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Wrenchin'... UPDATE!
Mar 9^th, 2010, 5:11pm

If you own a Jeep, you must wrench.

Here's a project that started toward the end of last year, and got side-tracked due to inclement weather, or Pop Pop just plain ol' not feelin' like dealin'.

The patient is a '98 Grand Cherokee, needing a complete rear end transplant. My SIL and I scored one from a nearby junkyard... last year. Finally, the weather has turned for the better, so I took Monday off to remove the bad, and prepair for the good. This ain't smokin', butt it will be when it's done... Thumb Up

Poof!! It's gone!

Got my arse all jacked up...

The donor... it will be prettier, I promise...

Thanks for stopping by...

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Slow q DSP Family Member Founding Member Official DSP Birthday Guy! Posts: 826 Gender:	Re: Wrenchin'... Reply #1 - Mar 9^th, 2010, 5:20pm Have fun and good luck
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Re: Wrenchin'...
Reply #2 - Mar 9^th, 2010, 6:17pm

hat's a nice looking jeep - can't
wait to see it completed.

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Re: Wrenchin'...
Reply #3 - Mar 9^th, 2010, 8:14pm

Know what ya mean about wrenching on a Jeep..Had a 76 J2000 pickup...258 sixer...seemed like every six months I was changing a motor mount on one side or the other...then there was the vac diaphram on the carburator that would always crap out...almost forgot...all the vacuum operated vents for the heater and defroster...get a little moisture in them...FROZEN SHUT...NO HEAT...and finally...the locking front hubs...God forbid you needed to get them locked in without a pair of channel lock pliers...they seemed like they were always frozen..even in warm weather... Grin

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Scotty_J DSP Family Member Tri-city Oregon U.S.A. Registered User Posts: 1277 Gender:	Re: Wrenchin'... Reply #4 - Mar 9^th, 2010, 8:32pm More fun than I want to have. My son in-law dose all the wrenching for me.
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slowpokescotty DSP Family Member Founding Member Florida USA Registered User Posts: 1952 Gender:	Re: Wrenchin'... Reply #5 - Mar 10^th, 2010, 8:03am My back hurt already. Good luck Phil.
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Re: Wrenchin'...
Reply #6 - Apr 10^th, 2010, 8:14pm

Update on "Project Jeep"

Here's why I haven't posted much recently...I'm finally making some progress:

The donor... now prettier, and much better than the old one... I hope!

She's in... test drive tomorrow!

I had intended to put a 2" boost in the suspension while I had it apart, and when I went to put it together, it didn't fit right... at least not without modifying the crap out of the kit. It's going back, I'll lift it another day with some better equipment...

Thanks for looking!!

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Re: Wrenchin'... UPDATE!
Reply #7 - Apr 10^th, 2010, 9:00pm

Looking good Phil! Alot of work but I am sure it'll be worth it.

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slowpokescotty DSP Family Member Founding Member Florida USA Registered User Posts: 1952 Gender:	Re: Wrenchin'... UPDATE! Reply #8 - Apr 11^th, 2010, 8:08am glad to see jack stands
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HawgHeaven DSP Administrator Founding Member Newark, DE Que and me... the way it should be Posts: 4864 Gender:	Re: Wrenchin'... UPDATE! Reply #9 - Apr 11^th, 2010, 9:50am I won't get under a jacked up vehicle without jackstands!!
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Re: Wrenchin'... UPDATE!
Reply #10 - Apr 11^th, 2010, 11:22am

I would expect no less from our PopPop Phil!

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Debi

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Smokers:
ECB -The Brinkman All-In-One Bullet type Water smoker (aka -Baby Bink)
Camp Chef Smoke Vault 24 Inch propane smoker (aka -Black Beauty)
SunJoy horizontal with left side firebox (aka - Lefty Lucy)

Smoke preference:
Charcoal, Hickory, Apple, Apricot, Cherry, Orange & Pecan wood.

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vulcan75001 DSP Family Member Founding Member Danbury, Ct. Forever Proud Posts: 874 Gender:	Re: Wrenchin'... UPDATE! Reply #11 - Apr 11^th, 2010, 11:50am Lookin good Phil...even with jack stands I get nervous....
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