What did you do to your Jeep today?

[yeti]

yeti w t f ?? is it hot out there or something
well tack welded exhaust up removed to be welded up properly
mucked around with stero shelf and speakers i now have SOUNDS don't know how long the computer speakers will last but the price was right free!!
worked on the bloody nissan as well

heater core. its leaking fogging up the windows, mist out the vents..again another easy job on the POS..that ones out of the old blue junka...dash out sort of job PLUS...so im just going to bypass the heater.. gets f en warm inside it anyways...jeep run sunday if ya keen ..pm...

[xj]

04.12.09: Bought another jerry can holder from supercheap (already have one set up on my trailer) and began making, for want of a better phrase, a "jerry can holder holder" to be mounted on the spare wheel carrier.
Have got it all tacked together, will post up some pics later.

[aroma]

well blew all the water out of my radiator onto the garage floor!!
think the the themostate is stuck

[xj]

First, found and old rim, and cut the centre out, much easier than cutting steel and drilling holes etc.





Welded a plate into the old hole


Made up a frame to take the SC can holder


Put the two together


After a bit of a tidy up.....

[aroma]

started her up still goes found the clutch works and found out how to get moving backed out the drive then backed up the drive and put back in the garage
the point of all this ?????
1 to prove it moves
2 to turn it around doh
3 so i can work on driver side stuff
4 to have a tidy up to much sh*&t in the garage

[xj]

nice

[xj]

What did you do to your Jeep today? Kicked it and swore at it.

Needed front pinion bearings done, and seeing as how I wouldnt know a diff from what a woman wants, i took it to a pro. Did the pinion seals all good, but the axle tube seals were shot too, so sourced some more, and also got the aftermarket outer seals while I was at it.... all good.... then once everything was back together, the o ring in the front locker blows out, then the caliper retaining bolt strips, then the rear brakes crap out.......

..... then I stopped caring

On the flipside, I have just ordered a heat exchange unit from Helton in Australia. Bride was adamant that she was to have a warm shower this year while out camping, and I just hate having to boil the billy to wash the dishes.

[aroma]

refilled brake master cyc as had none but still leeking pull off strip and GET THE MANUAL out reassemble,refit no leaks YET then found brake light switch not working replaced spilling yet more brake fluid jury rigged the wires up and ha presto brake lights while checking all the lights had no head lights relays working w t f apparently months ago while rewiring them I removed the fuses( yes 2 hi and lo beam same with relays) replace them and ha I have lights ran for a while and checked stero worked
now tempting fate






attampting to get wof on sat then poss jeep club do WITH THE JEEP if it makes it out there

[bb402c]

First, found and old rim, and cut the centre out, much easier than cutting steel and drilling holes etc.





Welded a plate into the old hole



have you weighed this thing yet it must be geting pitty heavy now

Made up a frame to take the SC can holder


Put the two together


After a bit of a tidy up.....

[xj]

have you weighed this thing yet it must be geting pitty heavy now

Cant say that I have. Maybe i need to skinny up a bit myself to compensate!

[aroma]

well made it 3 ks down the road before it died after a bit of experimenting got the wife down to A frame me home filled up first then repositioned the electric fuel pump (had been bothering me for a while but if ain't broke don't fix) starts better but still running rat sh@t put back in garage before it got blown in (it's windy 40 to 70 ks) will get timmimg light and do a once over but still thinking the carb's at fault am stioll chassing a couple but funds still not good
so not making the jeep club run too annoyed to do anything !

[yeti]

got the cat removed, straight pipe sounds good..sunday will back on the lift and do rear main seal ,front and back pinion seals..so will have new oils all round plus new air filter and fan belt.. then of to greymouth on boxing day..wonder if she makes it this year ..on a side note used gregs site and orded the belt and filter heaps cheaper than what ripco wanted..ie ripco $112.00 for belt greg $54.00 filter ripco $52.00 greg $ 15.00..so cheers xj for putting up his link.. told him you sent me there o and got it re gased so her in doors has ac..

[xj]

Good to see Greg still powering out the great prices, and great service too. Have bought 2 lots of bits and bobs off him two weeks ago, and have some shocks on the way for another Jeeper too.

