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Quarantine Upgrades!
Post up your vehicle projects completed during the shut-down!
March 25, 2020
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kris_olof
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Ok so I, like the rest of you, am stuck at home and avoiding doing any real work so some vehicle projects are happening.  So far I have done front pads and rotors on the Cummins, new power steering pump on the CJ7 farm jeep, and cleaned out all of my rigs.  Upcoming projects include: new valve cover gasket on the brown CJ7, motorcraft 2100 swap on the brown CJ7, stereo replacement on the brown CJ7, recovery gear re-packing for all rigs, new rear axle brake hard ling on the LJ, and if I feel up to it, Mopar lift install on the wife's JL.  

Post up your projects during the quarantine, we will hold a vote for who accomplished the most and the winner will get a bottle of wine.

March 25, 2020
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I'm going for quality, not quantity (my excuse for only having 1 project right now)...... will post a few pics when I get started tomorrow.

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March 25, 2020
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I just finished tinning my shop, and now I’m working on the electrical. I hung lights and put together some shelves. I also got the basement ready for concrete! 

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March 25, 2020
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Jeff- that guy with the foolsize said
I just finished tinning my shop, and now I’m working on the electrical. I hung lights and put together some shelves. I also got the basement ready for concrete! 

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Is that hot water lines for heated floors?

March 25, 2020
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kris_olof said
Ok so I, like the rest of you, am stuck at home and avoiding doing any real work so some vehicle projects are happening.  So far I have done front pads and rotors on the Cummins, new power steering pump on the CJ7 farm jeep, and cleaned out all of my rigs.  Upcoming projects include: new valve cover gasket on the brown CJ7, motorcraft 2100 swap on the brown CJ7, stereo replacement on the brown CJ7, recovery gear re-packing for all rigs, new rear axle brake hard ling on the LJ, and if I feel up to it, Mopar lift install on the wife's JL.  

Post up your projects during the quarantine, we will hold a vote for who accomplished the most and the winner will get a bottle of wine.

  

Well thankfully the transportation industry is still needed so I'm still working thank goodness cause I can't afford any time off work. But I have still managed to bring 2 Toyota pickup trucks home for a couple parts I needed and sold off the rest to fund my zukyota

March 25, 2020
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As a medical device manufacturing company we are an essential business, so it is business as usual unless patients stop seeking treatment.

March 25, 2020
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I finished my latest Jeep project... I installed a new battery. thumbs-up

I used to wheel a lot. . .

March 25, 2020
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I bought a house! party

March 25, 2020
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I bought a house! party

  

Congratulations Kevin 

March 26, 2020
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I bought a house! party

  

Congratulations. 

Christmas Party at Kevin's house this year.

I used to wheel a lot. . .

March 26, 2020
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Congrats Kevin 

March 26, 2020
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Jamie (K6NUB)
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Awesome Kevin!

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March 26, 2020
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Kevin, you should win, a new house in the biggest project of all.

March 26, 2020
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k-jeep said
I bought a house! party

  

Well done Kevin!!! Congrats!

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March 26, 2020
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I bought a house! party

  

How big is the shop?

March 27, 2020
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Mike G said

Jeff- that guy with the foolsize said

I just finished tinning my shop, and now I’m working on the electrical. I hung lights and put together some shelves. I also got the basement ready for concrete! 

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Is that hot water lines for heated floors?

  

Yes it is. I have it all through the shop and now in the basement. It will be in the garage as well. It makes a huge difference!

March 27, 2020
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Shop looks nice Jeff!

The easy part of my project is done...

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March 27, 2020
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Jamie (K6NUB) said
Shop looks nice Jeff!

The easy part of my project is done...

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Whatcha doing ?

March 27, 2020
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I think he removed his rock sliders, wheels and fenders to wash them. Jeff doesn't know that you can wash them without having to remove them.laughing

March 30, 2020
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Hahaha, that's funny Jeff!

