Refill with money would probably also help out a bit.

 

I needed to get my motivation back with working on the truck. So I decided to look for an easy project to do...

I had already sold my column shift cluster that I rebuilt. I'm kicking myself because I FORGOT to swap the face bezels ugh. (I had black on that cluster and some boring grey **** on this one).

I gotta look for another one now.

Anyway I had a spare bezel and I tried painting it, didn't come out good so I trashed it. I guess I ll run the dull grey **** for now.

I took the bezel out, cleaned all the gauge faces, washed the bezel and the lens. I reset the mileage to 250,743. Installed the new speedo cable through the firewall and put the gauge cluster back in place on the dash.

 

Today I reamed the pitman arm its slightly askew but it will do. I have plenty of pitman arms laying around anyway.

 

Also. I don't know if I mentioned it already but I m trading a doubler I built for a set of clean 97+ doors with manual crank windows. It has grey door panels. I'm thinking I should either look for black or camel tan (probably better with camel).

Anybody got that?

 

Wouldn't Happen to have any stock zj pitman arms laying around would you? they're supposed to be like a 1" drop from a xj.

 

No I don't, unless I part that zj out.

 

Permanently installed steering system.

A little whoop... I forgot to weld a steering stabilizer bracket on the truss so maybe I ll just make something that ll bolt on.



Also scored a 3x5 angle steel that's 1/4" thick from work





Not sure if I ll leave it at 63" long or cut it at frame rail ends. I ll have to build the bed first and see how that go. I'm thinking I should leave it at 63 so it can support the rear corners of the bed and have better bumper mounting system.

 

 

To clarify. I wouldn't be mounting the bumper directly on the ends of the angle. It ll be mounted directly at the location where the frame rails meet the angle. If I do decide to add the additional mounting points on the ends, it ll be just supplementary strengthening points.

IF I do keep the 63" width. I will be cutting a slope on the bottom so it tapers a bit towards to the ends.

 

Cut all the old injector connectors off and soldered in those from an 97.





Here's how I mounted the renix fuel rail on the 99 intake manifold. I got the idea from SatiricalHen. Apparently the renix rail is actually of a smaller diameter than a 97+ so I just simply cut the tabs off that and it fits around the renix diameter perfectly.

 

How many of those tabs did you end up using?

 

I used 2 tabs on #2 and 3 mounting points and then I welded a piece of metal to the first tab that I didn't cut off the renix rail so it can bolt on the #1 mounting point.



Also I'm been informed that my steel will be arriving next Friday. Pretty excited here

 

They are different?

 

Yes. Apparently renix uses stupid metal clips that you have to spend 3 minutes each trying to pry it off with a tiny screwdriver. Stupid waste of time. I prefer 91-98 clips with finger tabs. They both use same shape though.

 

Those metal clips are the devil.