What have you done to your rig today?

pulled it out. discovered a front axle leak out the long tube. discovered the prop valve is leaking. guess need to pick up some teflon tape? wired up the speakers and took a test drive to test the brakes after another tweak - stops much better. found the rear lines were pinched shut with the flex tube.
 
ckruzer said:
pulled it out. discovered a front axle leak out the long tube. discovered the prop valve is leaking. guess need to pick up some teflon tape? wired up the speakers and took a test drive to test the brakes after another tweak - stops much better. found the rear lines were pinched shut with the flex tube.
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Should be inverted flare, in which case the seal is the flare. Tighten it up or reflare it.
 
tlucier said:
Thinking of doing the same myself. Which amp did you go with?
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One that was in the jeep already, it's a small rockford fosgate. Honestly I was being cheap which is why I keep it, I was eyeballing a few different marine grade amps with Bluetooth.

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I looked at it. And the axle to go in it. Got to bring it to my buddies to plasma the perches off so I can move them and bolt it in. Won't be able to weld it till I got the power train in for pinion angle.. which means I need to finish the front 4 link. (Finish welding/gusset upper frame mounts, fab Coil buckets, track bar, steering linkage) like @ckruzer I will be rwd till I put the axle shafts back in the dirty thirty xj front. Heck, Im not even sure how buried my build thread is, been nearly a year.
 
a_kelley said:
I looked at it. And the axle to go in it. Got to bring it to my buddies to plasma the perches off so I can move them and bolt it in. Won't be able to weld it till I got the power train in for pinion angle.. which means I need to finish the front 4 link. (Finish welding/gusset upper frame mounts, fab Coil buckets, track bar, steering linkage) like @ckruzer I will be rwd till I put the axle shafts back in the dirty thirty xj front. Heck, Im not even sure how buried my build thread is, been nearly a year.
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Maybe you won’t get yelled at by strangers in town while driving like I was

“Where’s your driveshaft!”

I LOLd
 
I finally put my decals on.
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Got my new front axle in. It’s been completly gone thru with new seals, Spicer joints, Chromoly shafts with full circle clips, and gussets on all brackets. It also has 4:88 gears and a Spartan Locker. The matching 8.8 goes in next.
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Here is a shot of my steering box brace. It clamps onto the box, and uses a pillow block below the pitman arm. It runs to both sides of the “frame” and my bumper also braces the steering box. I got the brace from @IronManAndy and I’m very happy with it. Install was super easy.
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Not sure what happened to that post...

I also swapped the Tcase for one with a new chain and SYE while the long arms were off. What a pain. I wish I had a 3 piece cross member. I should have serviced my transmission while it was out. All of the bolts were stripped so I had to fish nuts into the frame with new bolts. After I tightened the last bolt I realized it also blocked the tranny, I was not about to take it back off.

BTW I’m in need of a front drive shaft for an auto XJ. 2 actually.
 
That steering box brace is Awesome.
 
77GreenMachine said:
Not sure what happened to that post...

I also swapped the Tcase for one with a new chain and SYE while the long arms were off. What a pain. I wish I had a 3 piece cross member. I should have serviced my transmission while it was out. All of the bolts were stripped so I had to fish nuts into the frame with new bolts. After I tightened the last bolt I realized it also blocked the tranny, I was not about to take it back off.

BTW I’m in need of a front drive shaft for an auto XJ. 2 actually.
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Check pull a part, @adamk has what factory part numbers you need.

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Chris_Keziah said:
Check pull a part, @adamk has what factory part numbers you need.

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Yeah I will run down there sometime. Was hoping maybe someone close by had one laying around. I used to go all the time, but it’s been a while. Seems they were getting more expensive with all the fees last time. That’s probably my best and cheapest option though.
 
77GreenMachine said:
Yeah I will run down there sometime. Was hoping maybe someone close by had one laying around. I used to go all the time, but it’s been a while. Seems they were getting more expensive with all the fees last time. That’s probably my best and cheapest option though.
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Maybe DH Griffin or 109 u pull it but never been to either.

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Finally fixed a messed up tie rod hole and installed the rear driveshaft, found a caliper that won’t let me bleed it, and I’ve still gotta put the intake manifold back on it and top off the fluids.
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