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- Mar 10, 2005
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- Hooterville (24171)
Looks like the beercan @mbalbritton ran on his ZJ...
"Take 92" - YJ Linked with Nines
- Thread starter BRUISER
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- Jan 3, 2015
- Location
- Boone NC
just looked over your whole build...very awesome and professional work. nice work, nice jeep, and blessed trips!
mbalbritton
#@$%!
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2005
- Location
- Lakeland, FL
naa, mine was a really short Flowmaster. about the same length as that thing, but wider. stupid loud!
If you remember I had an issue with the filler neck hose kinking so I sent the JAZ filler neck to Mars Fab (http://marsfab.com/) and had Chris modify the neck for me.. it turned out Awesome and works perfect now.
and here it is installed
and here it is installed
well I found out then when I tried put gas into the tank the fuel was backing up the filler tube and not flowing nicely past the rollover flap inside the gas tank.. I took off the roll over vent line and it then it worked great with no backup at all.
what I realized was I connected the rollover vent line to the stock canister and it was to restrictive. so I went and got some more fuel line and rotated a figure 8 around the tank then down under the jeep into a extra fuel filter.. and now it works great with no issue of fuel backing up into the tube.
I also worked on getting the bestop rear area cover cut and fit to help cover the fuel cell area.. it is in but I still need do a little more to make it perfect. hard to see threw the soft top window
last thing I did was wire up the CB.
what I realized was I connected the rollover vent line to the stock canister and it was to restrictive. so I went and got some more fuel line and rotated a figure 8 around the tank then down under the jeep into a extra fuel filter.. and now it works great with no issue of fuel backing up into the tube.
I also worked on getting the bestop rear area cover cut and fit to help cover the fuel cell area.. it is in but I still need do a little more to make it perfect. hard to see threw the soft top window
last thing I did was wire up the CB.
Happy to say the Jeep worked well again expect for one small dumb thing on my part..
We towed down a two car trailer with my buddies Toy on it as a test also.
all this testing is to get ready for my buddy to drive from NC to Johnson Valley in 2 weeks and then I use the trailer and drive from NC to Moab in mid May.. trying to make sure our rigs are ready and tested before we tow across the country
the issue I found was 100 feet onto the first trail.. my Jeep over heated. but it was my fault. I have a temp sense that is connected to my electric fan and when I shut off the jeep the dang thing will run for about 30 mins before it cools off enough to shut down so I have slowly been twisting the the adjuster screw to have it not run so long. well i think I turned it off (OOPS) so soon as we got off main road and onto the trail it over heated due to the fan not turning on.. I moved the adjuster and fan kicked on and we were good for the rest of the day.
loaded up.
taking a break.
Buddies Toy
We towed down a two car trailer with my buddies Toy on it as a test also.
all this testing is to get ready for my buddy to drive from NC to Johnson Valley in 2 weeks and then I use the trailer and drive from NC to Moab in mid May.. trying to make sure our rigs are ready and tested before we tow across the country
the issue I found was 100 feet onto the first trail.. my Jeep over heated. but it was my fault. I have a temp sense that is connected to my electric fan and when I shut off the jeep the dang thing will run for about 30 mins before it cools off enough to shut down so I have slowly been twisting the the adjuster screw to have it not run so long. well i think I turned it off (OOPS) so soon as we got off main road and onto the trail it over heated due to the fan not turning on.. I moved the adjuster and fan kicked on and we were good for the rest of the day.
loaded up.
taking a break.
Buddies Toy
StretchASU
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- Joined
- Oct 17, 2006
- Location
- Creedmoor, NC/Claudville, VA
Good running into you and BlackBear out there. Both rigs are looking good for the upcoming trips!
not hard core at all but needed to get mirrors back on the jeep
found some cheap mirror mounts on amazon and what a pain in the ass it was to get the old bolts off.. had to drill them out, and trying to get my hand up behind the dash was very interesting. took way longer then it should have.
I also found a cheap rear view mirror.. this one is made to clip over your existing mirror. I just zip tied it to the overhead roll cage bar to see how it would work.. so now I need to make a little metal tab to actually mount it for the long run.. but it will work well once done
found some cheap mirror mounts on amazon and what a pain in the ass it was to get the old bolts off.. had to drill them out, and trying to get my hand up behind the dash was very interesting. took way longer then it should have.
I also found a cheap rear view mirror.. this one is made to clip over your existing mirror. I just zip tied it to the overhead roll cage bar to see how it would work.. so now I need to make a little metal tab to actually mount it for the long run.. but it will work well once done
IronManAndy
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- Jan 17, 2011
- Location
- Hayesville, NC
that ironman logo on the back yassssssssssss!
boatedwagon
President of Mud N Blood ORC
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2011
- Location
- McGees Xrds. Willow wpring.
Gotta make momma happy
For a rear view mirror another option is a 5 panel mirror, I got mine shipped to homedepot for $20. Easily mounted and provides great visibility.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rally-Manufacturing-5-Panel-Mirror-91515/202657496
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rally-Manufacturing-5-Panel-Mirror-91515/202657496
what and AWESOME TRIP.
myself and 3 buddies towed our rigs across the country to Moab Utah and had an absolute BLAST.
the Jeep worked great with very few issues..
I found out I need to add some more oil to the air shocks for better compression rates and I also have a small leak in rear diff that I need to take apart and reseal. Damn Jeep crawled everything and worked just like I thought it would.. I even held 55 around the highways with no issues and was super stable.. so the jeep has been fully tested finally and I am very happy to say it worked just as I hoped and maybe even better.. the motobilt 4 link worked great with no issues at all.
loaded up and heading out
Kane Creek Trail
MOab Rim
myself and 3 buddies towed our rigs across the country to Moab Utah and had an absolute BLAST.
the Jeep worked great with very few issues..
I found out I need to add some more oil to the air shocks for better compression rates and I also have a small leak in rear diff that I need to take apart and reseal. Damn Jeep crawled everything and worked just like I thought it would.. I even held 55 around the highways with no issues and was super stable.. so the jeep has been fully tested finally and I am very happy to say it worked just as I hoped and maybe even better.. the motobilt 4 link worked great with no issues at all.
loaded up and heading out
Kane Creek Trail
MOab Rim
jeepmedic
Good enough for Gov't work!
- Joined
- Feb 2, 2013
- Location
- Cameron N.C.
looking good!
00TJGURL15
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- May 19, 2015
- Location
- NC
You're crazy dude, but it's awesome!
JohnnyRocket
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- Jul 9, 2015
- Location
- USA
DSM Turbos
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- Feb 25, 2006
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
I really like those motobilt bumpers, can't wait to see the rear one he is coming out with soon.
- Joined
- Mar 13, 2005
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
8274 compatible?
motobilt
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- Jul 25, 2013
- Location
- Dothan, AL
Not this bumper. Sorry