Apply to the windows as usual, but use their windshield washer fluid, too. Makes it really last. I always put on two coats, at least a few days apart. Seems to work better when the first coat really has a chance to cure.

 

Give it try in a few days. Thanks for the tip.

 

Needed a break. About 2/3 done with waxing the Jeep.
Now I can get back to my little projects once this is done.
This is about as good as I am going to get her.

 

That's a good idea, as I currently have to lift the full board out to get to the tire. I'll have to see if it can raise from the back, given how tight the fit is. I figured that I won't need to access the tire much, so I went with the simple option.

 

Finished up getting the new steering installed and


Spent a couple evenings trying to get this right but decided to throw in the towel and just find a headliner panel without the built in rear speakers.

 

So now that except for some quickie things maintenance is done I can start on a real project.
Everything in the way came out pretty easy. Now the fun starts. Supposed to be nice for the next 3 days.
Hopefully. LOL.

 

So this is going faster then I thought it would. And I take numerous breaks.
Alternator is out, that I knew would be easy, but the old battery cables are out to.
I kinda thought that was going to take a little work but.....
There is this bracket the battery cable to the starter and the brown wire for the
connector on the starter go through under the oil filter adapter. I can't get a good look
at it to see how it is secured in there. But I straightened the 90 degree lug to the starter
a bit and was able to pull the cable through. I wanted to avoid cutting it if I could. They
may look like crap but they still worked. LOL.
So I realized I don't have everything I need. I need some loom to wrap up some of the small
wires that were in the battery cable harness and I noticed the bolt holes in the head where the
coil rail mounts. Thinking going to buy some short ones in the same size and bolt them in. Just
to close the exposed holes so crap doesn't get down in there. Figure a lot of anti-seize on those.
Also my parts catalog does not give me a size so.........

 

This morning I got up cause the dogs wouldnt stop barking and decied to go clean up my center console secondary radio spot install. I routed the SAE connector in and slapped a grommet on it, this will power up any of my radios. Then put all the APRS stuff in there and Routed all the cabling for that and stowed it behind the rear support for the console.

 

I installed Speed Bleeders in the rear of my 96 yesterday. With all the rust it has, I was expecting a major battle to get the stock bleeder screws out. Nope. They came like they'd been installed new a few weeks ago. I can't figure it out!

But I'll take it!

If you aren't using Speed Bleeders, you are just wasting your own time every time you do brake work..

Front - 639590
Rear - 639530

 

So I got more done today then I thought I would.
I also figured out that clamp attached to the side of the engine that the battery cable from the starter
went through by the oil filter adapter. I can't get under there to take a picture but it is a spring clip of sorts
with a hook. If you squeeze it together you can get it to unhook.
So it pays to live close to the auto parts store you work at. I had them drop off 4' of split loom for that
brown wire that goes to the starter. I decided to loom that and the battery cable to the starter separately.
So I can't close the clamp back up to hook like it did. But you can bend it back around kinda.
That and strategically placed zip ties here and there should be good.
So another thing I did was reloom the battery cables I made last year. Nobody local sell 5/8" split loom.
1/2" or 3/4". 5/8" is the perfect size for the 2 gauge battery cable.
So last year I used 3/4" to protect the battery cables. Was a pain cause I had to fold it over on itself and
wrap electrical tape in places to keep it nice and tight.
Found some 5/8" on Amazon and redid all the cables.
So I also pieced in some loom here and there for the wires that are now separate but were part of the battery
cable harness.
A shot of that and one of the battery cables I reloomed.


So I am beat and calling it a day. Figure first thing I do tomorrow is put in the 155 amp alternator.
I already swapped out the 125 amp mega fuse for a 175 amp.
Then I guess swap spark plugs, get the Viper coil mod done, put the battery tray and battery back in.
Thinking I will have to make slight adjustment here and there on the battery cables to get them to
line up with the terminals again. Also a strategically placed zip tie here and there for the smaller wires
that were part of the battery cable harness that are now freestanding.

 

Currently struggling with some Rough Country lift shackles on my rig. Wondering out loud: if you've never rigged up a super-sketchy jack under your Jeep to replace a part, do you really even own a Jeep?

 

Not sure how I feel about having Ford parts in my Jeep, but at least I have 6 matching injectors again.

 

They look good! Seems like a great time to paint or wrap your fuel rail since it's out...

 

I agree.
Mine are orange too. I hate it but what can you do. LOL.
Despite not having any heat soak problems at the moment with my '00 had I known about the
DEI kit I would have done it anyway when I did the upgrade.

 

So yesterday beat me up a little more then I thought. LOL.
Bare minimum I would like to get done today.
That is a stock alternator for an '00 that I had my guy up the amps in.
He said he got it to just under 155.