Houston Kid

New U Joints today.

Next few weeks I am going to take the timing chain cover off to replace the gasket and crank seal. Since I am there I am going to replace the timing chain and sprockets.

JeepMN

Love this build man. Real motivation to everybody on this forum.

I normally wouldn't say this but a black roof rack would look stellar on this rig. Just my opinion though.(not a surco rack either )

Houston Kid

Thanks. I am shopping for one now. I am going to get one in the next few months, throw the spare up there along with the jack. I think it will look bad *** and be functional all at the same time.

Houston Kid

This was my wish list back in August.

Tint windows
New exhaust high flow cat and muffler tonight DONE
Headers DONE
Bore TB to 60mm DONE
Tuner, maybe CANNOT DO IT
Roof Rack
K&M air intake DONE
Winch
New full leaf springs DONE
New better shocks
New seats
Pull the head, deck it, and new valves DONE
New battery
Led flush mount tail lights

Houston Kid

Timing chain, sprockets, and crankshaft seal today.

You can see the chain stretch after 165,000 miles. They chains are even on the other end. I was able to do this without removing the radiator, water pump, or t-stat housing.

Houston Kid

Replaced distributor, rotor, coil, and plug wires. No more cam shaft or crank shaft position senor code. I forgot to get a pic of the distributor cap, but the center post from the coil was completely rusted. I am guessing this was causing an interment spark which threw the code because the cam shaft sensor is in the distributor. The plug wire pictured is the wire from the coil to the distributor.

Houston Kid

Tint windows
New exhaust high flow cat and muffler tonight DONE
Headers DONE
Bore TB to 60mm DONE
Tuner, maybe CANNOT DO IT
Roof Rack
K&M air intake DONE
Winch DONE
New full leaf springs DONE
New better shocks
New seats
Pull the head, deck it, and new valves DONE
New battery DONE
Led flush mount tail lights

Been neglecting the Jeep lately. Santa Claus did bring a new winch. $299 HF special. We will see how long it lasts. New battery also.

Houston Kid

Mounted a Craigslist special roof basket this weekend. Not sure I like the quality. I may order this one this summer: http://www.quadratec.com/products/12138_300_07.htm

I also fabricated a cheap winch mount license plate mount. 4, 1 1/4" conduit clamps, 4 bolts, 4 nuts, and 4 zip ties. The clamps hold it well enough but the zip ties are some added insurance. I figure if I use the winch twice in 6 months that would be a lot. Easy enough to cut the zip ties and remove the license plate.

Houston Kid

Drove the beach today from Sabine Pass, Texas to Hi Island, Texas and saw this plane flying really low. Took some pics on the Boliver Ferry headed home.

Houston Kid

Spare tire mounted on roof basket with home made bracket. Jack moved to outside of roof basket to center the spare.

Houston Kid

New LED light bars front and rear on the roof basket.

Houston Kid

Finally got time to wire up the LED bars on the roof basket. Plenty of light now. No problems with being able to see while backing up.

JandDGreens

Looking great! I bet this XJ runs great with all the work you've done to the motor. Wish you live up here, Wheeling in these mountains is a blast.

Houston Kid

Thanks. It is a pretty smooth running Jeep. One day I am going to make a road trip to the mountains for some fun.

Houston Kid

Refurb of rear latch.