What pieces did you use to make your lift? It looks awsome! Thats the size lift I want. What size tires ya runnin?

 

New tensioner pulley. Every day it's something new.

 

Stock hubcaps to my D windows!

 

Not bad, just need to color match now

 

Love the way it looks just like that man

 

We made it through the summer without A/C but absolutely positively refused to go all winter without heat. A strategic combination of low-buck part acquisitions, knuckle-busting, shop-tasking and $1250 over a 3 month period yielded working HVAC as-of this past month. All new radiator, water pump, t-stat/housing, hoses, heater core, A/C evaporator core and compressor in a 13yo XJ with 180K miles on it. It's time to take a breather and drive it like my DD awhile.

Thinking-out-loud... If I get a good winter's service from it then I think I'll keep it for another couple years and ~20K-30K miles. If you do the math, it still beats the monthly total car loan/insurance payments for a new car.

...except for that damned 13mpg city/18mpg highway fuel mileage issue.

 

nice jeep. looks alot like mine

 

i hate when they put wheel weights on the front

 

I have the same tires! How do you like them?

 

Worked on fixing my DW. Does anyone know how to remover the tie rod end at the pitman arm? I used a fork, ball joint press, beat the sh** out of it, and it refuses to move.

 

Heat it up, jam a pickle fork in it, and nail that *****

 

Replaced my idler pulley. The howl I had heard last week, turned into a "screaming like a banshee" kind of noise this morning. While at work, I was able to pinpoint the noise with a mechanics stethoscope and picked up a new one on the way home.

 

I only have a propane torch and it doesn't heat it up that well ha. Im hoping this is the root cause because there is no resistance in its movement.

 

Go to your local home store and get mapp gas. It burns a lot hotter than propane. While you are out doing that, let it soak in some PB blaster.

EDIT: If you have an air hammer, sometimes you can use that to free things up a bit

 

Had a growling noise from the pinon bearings in my front axle, put a t-case drop on to better my driveshaft angle. I hate bandaids but it will suffice until I swap in a high pinion.