Topic: What did you do with your Jeep today?

[Jeffy]

Here's what I did with the Jeep today.  Went to get the registration and emissions check done.  It's always a PITA getting the emissions done.  There's no regulation on cost so the tester can pretty much make up their own price.  You always feel shafy talking to them.  If you don't don't the special handshake you'll get screwed.  If you get the 'in' price they usually ask you not to share it with any walk-ins.

So anyway the place I usually go to closed their local shop.  I later found out they moved with no forwarding address on Yelp or their phone.  I had to find another place that wasn't going to screw me too bad.  Found another shop that had good reviews but was more expensive then the other place.  $30 for an EVAP test?  Really?  He cut me some slack and charged me $20 but still.  All they do is pressurize your gas tank with NO and check for leaks.  My tank was practically full so they didn't need to use that much gas anyway.  My usual place gets me out the door around $49.  I got out at $68.  I don't blame the shop though, they did a good job.  I just wish the state would regulate how much a shop can charge, again.

The Jeep passed easily though.

Oh then I spent an hour waiting to pay my registration.  Seems the other town's DMV's closed so they're all coming to this one.  It was pretty packed.

So, I pretty much wasted my day today. 

[grumpygy]

Not doing much with the Jeep.  Finally got a job and am out of school.   So picked up a car cause its about 30 miles on way to work.

  Got this guy  for $21,000 Diesel   Getting about 40 Mpg as long as I stay to freeways.  Little over 500 miles on it and still just a little under half a tank left to go.   Think it will end up with 700 miles on the 1st tank.

Not mine but looks just like it.

[neale_rs]

Just drove to work.   Had a code 22 recently and it turned out to be a loose connector.

[chardrc]

have not touched my jeep since the middle of may. But i did finished rebuilding the body mounts and floors of the cj2a project ive been working on (just need to build transmission tunnel.... stretched the wheelbase a few inches and moved back the rear fenders for more leg room. not professional quality or pretty but should hold up. will go back and prep and paint body if the shake down run goes good in a few weeks.





 

[jfrabat]

Well, I did strip the temp sending unit on the rear of the block, if that counts.  Had to order to stripped bolt removers online to get it out, but they have not yet arrived.  once they do, it should be easy to swap the sensor in.  Tried starting the jeep and also got a code, but was late for work, so I simply changed cars.  I guess I left something unplugged yesterday when I was fiddling with the sending unit!

[neale_rs]

have not touched my jeep since the middle of may. But i did finished rebuilding the body mounts and floors of the cj2a project ive been working on (just need to build transmission tunnel.... stretched the wheelbase a few inches and moved back the rear fenders for more leg room. not professional quality or pretty but should hold up. will go back and prep and paint body if the shake down run goes good in a few weeks.

Great project!  Keep us posted.

[chardrc]

got the jeep running on Sunday afternoon after figuring out some electrical issues. still need to finish the transmission tunnel, bleed the rest of the air out of the clutch pedal and get the fenders on along with about 50 other tedious things but it ran and drove. confirmed our feer that the rear and front axles had different gear ratios so we are forced (for better or worse) to order 5.13 gears and lockers 

video proof https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB6TL1RU8gE

has a long ways to go but a big emprovment from this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM00IRYphbE

also found that squeeling from my d44 is from the wiper seal going bad and not moving with the drive shaft correctly...

[Hunter02]

Since all the rain this evening was in the next county, I took off the doors, put down the top and took my grandsons out along the canal banks to spot 'gator. A couple of good eating size but nothing you'd want to waste a tag  on. Guys got a kick out of being able to look right down on them. Also saw several River Otters. A few of them were close to 4 feet long. (Remeind me not to go swimming any more.)
Sorry a few of you have hiccups with your rides. Right now mine's running like a top.
Hunter

[jfrabat]

Well, my 2m radio was acting odd, so I had to look into it.  It had REALLY bad reception, and when I was transmitting, my handheld was opening the repeater, but the mobile unit was not.  Apparently, the wireless function of the antenna was not working properly, so I had to reconnect it for the radio to work right...   

I also tried replacing the oil pressure sending unit, but no luck on that...

[Jeffy]

Well, my 2m radio was acting odd, so I had to look into it.  It had REALLY bad reception, and when I was transmitting, my handheld was opening the repeater, but the mobile unit was not.  Apparently, the wireless function of the antenna was not working properly, so I had to reconnect it for the radio to work right...   

I also tried replacing the oil pressure sending unit, but no luck on that...

Hopefully you didn't do damage to the TX circuit.

[jfrabat]

Hopefully you didn't do damage to the TX circuit.

I have checked, and so far, it is transmitting and receiving fine (hopefully, this will hold up).  But luckily, I did not transmit much at all, so it should be OK.

Now, back to the original subject, I FINALLY changed the Oil Pressure Sending Unit!  Now only the emergency brakes left to fix, and, for the first time since I have had the Jeep, I think, everything will be working as it should!  Wooohooo!!!

[FourbangerYJ]

I changed the oil (first time in to many years to remember)  greased everything that had a zerk fitting. Put on a new Bestop safari bikini. Old one had a hole.
Getting ready for the Dusy 

[chardrc]

Got "Proto-jeep" registered and on the trails for the first time since 1988. only on the trails for about 3 hours before deciding to pack it up and head home with our list of improvements. Would have stayed longer but the FPR died and was starving the engine on hill climbs and our steer cylinder was more vulnerable than we anticipated... suspension worked better than expected for running worn out jk shocks. New shocks and a few tweeks and it will be ready for its first full trail weekend in 3 weeks .

[neale_rs]

Very cool looking project!

[stan98tj]

Took the jeep to my buddy and he welded up my rear shock mount. Tore it off at Rausch Creek.
Plans for the rest of the week are basically for Saturday. Changing out diff fluids and seeing about replacing the seals on my rear locker. Maybe change out the front hubs. That should be it and she should be ready to wheel Sunday.