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So I ordered some new MOOG tie rod ends... and the threaded part is much shorter than the current ones. My tie rod has always been a little shorter than I liked and my drag link is much shorter than I like. So I ordered a piece of DOM and some TRE inserts from Ruff Stuff. I will use my old...

On 3/31 we went out to 5 Mile Pass, got to do some highway followed by some mild low speed stuff, followed by more highway. Only after getting heavy on the throttle on an obstacle, then crawling did the temp gauge go above 210, and then only for a minute or two. It works better than stock for...

I did notice that in the Qudratec catalog the price is not much more than I paid on the "pre order" sale that I got. So far so good, I think I finally have all the air out of the system. The next warm weekend I will hit 5 mile pass and see if my temps creep up. Nathan

(10 pics... so here is the spacer...) And after all that I thought... why didn't I think to outboard my shocks before messing with all this. My tires are spaced out far enough I could fairly easily have built an upper mount off the coil spring seat... I would need shorter shocks so since I...

I have that same one, (or a very similar one, my sleeves are lighter color and are smooth leather) It is great. It does have a few holes burnt thru the body, and some serious sweat stains from where the gloves cover the cuff. I don't weld often but I would totally recommend it. I have...

Since I have a heavy Spare Tire that is up and out pretty far I talked myself into getting some new rear shocks. I really looked at the Tereflex Falcons, which are "designed for a JK", I figured I would have some fitment issues in the rear, specifically around my exhaust. It is a close fit as...

So it has been extra "climate changy" here in Salt Lake this winter. After driving around in 50 degree weather with my hood vent "closed" The temp gauge never goes above 210. However I have had not one but two coolant leaks, I had the lower radiator hose pop off while I was turning off of...

Looks like that would get expensive to plumb a jeep... especially having to crimp ends. Does that use push connectors? (similar to what comes with ARBs) It does look pretty cheap Thanks

On my Bronco and now my Jeep I have been running 3/8 rubber air hose for my OBA. Years ago I got some Goodyear 3/8 that held up great, some of it was used on the Bronco and then transferred to the Jeep when the Jeep was built up. A few years ago I had a line rupture, it was near the exhaust...

I am sure there are better and cheaper places to get CB parts but Flying J or most truck stops have a pretty decent selection of antennas and parts, including Firestick. I have one of these quick connects on my Jeep and my Super Duty. The antenna for the truck stores nicely between the rear...

My father in law had one fail... in his driveway, no one was hurt. The steel failed, probably cheap part initially. We re-built it with one of those fancy double sheer ones that Frieed linked to. We figure if it does fail it is going to rattle like hell before it drops off. Since I have an...

Wait... What... When I put my ruff stuff diff cover on my 14 bolt I started having an issue of gear oil coming out of the breather... I was about to try synthetic oil... I think I will try that first... Nathan (sorry for the thread hijack...)

A few years ago my father in law got me a Uniden Bearcat. (I think he got sick of listening to me on my crappy raido) The best thing about the one I have is that it has a built in tuner so you can tune your antenna. When I was setting it up I learned that setting up the antenna is really more...

Man those 3v Ford's. If you get a used engine I would think seriously about putting a timing set in it and maybe a new oil pump. There is a guy on youtube that has a ton of info about doing that on these 3v's. I just did a timing set in my v10. It just started making noise on startup so I...

RockMonkey's build is sweet. I have a Clayton setup tied to a pair of ruff stuff stiffiners. I moved my charcoal canister to under the hood and actually used the one from my 87 Bronco it was smaller. But yeah the canister has to be moved. On my 99, I was able to bend/relocate fuel and brake...

I have considered it, for the hydro assist the main advantage would probably be having more capacity in the PS system. It seems like it would be little gain to use the radiator oil passage. It also looks like the PS fluid should be bellow 180 degrees, a little lower than transmission fluid, so...

So I filled the cooling system up with distilled water from the heater bypass next to the thermostat, started it up and the coolant circulated properly. So I let it cool drained out what I could and filled it with the coolant that I was able to keep off the floor. So the jeep is together, I...

Mishimoto designed a new radiator for the XJ, it has 90% more capacity than the stock XJ one. Here is an article about the design; https://www.mishimoto.com/engineering/2017/07/jeep-xj-cherokee-radiator-part-1/ My 1999 XJ is so modified that I can't ever seem to put a part in without modifying...

So my Chinese bolts finally came in before New Years. They are 6mm x 20mm with a .75 thread. I did intentionally break one and it broke at about the same torque as a 1/4 cap bolt from Marshall's, so good enough. Interestingly enough I found a AX-15 FSM for a 1997 TJ and it DID NOT specify to...

My Chinese bolts were in CA on 12/16, then Houston 12/18, then "North Houston 12/20" I am not sure why it took 2 days to go from Houston to "North Houston" But the bolts are in the states, hopefully they will get here in the next couple of days, then I get to decided if I actually want to use...