Hey what did you use there for the grill? I am toying with the idea of making inserts for a stock one . Since I have a '98 5.9 Grand Cherokee tire cover and hood louvers on my '00 would like to kind of duplicate the grill on one.

 

Replaced cap, rotor, and plugs. Runs like new! Fixed the misfire when cold.

 

My 2000 XJ does not have a steering stabilizer shock. Is this normal for the Sport model or has it been altered by a previous owner?

 

I believe all of them came from the factory with steering stabilizers, but they aren't necessary. I personally haven't had one in a year or so.

 

Got the roof waxed today. So as far as detailing the inside and outside of the Jeep that is done.

 

Turtle Wax works good on exterior windows. Cleans off grime that windex will not and beads rain like RainX.

 

Gee and I just bought more RainX cause I ran out. LOL. Have to give that a try sometime.

 

It's just some basic cross steel sheeting I got at my local metal supply shop.

 

Got my frame stiffeners tacked in place after work today. Before you judge, for the record, I'm not a welder.

 

Want to do mine too?

 

Welding in stiffeners laying on your back (overhead) is not easy even for a welder. Pretty tight quarters to get the right angle but once they are burned in and undercoated you'll be fine.


If your stiffeners wrap around like the ones we burned in on Marks XJ I would drop your muffler down out of the way. We didn't on his and it is next to impossible to weld it with the muffler in the way.

 

Thanks for the advice. I really just need to cut it out and replace it. It's still the stock muffler. I saw some cracks and holes in it yesterday.

 

So I received my oil analysis. So cause I drive the Jeep so little. Mostly short trips I never keep track of the mileage between oil changes. Done in April and October I just assume that it is never less then 1500 miles and no more then 2500. So the oil looks like it has 4000 miles on it comment did not thrill me. But kind of assuming it is the short trips for that. The potassium/sodium comment did not sit well and the fact that there is a question mark next to anti-freeze under properties made me think that the test was inconclusive. '00 with the 0331 head and all. I contacted them about that. Their response:

Don't worry about the ballpark figures for mileage -- they work just fine for our interpretation and are better than leaving the spot blank. We look at potassium and sodium as indicators of coolant and while both were present here, most of the sodium is just additive in the Napa oil. Potassium doesn't have the same source, so if there is a coolant leak, it's minimal at this point. You probably wouldn't even notice a change in the coolant level. We aren't able to say with 100% certainty that there is or isn't coolant given this data though. The viscosity was fine (and it tends to thicken when coolant is a problem) and insolubles were still low (the oil usually oxidizes at a higher rate when coolant is an issue too). In other words, it's possible you have a small coolant leak, but there isn't anything that we'd say requires immediate attention. Just pull a sample in another 2,000 miles (give or take some) and we'll see how potassium/sodium look then.

So here is a copy of the report. Clicking on it will make it more readable. If anybody has any thoughts......

 

 

Got the Wrangler parked in my new driveway and the J10 in the garage. It barely fits with about 1" to spare on the back and each side