It's Alive!!!

[WrenchMonkey]

Finally got my sloppy jalopy out of the garage, and I just HAD to show it off:











Ain't she sexy?

Robert

[tjjeepjeep]

Looking good Robert.

[WrenchMonkey]

Thanks.

I've still got just a couple of bugs to work out, but I'm flat thrilled with how it turned out.

Robert

[gothodgie]

looking good brother...

[RuffedUpXJ]

It's too bad its so shiny, Haspin will ruin that rolling in to the parking lot.

[KargoMaster]

x2

shininess soon to be wiped off it's face... like the smile of a crook that just got caught.

Nice job!

[WrenchMonkey]

Well, after fighting the brakes for a few days, my shiny new engine got me all the way to work Thursday:



...but only halfway back home again:



Apparently that romp-stompin renix was just too much power for the rear ujoint:

[WrenchMonkey]

Rotten Friday Recap:

So I caught a cab the rest of the way home, hooked up the truck and trailer in the dark to fetch the XJ. By then it was nearly 1am, so I didn't bother to unload it.

Bright and early Friday morning, I borrowed her Exploder to run to Smyth's for a new joint. When I got back, I decided not to push the damaged shaft any more, and just do the repairs with the jeep still on the trailer.

Unfortunately, once I pulled the shaft, I found that the ears were pretty banged up:




I wasn't sure if I should reuse it, so I went to install my spare shaft.

That's when I discovered that the spare driveshaft I've been carrying for two or three years was at least three or four inches short. Wish I could remember who sold that to me...

So I thought I'd just use the 4x to get the rig off the trailer, using the front axle. Of course, my old 231 refuses to engage unless I'm rolling about 2-3mph, so try as I might, that was another no-go.

Sooo... I pulled my front shaft to install it in the rear. Got it bolted back in and... (wait for it) the g@&d@##*& jeep wouldn't start.

Sooo... I traced it to a sticky starter relay. The starter relay, mind you, that I really WANTED to replace when I did the engine, but the partsdrone at Advance couldn't get me the right one. So I cleaned and reused mine.

I smacked it around some to free it up (and relieve some stress) and managed to fire it up and limp the thing back into the garage.

I dropped the trailer so i could get to work an hour early, for an oh-so-important safety meeting where they could inform us that hexavalent chromium is, in fact, bad for you.

Then an hour dismantling a nitric acid line, and six straight hours on an 8' ladder, in a 120* building, rebuilding a hot oil valve.

Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed.

Robert

Edit: (As a wise croc once said: "You geet bad job, you geet bad wife, you die. Beer you only friend.")

[itbrokeagain]

Edit: (As a wise croc once said: "You geet bad job, you geet bad wife, you die. Beer you only friend.")

Sounds like you have been talking to Peter over at Kings.

[WrenchMonkey]

Sounds like you have been talking to Peter over at Kings.

Nope, Pearls Before Swine last Friday...


Robert

[WrenchMonkey]

I've still got just a couple of bugs to work out...

It turned out to be more than a couple, like an entire month's worth, but I finally got it out to get a little dirt on the tires last weekend:












And my new wallpaper:


Robert

[Coppertop]

Great to hear your rig is running again. It looks good....Man ,you spent alot of time detailing the engine compartment.

Let's Wheel

Nick

[WrenchMonkey]

Thanks.

Honestly, I spent way too much time detailing: I missed a whole lot of wheeling!

Time to make up for lost time!

See ya Sunday!

Robert

[comanchedude]

- looks good,, i like