Houston Kid

In Houston rust is not a problem but mold is. The hole in the roof where the wiring for a light bar was made was not sealed after removal of the light bar. The result is mold on the headliner board where water got in.

Houston Kid

Next will be a lift, rims, and tires the week after labor day.

Houston Kid

Headliner done in bedliner...... FAIL

The rubber particles in the Herculiner would not stick to the headliner only to the roller. I took it back and tired the spray can stuff. Just not a good idea.

I did manage to pull off all of the fender flares and get the new front end on.

After getting everything off, I decided to go for a cruise. Well guess what, AC will only blow thru the vents used for defrost. Did some searching on this site and found that bad vacuum lines can cause this. I located one of the lines near the battery and guess what, big hole and the line is very brittle. This is the line I tugged on after removing the passenger front molding and saw this line attached to a round ball looking thing attached to the front bumper.

Headed to the parts store now to see id a new section of hose here will fix the AC problem.

Houston Kid

The interwebs is awesome. Vacuum hose replaced, AC working just fine now. Back in the day no telling how much that would have cost me to get someone figure out what the heck was wrong.

thatXJguy

1999 for the win!

What happened to the center console man? Looks like someone shot it with birdshot lol.

Some TLC and it's gonna turn out real nice.

Houston Kid

Thanks.

That is where the city had all of the microphones, siren controls, etc. mounted.

Houston Kid

I changed the rear main seal and the oil pan gasket yesterday. After doing some reading about the oil filter adapter mod, I did that also. So, I should be oil leak free for a while. Fingers crossed. I drove around today for about 15 miles and all seems to be ok.

jaredsmith.tx

Where did you find a lift. I'm in Houston and have been looking. Haha. Congrats. What part of Houston you in

calpat

I just moved to Houston last week! Cant wait to see how your xj turns out

2008infantry

Great start man, it looks like your build is going to be nice. As far as the ceiling goes... you might want to figure out a way to seal the whole so you can use it again if you plan on wiring in lights or what not.... Also you should bedline the ceiling itself not the fiberglass insert haha.

Houston Kid

In the Clear Lake area. I thought I found one but the guy backed out. I may go with a Rusty's 3" will full springs.

http://www.rustysoffroad.com/jeep-su...-pack-kit.html

Houston Kid

New Texas License.

Houston Kid

Today I changed out the plugs, wires, rotor and cap. I also ordered the Rusty's Off Road 3" lift with complete springs.

Looks like next weekend will be busy.

Houston Kid

Bought a lift and some 784 injectors. Hope to have them both by the weekend.

Power73

nice man! what happend to the rustys lift?