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Froggy
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2016 - 08:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Maybe I should get one of these to bring to WVBR

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Etennuly
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2016 - 09:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

COOL!!!
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 08:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Only if you promise you will give me a ride to the shower house in it!
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 08:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The trailer is hooked up and I'm headed to WV in the morn to pick up the heep!

A local customer purchased my old axles and that cut my out of pocket WAY down.

I will post up some pics as soon as its back in my garage.
I'm looking forward to a little snow driving!
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Etennuly
Posted on Monday, February 15, 2016 - 12:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well?? Didja git bak yet?
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Monday, February 15, 2016 - 01:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


Spent yesterday removing the front inner fenders and installing new front shocks

I "WAS" going to do the rear shocks but the first bolt snapped off.
Sprayed the rest down with some break free and will attempt again at a later date.












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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Monday, February 15, 2016 - 01:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Battery tray is going to get modified and the ABS bracket on the driver side will be gone shortly

The rear wheel wells need some more cut out or the tires will rub.
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Etennuly
Posted on Monday, February 15, 2016 - 07:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

So you are going really old school with no inner or outer front fenders? That is the way race cars of the 1940's and 50's did it.

That'd look cool with a snorkel set up like the one Damnut did.

I like the white spokes.....they speak to me. Nice top too!

Sure is different than the stock Jeep Ken and I rode in on your first creek splashing!
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 09:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

First Change Order.
I am going to reuse the outer back part of the fenders to "fill in" the side a little.
It will give me a good place to mount the side marker lights and cover some of the ugly.
I am going to mount the battery behind the passenger seat. I will then install a couple buss bars where the battery bracket/shelf is now.
That will clean up a bunch of the wiring mess and I will still have the clearance needed for the font tires to flex and stuff!

...and a pic to give you a idea of what I'm talking about



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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Saturday, February 20, 2016 - 07:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

IT STARTED! I must not have messed up the wiring to much!
The battery is now between the seats with the battery cables running next to the drive shaft tunnel, thru the fire wall and then to a bus bar.
So far so good. It hasn't caught fire!









AND! The 37" tires don't touch or rub anything at full lock left and right.

Also I took a short little test drive and the 5.13 gears are a perfect match for the 37" tires
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Thumper74
Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2016 - 12:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

No fires are a good thing!

I might be in the market for a Rubi! I was just diagnosed with Macular Degeneration this week. At 32. If my driving time is limited, I'm going to enjoy it!
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Torquehd
Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2016 - 04:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

wolfridgerider, I like those tires.
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86129squids
Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2016 - 12:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Dang, James! That's WAY young to get that crap...

My aunt has suffered from it for years- seems I read about something that can halt or reverse the process, but it's been months/years since I saw it.

Mark- that Heep sure has gone through some mutations since you got it...
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2016 - 07:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

James, That sucks! I just did a quick google search... you would think that something effecting over 10 million people would get a little more attention.
You will be in my thoughts.


Brad, you should see some of the Jeeps on Jeep Forum that have had the same owner for 10 or 15 years. Some are pretty crazy.

The Jeep Jamboree has set the limit at 37" tires and no more than 6" of lift.
I'm glad they have a limit...
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Thumper74
Posted on Monday, February 22, 2016 - 12:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks guys. It started with some mildly blurred vision in my left eye and lack of night vision. We didn't think it was a big deal at first.

I'm looking for a TJ Rubi right now. I'd prefer a southern Jeep, but I think I found 'the one'.
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Etennuly
Posted on Monday, February 22, 2016 - 08:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thump sorry to hear about your condition. That sucks. Play it out is the way to go!

Southern Jeeps are at least a 50% better shot of getting little or no rust. I lucked into mine in central Florida 20 or so years ago. It was totally rust free when it was fifteen years old. While shopping for it I found many that you would have thought had plowed snow in a salt mine.

