What did you do to your Jeep today? - April 2022

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After 5.5 months of waiting, the Fall Foliage ride, I finally have an axle back under the trailer. Freaking part shortages. That means that it's been 6+ months since I've done any hard wheeling. Packing the trailer up to "fix" the "fix" ;). Going to Rauch to wheel Friday with a buddy of mine I haven't seen it what feels like forever. This will also be the first trip on 35's with actual fender clearance and 1-ton steering.
 
Took the Willys to the Dulles Cars and Coffee in the morning yesterday, then removed the Commando e-brake cables from the dana 44 I installed and put in the CJ ones. They are a little short to go between the brake shoe and the cable bracket. So I will need to modify something to get the front part of the cable to reach further back. The bracket on the frame needs to scoot back a bit. So the welder will need to come out to play
 
Mods to date:
Vector dash bar holding my phone and a Traildash2
Flag grille insert
New lights on the front license plate bracket
Replaced the interior lights with red LEDs

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I'm changing the front and rear sway bar isolator bushings on my JK. During the Flagpole Knob Run last weekend I heard odd groaning sounds during suspension movement. They are old and I never lubricated them (apparently I should have done that in the last 83,000 miles). Lets see what this does. All my control arms have tie rod ends, so that cannot be the noise source.
In taking them off, they looked really bound up... Time will tell if this makes it better.
 
ordering parts for Red Jeep 2.0
 
fold the top down and you can pick up a couple more
 
Replaced starter selinoid and trimmed the universal battery tray to fit. Getting there!

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Rebuilt a leaking coil over. Wiper seal failed and dirt got into the next seal and started the leak.... Mo better now.
 

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I ordered some 4340 chromoly axle shafts for the HP30 crate axle I just bought. Looks like about a 2-3 week wait.
 
Prep and paint
 

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