Johnny Utah
Well-Known Member
This weekend I got side tracked with several projects that need immediate attention. In addition my wife finished her “Whole 30” which meant she made some delicious cooking Saturday and Sunday with some booze thrown in. She was pretty burned out from work, crappy weather and The Whole 30….frankly I was pretty burned out too so I enjoyed the fun as well. We lit a fire and tried to pretend like it was warm. It was nice to be outside relaxing. Plus I had a lot of pallets to burn.
Down 1 pound
My arm is pretty beat, between Pilates, bike and a lot of wrenching lately it feels like I have a light sprain. Working through it.
Six hours of bike this week, two hours light Pilates and wrenching.
Lots of wrenching needed to be ready for Moab in two months. Last year I just threw the Jeep in the trailer after it sat for four months as I navigated the crazy work environment. It was an awful idea As several gremlins killed the Jeep day one. This year I am getting ahead of anything that needs to be fixed with a target completion date of 3/8, that gives me a month so I can use it prior to departure. So far I found the following:
- Radiator had a heavy leak - working on a new radiator and new fan setup. The electric fan plug was pretty Corroded as well. It’s all custom so I can’t just buy one and bolt it in.
- Trans leak from pan gasket and shift linkage seal - pan gasket and filter are replaced
- Huge oil leak from manifold gasket
- Needs a tune up
- Battery died - fixed that
- Fixed the transfer case seal and put new fluid in
- Need to re-weld the transfer case shifters into better position
- Need to redesign radiator hoses
- Build new fan shroud for new radiator
- Service trans - complete
- New tires were rubbing - had to space them out as they were wider than older tires - Done
- Need to rework storage so my tools didn’t shift into the fuel cell - done
- Trans cooler lines are leaking at trans, caused by too much heat from exhaust. Need to wrap exhaust and replace trans cooler lines, will put new trans cooler in as well as it looks ancient
Down 1 pound
My arm is pretty beat, between Pilates, bike and a lot of wrenching lately it feels like I have a light sprain. Working through it.
Six hours of bike this week, two hours light Pilates and wrenching.
Lots of wrenching needed to be ready for Moab in two months. Last year I just threw the Jeep in the trailer after it sat for four months as I navigated the crazy work environment. It was an awful idea As several gremlins killed the Jeep day one. This year I am getting ahead of anything that needs to be fixed with a target completion date of 3/8, that gives me a month so I can use it prior to departure. So far I found the following:
- Radiator had a heavy leak - working on a new radiator and new fan setup. The electric fan plug was pretty Corroded as well. It’s all custom so I can’t just buy one and bolt it in.
- Trans leak from pan gasket and shift linkage seal - pan gasket and filter are replaced
- Huge oil leak from manifold gasket
- Needs a tune up
- Battery died - fixed that
- Fixed the transfer case seal and put new fluid in
- Need to re-weld the transfer case shifters into better position
- Need to redesign radiator hoses
- Build new fan shroud for new radiator
- Service trans - complete
- New tires were rubbing - had to space them out as they were wider than older tires - Done
- Need to rework storage so my tools didn’t shift into the fuel cell - done
- Trans cooler lines are leaking at trans, caused by too much heat from exhaust. Need to wrap exhaust and replace trans cooler lines, will put new trans cooler in as well as it looks ancient
