Homebrew Jeep Mods
01-09-2012, 10:00 PM
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Year: 1988
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Wired my air compressorand ran a fitting to the front bumper. Used the original fog light wiring and switch. Works perfect....just gotta have the headlights on!
01-09-2012, 10:11 PM
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Year: 1988
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Engine: 242CID I-6
Originally Posted by slk88cherokee
Wired my air compressorand ran a fitting to the front bumper. Used the original fog light wiring and switch. Works perfect....just gotta have the headlights on!
01-10-2012, 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Zacks98
Hey man I did the same thing as you with the flares, minus the endcaps.
as you can see i left the finders uncut and bondoed the wholes and took the random one part that comes way far down.
as you can see i left the finders uncut and bondoed the wholes and took the random one part that comes way far down.
01-10-2012, 07:14 PM
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Year: 1999
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Bought a different shifter **** at Walmart for $13 and modded to work as the button. Push the whole thing down and it shifts fine. I drilled a 1/8" hole through the shifter **** and the plastic button that goes in the metal tube. Then I inserted a cotter pin through both so they hold together and the pin slides in the two slots on the shifter tube. I've been driving around for the past 2 days like this and haven't had a problem.
01-10-2012, 09:34 PM
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Year: 1997
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Does anybody have a drawing for a roof rack they have built with some dimensions? Not trying to steal ideas, but if it works!! Any help appreciated.
01-10-2012, 09:40 PM
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01-10-2012, 11:29 PM
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Year: 1990
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Originally Posted by peter93xj
Bought a different shifter **** at Walmart for $13 and modded to work as the button. Push the whole thing down and it shifts fine. I drilled a 1/8" hole through the shifter **** and the plastic button that goes in the metal tube. Then I inserted a cotter pin through both so they hold together and the pin slides in the two slots on the shifter tube. I've been driving around for the past 2 days like this and haven't had a problem.
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01-11-2012, 12:06 AM
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Year: 89
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Originally Posted by VIKING3500
How does the shifter handle come off?
01-11-2012, 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by JerrytheJeep
Pull, be careful you dont smack yourself in the face though a few places I've read you're supposed to bicep curl it, but that seems problematic, I'd stradle it and lift with my legs. I'm going to make my own handle in metals but I'm trying to see what the inside mechanics of it are and how the button works before I do.
The inside mechanics are simple. The button is connected through a rod that runs to the middle of the T where it connects with a small connector rod positioned at a 45° angle. At the other end of that connector rod is another small rod in the vertical portion of the ****. That rod pushes down a rod inside the shifter arm when the button is pushed.
01-11-2012, 06:00 AM
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It just pulls off.. just make sure you don't twist it. Straight up is the way to go.
The inside mechanics are simple. The button is connected through a rod that runs to the middle of the T where it connects with a small connector rod positioned at a 45° angle. At the other end of that connector rod is another small rod in the vertical portion of the ****. That rod pushes down a rod inside the shifter arm when the button is pushed.
The inside mechanics are simple. The button is connected through a rod that runs to the middle of the T where it connects with a small connector rod positioned at a 45° angle. At the other end of that connector rod is another small rod in the vertical portion of the ****. That rod pushes down a rod inside the shifter arm when the button is pushed.
01-11-2012, 06:01 AM
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Year: 1998
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Engine: I6 4.0 L
Originally Posted by JerrytheJeep
Pull, be careful you dont smack yourself in the face though a few places I've read you're supposed to bicep curl it, but that seems problematic, I'd stradle it and lift with my legs. I'm going to make my own handle in metals but I'm trying to see what the inside mechanics of it are and how the button works before I do.
01-11-2012, 06:29 AM
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Year: 1999
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Yea I just grabbed both sides of it and pulled striaght up and kept my head out of the way. It might not feel like it will come but it will just pull really hard