Jeep Wrangler Forum - Builders Corner

narrowing front clip

little1989jeep — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:29:47 GMT

any thoughts on using a postal jeeps grill and hood to narrow a wranglers front end :confused:

Oil pan gasket help.

lawdawg — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:27:15 GMT

Hey guys,
'90 Wrangler 4.2L oil pan gasket is tough to get in. 2nd. time around trying to keep it on the pan when lifting into place is a B*&^H.:banghead: Last time it pinched at the pack and did not seat in the grove up in the engine. Didn't know till oil was leaking out after refill. Anyone got a trick up their sleeve to make this easier.:confused:
Thanks in advance.
OC

New rack in the back

crasha9 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:46:36 GMT

When ever I need to carry something around I take my backseat out and put it in there. I have 2 amps under the backseat so if I was carrying something big around it wouldn't sit level and roll around. So I decided it I would fix it so it was level and my amps could still get air to them. I chose expanded metal so since it wouldn't muffle my music as much as wood would. I got the idea as a offspring from a bunch of the ones I have seen up here.

Supplies:
2- 2x6's 34" long each
1- 34x34" piece of expandable metal
and a few screws and washers.

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need help with stock sway bars quick! I have pictures!!

jacob7956 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:49:21 GMT

So i disconnected the bottom but don't know what to do now!!
sorry for the crappy pix
I need help quick!

Brake Line Replacement

kshart4013 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:29:58 GMT

My son's wrangler's brake lines are completely corroded and rusted to the point they do not work. I was going to replace them myself.

any tips or help would be appreciative?

Rebuild OR Scrap Question

kshart4013 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:28:03 GMT

I am new to the forum, so if this is the wrong place to post this, please let me know and I will move my post.

My 23 y/o son has a 98 Wrangler Jeep. We bought it used almost 2 years ago. Since then, he has had trouble with the brake and fuel lines. A shop told us that the entire undercarriage is rusted and all lines are corroded to a point of needing replacement. The mechanic said the jeep must have been under water for a while considering all of the rust. He suggested we scrap the jeep.

BUT. The jeep starts every time and the engine is strong. I got a service manual and was going to replace the brake and fuel lines myself.

Does anyone have any advice on whether I should scrap the jeep or rebuild it?

Also, any tips on replacing the brake lines would be very helpful.
Thanks

small things

blkrubi88 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:44:15 GMT

Heres a couple of pictures of my home made mirrors.
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Heres my third brake ligtht.
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More to come!!

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Round head light conversion for yj??????????

crtaylor — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:19:57 GMT

Would like to go with HID round headlites Any ideas ?
or do I gotta fab my own?:firedevil:

custom trunk :)

q8jeeper — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:11:24 GMT

kinda took some work.. but hey i like it :))

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88 YJ OBA from stock compressor

93yjsplash — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:01:07 GMT

Is there any reason why I couldn't use my stock a/c compressor for an OBA set-up?

Do I have to use a York?

Has anyone done this?

Who knows electrical?

palehawaiian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:50:00 GMT

I Just finished my new head and exhaust and intake on my 99 wrangler sport. I had to do all this due to wifey saying i'll put cold water in it its just a lil hot. Ya know just helping me out, saving me the trip and what not.

I however overtightened the last bolt i put in and cracked the Thermostat housing in half. OOps. Now what really sucks is that i have to wait 4 days for the part to come in from prescott arizona. I live in hawaii, and there are none here. Not the parts stores on any island, nor the junkyards, not even the stealership could get them till they got an oreder from the mainland. Damn, now i bought it online cause i want it bad enough. Now that a 16.99 part cost me like 64.99 to get it overnighted to hawaii. (oxymoronic statment seeing as how it still takes 3 to four days to hawaii).

So you can imagine that i have been hovering over my jeep really wanting to fire it up and check out the job i did. But the lack of parts has me sitting at home. I have double check things triple checked them and i am almost sure i have it back to factory.

Then... i find this, a connection that i didnt unplug. I have looked all over anywhere that that plug can reach and havent found the mate to it.

You can see the plug it has four wires going to it laying on the brakebooster. If you know what this plugs into or what its for, would you mind enlightnening me? If so your help would be greatly appreciated.

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front hitch reciever

big orange yj — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:36:41 GMT

so sunday (after having one of my friends pull me out of the creek for the second time) we were back at the house talking. We were standing out in the yard and he saw a spare hitch reciever i had and suggested i should put it on the front of my jeep so that it would be easier to pull when needed. so next morning i got to the shop early and decided to fab it up and this is what i ended up with. I made this from a stock 97 tj hitch reciever. I forgot to take a before pic of it. the hitch now has a d ring on it.

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Flat fenders

crtaylor — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:37:13 GMT

I have been thinking in cutting fenders Looking for Ideas ,examples ,Pics.:blunt:

Custom Beadlocks

yj-genral — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:29:42 GMT

Okay, so i recently aquired some beadlocks from a buddy of mine's new business (Home) and wanted to show them off... i dont have alot of build pictures (kickin myself right now) but thought i would post them up anyways.

so i came up with the design and layed it out in autocad 2005, here are the two finalist : 1) RockSolid (by me) and 2) 252 (my number/maybe future business if i ever open one "252designs")

here they are after they got cut and layed out on top of one of my wheels:

here they all are painted, i had him weld up the inner rings on my wheels for me as i only have an arch welder and that isnt reliable enough to get a perfect seal (atleast with my skills)

here is the first one mocked up with washers to see how it looks (the washers arent needed because the hole in the rings are CNC laser cut and are small enough to carry the load out on the bolt)

without the washers mocked up:

and the final result:

YJ tailgate conversion to fold down

dirtNsky — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:09:11 GMT

I just picked up a swing out spare tire carrier from the salvage yard and figured that as long as I'm cuttin' and pastin' back there, I might as well convert my swing out tail gate to fold down. Haven't seen anything on WF about the conversion, so I thought I'd ask. Is it worth the effort?