What did you do to your jeep today?

not sure how advisable this is
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I assembled and put a Rola Roof Basket on my KJ. I posted all about it here: http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/716331-post45.html

uss2defiant said:

not sure how advisable this is
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Not a bad idea - I can't picture what could be used as a leverage point on the KJ. Thankfully I was able to use the BFH to remove mine on the KJ and recently I replaced the passenger side on my XK. It has an aluminum knuckle and I was worried about what HJ said above - the two metals fusing together.

I was fortunate.

P.S. That guy in the video actually has some good how-to's but that particular one he was a bit goofy :happy175:


Bob

except it might blow some hoses or even the P/S pump.

Yeah.... he was pretty goofy in this vid.

is the knuckle on the KJ AL or steel?

At the junkyard locating another rear ball joint bracket. Think my pinion bearing is shot. Almost considering buying a complete axle assembly to swap out so it's drivable without the noise. Then teach myself to rebuild my axle and put a locker w/ 4.10s in it.

HoosierJeeper said:

What's your measurement hub to fender?

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Sorry for the late reply, phone notifications have been failing me lol

On the front center of the hub to fender it's at 22"

On the rear it's at 18.5"

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Swapped out the broken ball joint bracket. Had my tire replaced under warranty at Walmart.

Just need to put on my backbone and winch.

MTKross said:

Sorry for the late reply, phone notifications have been failing me lol

On the front center of the hub to fender it's at 22"

On the rear it's at 18.5"

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So 3 inch in front
and negative 1/2 inch in the rear ,..........
So other way around may look like we ran them in the 70s ,
front little higher is like they build the desert racers in Cali
but 3.5 inches difference is , ah,....well...mmmmm:happy175:

New stereo

I installed a new touch screen blueray deck, subs, 7" Antanna Xand waterproof Alpine marine speakers all 4x4 ready. So I can still listen to music if I'm upside down...lol

My Mother just called............
90 year old Step Dad has been driving my 05 Limited
said something happened to the KJ
OK what ?
ran out of water we think, well none in it so we took it slow and drove part way home , until temp gauge went all the way over as far as it would go....................:favorites68::favorites68::favorites68::favorites68::favorites68:
How do you yell at your 85 year old Mom and 90 year old Stepfather................
So tomorrow drive 130 miles down to see what the damage is :favorites68::Bye::favorites68::Bye::blah:

I feel for you.

Laughing at oneself and with others is good for the Soul!

MTKross said:

Sorry for the late reply, phone notifications have been failing me lol

On the front center of the hub to fender it's at 22"

On the rear it's at 18.5"

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Probably OME 947/8 springs and maybe an extra isolator. I'd start there.

And damn Tom, that bites. It's got to be hard to not be angry. :favorites68: How many miles? I wonder what happened. Radiator hose burst or something?

my money is on a cracked radiator.

Not sure what it is, just changed oil/ rotated the tires last week, checked everything over then good.
Just hope he didn't drive it too far .............
Was looking to start building it in a few months .............:emotions34:

Is there any chance that the gauge/sender spazzed out and it's actually ok?

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Is there any chance that the gauge/sender spazzed out and it's actually ok?

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No not that lucky, all coolant is gone according to wrecker driver, someone stopped them on the road to tell them they were leaving a trail of water and steam ..........they never look backwards takes all 4 of their eyes to keep going straight ! LOL

Found out one of the shocks in my pre-owned iron man struts I just got is worn out. Passenger side makes a good amount of noise over bumps. Guess that's what I get for trying to get by cheap.

Time to pull them and swap in new shocks. [emoji1303]

May just leave it, idk yet


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That ***** Tom, hopefully the damage won't be too bad.


I put in all the shiny Limited interior trim parts. And found out that despite all the research I did on installing an EVIC, I missed the part about 05's not having the bracket required to install the EVIC :favorites68:. I can't find it anywhere online, and the nearest junkyard that has multiple Limiteds is in Colorado Springs, 200 miles away. Looks like another long trip :favorites68:.

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...we took it slow and drove part way home , until temp gauge went all the way over as far as it would go

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My brother had an old Monza Spyder that he loved. He let his girlfriend drive it, it started overheating so she decided to drive home as fast as she could to not run it too long... blew the engine, never started again.

I hope the damage is minimal...

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I put in all the shiny Limited interior trim parts. And found out that despite all the research I did on installing an EVIC, I missed the part about 05's not having the bracket required to install the EVIC :favorites68:. I can't find it anywhere online, and the nearest junkyard that has multiple Limiteds is in Colorado Springs, 200 miles away. Looks like another long trip :favorites68:.

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If you go back there I could use the chrome trim piece that goes around the lock on the rear driver's side door.

Scott