-5/3, week of. Repainted interior and exterior of hardtop.
- Soft Top put on for summer use.
- Replaced Valve cover gasket.
-5/23 Changed oil
-5/24 Noticed front body mount under grille was non-existant. Removed grille and refabricated new mount with sheetmetal.
-5/30 Installed PA speaker under front crossmember cover.
-5/30 Replaced 3 Amp fuse for dash lights for shits and giggles and remarkably the fuse did not blow. Lights did not work though.
JUNE
-6/3 When turned lights on, Dash lights came on, to my surprise.
-6/5 Fixed the driver side body mounts. Removed existing bolts, replaced with 3/8? grade 8 bolts through floors and new 3/16? steel plating courtesy of Belcher Steel. Put in 3/4? body lift blocks at the same time.
-6/8 Replaced confederate flag plate.
-6/12 Fixed the passenger side body mounts to the same specs as driver side.
-6/13 Received new Cobra CB for birthday
-6/15 Ordered TrailMaster 3? suspension lift from Quadratec.
-6/18 Recieved TrailMaster suspension lift
-6/20 Worked on parking brake and got it functioning to the best I could
-6/22 Passed inspection with no flaws
-6/23 Ordered Explorer ProComp dropped pitman arm from Summit Racing Equipment
-6/26 Replaced switch for KC offroading lights with switch from Radio Shack
-6/28 Dropped Pitman Arm came in
-Remounted grille screen on inside of grille, after being painted black
JULY
-7/4 Removed rear shocks and springs; replaced with Trailmaster springs and shocks
-7/5 Removed front shocks and springs; replaced with Trailmaster springs and shocks
-Brake hoses are too tight, need longer ones to drive it safely
-7/6 Ordered Goodridge aircraft quality braided stainless steel brake hoses for lifted Jeep from 4WD Hardware.
-7/8 Brake hoses installed. In process of installation, front passenger side brake line snaps.
-7/9 Replaced line with new one. Both front bleed screws were ruined, replaced. Driver side bleeder screw not removable, whole caliper replaced.
-7/10 Borrowed pitman arm puller. Removed pitman arm with puller and hammer. Replaced with dropped pitman arm.
-7/17 Installed auxilliary lights on underside of both driver?s and passenger?s sides of Jeep.
-7/26 Installed driver side back up light
AUGUST
-8/2 Installed passenger side back up light
-8/7 Replaced worn rubber sway bar and end link bushings with Energy Suspension polyurathane bushings.
-8/15 Replaced alternator with ?heavy duty? 75 amp alternator.
-8/20ish Noticed welded seam on frame was split nearly half length of driverside, and part way of passengerside
-8/25 Purchased "new-to-me" black hood on way home from work. Put on same day for the hell of it.
SEPTEMBER
-9/10 In heavy rains driving home from WIT, engine gets soaked, and hesitates and sputters and dies 7 times over course of 5 miles.
-9/11 Dried out distrubutor cap, and sprayed silicone on all of ignition componants. Also noticed that clutch was feeling ?different.? Checked cluth master cylinder and discovered there was no fluid. Further inspection shows that one of the two bolts attaching the clutch to the transmission was missing, and the remaining one was very loose. This was due to the heavy shaking and vibrating of the poorly running engine. Replaced missing bolt, tightened other bolt, bleed clutch lines.
-9/19 while driving engine was ?missing? at higher rpms and under load, like it was 9/10. Not as badly, never actually stalled. Replaced distributor cap, rotor, and fuel filter. Added water remover to tank. Appears to have solved the problem.
hope to get the rest up soon
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