[87YJBill]

gets asked every birthday and holiday, what part do you want for the jeep

[rain-gler]

Originally Posted by Stryker777

You put your phone on vibrate because you can't hear it. You put it on your lap because you can't feel it. Then it vibrates and you ignore it thinking it is just your tires.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

[rain-gler]

When you NEVER wear clothes that you cannot get dirty or dont want oil and gas fumes on...and you make sure you have hand cleaner with you at all times.

[krushnasty]

if ur garage has more used parts in it than Jordans-u-pull it

[NEPhillyJeep]

You are on your way to work and you think you smell something getting hot. Wait that smells like wiring insulation melting. "Nawh" you think to yourself as you "see" smoke coming from under your dash! ! !

So you tow the beast home, you go to drop your windsheild to find the hinges are rusted so they dont move as you see the hinges are bending on the top support. Not a problem I'll just get the whole windsheild off so I can ger the whole dash off, right. Then you round out one of the screws so bad you have to drill the head off, two more require a breaker bar (yes I had to replace them too). Success, you get it [the window frame] off by yourself without damaging the windsheild or any body parts.

Next, you start getting the dash unscrewed. "OH SH**," I got to take my steerinf wheel off, pull off my turn signal, pull the radio and the most fun part of all... take the heater control cables off.

After all that you finally get down to the wiring and think, "Hell since I got it broken down this far I might as well repaint the dash support and dress-out the electrical harness. I took the whole electrical harnesses out, labling everything that got unplugged, Disconnecting all my extra lights, electric radiator fan, super load horn, and extra light switches. Looking over the cable I find where the short is and find out that the wiper harness had managed over the years to short out to ground. "Hmmm wonder how many other things got screwed up in the proccess..."

Now as many of you may know, there are several plugs which dont get used as when the Jeep was build they put every plug on the harness for all those get items you dont need for a Jeep - as like A/C, that stupid maintenance light timer relay just to name a few. So I decided to remove all the wiring that isn't used and cap the ends or just remove it completly from the harness.

Being a helicopter electrician by trade, I started removing any wiring that wasnt tagged. Now I have learned over this years that is will save you many a headache in the end. I must have taken out 20 some odd feet of wiring that isnt used. The harness was wrapped in NOMEX (this an aircraft grade anti-abrasion wrap and is better the the usual plastic tubing stuff used by many.

There, its all done with the repair to the wiper harness completly rewired. I painted the dash support with some nice looking hammered looking rustoleum and painted all the plastic parts with a metalic plastic paint. Turned out pretty good actually... Now I want to repaint the soft top supports and such too....

Ok I'm getting away from the story...

Everything is put back in, plugged up....No plugs left unpluged...LOL Now to crank her up....

THE DAM* THING WOULDN'T TURN OVER! ! ! ! So I start trouble shooting. I first ran a jumper to the starter solenoid; it turned over, so its not the starter. Now mind you I have the whole dash back on; I literally bend over backwards and get to the ignition switch. With my trusted meter in hand check all the contacts against the infamous HAYNES manual, its good. Last but not least I go to the dreaded ignition realy. Maybe you know the item to which I speak off. It has been the headache to many friends of mine I know. Its located back on the firewall low and just to the right of the engine near the battery... Now this thing controls all kind of things from what gets power when you turn on the key to yeap, starting the engine. Its solid state, but boy was mine rusted and such. It still half-azz worked as it send power to all the instruments just not to turn over the engine. I bypassed it with my only starter-switch now like on some tractors and deisels. You turn the keep to get your electrics and then hit the button to crank her up.

So yeah you know when you drive a YJ when tear it all down to fix one thing only to find out that when you are done with that something else is waiting for you to fix it too. Oh yes I have screws left over too and cant for the life of me remember where they go. They just went into a coffee can I keep with all those bolts, nuts and screws that dont have a home until that one day..."So thats were that bolt," goes happens

Oh by the way.... Still can't find out why my dash lites and lites for my RPM and MPH gauges wont come on... That will be for the next day the weather is not raining.....

[Awesome]

Philly, you may as well just paint the soft top too.

You know you drive a YJ when you take it on long family trips so the wife can yap away and you can't hear a word she's saying. She mistakes the bumps in the road and your "what was THAT noise?" grimaces for nodding and smiling.

[warrenpeace24]

When you have to pull the transmission to replace the slave cylinder.

When something that was working 2 secs ago doesn't work anymore.

When something that hasn't worked since you bought it starts working again.

When you have a fight with someone because he said his bronco is better.Then you apologize to your friend only because his bronco is the only thing that can pull you outta that mud.

[Awesome]

Originally Posted by warrenpeace24

When you have to pull the transmission to replace the slave cylinder.

I keep seeing people saying this... am I the only person with the slave bolted to the outside of the bellhousing?

People also keep saying their "heeps" are unreliable... it's the second most reliable vehicle I've ever owned.

[warrenpeace24]

When your wife says it is okay to buy a jeep because they are cute, and will never get in after the first ride because it is too loud and cold.

When the maternity nurse brings your brand new baby girl out to go home and says "are you gonna take her home in that thing?" or "Come back after it has been sanitized"

[warrenpeace24]

Originally Posted by Awesome

I keep seeing people saying this... am I the only person with the slave bolted to the outside of the bellhousing?

People also keep saying their "heeps" are unreliable... it's the second most reliable vehicle I've ever owned.

Well when you drive anything like I do there is bound to be problems. My scout doesn't start because it got "submerged" doesn't mean it ain't reliable. Same with jeeps

[Awesome]

Originally Posted by warrenpeace24

Well when you drive anything like I do there is bound to be problems. My scout doesn't start because it got "submerged" doesn't mean it ain't reliable. Same with jeeps

Heh... same with my Jimmy. Bought it as a fixer-upper, fixed it... two weeks later the engine blew (think it's a bent rod) because I didn't know what a hydrolock was, or what the symptoms were. Oh well, live and learn... just like offroading.

[skeeterbeater]

you tell your boss on your first day "if you call me i probably won't answer if i'm in my jeep"
he says "don't like to drive and talk on the phone?" answer "well that and i usually don't feel or hear it"

[snowcrawlr619]

when it snows while youre at work and you get put on the list of people who can give other people rides home but nobody wants a ride from you except your best friend

[yoda604]

you know you drive a YJ when no matter what, you love every minute you're in it.

[beachedjeepyj]

When you get a tan line of your seat belt across your chest because you were driving without a shirt and no top or doors on haha.