v8 barbie make over.....

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yeah .......... :D made a hell of a noise sitting on 100ks .....pulled fuel line as well kinda lucky she didn't burn (well maybe not :mrgreen: ) totally my own fault not re tying cleaning up under there after working on it .... :oops: might have to lower tm price,,,, :wink:
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this might take awhile ...... :shock:
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what to do........... :?: :?:
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got insurance?
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ebay, Buy another engine harness?
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Talk to Sav he might have one
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QUADRACER wrote:Talk to Sav he might have one


have spoken to sav ....hes still laughing ...says I should quit this one and buy his red one ... :wink: ....has some spare bits plus rest outta a 96 wrangler...so harness should be easy to get here ... :shock:

pete saving the insurance for the big one..... :mrgreen:

ebay was on cards ;;

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yeti wrote:
have spoken to Sav ....hes still laughing ...says I should quit this one and buy his red one ...


Sounds like a plan to me.
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Checkerhead wrote:
yeti wrote:
have spoken to Sav ....hes still laughing ...says I should quit this one and buy his red one ...


Sounds like a plan to me.



3 jeeps ....why not :lol:
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race tape



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Does not look like fun at all. Good luck.
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Bloody hell Wayne :shock: that truck hates you doesn't it...
First it tries to kill you, then when that fails it tries to kill itself! !

Toyota tho........ they love their owners :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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tomsoffroad wrote:Bloody hell Wayne :shock: that truck hates you doesn't it...
First it tries to kill you, then when that fails it tries to kill itself! !

Toyota tho........ they love their owners :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

yeah gotta wounder if name should be Christine .......... :shock:
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Haha does it fix itself? ?

Burn it bro burn it!! :lol:
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fix itself ,,,,,,,,,yeah na ......tried burning it but failed and burnt my fringe .. : :mrgreen:
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:lol: :lol: :lol: so really what's happening here is a power struggle. You think you own a jeep, it knows it owns you :wink: :mrgreen: You have my sympathy brother :mrgreen:
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That about covers it tom .. :twisted:


Kinda a hate hate relationship at mo ....
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so got a harness /loom sent over from states...had a friend pull one from a pick apart...........$27us......shipping was steep....$80us.... :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

cheap as chips .......now the fun begins 8)


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forgot I ordered one of these ...... :wink:



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well made a start ...


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got it fired up yesterday....still a bit to do but it runs again 8)



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only cost a couple of home made burgers.......good progress runs great, cheers rick and mike..... :mrgreen:
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been slack and haven't touch the old girl for a couple of months but hey new year and all....have new water pump and other bits on way from states and today finished cleaning up the couple of crossed wires I had......couple of zip ties ,bit of solder and some tape,,, what can go wrong :mrgreen:
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now I can get onto fixing this
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welded it on a few years back as a quick fix so could do winch comp....the 6 bolt holes are stripped into frame , had something to do with the trans coming out 27 times maybe :) ....have a plan....well a mate has,, 8) then its bonnet cut and guard lift time ........
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been awhile but drove it outta the shed for the first time in a long time.........still a bit to do before can do skids ....

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make a start on the cheap zj I picked up now.... :oops:
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It's alive.......

Great to see it out again.
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What's the plan for the zj?
Keep it road legal?
Cut it up?
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fishing mate....same as the old green xj.....got all the bits just got throw em on ....slightly smaller tahs 32s...biggest thing is bar for winch re airbags and what people tell me re cert and age of jeep...I know the 14 years and older pull all air bag shit blah blah get cert.......some say different....will do some reading .....nice to see your build ticking along chap.. :D
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Good to see you've got Barbie going again.......... wonder what its scheming for next time? :mrgreen: :twisted:
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tomsoffroad wrote:Good to see you've got Barbie going again.......... wonder what its scheming for next time? :mrgreen: :twisted:
years of trouble free wheeling ......................................... :twisted:
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