the place i work at is like an open shop. $4 an hour. you get a lift and get to rent all the tools they have. it's an amazing place and i wouldn't have been able to do 90% of the things i've done if it wasn't for the open shop.
yep indeed there are dicks all over it =D my friend was having fun with a grinder.
the only thing left to pull is the engine, which i'm selling for $500. that will be thursday. kinda worried - i learned how to change tires 3 months ago and i'm about to pull an engine, lol. once i pull the engine, the frame is ready to be junked. i coordinated with a towing company so they will come and pick it up on thursday at 8pm. will load it up with a forklift.
bought that zj for $1500. already made $900 back and i get to keep the bumper and the winch which is the major reason why i purchased this jeep. there's a chance i may break even - hell, even might make a profit - if i restore the rusty's kit and try to sell that. all the bushings are done on the control arms.
so pretty much done with the project at this point. going to start cleaning the parts and start posting them on craigslist. motor, tranny and transfer case are main items that i want to sell. it's still kinda surreal that i got this done. i knew nothing about cars 4 months ago. never changed tires before. used to open the hood, look inside, have no clue what i'm looking at and close it. 4 months later, i pretty much disassembled it to bare bones.
could not have done this without jf.com and some of my awesome friends.
before i joined, i thought alaska was some crazy place that i never ever wanted to go to. well, now i don't want to leave. alaska is amazing. yea, the winter does suck. yea, it gets really cold. but this really is the last frontier and you can get a sense of being an adventurer within 15 miles of the city. i like being at a place knowing that there is a 99% chance that no human being as ever been there.
but then again, i'm going to colorado next june. very very very excited about that too. all my life, i've been hearing about how beautiful colorado is.
Man your so lucky to live near one of these open shops. I live in NH. My shop is my driveway. No air tools. No way to pull an engine at the push of a button. Also my driveways on a hill. You make everything look so easy. I wish I lived near you. Theres a few things still there everyone needs. The headliner and The drivers door. The rear hatch aswell. Strip that thing. I wouldnt worry with the help of craigslist you will make a good profit.
Yea having an open shop is amazing. I wouldn't have been able to do 90% of the work without the shop. Quite simply, they have all the specialized tools that just does not make economical sense to purchase.
ugh, turned out they don't have the battery isolator that i needed. so i'll be putting that project off for a little bit. i could set it up without an isolator, and have a manual switch, but i really rather use an isolator.
another project i might do is making a switch for the infamous fuse 17 - interior lights. can't figure out what is keeping the damn lights on, so i'm just gonna make a manual switch for the fuse and just turn it on when i need interior lights. very soon, i'll be in 20-22 hours of darkness. def need the interior lights.
The fuse was pulled in mine. I replaced it to see what the issue was, and once I started driving it a bit, I realized the lights weren't turning off. The manual switch isn't a bad idea, but I really want to figure out why it is doing that and fix it. Also, I have an odd popping noise, usually 5 in a row about a seconds apart, coming from behind the glove compartment. That's another one I want to figure out.
i've been waiting two weeks to get on with this project! finally got a bumper/winch. so excited! looks better in person. i've gotten stuck so many times so far and had to get towed out. a winch was a must-have for me. took me about an hour or so to install it.
also started setting up my cb radio and off-road lights. wanted to finish it today, but standing outside for 2-3 hours in 0 degrees weather finally got to me. so so so wish i had indoor garage to work in. (i have an open shop near me, but didn't feel like paying them for something i could do in a parking lot).
yep, i have a set of lights ready to be installed.
yea, darkness sucks. going to work in pitch black, and leaving work in pitch black. basically, when you eat lunch is when you get an hour or two of sun. alaskan summer is the best in the world. alaskan winter is the worst in the world.
gonna try to install the skid plates on friday and take it out on a near-by trail on saturday.
Your Jeep is looking really good! Love that bumper+winch. You should throw some fresh paint on the bumper if you can get a chance (course i imagine it wouldn't stick in that weather). Keep up the good work!
yea, i really want to paint it but i really don't know where i'll be able to get that done. the open shop i go to does not allow body work to be done in there (understandable. you don't want paint fume and metal grinds everywhere).
can't wait until i take it for a ride this weekend. first time i'll be playing in the snow with my jeep.
putting the fuel tank skid plate was a major pain in the a$$. def would've liked to have a second set of hands. doing it by myself was a really dumb idea and it was dangerous. there were many close calls where i could've gotten my face smashed by the plate or the hitch receiver. and the fact that i have a custom pseudo dual exhaust setup made it that much more difficult. after half an hour of struggling to fit it in, decided to just shave an inch off the plate.
finally in. i've been desperately wanting a fuel tank skid plate. just the thought of having that plastic tank getting punctured on a trail gives me a nightmare.
i already smashed my transfer case once and broke a driveshaft. def another extremely important piece of armor.
skid plate for the front/engine. not as important as the other two plates since if you hit something high enough with enough force that actually hit the plate, the chances are that it also messed up your differential and axle so you are generally, overall, totally f-ed. i guess it would help protect the fan, drivebelt and such, but i just don't see it providing essential protection. however, of course, it doesn't hurt to have it.
i would love to paint them, but it's too cold. wish i had an access somewhere indoor where i can paint. the open shop i go to does not allow painting (understandably so). anyway, now i'm ready to go play in the snow tomorrow!
my a$$ end slid out. did 180 and fell into a ditch. i was thinking the ditch would just stop me, but did not think that i would rollover. well, didn't fully roll, but tipped on the side. hopefully it won't cost me more than $300-ish for the repair.
so, gonna start looking at junkyards for the trunk hatch and a window. actually, i have no idea how to pull a window. gonna have to start researching that.
driver error. specifically, my inexperience in driving on slippery surface. we were only going 10-15 mph. my rear slid out and i didn't properly correct it.
yea it's going to be COLD. i'm gonna have to cardboard that up asap. i won't have time to tackle this until next weekend.
ughhhhhh i wish! i sent it off to the junkyard last weekend. i'm gonna go to that junkyard and see if i can pull it off of that one, lol. i know it hasn't even made it to their lot yet. i'm wondering if i can just sneak over there at night and pull parts, lol.
one in fairbanks. it's not a u-pull lot though and i really rather pull it myself, so i'm gonna try to make to it before it goes into the lot. yea it's reaching -10 ish right now. def gonna need it asap.
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