lil01cherokee

Also I painted it flat black for the time being just to make it one solid color, I will go back and do the body work and paint it proper once I get settled into my new house in May

lil01cherokee

Also got the header panel in of course I had a bulb go out

lil01cherokee

So with my J-bolts for gas tank are shot and I can't get the tank to secure tight enough so I figured I would try these for 2.50$ rather than buying the 30$ ones.

Also that's the paint I used, I actually had my air tools boxed up to ship to my new house so I just thinned the paint and used my electric sprayer. I'm gonna wet sand it a bit but it's not a bad 20 footer paint job

RegularGuy

you have a pic of the flat black paint job?
I know a guy that flat black rattle can'd his F-150 and it actually looked better than i thought it would.

Be nice to see this thing 'done'. MJs really are cool and this one has the makings of a sweet sweet ride.

are you going to try and lower the rear more, or just raise the front a bit to even it out?

lil01cherokee

definitely going to try to drop the rear some more but when I went out this morning it was snowing and 31... in North Carolina in mid March

RegularGuy

nice!
also, I hear you, up in ohio I'm used to winter not letting go, but this winter has been awful. I'm fine with a cold snowy winter but it keeps getting like 70 degrees, then goes back to "normal" temp and it really messes with you.

lil01cherokee

Ohio? I'm sorry to hear that 😂 I'm originally from Michigan so I still have a bitterness for your state. Just kidding but yea I just spoke to my dad he's up in the mitten still and said they just got power back last night they lost it last Tuesday the power company said it was the biggest outage in history. The cold the salt and the snow can definitely take its toll on the thin sheet metal these things are made of. I've had my fair share of rocker panel rotted XJs

TFitzPat87

Hahaha! Cheers to that! Nah, just messing with ya. As long as we don't have sports teams playing against each other... I guess I can tolerate the Ohians!

RegularGuy

You guys need to let this Toledo thing go!!

In all seriousness, i once asked some bikers from MI that were stopped at a Sheetz, if "people in MI cheer for the buckeyes" and they all laughed at me. Im still not sure if its a legit thing or just some form of being contrary, but a surprising amount of people here actually cheer for the wolverines every time.

As a disclaimer i dont care for football so i've nothing in it

In any case, i hear you on those rotted floors! My 98 has pretty solid metal all around, and after the 96's floors started to get reaaaally bad after a few winters with me..
well, im considering spraying the whole underside with a cheap flat black spray paint

TFitzPat87

That's mainly because those people in Ohio who are cheering for Michigan, are people who came from Michigan. I have family on Ohio that moved there from Michigan. Somehow, they are now Buckeyes fans, and we don't talk much anymore. HAHAHA! Just kidding!

I've been hard pressed to find anyone in Ohio that even wants to hear "Wolverines". Although, maybe I'm biased to the situation considering I'm a life long Michigander, and a die hard sports/Michigan fan.

Anyway... sorry to stink up the PO's build!

lil01cherokee

Well I got it on the road only to have the tranny start pissing from the front so I've dropped the tranny. Now I can't get it to line up at all I have the top bolts in but the bottom won't come close.

In the mean time I put an XJ rear sound bar in the roof

lil01cherokee

Also i went to replace the rear diff fluid....
Then I realized the yoke had tons of play, well there wasn't even a crush sleeve so I ordered one and finally got that all fixed up

RegularGuy

thats some gnarly stuff dripping out of the diff!
then too, im sure mine looks as bad at the moment. i need to pull it off there and see whats inside.

Nice job on the soundbar in the roof like that! certainly unique!