I bought a TJ because why????
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Re: I bought a TJ because why????
Man your fb post on this was a show. 45 people answering stuff you didn’t ask, 4 telling you what you already knew. Not sure of much came from that one
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That went about as well as I expected. I enjoyed the people who were adamant that I had the components in the wrong places and linked pictures of it being assembled the exact same way as I was trying to. ![LMAO :lmao:](./images/smilies/laughing2.gif)
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Replacement tie rod showed up, and yup, they put the wrong ball/stud in it:
Last time it will be like this: Got the rear out: I broke one upper shock bolt and another went round. Otherwise it all came out reasonably okay. Also the exhaust fell apart, so I ordered some Walker replacement.
Last time it will be like this: Got the rear out: I broke one upper shock bolt and another went round. Otherwise it all came out reasonably okay. Also the exhaust fell apart, so I ordered some Walker replacement.
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Front out:
New steering box to go in, the old one leaked like a sieve:
Committed to this now
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Lots more to do as far as cutting off and cleaning up the brackets and frame. I think I'm going to weld the new control arm brackets on because the frame honestly could use some more substantive reinforcement due to rust damage. I will have to evaluate that more when I get that far.
As usual, super slow progress.
New steering box to go in, the old one leaked like a sieve:
Committed to this now
![Ogre :ogre:](./images/smilies/ogre.gif)
Lots more to do as far as cutting off and cleaning up the brackets and frame. I think I'm going to weld the new control arm brackets on because the frame honestly could use some more substantive reinforcement due to rust damage. I will have to evaluate that more when I get that far.
As usual, super slow progress.
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So I am going to have to do some frame repairs. Thought I took pics, apparently not, but I will when I get it cleaned up to see for sure what I need to do.
I pulled the tcase for access (has to come out anyway) and found this: That said, I think the tranny is massively overfilled, it's blowing oil out of the shift tower too. Not sure if I have to take the tail housing off to change that seal. Will look into it more. Might just pull the whole trans because whatever at this point. I know the PO "had the clutch done" but it seems to hang up, so maybe I should just accept that I'm only a handful of bolts away from that anyway.
So much for a quick install.![Rasta :rasta:](./images/smilies/rasta.gif)
I pulled the tcase for access (has to come out anyway) and found this: That said, I think the tranny is massively overfilled, it's blowing oil out of the shift tower too. Not sure if I have to take the tail housing off to change that seal. Will look into it more. Might just pull the whole trans because whatever at this point. I know the PO "had the clutch done" but it seems to hang up, so maybe I should just accept that I'm only a handful of bolts away from that anyway.
So much for a quick install.
![Rasta :rasta:](./images/smilies/rasta.gif)