On my way home from work that day, I believe my transmission overheated and started blowing fluid everywhere, and smoking since it pouted on the exhaust. I found my transmission cooler lines were both kinked, you can see it in my other thread, so I got them cut out and replaced with some rubber transmission cooler line.

I also finally installed my rough country tow points (I still need a big bolt for the frame bracket) and trimmed up my front bumper caps.

I have a new tailpipe and electric cooling fan on order, so that will be next on the list.


Kinked cooler lines





All better.... Hopefully.





New tow points installed





And bumper caps trimmed





I also secured my cargo basket and cleaned up my engine bay a little.

These ought to do the trick




And believe it or not, this is way cleaner than it was, lol

 

Well i finally got it back on the road last night, and had the ***** to drive it into work this morning. I guess on the way home ill see if the new (non collapsed and kinked) cooler lines make any sort of difference...

Oh and my new electric fan should be here tomorrow, so ill probably toss that in this weekend.

 

So on my way home, I ran without the AC on. My temp didn't go over 200, and I didn't have fluid blow everywhere.

I did crawl under it when I got home..... I'm hoping this is just residual. I'll have to clean it up again and see what happens. It seemed to be confined to the crossmember and the upper part of the transfer case. The front by the Bell housing was pretty dry, so that's good.

 

I finally replaced my electric cooling fan on saturday. I took it for a beat run, and everything seemed to work as it should, and it didnt overheat or anything. I just need to get my new coolant temp sensor in now, and i will hopefully be ready for the crawl next month.

Id be lying if i said i wasnt nervous about how shes going to do...... Performance wise, and running condition wise. Im just concerned im going to go through the trouble of hauling it there, along with my family and the camper, just to have it last an hour lol

 

Well i fixed a couple of wires that got burned by my exhaust manifold, and now my temp gauge sits at a steady 170*F or so. I drove it all the way to and from work yesterday without a single issue, with the AC blasted ice cold the whole time. I think im getting close to getting this thing sorted (knock on wood) lol.

Thanks to Mr. Xj-Jake, ill be getting new window switches (so momma can put her window down at the crawl next month), exhaust, a front driveshaft, and some other misc bits.


I have 35 days until the Crawl for the Cure. And a short list of things to accomplish before then.

-Fix my hanging exhaust
-install frame bolt for front tow points
-install new window switches


Im hoping to get it done this weekend, since after this weekend, im out of town every weekend until the end of July.

 

Well thanks to a local forum member, I scored a used exhaust, and a good front driveshaft yesterday for $20!

Now I need to get the old exhaust (and rattling cat) cut off, and get some hangers and clams for the new stuff, and I should be in good shape. I also have everything to install my hack n tap, but that will have to happen later down the road, in a week or two.

 

Well i got the new (used) exhaust hung, and i figured out my power window/lock issue.

I took all my window switches apart and re-soldered the connections, and then i found a bad ground behind the kick panel. I got that all repaired, and now i have all 4 power windows from the driver switch, and individually, and my power locks and remote keyless entry works!


It looks way better without the exhaust dragging *** all over the place:















So now i have a month until the Crawl, and my to-do list keeps getting shorter.

All i have left is:
-Install frame bracket bolts for the front tow points
-Bend my front brake lines to get a little more reach (and hope they dont snap)
-Hard wire my CB to get rid of the static and feedback



*Thats assuming i drive it for the next week or so without any other surprises lol

 

I picked up some 33x12.5s on (I think) American Racing Baja wheels tonight, complete with matching MTRs and a matching spare wheel and tire. All for the dirty cheap price of trading him an adjustable track bar (I won't mention that I got the track bar for free....).

I can't wait to get these cleaned up and put on next weekend!

 

Well after seeing all the big jeeps in colorado over the last week, I got ambitious when I got home....

I can't exactly turn, but it looks freaking awesome lol. I guess it's time to break out the cutting wheel although I really wanted to keep my flares

 

Looks like no more fender flares for this guy......

Now I just need to get the hack n tap installed so I can get rid of these nasty vibrations.

My wife wanted me to keep the bumper caps, so I just trimmed them too. I think it turned out ok.

 

I miss my fender flares.......... And my cut job looks like **** lol. I need to get some sort of edging on there asap, or i need to re-cut it an inch or so up and make it look better.

 

I cut my front fenders today, and put some of the u shaped door trim on. I must say, it looks more complete now.

 

Washed it, waxed it, installed my rugged Ridge tow points, cut my rear fenders, and put edging over the cuts on all 4 corners.

It's amazing what a difference a couple coats of wax makes on almost 20 year old paint!

 

I guess I can change the name of the Jeep to T-rex......

Going in this week! Hopefully this will help my rough ride...

 

Well im picking up my new control arms and some Bilstein 5100 shocks tomorrow. Hopefully that will make it ride better than the stock arms and entry level rough country shocks..... Lol