Recent content by TunnelRat

Winner winner. Bought a new cable today and will throw it on this weekend. Thanks all, I suppose I freaked out a bit and thought worst case scenario. The ZJ has been giving me a deal of trouble lately, and I was pretty burnt out.

Replaced power steering pressure hose. Wish I had smaller hands.

So finally got a chance to take off the drums today, and found bits and pieces floating about in there: Which made nice grooves in the drums: This is where they came from: As evidenced by the other side: So this clip and spring with the cable attached to it - what does it do, and can...

For full disclosure, I'm Eastern WA, not Western. I am indeed interested in that 8.25.

Went to replace the PCV valve on the ZJ. The hose was so old it broke off along with a piece of the valve. Then the valve itself was stuck in the valve cover. Tried to pull it out with a pair of pliers. It snapped off leaving bits still inside the valve cover. Tried to pull it out with a...

Should be just stock 3.55s, but I'll double check.

Could you elaborate? I haven't heard of this option.

Yes, that was a thought too. Aren't the gears different though?

So I have a feeling that my rear drums are going to need a rebuild, as I replaced the pads less than a year ago and I'm already starting to hear some grinding back there. I haven't had the wheel off yet, so this may all be a moot point depending on the situation. Here's my thoughts. I don't...

Welcome to the world of XJs. Good call on the unibody Jeep with your growing family; I just got my wife one as her TJ was not conducive to hauling the wee one around anymore.

Finally got my vents sanded and painted. I'm TDY for a couple weeks, so I'll cut holes when I get back.

Yeah, I've got them on the XJ and love 'em.

Well, trans is rebuilt and got some new tires under her today; I think she looks pretty darn good. Sold the TJ today and the wife was pretty emotional about it. Still have a few bits to tweak, but it's going to be a fun rig.

Picked up at Pull and Save for $4. Not installed yet, but soon to be!

I appreciate your honesty - this isn't going to be a hard use rig, though. I already have the XJ for that when the time comes. This is a fix 'er up so the wife can have a DD that the wee one's car seat can fit into, which is a no-go with the TJ right now. Reasonable ground clearance and 4WD...