Well there's ya problem right there, looks like the windscreen is missing ;)
Cheers
Steve
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Well there's ya problem right there, looks like the windscreen is missing ;)
Cheers
Steve
LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Steve F
Hi Mate
It leaks in one place - on the passenger side where the soft top meets the front windscreen, just above the front of the passenger door!
its a no brainer for me - but I am not going to fix it whilst the warranty Genius's are still pissing about with it - they have already replaced the front windscreen channel.
I just wished I could take my heap in to the dealership and get things fixed once and fixed properly!
The water leak has been an issue for over 18 months!
I first requested remedial action be taken to fix my clock spring in Oct 2010 - been putting up with a safety warning chime since (including hearing it every 10sec all the way to the big rock & back 10,000km - D'oh)
I had the clutch replaced in January - spigot bearing has been screaming ever since!
Still waiting for parts to arrive from ????? -to fix my power steering!
when they changed my steering damper - they miss aligned so badly that I had a noticeable lack of lock on the drivers side
when they replaced my engine they broke some of the plastic connectors - or they died due to immense heat - either way there still broken
when they replaced my engine last time - the rear main leaked
I had the rear main seal replaced in January - it is still leaking
when they replaced the rear main seal they did not replace;
heat shield gearbox
gearstick boot properly
exhaust heat shield rattles
I ve been waiting since Jan for parts to fix leaking rear main , power steering and clock spring- the fact that it still leaks just adds to my dissatisfaction!
cheers
Grumpy old man! LoL
Hi Guyz
Just thought I would post up a little How to;
Install Rear JKS Acos adjustable height spring spacers and front rubber spring spacers and new heavy duty springs
I drive a 2dr JK and pack a lot stuff into it, the 4inch lift springs that I installed over 2yrs ago have sagged to possibly less lift than a std 2" lift - Im sure it had nothing to do with my Mack truck bull bar & winch or the 200kg of equipment, drawers, bars,rooftop tent I often drive around with LoL
I have been playing around with my springs now for nearly 6 months,
I have tried various Heavy duty & std duty springs and have decided that the Rubicon Express 4" springs suit me and my driving style pretty well!
I bought some spring compressors to make the job easier and have used them several times now on my Jeep and also several times on friends rigs whilst out on the trails wheelin to repair / replace adventurous springs LoL I don't enjoy using them - I find them spring compressors a PITA - however they do make the job possible just parked in a driveway (not on a hoist)
I do all my work myself and usually I do it in my driveway (as I dont have a garage or hoist) - so this write up assumes you don't have access to a hoist either.
Because I find the spring compressors to be a PITA I decided this time to try and change the springs without using them! (Famous last words) so I swallowed another fistful of sm@rt@ss pills and began by placing my JEEP IN LOW 4 1ST GEAR and chocking the wheels,
I always take off my doors when jacking with my high lift jack just in case the jack slips, as I don't want to scratch or ding my doors.
I decided to change the passenger side first as from experience I knew that its the easiest side.
Firstly I disconnected the front and rear sway bar then I unbolted the rear lower shock bolts and free'd up some more slack in all the brake lines- this gave me the ability to jack up my Jeep so far that the springs could just fall out - and thankfully fall out they did, thus saving me the PITA spring compressors! YAY!
I drilled several holes into the rear top spring mounts to bolt the Acos spacers into, bolted them up and installed my new springs.
Then I went to the front and carefully slid the rubber spring spacers up the bump stop shaft and installed my new springs.
Jacked my Jeep back down and adjusted my rear track bar to centre the body over the wheels.
I am very happy with the result, my Jeep looks a little tougher now LoL - I will post up early next week to report how it drives both on road and Off road wheelin.
Things to keep in mind;
Jacking safety - don't get under your Jeep unless you have solid jack stands.
When Jacking it up to crazy height, as I did to ensure the springs just fell out, continuously check to ensure you don't stretch or damage your ABS wiring!
When drilling holes for the Acos spring spacers be careful!!!! - there are wires running over the top of the rear spring mounts which you could easily drill into!
When setting the ACOS spring spacers remember the drivers side is where you sit and also is the same side the fuel tank is on - so I gave a little more lift on the DS.
The whole task took me 2.5 hours - you could do it heaps faster if A. you have a friend help you and B. you don't stuff around scratching your noodle LoL
Enjoy
Cheers Hunty
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I guess those that said you can't do the steps with a 2dr shorty Jeep in the rain are 100% wrong! Even the Mrs was smiling!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsBf7uMpkzo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-RTeyB_5GQ
Hunty, excuse contaminating your nice thread, :D ...You mean like this, but it was dry... Go the shorties
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IQ1KlJkHAY
Cheers
Dave (XSI)
AAhhhhh Nice to see a fellow shorty proving them all wrong! - they told me "don't try it without a stinger" - I have made it up as well - wish I had video of that! - what happened to your rear tyre?Quote:
Originally Posted by D.K.
