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Old Jan 25, 2019 | 01:18 PM
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Tightened the wheel bearings today. Still looked good so I just left the ones that were in there.
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Old Feb 10, 2019 | 09:56 AM
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Got the stumbling fixed (I believe) so now I just need to get the idle right, and it seems the o2 heater isn't getting enough power according to my REM so I need to trace some wires and clean some connections probably. Got the stuff for a rear sway bar if I ever get some free time to open up the brackets for the axle and bolt it into the truck. In the write up I saw he used extended links, but I think his truck is lifted so on hoping the shorter links will work with my truck at stockish height.
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Old Apr 7, 2019 | 11:44 PM
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Got a new o2 sensor for it and got the exhaust redone. The cheap manifold I ordered leaks worse than the old one that I replaced, but the rest of the exhaust is nice mandrel bent, leak free and actually the right size.
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Old Apr 8, 2019 | 01:18 PM
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What muffler did you end up going with?
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Old Apr 8, 2019 | 02:25 PM
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What muffler did you end up going with?
Thrush welded since it looked like it would hold up well and it's really cheap. It sounds pretty good and I can barely hear it cruising down the highway.
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Old Apr 9, 2019 | 06:11 PM
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Sounds like its perfect then! Did you run the pipe all the way out the back too?
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Old Apr 9, 2019 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 5-Speed
Sounds like its perfect then! Did you run the pipe all the way out the back too?
I did. I wish I took some pictures of the exhaust on the lift, but I'll take some sometime.
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Old Apr 14, 2019 | 07:09 PM
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I autocrossed the Comanche yesterday for fun. I asked the guys if I could just do one quick run since I had to get some school work done. Messing around riding 3 wide I got a 56.3 +1 which wasn't too bad since my friend got a 53.1 in his miata with 4 runs to figure the track out. Now I've got the handling bug again and want to make this thing corner more level. I also read something about swapping in a zj steering box for a quicker steering ratio, so I may look into that.
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Old May 22, 2019 | 08:54 PM
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Did a few audio things to it, replaced the brake booster, and tightened the wheel bearing. 2nd is starting to crunch if I go quickly now. Hopefully I can put off a rebuild till I finish the two other jeeps I have broken in the driveway right now.
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Old May 24, 2019 | 08:08 AM
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The collection has begun! Soon you'll have more sitting for repairs than reliables!
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Old May 24, 2019 | 10:57 PM
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The collection has begun! Soon you'll have more sitting for repairs than reliables!
What do you mean soon? I've had more broken than running for a good while now
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Old May 26, 2019 | 09:13 AM
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Lol i have a couple friends that have the same issues. One with 3 XJs
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Old May 26, 2019 | 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by unidentifiedbomb
Lol i have a couple friends that have the same issues. One with 3 XJs
You talking **** about me now?
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Old May 30, 2019 | 05:02 PM
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Brake light fuse blew again for some reason, and now the turn signals don't work and the o2 sensor isn't working right again and it's getting stuck in open loop. Oh and with the ac on it charges at like 12.8v and with it off it's like 13.5v or so. I don't know what to do about all these electrical gremlins.
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Old May 30, 2019 | 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by XJwonders
You talking **** about me now?
at least you work on yours... some let them rot
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