So its 10pm and im bored out of my mind,and i dont have a build tread yet after having my jeep for 9 months.
so here we go
first i found a jeep on craigslist for 2000, so i went and looked,drove it around the block. it drove rough as hell, shifting into gears grinds a bit *still does lol* head liner sagging, carpet nasty looking, and 225k........ so i told them 1400 after tax/lic/reg and they said ok....should have asked lower lol * ther was 2 other ppl ther looking at it too but i had cash.
when i bought it i was so excited i missed all this front end damage....lol
first thing i bought was seafoam,plugs,wires,rotor,cap,window cleaner,carpet cleaner, some tools
Had the day off so i went out to pull & save picked up some tow hooks off a old xj and a zj tierod upgrade for 14 bucks. found a 8.25 also but needed help so i had to leave it
Picked up the 8.25..... But I busted off a shock mount bolt also took the gears and stuff from the front axle and then grabbed the front door seals off a 98 they are better condition and also thicker than mine.
I broke the threaded portion off the shock mount stud on my 8.25. Thought about drilling it out but if you look at it youll see thats a LOT to drill through.
I ended up grinding the remaining threads down flat to the shank and welding a grade 8 bolt of similar thread size to it. Held up great for a few months now. Something to consider because I had it fixed way faster this way.
Pick up a new tie rod end and adjusting sleeve for the v8 tie rod and installed it today, now i dont have as much play in my steering as i did before but still need to do an alignment
Put in all new steering. But noticed drop pitman arm is wearing out and with the new stiff tre's and stuff I now have a popping sound, also still have a little slack in the steering wheel
I like it but almost seems like in to high geared for a manual, yea my pitman is wearing and popping oh well for now. If something happens ill be doing the Durango Box upgrade and new Extended arm. I bought a new speedo gear but havent put it in yet. One thibg iv noticed is I dont see how anyone with ny lift kit can Fit 35s without lots of trimming xuz my 33s rub
I have the inner and outer braces and several times have had the bolts back out ever so slightly. They feel tight with a wrench but sure enough the box will pop.
nice build lol
now we or just me and you need to go out to 7mile when it warms up since dillon dont care
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