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14 hours ago, Curly said:

I decided that nothing short of a rebuild was going to get my Wagoneer moving fast enough to get out of its own way.  I found a deal on a used 4.2 in Yuma, so I went "Home" for the weekend to get it. Bonus: Got to visit with my Nieces and their families.

 

Here is a shot of the engine getting unloaded. My engine hoist is at max lift, I will need another foot or 2 to clear the Wagoneer's engine bay.

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I'm going to check the engine over before installing, although it is supposed to be a good runner.  New oil seals, freeze plugs and a timing chain if needed.

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hot damn!

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Both of them are getting new batteries today. Creampuff also has a few new heim joints on the way, hope they're here before March Madness. 

 

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Zomb-XJ build im working on, finally got rear leaf springs done.  Craigslist Rubicon rims w/ K02s are going to look good.  :)

 

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Well, technically it wasn't today.    

Sometime in January while doing a pre-run inspection I noticed two of my motor mount bolts were missing and two were getting loose.   This is from the mount to the engine so it wasn't a simple matter of putting in new bolts.  I had to loosen all of the mounting hardware from the frame, the mounts themselves and the remaining engine bolts and then use a cherry picker to move the engine a bit.    But before I did that I said.  "Hey, while I am this far into it I may as well fix that transfer case linkage adjustment".   My reduction drive would pop out of gear when in low.  Adjusting it meant lowering the drive train to provide me access to the linkage which is on top of the transfer case.   Well, one thing let to another and I had the driveshafts out, the exhaust partially on the floor and goodness knows what.    My front drive shaft was almost locked in place so I took it in and got a new shaft installed.  The whole thing took a few weeks. 

 

Put it all back together and did a short trail run last weekend and it's all working great.  The drivetrain feels tighter. (Did I mention the missing transmission mount bolts) and the TC stayed in low the entire trip.  Very excited.    I paid someone to adjust the linkage for me and it helped but it still was jumping out of gear.    They were the ones who gave me the idea of just lowing the drive train instead of pulling the TC case.     BTW, I am getting too old to be laying on the garage floor...

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A little bit of 1/4" steel arrived today...

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the windshield was replaced....gotta get the tint and lettering redone soon.

hhhmmm, maybe an offroad passport banner......

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3 hours ago, K2man56 said:

hhmmm, maybe an offroad passport banner......

 

oh yeah! Rep the fam!

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Moar lights...

 

They had a sale so I was obliged to spend more money at Diode Dynamics. Besides, I noticed I really couldn't see what was next to me when I was in quartzsite the night before our run, so I needed them anyway. 

 

Wasn't sure about the mount but the brackets lined up almost perfectly to the cowl bolts so I put it there. 

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Fixed my rig.  A small brake part fell off on the trail so the caliper came loose.     Managed to find a replacement at "Broco Graveyard".  Just $14 for a pair.  I bought two pair so if it happens again I can fix it right on the trail.  

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nothing done to my actual rig lately, but i did re-organize the garage this week!

 

made easy work of a few 3/8" Tapcon screws to anchor my vise-stand and drill-press to the garage floor this morning. i had no idea how much faster the "hammer-drill" setting made drilling concrete until recently!

 

 

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