Fitted a hot water exchange unit today, essentially for showers for the ladies whilst at the beach, but also bloody handy for hot water to wash dishes etc, and not too bad for partially clearing our radiators etc too when in a pinch.








...hot water flowing.... yeaaah

[yeti]

got the rear main seal done, was straight forward..frist time doing anything like that , enjoyed doing it ,no leaks so far and everything seems ok ,touch wood..

[yeti]

gregs stuff came today, just fitted the belt, hes a good bloke, rung him and nothing was a problem and good prices too..have spread the word .. will let club know at next meeting next year....thanks again mark, for putting me on to his site

[xj]

Picked up mey new hard top today.... its done the rounds, a guy in the Jeep club didnt want it any more and offered it to me a year ago, i passed, and RJ got it instead, hes found theres no room to store it, so i grabbed it off him today. Didnt cost a bean, whic is a darned site cheaper than the dude on TM trying to get $2500 for a 2nd hand one that needs painting!!!

First, from the good side.....




And then the part with work to be done. It had been horridly bogged in the top, so ive sanded all that back ready for a finish bit of poo and then a paint


And the slightly harder part. It had been "glued" and then the original owner had duct-taped the whole rear corner together. Im picking ill get some epoxy and some more bog and set to work tomorrow.

[RJ]

The back left hand corner looks better now its cleaned up. Bit of work and it will look like new.

[xj]

Sunday 17th Jan:









The top section has come up ok.... just popped some black on it for the sake of seeing what lumps and bumps there still might be.

I eneded up at Repco this morning and got a fibreglass repair kit and got to work on the rear corner. cut some fibre and resin-ed it up and packed it into the crack, then laid more glass and resin over the top, rasped it, sanded it etc, all back, and applied the poo. And, compared with what i started with yesterday, im very happy with where its at for the moment. not perfect by a long shot, but certainly passable. (IMO anyway)

Next week the top will come off and get re-sprayed with an underbody sealer of something similar to get the original effect back. (and to hide the remaining flaws) Hopefully that will be that, until i smack it with something.

[RJ]

looking good!!! might have to claim it back later on, LOL

[xj]

I didnt sign no treaty with you cuz!!!

[coop]

Listed my dirty old XJ on trademe today, dunno what to get next, something different, maybe a windsor or clevo powered CJ

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =266159367

[xj]

there seems to be a few CJ's floating about at the mo.

This one piqued my interest, until the bride caught me looking at it..... http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 682520.htm

[popnit]

Tried my new wheels to day...




/Mattias

[xj]

beawdifulllllll..... need more info bud, like whats unde the bonnet pushing them puppies!

[aroma]

I want it pitty your so far away
need more info as xj said and pic's
ps is it a willy's or has the hoods and grill been cut down??

[xj]

After deciding to have a crack at glassing the broken bottom corner of the "new" top last night, i painted it all up and popped in back on today.

Rapt with the result.

Corner before:


Corner during:


corner primed:


Finished:


The busted up corner from previous pics:


As happy as a happy thing




MUCH prefer to play with glass than bog. After never having used glass before, i found it very similar to work with, when shaping, as a horses hoof [insert laughs here] No shit, my younger days as a smithy/farrier came into play when shaping the stuff, it was a breeze.



Now................ what's next???????

[popnit]

Nice work! by the way, my Willys was a Volvo too the beginning...
It has a Volvo engine calls B20, that i a intend too change too somthing more fun
The axle is Dana 44 with LSD

I don´t have any pics, yet!

Mvh Mattias

[aroma]

fitted the spare tyre to the carrier and
it fits but
rests on the tow bar bugger but will help sharing the weight
must get motivated to get engine running now hurmph

[downunderxj]

Took mine in for a WOF last weekend, needs a new front right wheel bearing. Currently tracking the one I bought across the US, bought off Amazon.com for $US80, slightly cheaper than the rumoured $NZ500+ for one here.

[yeti]

Took mine in for a WOF last weekend, needs a new front right wheel bearing. Currently tracking the one I bought across the US, bought off Amazon.com for $US80, slightly cheaper than the rumoured $NZ500+ for one here.

should be about 250.00 a side, thats what a few people have them for.. still to much but...