[theboxman71]

Originally Posted by MGCicc03

Hi Zio Jimmy

It's your nephew Michael and my Daddy.
It looks like your doing a great job on the jeep. We can't wait until your finished so we can see your jeep and go for a ride (after the UPS man of course )
Keep up the good work and we'll see you at my birthday real soon.

Michael typing ->dfssgjdhhshdhwhehah->translates to "make sure you bring your keys"

Michael

haha...u guys rock...THX Michael and Uncle Dave!!!

[theboxman71]

Hey....more pics...progress...

I reinstalled the fuel tank, not too much trouble, used a floor jack and a few jackstands....went in pretty easy...

Brand new fuel pump/sending init.

I also took the tank out of the skid plate and painted the skid plate.

[theboxman71]

more tank ...

[theboxman71]

Blinding yellow bump stops all around....

[theboxman71]

Had to take off her eyes to get the new brake line set up right, I should have took it off before, would have been easier... I got to clean it up anyway on the back...

[theboxman71]

I got my new stainless brake lines almost done, man they were prebent and fit like a glove, THX JCWhitney!!!

The old lines came off pretty easy, at a few locations, I had to grind off the brake line, so i could get a socket on the fitting.

[theboxman71]

I got the old rusty vacuum motor off, with one broken bolt, I tried to get a vice grip on it but no go, I guess I'll net to drill it out.

[theboxman71]

Here is the new vacuum motor and shift fork, Check out the old one...nasty

This was a bit of a pain to get the small metal clips off the old fork, but with some needlenose plyers and some muscle, they came out...

[theboxman71]

Also put on a new transfer case vacuum switch, might as well while its easily accessible!!!

[theboxman71]

Here is how she sits now, I have to get my new sway bar links before and can torqe everthing up on the front axle, but when that is done, it's on to the TUB

More pics to come,

THX for looking.

[84 400]

looking great!!

[rustywrangler]

Why don't you just go ahead and get rid of the vac disc completely? Your doing so much to this why leave the pain in the *** parts in there.

[theboxman71]

Originally Posted by Rescuer265

Why don't you just go ahead and get rid of the vac disc completely? Your doing so much to this why leave the pain in the *** parts in there.

U mean go Posilok?....well, I know the vac motor is pron to fail, I'd just like to keep the original jeep design, I don't mind fixing it, Maybe it's just me

[theboxman71]

HEY this is funny, I found a new sway bar link on Quadratec for 10.98...

I was curious how much the Chrysler dealer would have them for, (its next door to my house).. 54 DOLLARS EACH!!!, can u believe that???

and not only that, the bolt or "pin" as they call it, that connects to the sway bar...34 DOLLARS EACH!!! for a damn bolt!!!


Talk about rape...

[rustywrangler]

Originally Posted by theboxman71

U mean go Posilok?....well, I know the vac motor is pron to fail, I'd just like to keep the original jeep design, I don't mind fixing it, Maybe it's just me

I mean find a newer xj solid axle shaft so that you do not have the vac motor. This is what i am going to do but still working on what exactly I have to do to make it work.