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I think he removed his rock sliders, wheels and fenders to wash them. Jeff doesn't know that you can wash them without having to remove them.laughing

  

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March 30, 2020
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And Done! In addition to the new fenders I also removed the factory sliders I put on to provide even more protection, they are freaking heavy though and I feel like I know enough now to not need the extra layer, we will see! Now I really don't like the look of my sliders, they are too far off the body and without the factory sliders I think they will prove to be weaker when they get hit so I will probably beat them up for a season and then replace them with weld on ones, probably can't justify it as a quarantine upgrade :).

I have also been thinking about disconnecting the rear sway bar, seems like it would help letting the rear axle move further and would not be too pricey (new shocks and disconnects) but I have not seen many people do it, I see more folks do the AntiRock type systems but that is expensive. Is there a reason why disconnecting the rear sway bar is a bad idea or not worth the investment? The only think I can think of is too much body roll off camber?

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March 30, 2020
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Jamie (K6NUB) said
And Done! In addition to the new fenders I also removed the factory sliders I put on to provide even more protection, they are freaking heavy though and I feel like I know enough now to not need the extra layer, we will see! Now I really don't like the look of my sliders, they are too far off the body and without the factory sliders I think they will prove to be weaker when they get hit so I will probably beat them up for a season and then replace them with weld on ones, probably can't justify it as a quarantine upgrade :).

I have also been thinking about disconnecting the rear sway bar, seems like it would help letting the rear axle move further and would not be too pricey (new shocks and disconnects) but I have not seen many people do it, I see more folks do the AntiRock type systems but that is expensive. Is there a reason why disconnecting the rear sway bar is a bad idea or not worth the investment? The only think I can think of is too much body roll off camber?

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Jamie - I have rear AntiRocks that work well & nothing to connect/disconnect. I think they're worth the cost. Not sure if there's any advantage of disconnecting the rear bar. It could affect driving on the road, maybe not off-road.

March 30, 2020
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Guy and Lynda said

Jamie (K6NUB) said

And Done! In addition to the new fenders I also removed the factory sliders I put on to provide even more protection, they are freaking heavy though and I feel like I know enough now to not need the extra layer, we will see! Now I really don't like the look of my sliders, they are too far off the body and without the factory sliders I think they will prove to be weaker when they get hit so I will probably beat them up for a season and then replace them with weld on ones, probably can't justify it as a quarantine upgrade :).

I have also been thinking about disconnecting the rear sway bar, seems like it would help letting the rear axle move further and would not be too pricey (new shocks and disconnects) but I have not seen many people do it, I see more folks do the AntiRock type systems but that is expensive. Is there a reason why disconnecting the rear sway bar is a bad idea or not worth the investment? The only think I can think of is too much body roll off camber?

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Jamie - I have rear AntiRocks that work well & nothing to connect/disconnect. I think they're worth the cost. Not sure if there's any advantage of disconnecting the rear bar. It could affect driving on the road, maybe not off-road.

  

Oh, I would not leave disconnected on the road, I would do mechanical disconnects when wheeling like I have in the front 🙂

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March 31, 2020
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I'm sure the Rubicon, Barrett Lake & Fordyce will be the true tests of those sliders. Both the fenders & sliders look good on the mall runs though!

March 31, 2020
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kris_olof said
Ok so I, like the rest of you, am stuck at home and avoiding doing any real work so some vehicle projects are happening.  So far I have done front pads and rotors on the Cummins, new power steering pump on the CJ7 farm jeep, and cleaned out all of my rigs.  Upcoming projects include: new valve cover gasket on the brown CJ7, motorcraft 2100 swap on the brown CJ7, stereo replacement on the brown CJ7, recovery gear re-packing for all rigs, new rear axle brake hard ling on the LJ, and if I feel up to it, Mopar lift install on the wife's JL.  

Post up your projects during the quarantine, we will hold a vote for who accomplished the most and the winner will get a bottle of wine.

  

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