The Brendamobile

[Peteyg]

I had that Farrah poster in my room when I was a kid back in the day. It had a special place in my heart for a long time. Great to see you rockin' it in the garage.

 

[whitexj98]

Did you fuse the alternator wire?

 

[Gold Cobra]

I did not. It didn't look like it was from the factory, and I didn't fuse that on previous Jeeps.

Is that something I should have done?

 

[Jk2xj1]

Did you buy those cables cut to length already? I am curious because this is something I have been meaning to do.

 

[hubs97xj]

I did not. It didn't look like it was from the factory, and I didn't fuse that on previous Jeeps.

Is that something I should have done?

I believe that short section of green wire that feeds into the PDC is a fusible link. That's apparently why people stick a big ANL fuse and holder in that cable when replaced. A quick checks says that green wire is in fact a fusible link, at least for the 97+.

 

[crimsondragon]

I like how the oil pressure is pegged on your XJ.

 

[knucklehead 61]

x3 on more details on the propane plastic process.

 

[whitexj98]

Yeah I would recommend fusing it with an ANL type fuse. In the unlikely hood that your alternator shorted and full fielded and went to maximum continuous output it could fry things.

 

[xjwisconsin]

It was a fusible link in the pre 97 also. I burned up my stock fuselink in my 88 while running a set of hella 50/100 headlight and a pair of 500 spots running at the same time. What a pita! Burned it up after midnight in the boonies. Ended up driving 100 something miles off of my red top.

 

[Gold Cobra]

Did you buy those cables cut to length already? I am curious because this is something I have been meaning to do.

I did. At a local welding supply shop, Liberty Welding Supply. $30 for the six cables cut to length and they crimped on my connectors for free.

I'll be adding an ANL fuse to the alternator output.

 

[Gold Cobra]

Brenda didn't like the Lightforce lights because she thought they were "clunky" looking. So they had to go.

They're was also a ton of rock chips on the bumper I wanted to fix, so I painted the center with a can of gloss white from ACE. The color is a little off, I'll see if I can live with it. If not, maybe I'll build a bumper for it, but I have 50 other projects I'd rather be working on. I replaced the Lightforce 170s with a set of Hella lights I had left over from my old MJ. She likes them a lot better because they're thinner and "they match".

I also added an air freshener. Since my wife and I couldn't agree on a scent, I let my daughter pick. She picked this one because its purple. "Wildberry".

 

[nightfoam]

I can't believe you insisted I check out this thread. I thought there'd be something awesome that you'd done. This is boring, I'm going back to Craigslist

 

[knever3]

Great job, it's nice to see you fixing up another. Dig the Comanche too, still miss your old Chief though.

 

[srmitchell]

I approve of this thread.

 

[Spokes]

looks like a clean jeep, ive always liked those wheel, dunno why lol

 

[southernrebel20]

I like seeing Rebel Son on that CD player. That's some good tunes!

 

[Gold Cobra]

Maintenance time.

I saw that the thermostat housing was leaking so I put in a new thermostat and gasket. I also gave it a good looking over. It needs new shocks, hatch struts, swaybar bushings, and a new rear main. FML. I'm so over doing rear main seals on 4.0l's. I'm thinking about farming the job out to SpecFab, but I hate paying for something I could have done. I know Brenda's vote is for me doing it.

 

[Forceful Llama]

Very clean looking, I'm digging the trooper look. Just need to find a window decal with the imperial seal now. My girlfriend and I were bickering nicely with each other about terrible car smells a while back and discovered a freshener that says new car but smells like gummy bears that is now in every car that we own.

 

[Gold Cobra]

One of my friends used Plasti-Dip to coat/color a bunch of parts on his rig, and while I was skeptical he's had great success with it. So today I used it on the plastics to make them look new.

I also did the Jeep badge on the hatch.

 

[IslanderOffRoad]

Looks good. I plasti dipped my jeep up to the body line, been thinking of doing the flares and bumper caps