I hate that my lift is well over six inches and that my tires are 38.5's It would take too much time for me, at this time, to tone it down to go play with Mark and the Jeep guys, or I would be there. The boys I played with were into unlimited stuff that got so crazy big that I quit going with them due to costs of keeping up.

Nice job Mark. Hey you want to do mine? A little new wiring is always a good thing. I also have planned to move my battery to that same location. I run a big 12V truck battery. The re-location would be a good thing from many aspects.
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 01:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Broke a mounting bolt off on one of the rear shocks... up high... next to the gas tank filler tube...

Soaked the rest down with PB Blaster for the last few days.

I hope the other 3 play nice.

I am changing out the gas tank skid shortly.
So dropping the tank is in my near future.
If any more break off, that will be the time for the drill and tap.... I hate the drill and tap
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Etennuly
Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 01:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If those are like most Jeep shock mounts, they don't have to be replaced with a stud. Drill it out and use a shock bolt with a nut and washer. Most parts stores have replacement shock mounting bolts.
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 02:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Drill it out and use a shock bolt with a nut and washer.

I'm sure that is the direction this little project is headed.
But first I must try a little heat and break free.
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 06:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

and a pic of my some of my handy work with the left over fender sheet metal



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Froggy
Posted on Friday, February 26, 2016 - 10:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

http://i.imgur.com/s8gc1dA.gifv
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Etennuly
Posted on Saturday, February 27, 2016 - 08:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Froggy-Froggy-Froggy.....You have been inside too long this winter! Done gone a little goofy!

Mark, it is looking good. I'd show you mine if I was down to less than ten projects ahead of it.
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Saturday, February 27, 2016 - 09:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I didn't know GIF's where 3 hours long....
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Saturday, February 27, 2016 - 12:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Why yes.... yes I am having fun!











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Etennuly
Posted on Saturday, February 27, 2016 - 04:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Nice lift with no "crunch"! Good Job!
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Ourdee
Posted on Saturday, February 27, 2016 - 11:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Suggestion:


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Etennuly
Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2016 - 03:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I fired my ole 400 in my CJ up and headed out into the back forty.....heading for camp swampy.....then I remembered the rear drive shaft is sitting on my bench near the vise. Shit.

Oh well, I was just moving it to use it as an anchor for the awning on my ole motorhome. The awning has a broken recoil spring and I cannot put it up. We had big wind coming again. Last week the winds ripped out my ground anchor stakes and broke a support arm off from the awning. With the next round of wind storms I doubt it will carry the Jeep very far. If it does.....those things won't matter anymore anyways.

It is cool that just a ride around the property in the Jeep still feels good. I believe this is my nineteenth year of owning this Jeep.

Funny thing.....my younger(27) daughter was asking me the other day if she could have the jeep when I die. I went in the house to look in the mirror. I did not think I was looking that bad! I mean damn! I have been feeling pretty good lately even!
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Damnut
Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2016 - 04:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I bought my YJ in 97. I actually been thinking about selling it lately and buying my dream car but it's hard to part with something that has been part of your life for nearly half of it.

Oh and the dream car is a 65-70 Mustang fastback or convertible.
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Etennuly
Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2016 - 05:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I set the Jeep aside in my mind when it comes to selling stuff, I have learned to think of it as not available.

Every now and again I get someone who stops by thinking it would be a good idea for me to sell it to them. I simply make sure I price it so high that they look at me like I am nuts. That is when the price is in the right zone.

As far as that "dream car", I sincerely believe you simply gotta have both. If the garage or driveway isn't big enough start there. Once that is fixed with a proper upgrade, keep the Jeep and get that hotrod.

One of the vehicular items I have had the longest is my 1971 Corvette LT1 350 short block and it's Muncie 4 speed. I got them in 1977. The 400 4 bolt main, that is in my Jeep, came by way of a 1971 Caprice that I drove as a winter beater in 1978. I guess I have had them well over half of my lifetime.
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2016 - 05:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

next door neighbor has been thinking about selling his...


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