CJ Aggy
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Advocate III
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- CJ
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- Aguilar
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airing out the tent after spending the night sleeping in the snow in Nevada
What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?
- Thread starter iamout
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airing out the tent after spending the night sleeping in the snow in Nevada
Advocate III
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- Michael
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- Rose
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Only had a few minutes to work on my rig today... Got the clutch bolted on and transmission ready to lift up into place... I’m getting closer to having the Bronco back on the road.
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Influencer III
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- Drake
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Rotated the tires, including the spare. Discovered I need new front hubs. Yay.
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Cypress
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Off-Road Ranger I
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- Allen
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- Murray
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Finally got all the parts together for the front axle. 4.11 gears, bearings, seals, u-joints, and LSD installed. Also replaced the front cover with something a little more durable that has a drain plug. It's all fancy now but it shouldn't take long for it to be the same South Carolina clay color as everything else under there.
Then turned it around, put the rear in the air, and stripped it. It's getting the same treatment, gears, locker, bearings, and seals. Hope to get most of the assembly done tomorrow evening. It's a good thing this was already in the works. The driver's side axle seal had already failed and soaked the shoes. Super tempted to throw a disk brake conversion on there while it's apart.
Then turned it around, put the rear in the air, and stripped it. It's getting the same treatment, gears, locker, bearings, and seals. Hope to get most of the assembly done tomorrow evening. It's a good thing this was already in the works. The driver's side axle seal had already failed and soaked the shoes. Super tempted to throw a disk brake conversion on there while it's apart.
set the radio clock ahead an hour after getting ripped off an hour of sleep this morning....
Influencer III
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- Rex
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- Drake
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Assembled my just received roof rack. Position is marked, including mounting screws. Just need the nutserts to arrive.
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Advocate III
Early stages of planning to cut a BFH in the roof of my van.
Member III
Got stuck in spring crap snow , no more going out till the winch mount arrives . Shoveling is not as much fun as it use to be .
Pathfinder III
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Member III
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- Lou
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- Smith
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Member III
I aired out my new RTT I used for the first time Friday night when I went camping with OB members freedomomlet and redbeard303. ( I would have aired it out sooner, but it has been raining)
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Yesterday
XJ- Changed the oil and collected a sample for oil analysis
Red CJ- Installed a battery, Pulled the radiator and air injection system, did a compression test and installed the aftermarket starter switch in the dash properly instead of having it hanging down below the dash.
Orange CJ- Checked fluids, put a bikini top on.
Surplus Trailer- Wire wheeled and primered another side of the tub.
XJ- Changed the oil and collected a sample for oil analysis
Red CJ- Installed a battery, Pulled the radiator and air injection system, did a compression test and installed the aftermarket starter switch in the dash properly instead of having it hanging down below the dash.
Orange CJ- Checked fluids, put a bikini top on.
Surplus Trailer- Wire wheeled and primered another side of the tub.
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Cypress
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Off-Road Ranger I
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- Allen
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- Murray
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Got started on the rear axle only to find out I have the wrong bearing kit. Amazon shipped a D44 kit instead of a Chrysler 8.25 kit. And the locker I ordered is a 29 spline and the axle under the XJ is a 27 spline. That necessitated digging the original axle out of a pile of parts behind the shop to get the shafts and carrier out of it. This whole project has been one wrong part after another.
Member III
I am a few days behind, I finally got the extension for my bedrack done and bolted onto my truck
I had to take a picture at night, my extension got finished about 2:30pm I got to pick it up and I immediately had to rush to the shop. I had 2 back to back recovery jobs (tow jobs) and didn’t get done until after 9 pm, I took this picture as I am leaving to go out to the farm to get my Roofnest Falcon RTT so I can meet up with some other OB members for some wheeling and a camp out the next day.
I had to take a picture at night, my extension got finished about 2:30pm I got to pick it up and I immediately had to rush to the shop. I had 2 back to back recovery jobs (tow jobs) and didn’t get done until after 9 pm, I took this picture as I am leaving to go out to the farm to get my Roofnest Falcon RTT so I can meet up with some other OB members for some wheeling and a camp out the next day.
