where I am at now, since i drive a lil over 500 miles a week for work.

 

Ah I see. I replaced my tierod at the pitman when it went bad, then my drag link then before my tierods from drag link to driverside went bad I went to lkq and got a zj tierod assembly that is still good after a year of being on my lifted jeep and wheeling it. cost about 38$ for the v8 zj tierod setup at lkq.

 

Do you think a junkyard v8 tierod will still be good? meaning do you think you got lucky with the junkyard steering part?

 

well a little update, i replaced my steering box and the hoses since they have been leaking.



steering box




new hoses

 

found some old pictures of my odometer

 

other updates include



new radio.
no cd
am/fm




and! USB






also i paracorded the top half of the steering wheel




i like how it looks and feel. i think i used 40 feet of the 100 feet i bought