Haha laugh of the day hell ya

 

oh, and pulled the cluster out of my old jeep yesterday...
Apparently the last 3 numbers just hit 666 when I got hit.
Odo reads 212666

 

Cleaned all my stuff outta it. It'll be awhile before she's road worthy again. :'(

 

Attemped to change my shocks. But had to have a shop change them. The bolts needed torched out. And got it home changed front hubs

 

I finished putting in a Durango steering box and the C-Rock frame repair kit. I also put on a GC fan clutch. The XJ drives real nice now...no more sloppy steering and no overheating!! Next week, after I recover, I'll put in new RC UCAs and LCAs.

 

Is the Durango steering box really that much better then the stock one? Was it hard to set up or does it bolt right up?

 

My friend got a 93 2-door today. Silver, 170k. Cracked windshield, unbalanced water pump (replacing tomorrow), and a bad u-joint. Not bad for $1500. Almost no rust and has the c8.25 rear axle. Once we get it trail worthy we are going wheeling together.

 

I've only driven about 25 miles since I finished the Durango steering box so I haven't been able to completely test it out and my old box was wasted so, I'm not sure of what driving improvements there are between a good XJ steering box and the Durango box. The turning radius seems the same and it is comfortably responsive with minimal input. The Durango box is beefier.

As far as setting it up, it is a direct bolt in, with one exception. The Durango box is about 1/2" thicker. So, you have to use a couple washers for spacers to bring the box off the frame. If you're going to do this mod...don't forget the washers...its a pain in the a*% to put them in after the fact...trust me.

The biggest issue I had was installing the C-Rock frame repair kit. Mostly because I have tow bar receivers installed and wanted to keep them. A little cutting and welding fixed that (thanks Doug).

The whole job, steering box and frame repair kit, took me about 10 hours...but I'm slow and I kept finding other things to fix...lots of missing bolts. Other than that, it wasn't too bad.

 

Alright well sweet. I need to get one my steering box is shot too. We tightened it down so much that we had a shop just look over and do compression test and such they couldn't move the adjusting bolt. Haha but thanks for the tip. I'll be going to the bone yard soon as it gets around 20's here we had a high of 15 today with -10 in the morn not including wind chill. Haha

 

Today I ordered my HD steering linkage, I new I needed to replace my tie rods and adjustment sleeves so for a little mote I decided it might be useful just to replace the whole thing. Imma send photo after I install next week!

 

i made my doors fall off.... when i want them too...

 

Put a new O2 sensor in and new battery terminals and popped a new head unit in my jeep and also been running 89 grade fuel.... been told it runs better with it any suggestions???

 

Today a friend and I replaced my rear main seal and did a few other maintenance deals and started installing my control arm drop brackets and new control arms. Will finish up tomorrow.

 

drove it...
Still having to crawl through the passengers side.

 

Gota get an alignment after work tomaro. I was gona check my headlight wires to night but its to dam cold and my jeep gave me a whopping headache earlier. No low beams and no front right blinkers but i have parkn lights. I think its a connecter under my intake