Cheers Hunty
I had just sold the 36" interco TSL that came with the rig ....Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunty
Hi Guys
well I think I should get the bugger award this month! - I destroyed another v6 petrol engine on the weekend :(
so I decided to get rid of the pos once and for all! so yet another driveway repair! - Im sure the neighbours think that I'm a supreme red neck now as my V6 is still swinging from the tree I hoisted it out with - I am happy to report that my new V8 is now running very well - of course I will post up a how to with plenty of pics - all I can say now is Ivan & Rey can eat my dust!
U r one crazy Jeeper........ Just for my knowledge How do you manage to destroy 3 brand new engines in 3 years?????? V8 will sound nice, Probably time for a new clutch and tranny soon???
you didnt really put a v8 in her did you?
april fools!!!!!!!
Haaa haaaaa u got me Hunty........ With someone as mod crazy as you its not hard to beleive when u say uu put a v8 in.............
That's funny, a V8 conversion in a JK overnight and running! You can come and fit mine in the CJ should only take a man of your talent a couple of hours with no electronics!
Time to go, need to see how big a net you needed on AJOR.
April fools
lMAO
I have been driving on near racing slicks for some time now and finally (thanx to selling my caravan on the weekend) was able to get some new treads.
Dilema; I really wanted to go up to 35's, after all I am geared for it 4.56's but to go back up to 35's would require the modification of my front bar / airtank and would negate my engineers certificate, which I am very very happy to have! infact as I drive past mobile speed cameras and random breast testing units I sit smug in my drivers chair! - smug feels good! - yes I know they can still get me if they want to (a mate of mine is a highway patrol cop and he jokingly told me that he could defect a brand new STD commodore if he wanted to) but I still like to feel smug! LoL.
As some of you know I have been asking for advice re which tyre has the best tread pattern and tyre wear prognosis and in the end I took Geoff aka Miraz' advice and went with the KM2's
My heap is approx 2meters wide and is normally a pita to get on a hoist or lifter, Its too wide and the wheelbase is often too short, and their lifters normally wont at full stretch get the wheels in the air, I told the guys at the tyre centre that it was high and wide and probably wouldnt fit their lifter but they didnt get it! so 4 guyz and 15 min later it fall off their lifter and they still hadn't gotten in the air (LOL). One of the wise tyre monkeys decided to lift it with a trolley jack in the centre of the diffs, which normally I would object to because as my fellow JKers will know - our diffs are made of cheese, anyway I was now running late so I just held my tongue and cheered as they finally got it in the air!
I asked the guyz for my old tyres as 2 of them are still legal and 2 will do incase of "Cape trip emergency" - the guyz laughed at me; "you will never get 4 tyres in that little Jeep" - I said "really" as I drove off with them LoL
photo's can be very deceiving - the first picture shows my new km2 35' next to my old MTZ 33' - looks big doesnt it?
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Take a look at the same pic in context (above) - and you will see that I ended up with 33's again and not 35's LoL
cheers Hunty
!00,000km on the clock now - still absolutely love it!
replaced;
rear disc pads - fronts still better than 50%.
clutch - old one was still good - pressure plate was perhaps getting weak?
balljoints - drivers side top was stuffed - replaced all 4 to be sure!
under warranty;
clock spring.
oil pump - 2 new engines thanx to NO Oil pressure.
power steering pump.
Had a few leaks with the soft top,
Got a degree in JK DW and related suspension mods.
I have wheeled it almost every weekend on some pretty tough tracks!
It is my daily drive and I use it to get to and film in remote ares of OZ.
I tow boats, bikes, cars & caravans with it - great tow vehicle.
I get crap economy now thanx to my dumbass decision to gear it wrong - it came with 3.21's and I changed it to - 4.56's on 33's - I geared it for 35's but seen as i cant get it engineered on 35's - 33's will do fine, I get good crawling speed so 15l/100km I will put up with.
The Jeep is great to drive and very capable off road.
If the engine should falter even a tiny little incy wincy bit - Ill shoot it and replace it with a V8
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I heard it making a funny noise last weekend... Guess that means a V8 is on it's way.... LolQuote:
Originally Posted by Hunty
Great photography - awesome machine... ...when I upgrade, I might look at something like yours.
TK
Cheers TKQuote:
Originally Posted by TK421
topless is the quintessential Jeep!
once you go rag top you wonder why you ever had a vehicle with a roof! - I love all Jeeps!
Now, now Hunty, we are an ALL JEEP club, and all jeeps are welcome, we had a KJ win our show and shine yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunty
Maggie.
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Originally Posted by Maggie
HHmmmm
Cheeky post now politically correct LoL
I dragged a mates Jackeroo up a slimey hill @ Jenolan state forrest today in the rain! - I am locked on 33' km2's - the Jackeroo was also locked on 33' muddies - I cant explain how I had more traction than the Jack - we were not bellied out, I guess it boils down to tyre technology - KM2's won!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFBvOsu-GU4
I finally got a decent rear bar, thanx heaps to Wooders for the great advice and awesome deal!
