Joined the RedTJ club... Kinda
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We had family visiting yesterday, so I didn't get into much on the jeep. I did accomplish 2 things I needed to do before the trip. I moved the GPS speedo antenna from under the dash up to the top of my radio mount plate. This involved folding the wimdshield to get my cluster out because the cage bar is too close.
Then I mounted the fire extinguisher with a little modification to the strap.
Then we went for ice cream.
Then I mounted the fire extinguisher with a little modification to the strap.
Then we went for ice cream.
Ever since I swapped the booster and master cylinder, the reservoir has leaked. Either the cap threads were not good or the seam of the tank leaked, but fluid had to be low or the seam would be wet every time I drove it. I swapped caps with no change, so I swapped back to the old nasty yellow original resi.
Also noticed my rear bump stops are done, and I must have hit something pretty hard in Moab...
I had developed an exhaust leak again. Passenger side collector was leaking. I tightened it up and seams like it stopped the leak, but I ordered a set of better quality gaskets than what comes with the Chinese headers.
Also noticed my rear bump stops are done, and I must have hit something pretty hard in Moab...
I had developed an exhaust leak again. Passenger side collector was leaking. I tightened it up and seams like it stopped the leak, but I ordered a set of better quality gaskets than what comes with the Chinese headers.
Ever since I shed some weight in the front with the aluminum 5.3, she's been riding a little high up front. Especially with the hardtop, car seats, etc. I didn't want to be accused of the squat or anything, so I threw a pair of 3/4" spring spacers in the rear too. I'm 1/8" higher in the rear as it sits now.
I had noticed lately that the rear tires were getting into the plastic fender liners more often, and it was bottoming harder. Not sure what would cause that...
So she got a new set of Crown replacement bump stops too.
I had noticed lately that the rear tires were getting into the plastic fender liners more often, and it was bottoming harder. Not sure what would cause that...
So she got a new set of Crown replacement bump stops too.
Ever since I shed some weight in the front with the aluminum 5.3, she's been riding a little high up front. Especially with the hardtop, car seats, etc. I didn't want to be accused of the squat or anything, so I threw a pair of 3/4" spring spacers in the rear too. I'm 1/8" higher in the rear as it sits now.
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I had noticed lately that the rear tires were getting into the plastic fender liners more often, and it was bottoming harder. Not sure what would cause that...
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So she got a new set of Crown replacement bump stops too.
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I had noticed lately that the rear tires were getting into the plastic fender liners more often, and it was bottoming harder. Not sure what would cause that...
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So she got a new set of Crown replacement bump stops too.
After doing a Ram mount in Burgundy's yukon a while back, I've missed not having them in other vehicles and wanted one in the jeep before DBBB. I bought an assortment of balls, arms, etc and put one in the 2500 and the jeep. I originally planned to use a tube light bar mount that clamps around the dash bar, but it didn't fit. Ended up just drilling and tapping a 1/4 20 hole in the cage and locktiting the crap out of it. We'll see if it holds up.
Little pre-DBBB maintenance for the LJ. Sometime recently something caught a wiring harness under the rear and broke a spade off my trans cooler temp sensor. I was able to get a new sensor here today and swapped it out, and tied the wiring up a little differently.
I've had a clunk that I could feel but never find for a while. I drove it up town aired down and with the sway bar disconnected and felt it several times. When we got back, I got Burgundy to shake the jeep and I saw the lower shock eyes just flopping around on the bar pins. Autozone had a set of bushings on the shelf so swapped those out.
I've had a clunk that I could feel but never find for a while. I drove it up town aired down and with the sway bar disconnected and felt it several times. When we got back, I got Burgundy to shake the jeep and I saw the lower shock eyes just flopping around on the bar pins. Autozone had a set of bushings on the shelf so swapped those out.
A while back I ordered a Mastertop skymaster fastback replacement top that was on sale at quadratec. I wasn't sure how well it would fit with the cage, but I couldn't see out of my OEM top windows and the zippers were all pretty rough. I also didn't currently have a trail top that could have windows, so decided to give it a try.
Several things in the instructions didn't match my jeep but I figured things out and got it on last weekend. It initially had huge gaps at both sides of the rear window, but parked it in the sun today and it fits.
This top uses the factory header bar but has its own replacement over the door bars (replaces the sunrider hinges and knuckles that are prone to failure). It also has a raised center hoop that hooks into a door surround bracket with the door bars. The rear has a bar sown in that sits on top of the cage.
With a quick trip down the road it seems much quieter than the Rampage completely frameless tops I've run before. The trip to Harlan will be a good test.
Several things in the instructions didn't match my jeep but I figured things out and got it on last weekend. It initially had huge gaps at both sides of the rear window, but parked it in the sun today and it fits.
This top uses the factory header bar but has its own replacement over the door bars (replaces the sunrider hinges and knuckles that are prone to failure). It also has a raised center hoop that hooks into a door surround bracket with the door bars. The rear has a bar sown in that sits on top of the cage.
With a quick trip down the road it seems much quieter than the Rampage completely frameless tops I've run before. The trip to Harlan will be a good test.
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