Recent content by Ratchet

Headed up to Hiawasee, for the Bell Mountain Trail. Short trail, but some fun ruts, and a fantastic view from the top. This time we had more Jeeps. A TJ, a Rubicon, and THardy's JK. Great time, but Colin's TJ suffered some damage/malfunction to his passenger front brake. Caliper kept locking...

It's a beautiful day in Georgia, and no reason to not take the Jeep up into the mountains. Or rather, tag along with someone who has a Jeep that can go up into the mountains. :rock: THardy, his cousin, and I headed up to Nimblewill Gap, a fun and relaxed trail/service road through some of the...

So, I want to start by apologizing. I haven't been much of a member on here, in the short time I've been here. You guys are all an awful lot of fun, but I haven't really said a whole lot. I hope this doesn't get me too burned, for looking like my intent was to just sell things. Truly, it's not...

They say that sometimes things must get worse, before they get better. Day started out well, got a new battery, and I was right, she starts FAR better than previously. Still takes a few rotations, and it seems like you must hit the gas a little, but then she fires up, and maintains a rough, but...

Dealt with this: And then test fitted this:

Right. I think I mentioned that I needed new battery cables. It was taking 30~ seconds for the engine to fire up, and in looking for causes, I found both cables to be in poor shape. This is not what you want under the hood. Or really, anywhere in your vehicle. At some point, I intend to...

Allow me to introduce my 34th, and 35th vehicles. 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe. 1989 Jeep Cherokee Limited.

Things are shaping up. After you remove most of the A/C and pressure bottle...and some of the vacuum system...you end up with a functional mess. First, I intended to use the bracket and overflow bottle from a newer Cherokee. Which means the bracket for the relays had to go. And the ignition...

It's not often that things go super well for me, particularly when it comes to working on my vehicles. But every so often...things come together pretty nicely. In my previous post with photos, you can see that I'm chipping away at the a/c and heater conglomeration. Really, it's just a pile of...

Relocated the Jeep to a much more conducive working environment. :thumb: Now to finally tear into this thing. There are a number of things that I want to address, in the attempt of making this a much more reliable support vehicle. I've already got a few things in the works to help address the...

I looked to see if there was already a thread for random junked/abandoned Jeeps, and didn't see one....sorry if I missed it. In any case, I tend to spend a decent amount of time in junkyards, and sometimes it brings a tear to my eye, seeing a 1967 Camaro, or a 1971 Chevelle, or the like...

Rachet's Rig Let me preface this by stating that I have a pretty limited budget. Nearly all the work will be done by myself, as I find the time, money, and learn how to do so. This will be an exercise in "how to make it work, with the little you have." My intent is to build a support vehicle...

Hi, I'm Andy. Living in Norcross at the moment, but moving out to Athens, GA shortly. After having some Jeeping fun with the guys I work with/for, and some not-so-subtle suggestions that I get one, too... here I am. Glad to join the community. :) First Jeep. 35th vehicle. I like to tinker on...