Why wooder you shop anywhere else!
I got to keep my factory tow bar as well.
It is pre drilled and threaded for a tyre carrier and best of all IT IS TOUGH!
I love the shape and the hummer looking tow points
It is extremely well manufactured and perfectly finished!
Cheers Hunty
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Looks good what make?
Thanx MateQuote:
Originally Posted by SteveC
beleive it or not Im not really sure what it is - someone posted up about it being a RR XHD - ring Wooders on 02 9477 4312
cheers Mate
Hunty
If it from the new stock Wooders just got in it ProtoFab they are an awesome bar.
nice looks like a good solid bar
Its a Rugged Rideg bumper. Unfortunately protofab haven't released a JK bumper yet.
Just came accross 4WD Overlander Mag Jan 2011 Edition & found an artical on the the 2010 Jambo with speical mention of one Andrew Hunty & his well set up Stead.
Thought I'd fix your quote Hunty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunty
Don't worry Maggie we're not saying we want 'em exclusively ;)
MaaaaaaaaateQuote:
Originally Posted by Hunno
I'd love to see that mag - do you still have it?
Hey im going to the Wattos in the morning with my boys, wanna come?
cheers Hunty
It at work I will grab it Monday,Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunty
As for tomorrow I would love to but no jeep, still sitting in Morisset with no gear box or front wheel drive.
Hi Guyz
heres some pix of my heap on 35's Toyo AT's very nice tyres - I highly recommend them very good on road OK off road (just don't go near mud - LoL) - these pics a blast from the past - still have the factory park bench!
cheers Hunty
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last weekend @ Jenolan state forrest - back down on 33's
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I had a blast today with my kids - let my "L" Plater son drive today and I got my heap on 2 wheels (again!) got so stuck that I couldnt even winch myself out forward!, had to use the winch to lower myself back down D'oh.
all I need to do now is buy a new Uni joint and some of those stupid plastic fender clips and voila my heap will look just like it did when I bought it NOT! lol
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JK Fender gold plated clips
Hi Guyz
I have been slowly over the past 3 years beating up on my plastic fantastic fenders, almost everytime I go wheelin I rip & crunch & brake those little clips that hold em on.
My drivers side rear fender has been just hanging on with 3 or 4 out of 15 clips now for over a year and on the weekend I let my "L" Plater son do some of the wheelin and between him & I we finally tore it totally off.
I went to buy some of these little clips from my local Chrysler blokes and too my (and the spare parts guyz) utter dismay discovered that the list price on these little plastic clips is $11.78ea - I asked for 20 of them (before he figured out the price) as I wanted to replace all of them on the drivers rear and have a few spares that I could keep in my trail repair kit. Do the math for 20 clips;
$235.60c - There is now way in hell that I will pay that for what amounts to a simple bumper clip.
I walked across the road to Pacific spares (like repco) and asked if they stocked bumper clips - they did and I bought 18 for $4.75 tot saving = $230.85
I simply clipped them into my fender - had to do a bit of Mcgyvering lol - which amounted to placing a small piece of gaffa / 100mph tape to hold them exactly in place as I reinstalled the fender, I realise that so many of you could figure out far better ways to reinstall the fender but I am lazy and needed my heap back on the road ASAP as its my daily drive. it took me less than 2 min to bodge them back on and only $4.75 they feel like they are on solidly and have survived some pretty full on wheelin already - I hope this bodggy is useful Jeepers!
cheers Hunty
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i got a full set of proper clips from a us supplier for 12 dollars I'll see if i can find the site again and post it up
WoWQuote:
Originally Posted by aussiejk
You are the man!!!! - if you can find the info that would be sweet - Ill definately buy a hundred! - thanx mate
cheers Hunty
here is the link. http://www.clipsandfasteners.com/Jee...p_p/a21155.htm price has dropped since i bought them and I found the original invoice from the company
P.S they are much stronger than the orignals too
Hey Guyz
Thanx for all the kind words re my JK
Heres a new motorsport sensation - cable tie cam LoL well I secured my Iphone 4 to the high lift jack on the back of my JK in order to record the "New & Improved sound" that my JK makes without the factory muffler from Hell! so heres the video "Cable tie cam" it sounds like Im going fast but im not because its a JK LoL anyway enjoy the soundz
cheers Hunty
ps sorry for the rattling sound my loose High lift jack makes and the last few seconds of what sounds like my JK overrunning - its the padlock swinging that secures the high lift
http://youtu.be/DH2B4AHt_wM
lol nice video, jeep sounds great noticed it has a nice burble to it on decel..
P.S Did you look up that link for those clips... I found the invoice for when I bought mine I paid 30 australian dollars for 4 boxes of 10. so it worked out even less. maybe we can post up a group buy thing maybe get a heap more for less... Just a suggestion.