What have you done to your rig today?

[ramjo]

Hello 2.3517 more squirrels out of the meth tracker. View attachment 427302

You'll have to run it just like that, so we can hear those squirrels scream!

 

[silver cj-7]

Oh you know, 68rfe things

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Duane

I’ve managed to get 235,000 miles out of my mine. It’s starting to send me signals that it’s getting ready to hurt my wallet. Randy’s would be nice I’ve heard good things about Revmax too plus they are in Charlotte I believe.

 

[CLRracer]

I’ve managed to get 235,000 miles out of my mine. It’s starting to send me signals that it’s getting ready to hurt my wallet. Randy’s would be nice I’ve heard good things about Revmax too plus they are in Charlotte I believe.

I got 180k out of this one, and the truck is tuned, on 37's, and hauls heavier than it should on occasion so I can't really complain. I went with Randy's because the plug and play rebuild was a good bit cheaper than getting a rebuilt one from them. But I have heard plenty of good things about RevMax too.

Duane

 

[jeepinmatt]

For the sake of differing perspective…I bought a converter from Revmax about 10 years ago because they were a mile down the road from my old job. It failed within about 15-20k miles. In their defense, it was not a standard product, so they fabbed a pilot onto another body and knocked it out in less than 24 hours so I could get rolling again.

 

[Clubbs]

I got 180k out of this one, and the truck is tuned, on 37's, and hauls heavier than it should on occasion so I can't really complain. I went with Randy's because the plug and play rebuild was a good bit cheaper than getting a rebuilt one from them. But I have heard plenty of good things about RevMax too.

Duane

Which plug and play did you go with. Having just done this on mine a few months ago I can say so far (21k miles later) it's been great. I went stage two with some upgrades.

I couldn't get either shaft end play within spec so had to order the shim kit through the dealer. But shaft end play upon disassembly was really tight. Put mine back in spec and I would recommend going on the tight side of spec to minimize shudder when downshifting under light load.

Overall a nice kit, the worst part is getting the thing out from under the truck and then back in. And grinding the mess out of the new fancy pan so that it cleared the spin on filter - wasn't expecting that...

 

[CLRracer]

I went with stage two. Probably could have got by with a stage one, but really wanted the billet input. I saw in your thread where you had to clearance the pan, I already had a Mag Hytech pan and never had any issues with the filters touching.

Duane

 

[skyhighZJ]

Fanciest thing this thing has seent since that new sun drop can got thrown in the back.

My new “high flow Cat” yes my welds are methed up but only had .035 wire for exhaust so meh….

more to follow……

 

[mommucked]

I found the antifreeze leak on the 98 K1500.......

 

[Noel]

View attachment 427370Fanciest thing this thing has seent since that new sun drop can got thrown in the back. View attachment 427371My new “high flow Cat” yes my welds are methed up but only had .035 wire for exhaust so meh….View attachment 427372more to follow……

Get some cheap Amazon plug wire protectors. The fiberglass sleeves

 

[WARRIORWELDING]

View attachment 427370Fanciest thing this thing has seent since that new sun drop can got thrown in the back. View attachment 427371My new “high flow Cat” yes my welds are methed up but only had .035 wire for exhaust so meh….View attachment 427372more to follow……

You've doubled the value at this rate....maybe triple.

 

[orange150]

My new “high flow Cat” yes my welds are methed up but only had .035 wire for exhaust so meh…

I’m going to be making my own exhaust when I drop the 360 in my Jeep. My welds will be beyond methed.

 

[skyhighZJ]

You've doubled the value at this rate....maybe triple.

Thanks to china.com (amazon) I’m still about $400 into it without the winch (gonna save that for other projects or maybe the trailer). I’m really trying to nickel and dime this thing. Depending if I kick it down the road I’ll keep the seats too for my actual buggy build project. (Someday)

 

[Croatan_Kid]

I might have paid for Randy's vacation to NC last month

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Duane

Hello 2.3517 more squirrels out of the meth tracker. View attachment 427302

I see we're getting in to the NSFW portion of this thread now. Those pictures are HAWT

@CLRracer I'm sure @Clubbs will help you out if you hit a snag or have questions! He's a good dude and pretty sharp, even if he is an engineer

I love how a truck feels one it has a solid transmission in it with a good converter. Folks don't believe me when I tell them it's like a totally different vehicle! Which reminds me, I need to get the built trans swapped in my new truck already.

