When your mechanic says:
3 out of 6 pistons are not working
The motor mounts are wrong
The engine is hanging high
The brake lines are not attached properly
You start the engine and drive away and the jeep runs normal...
Ouch. This is exactly why I haven't unbolted anything except for maintenance/brakes etc. I've had the newtome frame for almost 4 years but the swap... maybe before xmas... hopefully...
The neighborhood kids ask for a ride, you get parents' buy in, make all the seatbelts work,strap them in. Drive at speed on PA's potholed/patched main roads to the playground's dirt parking lot and 'off road' there before turning around-the whole drive was 20 minutes. Back home the kids pile out laughing and shouting (cuz it was loud and the ears are still ringing) , "it was so bumpy and windy and my teeth are still rattling, but it was the BEST RIDE EVER! Can we go again?!"
Been using our YJ as my daily driver for about a week now. Had a big meeting with our company owner and our general manager today off site at a CEO meeting Club. One of those business meeting places that all the BMW and Benz drivers of the world use for CEO training and business luncheons.
I pull up to valet behind a bran new Mercedes 550. Almost every suit in the place seemed to turn and look as my dirty, Led Zeppelin blasting, yellow YJ pulls up an I climb out. Khakis and a polo shirt, laptop, an sunglasses. I proceed to explain the push button start and hidden kill switch to the valet slightly raising my voice over Black Dog as it echoed off the covered valet stab and the glass doors of the building.
As I turned to go in, I felt like Dale Jr in a Mountain Dew commercial. I open the door of the club and walk into about 11 suits. See my GM an head over. As I pass buy a guy in a very nice suit, he grabs my arm and says, "I love your jeep. Wish I still had mine." I thanked him introduced myself and it turns out he had a CJ back in the day. Now, he owns 7 Quiznos.
Been using our YJ as my daily driver for about a week now. Had a big meeting with our company owner and our general manager today off site at a CEO meeting Club. One of those business meeting places that all the BMW and Benz drivers of the world use for CEO training and business luncheons.
I pull up to valet behind a bran new Mercedes 550. Almost every suit in the place seemed to turn and look as my dirty, Led Zeppelin blasting, yellow YJ pulls up an I climb out. Khakis and a polo shirt, laptop, an sunglasses. I proceed to explain the push button start and hidden kill switch to the valet slightly raising my voice over Black Dog as it echoed off the covered valet stab and the glass doors of the building.
As I turned to go in, I felt like Dale Jr in a Mountain Dew commercial. I open the door of the club and walk into about 11 suits. See my GM an head over. As I pass buy a guy in a very nice suit, he grabs my arm and says, "I love your jeep. Wish I still had mine." I thanked him introduced myself and it turns out he had a CJ back in the day. Now, he owns 7 Quiznos.
Luuca that is a truly awesome! I just went into a custom shop that had a COPO sitting in the window. Get inside and find a 69 Mach 1, 3 other copos, a 34 Ford,& an Allard. Out of the corner of my eye I see 2 jk 8's and I started talking to the guy. The jeeps are his bread and butter! All the cars he has but the custom jeeps get sold all across the country.....at a premium. The jeep is appreciated for what it is by everyone! That story it's awesome! You can look at the people that come through the forum. Surgeons, business owners, students, from everywhere around the world. Got to love the jeep and the original Wrangler....it's hip to be square!
you are aware that yellow Jeep out pretentious ed the pretentious? Or even that you WERE cooler than the hip. great way to make enemies and influence friends.
Ouch. This is exactly why I haven't unbolted anything except for maintenance/brakes etc. I've had the newtome frame for almost 4 years but the swap... maybe before xmas... hopefully...
Well that includes 1 year in Iraq, bookended by 7 month deployments on two different subs... I plan on having it running to the beach by spring. Who ever did the lift and 8.8 swap did it all right.
You know you drive a YJ when your mechanic asks you why you rolled your whole jeep with Monstaliner, but he doesnt wait for a reply and exclaims he likes it
Ykydayjw you boss gives you **** because she doesn't want your jeep in her parking lot if its going to be covered in mud because its not respectable looking enough for the quick lube station you work at
Ykydayjw you boss gives you **** because she doesn't want your jeep in her parking lot if its going to be covered in mud because its not respectable looking enough for the quick lube station you work at
when you go to fix one simple thing........and eventually you wonder how the hell the thing is still running by the end of the night.
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