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What did you do to your TJ today?

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#1 ·
OK, I stole the idea from the YJ forum but it's a great idea so let this thread be an inspiration for all of us doing mods, maintenance, or repairs to our TJ's! :D

Personally, I installed my trusty Uniden CB into my new Rubicon. :thumbsup:
 
#89,701 ·
My oh my had a somewhat typical day working on the heep. Went to replace pinion seals...the rear went relatively trouble free, then it just all went down hill from there.

Lost a ujoint cap, dry needle bearings everywhere, didn't feel like doing it right, so I nursed them all back in and slapped it back together. Then found snap ring had popped out on a upper axle side JJ, and that 15 minute job turned into an hour of fiddling around as I grabbed the wrong socket for the bj press. Got the front diff open, to find 2 broken teeth from the planet gears...so that's awesome. :rolleyes:

I'm only on 2 hours sleep last night so I'm sure that didn't help.

So, you know, typical...fix one thing find 2 more problems. 2 hour job turns into 6. Baby Jeep still sits...no diff covers, still need to measure/set front pinion. Was hoping to patch a slow leak, add horsepower stickers, clean garage and pack for wheeling trip tomorrow...not sure that's gonna happen now :eek:

Anyway, sorry for the vent :D
 
#89,702 ·
Thanks. Only had $50 in it. ($40 for a new battery.) This is how it looked when I got it. Gonna get a Savvy gas skid, lower control arms, front uppers (that will finish off all the control arms), anti-rock (if I can get an extra $100 on the next paycheck), and Currie steering from a local jeeper.

Ah you bastard. I wish I came along awesome deals to flip like that.
 
#89,707 ·
Well today I started my electrical project... first step was getting my aftermarket reverse lights on a relay on the reverse switch... was a lot harder than I thought (Im a newb with electrical still). Tommorow hopefully Ill get all of my lights wired up to proper switches, on a proper setup, install my rock lights, and then wire up a toggle (again) to my reverse lights.
 
#89,709 ·
The Homelink I installed a few months ago quit working, so I had to replace the board inside with the other one I bought and I wired it to only power up with the ignition this time. I'm not sure if having a constant 12v burnt out the board or what...?

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#89,711 ·
I tried to Plasti-Dip my door hinges from where they're all beat up and corroded.. I was relatively unsuccessful. It looked too sloppy, so I peeled most of it off. I'd like to replace them altogether with black hinges, but I don't have any air tools and I'm afraid I'll strip the hardware. Seems to be pretty common!
 
#89,712 ·
vanillathrilla said:
I tried to Plasti-Dip my door hinges from where they're all beat up and corroded.. I was relatively unsuccessful. It looked too sloppy, so I peeled most of it off. I'd like to replace them altogether with black hinges, but I don't have any air tools and I'm afraid I'll strip the hardware. Seems to be pretty common!
Mine came right off! Southern California ;)
 
#89,714 ·
Accidentally hit a child zombie..
:D
 
#89,720 ·
Just saying.....easy process.......
:D you missed my earlier post....they're all easy processes, but when you start one, you uncover 3 more. Eventually they start to add up. :D

I finally wrapped up my pinion seals today. Pulled it out to the driveway and the rear started pissing.

With the help of a friend, figured out that all Jeep Dana 44 rear axles are indeed not equal, and apparently the parts stores and internet cross references are not aware of the distinction.
 
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