Snboarder113
Hooked
Now that I’ve had this a couple months it might as well get its own thread.
It was named Blue Jeep, BJ for short. It wasn’t me but damnit it caught on quick and I have the sense of humor of a preteen so what the hell.
2001 TJ
4.0l 5spd
30/44 3.73
Under 150k
Picked this up to replace my last one that started to rust beyond repair. That being said it’s not rust free and requires some surgery but is much much better.
Started swapping parts almost immediately. Bumpers, headlights, pulled all the old electrical out of the old one. Had to do something about the ugly ass faded fenders, have yet to decide what kind of fenders/flares it will end up with as the front driver is already rusted through.
Swapped the lift and the 35s over
Did some maintenance, this one has ac! And it mostly works! Small leak somewhere have to find but it’s been nice out so It’s been naked for months anyways.
Used it to run the boat up to gas station, got the boat running after years (finally)
This old guy has a couple more things to swap and ready to sell off as a trail toy
Did a nice little shakedown drive through the woods
Been working on getting everything mechanical looked over and swapped. Ran seafoam and marvel mystery oil through the oil system to quiet down the old lifters and it has made it better but they’re still loud. One of these things I’ll just deal with until it needs a rebuild as the lifters on a 4.0 aren’t removable without taking the head off and if I’m going that far into it im rebuilding the head and putting in new pistons and rings.
Swapped the atf4 fluid in the transfer case today, if you didn’t already know some aluminum foil makes a great “catch pan” if you make a tray out of it and set it in the skid plate and then poke a hole in it where it lines up with three hole in the skid plate, makes a much easier clean up. And yeah, that’s the color of the fluid that came out, darker than burnt oil and smelt horrible, it should be red.
While I was there figured I’d swap the speedo gear as well to find out that it already had the same one.
Had a little extra time today so I cleaned up and refinished the rear bumper lights so I can wire them up tomorrow and install them.
Sanded the oxidation down primed and bedlined, resealed the gaskets so water doesn’t leak in.
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It was named Blue Jeep, BJ for short. It wasn’t me but damnit it caught on quick and I have the sense of humor of a preteen so what the hell.
2001 TJ
4.0l 5spd
30/44 3.73
Under 150k
Picked this up to replace my last one that started to rust beyond repair. That being said it’s not rust free and requires some surgery but is much much better.
Started swapping parts almost immediately. Bumpers, headlights, pulled all the old electrical out of the old one. Had to do something about the ugly ass faded fenders, have yet to decide what kind of fenders/flares it will end up with as the front driver is already rusted through.
Swapped the lift and the 35s over
Did some maintenance, this one has ac! And it mostly works! Small leak somewhere have to find but it’s been nice out so It’s been naked for months anyways.
Used it to run the boat up to gas station, got the boat running after years (finally)
This old guy has a couple more things to swap and ready to sell off as a trail toy
Did a nice little shakedown drive through the woods
Been working on getting everything mechanical looked over and swapped. Ran seafoam and marvel mystery oil through the oil system to quiet down the old lifters and it has made it better but they’re still loud. One of these things I’ll just deal with until it needs a rebuild as the lifters on a 4.0 aren’t removable without taking the head off and if I’m going that far into it im rebuilding the head and putting in new pistons and rings.
Swapped the atf4 fluid in the transfer case today, if you didn’t already know some aluminum foil makes a great “catch pan” if you make a tray out of it and set it in the skid plate and then poke a hole in it where it lines up with three hole in the skid plate, makes a much easier clean up. And yeah, that’s the color of the fluid that came out, darker than burnt oil and smelt horrible, it should be red.
While I was there figured I’d swap the speedo gear as well to find out that it already had the same one.
Had a little extra time today so I cleaned up and refinished the rear bumper lights so I can wire them up tomorrow and install them.
Sanded the oxidation down primed and bedlined, resealed the gaskets so water doesn’t leak in.
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