What have you done to your rig today?

Drove the CJ to work a couple days while the truck was having tires replaced. Id drive the Jeep everyday with weather like this if my son wasn't.

Jeep waves, thumbs up, passing people because I can. Thing is a riot to drive, easily does 75-80 (at 9mpg, but whatever) and is surprisingly dry in the rain as long as you keep moving.

Wife says I need to get him something more reliable and practical though... I did have to replace the coil a couple weeks ago when it stranded him on the side of the road middle of nowhere and lousy cell service. That sort of stuff makes a man out of boy though....

Oh and truck has Thuren lift and new 35" falkens.
 
Clubbs said:
Drove the CJ to work a couple days while the truck was having tires replaced. Id drive the Jeep everyday with weather like this if my son wasn't.

Jeep waves, thumbs up, passing people because I can. Thing is a riot to drive, easily does 75-80 (at 9mpg, but whatever) and is surprisingly dry in the rain as long as you keep moving.

Wife says I need to get him something more reliable and practical though... I did have to replace the coil a couple weeks ago when it stranded him on the side of the road middle of nowhere and lousy cell service. That sort of stuff makes a man out of boy though....

Oh and truck has Thuren lift and new 35" falkens.
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Not hard to be in the middle of nowhere in your neck of the woods!
 
Clubbs said:
Drove the CJ to work a couple days while the truck was having tires replaced. Id drive the Jeep everyday with weather like this if my son wasn't.

Jeep waves, thumbs up, passing people because I can. Thing is a riot to drive, easily does 75-80 (at 9mpg, but whatever) and is surprisingly dry in the rain as long as you keep moving.

Wife says I need to get him something more reliable and practical though... I did have to replace the coil a couple weeks ago when it stranded him on the side of the road middle of nowhere and lousy cell service. That sort of stuff makes a man out of boy though....

Oh and truck has Thuren lift and new 35" falkens.
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Been daily driving mine for four years now.
 
awheelterd said:
Not hard to be in the middle of nowhere in your neck of the woods!
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This is true
orange150 said:
Been daily driving mine for four years now.
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When it was more stock it was definitely a daily driver. Once I moved 75 miles from work and went nutso fab on it, then it became less of a daily. But since my son got his license he's been dailying the thing to school (about 40 miles away). Hence the cage and harnesses...
 
Here's some sneak peeks from our weekend progress
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orange150 said:
Got the exhaust manifolds painted and mounted on the 360. This is the last thing I needed to do before moving on to working on fueling modifications and then dropping it in.

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Hopefully the paint you used holds up better than the POR-15 manifold paint I used. I went through all the steps and baked brand new manifolds. They are showing rust, just sitting on my project.
 
justjeepin86 said:
Hopefully the paint you used holds up better than the POR-15 manifold paint I used. I went through all the steps and baked brand new manifolds. They are showing rust, just sitting on my project.
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HIGHLY unlikely it holds up.
To be honest. I had bought Zybar, as recommended by @Croatan_Kid, but by the time I got around to doing this the zybar had evaporated, which I didn't find out until 7pm Saturday night after I had already baked and blasted the manifolds. In a pure rage I stormed to Advanced and bought the best VHT exhaust spray paint money can buy.
So no. It will probably last through the initial break in and that's it.

And then! My friendly neighborhood @amcjeepman slid into my DMs and said there may be an interreference issue with these manifolds because they're '80+ manifolds, not '79 and earlier... soooo may have been for naught.
 
I tried VHT on my Polaris RZR exhaust and it all flaked off, unfortunately. I'm going to go back with the tried and true Extreme Temp Rustoleum! The VHT was looking amazing...until it didn't. I even followed the instructions, which is rare.
 
Haven't messed with my trucks lately, but the RZR got some love since it's almost riding season.

New tires, Garrett intercooler, and a DynoJet coil on plug conversion. The motor oil showed up today. I've got a recirculating style oil catch can and an AEM fuel pump showing up tomorrow or Saturday. I think I have one or two wheel bearings to change, but I have them on hand. I'm ready to hit some trails and rocks!

I need to get to work on my truck...

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Croatan_Kid said:
Haven't messed with my trucks lately, but the RZR got some love since it's almost riding season.

New tires, Garrett intercooler, and a DynoJet coil on plug conversion. The motor oil showed up today. I've got a recirculating style oil catch can and an AEM fuel pump showing up tomorrow or Saturday. I think I have one or two wheel bearings to change, but I have them on hand. I'm ready to hit some trails and rocks!

I need to get to work on my truck...

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Looks like a good excuse to be at the gtg.
 
Croatan_Kid said:
Haven't messed with my trucks lately, but the RZR got some love since it's almost riding season.

New tires, Garrett intercooler, and a DynoJet coil on plug conversion. The motor oil showed up today. I've got a recirculating style oil catch can and an AEM fuel pump showing up tomorrow or Saturday. I think I have one or two wheel bearings to change, but I have them on hand. I'm ready to hit some trails and rocks!

I need to get to work on my truck...

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Old tires 15”? Overall size? What do you want for them?
 
R Q said:
Nothing in the last couple weeks other than snarl at it. Sick of it. had to step away.
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Happens to us all.
I’m actually getting nervous I’m going to get burnt out when I pull mine all apart to drop the engine in. And already trying to fight the urge for scope creep.
 
orange150 said:
Already trying to fight the urge for scope creep.
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"Sensuous" syndrome

Sensuous already fittin to do dis, mine as well do dat too
 
justjeepin86 said:
Looks like a good excuse to be at the gtg.
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The only trailer I have to haul it on is my 26' gooseneck and I haven't swapped the hitch over from my old truck yet 😬

skyhighZJ said:
Old tires 15”? Overall size? What do you want for them?
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The old ones were 32x10R15 Maxxis Carnivores. They measured 29¼ inches when mounted. Those are notorious for running small vs the size on the sidewall. A buddy of mine swung by today and gave me 400 for them.
 
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My cage was in need of some updates. After Harlan the rear hoop was floating above the spring shackle box. So every weekend I’ve been making the trek to the shop in Hartsville. Be kind I know I’m a grinder not a welder. Still need to grind and clean up. Nothing is welded yet. Still working on it.
 
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