 

[Croatan_Kid]

I hate doing things twice, but here we are

Unbolted the bed and tilted it to get the hitch out of the old truck. Decided to install it the same way. Didn't run the wiring up in to the bed yet and plugged the trailer in at the bumper. The right tail light on the trailer came on, nothing on the left, and no marker lights. Hit the brakes and everything comes on...fantastic. Looks like there's some shenanigans on the truck side to address and then I can put in the brake controller.

Had to run down to Harkers Island yesterday and pick up a tetanus truck to work on. Everything went well and it's the first time I've hauled my trailer in almost a year!

 

[91samurai]

I hate doing things twice, but here we are

Unbolted the bed and tilted it to get the hitch out of the old truck. Decided to install it the same way. Didn't run the wiring up in to the bed yet and plugged the trailer in at the bumper. The right tail light on the trailer came on, nothing on the left, and no marker lights. Hit the brakes and everything comes on...fantastic. Looks like there's some shenanigans on the truck side to address and then I can put in the brake controller.

Had to run down to Harkers Island yesterday and pick up a tetanus truck to work on. Everything went well and it's the first time I've hauled my trailer in almost a year!

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Most of that is individually fused under the hood. We used to get them at the dealer like that. And have to convince the customer there was nothing wrong with the truck, that their trailer had a short and had popped the fuse

 

[Monkeynono]

Added leaves to the rear packs in my 4runner to correct sagging fail gears, new Barnes ubolt kits (beef), resealed oil cooler, and tune up. The new 37s showed lots of neglect I'd been ignoring.
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Trailer got all new brakes and a fabled spare tire mount.

Runner perfectly level in the rear now and has way more pep down low.. pretty sure plug wires were original with 245k miles

I saw this the other day in Weaverville at lake Louise.

 

[BNielsen]

Started the red truck up to move it, my wife's been driving it for the past few weeks since her Jeep was broken down. She got it back and this has been parked for a couple days now, started it up to shuffle trucks around and it's running ROUGH, like down a cylinder, smelling super gassy, and shaking the truck.

Had a wedding to go to this weekend, so I'll have to find time either tomorrow or sometime during the week. I think some Kroil got in a plug wire and is causing the problem, I've been soaking down manifold bolts in an attempt to avoid snapping more off.
Gonna pull a couple and clean them to see if that's a solution.

Another hurdle is the transmission; I've been wanting a rebuild but I'm almost to the point of throwing a good torque converter in and doing a shift kit just to get it back where I can drive a distance without the truck acting up. Anyone know where a guy could find a good converter for an 80E?

 

[Croatan_Kid]

Most of that is individually fused under the hood. We used to get them at the dealer like that. And have to convince the customer there was nothing wrong with the truck, that their trailer had a short and had popped the fuse

Oh, it's 100% the truck. There was an extra wire or two I saw scotch locked to something else under there. I just need to look at it.

 

[justjeepin86]

I patched up the factory gas tank skid. Funny that I didn't take a pic of it finished. Threw the tank back in. Although, my dumb ass hooked the hoses up backwards and had to drop it again

Finished installing all new hard and soft brake lines.

Then I bolted on the stocks and yard drove it. It's been a long time since this thing has moved on its own.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Washed it and vacuumed it. Getting it ready.

 

[justjeepin86]

Washed it and vacuumed it. Getting it ready.
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Getting it ready to sell?

 

[ramjo]

Drove the TJ 1.5 miles with no brakes to my parents so dad could help me bleed the brakes yesterday. Red Loctite on the steering bolt for the 1 ton steering this morning and drove it to church. Probably need to recheck all my bolts since this simple project spanned a few months....but nothing fell off and made it back home.

Pulled the rear brakes off the new to me JK to see why they were dragging....hopefully get it tagged this week, so me and @jcramsey can ride to the GTG and not stop 6 times with a top speed of 53 mph like last year . But for some reason I still kinda want to drive the TJ down

 

[ncsutj]

Drove the TJ 1.5 miles with no brakes to my parents so dad could help me bleed the brakes yesterday. Red Loctite on the steering bolt for the 1 ton steering this morning and drove it to church. Probably need to recheck all my bolts since this simple project spanned a few months....but nothing fell off and made it back home.

Pulled the rear brakes off the new to me JK to see why they were dragging....hopefully get it tagged this week, so me and @jcramsey can ride to the GTG and not stop 6 times with a top speed of 53 mph like last year . But for some reason I still kinda want to drive the TJ down

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What steering setup do you have on the TJ?

 

[ramjo]

What steering setup do you have on the TJ?

It's CavFab. I bought the axle with it already installed.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Getting it ready to sell?

Maybe.