[ibjeepin95]

Ha, finished welding mine in this morning

Looks good, just make sure you brace them. I listened to 80% of JF and this happened....

But I will be doing stiffeners and bracing them tomorrow.

 

[ibjeepin95]

My piece of shat XJ looks like hell anymore, so instead of going black or color matched I decided to do a crazy color on my Hyline hood vents. It looks a little yellow in the pic but it is orange.

 

[mitchb223]

You never had to loosen the 5 bolts that hold the steering pump in place ?

Other than a half dozen bolts to adjust a single belt , I'd say it was a pretty simple job , too .

The easiest was on a Dodge Dakota . No bolts . 'Simply' spring the tensioner .

Ya but the adjustment itself is the one long bolt under the PS pump lol. Its always been easy for me.. idk maybe its just me lol ive done alot worse..

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[YoureverydayXJ]

Not a thing today. Drove it to work and enjoyed the modifications I've made so far. Tomorrow I destroy my front sway bar links, and fab a front recovery point in preparation for Kids In The Mudd event Saturday.

 

[Motorcharge]

Ya but the adjustment itself is the one long bolt under the PS pump lol. Its always been easy for me.. idk maybe its just me lol ive done alot worse..

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Newer Subarus are easy as hell. You simply loosen/tighten a top bolt on the alternator. For whatever reason they got rid of the tensioner on the 2013s though.

 

[SFRautomotive]

Looks good, just make sure you brace them. I listened to 80% of JF and this happened....

But I will be doing stiffeners and bracing them tomorrow.

Well that was your first mistake. Lol

They will be braced on the bottom and eventually tied into an exo

 

[ibjeepin95]

Well that was your first mistake. Lol

They will be braced on the bottom and eventually tied into an exo

I agree lol. Good to hear your bracing them.

 

[pdcomm]

Newer Subarus are easy as hell. You simply loosen/tighten a top bolt on the alternator. For whatever reason they got rid of the tensioner on the 2013s though.

A flat piece of steel with a slot in it is a lot less expensive than any tensioner .

 

[Motorcharge]

A flat piece of steel with a slot in it is a lot less expensive than any tensioner .

Thing is, you can still put the old tensioners on them. The new belts come with some weird half circle plate things and now the belt costs more than the tensioner does.

 

[pdcomm]

Thing is, you can still put the old tensioners on them. The new belts come with some weird half circle plate things and now the belt costs more than the tensioner does.

So , the truth comes ...

Always follow the money .

 

[Jaeger48]

I pulled the headliner and stripped the existing foam. I'm waiting on fabric to finish.

 

[chris87xj]

You never had to loosen the 5 bolts that hold the steering pump in place ?

Other than a half dozen bolts to adjust a single belt , I'd say it was a pretty simple job , too .

The easiest was on a Dodge Dakota . No bolts . 'Simply' spring the tensioner .

When I changed the water pump on my 96 the other day I had to loosen the steering pump bolts to get the water pump out from underneath it.
For adjusting the belt tension, I loosened the single bolt in the center of the pulley so it could move in it's track and then just loosened the adjustment bolt.
Fortunately when loosening it I counted the how many rotations I made to the adjustment bolt and then tightened it back the same amount when putting things back together. Since I re-used the same serpentine belt I took off, it should be pretty close.
I do prefer spring tensioners though.

 

[BlueBadger]

Ha, finished welding mine in this morning

More pics!!! Please?!!

 

[pdcomm]

Fortunately when loosening it I counted the how many rotations I made to the adjustment bolt and then tightened it back the same amount when putting things back together. Since I re-used the same serpentine belt I took off, it should be pretty close.

Amazing how presence of mind always seems to help .

 

[Jeepnbo]

Not a thing today. Drove it to work and enjoyed the modifications I've made so far. Tomorrow I destroy my front sway bar links, and fab a front recovery point in preparation for Kids In The Mudd event Saturday.

Hope to wheel with you and whoever else goes. Been having a terrible itch for wheelin but im dropping my xj off to get the ujoint in the front shaft replace so i might be late. also need to make a flag mount on jcr bumper

 

[BlueBadger]

Hope to wheel with you and whoever else goes. Been having a terrible itch for wheelin but im dropping my xj off to get the ujoint in the front shaft replace so i might be late. also need to make a flag mount on jcr bumper

Takes 30 minuets. Save money and time ad change it your self.

 

[Jeepnbo]

Takes 30 minuets. Save money and time ad change it your self.

I know it doesnt take much but i live in a small apartment building and since my parents moved and now they dont have a garage, means i basically have no where to do it at trying to hold out until my parents move into a house with another garage :laugh: and they both know thats gonna be my work area and dont seem to mind

 

[jeeplesjeeper]

Tail pipe hanger broke while wheeling and then Exhaust got bent to hell on leaf spring..... :Arg: thinking of just adding a down pipe right after the muffler?

 

[Joshharris98xj]

Tail pipe hanger broke while wheeling and then Exhaust got bent to hell on leaf spring..... :Arg: thinking of just adding a down pipe right after the muffler?

NOOoOoO it will sound like a tractor, mine was banging around so I cut it before the bend and I'm taking it this weekend to hopefully new exhaust

 

[RebelRidinRyan]

NOOoOoO it will sound like a tractor, mine was banging around so I cut it before the bend and I'm taking it this weekend to hopefully new exhaust

What's wrong with sounding like a tractor?!