Update - more things keep popping up!
I am still amazed at how letting a vehicle sit is worse for it than actually driving it. The latest part failure was the harmonic balancer. When I had the motor apart, I blasted and inspected the original balancer before I painted it and it looked great. Well, trouble was lurking. It started to separate, and I only caught it by luck, during the removal of the power steering filter. I was able to buy a brand new balancer for $105 from Summit Racing, and it was nearly identical, with the clocking of the four crank pulley bolts being the only difference. A side benefit to a new balancer is that the seal surface is also new, so no more weeping from the crank seal.
What else? Oh, the power steering filter. I never use them, but I decided to install one on this Jeep. Why not, right? Well, it leaked, so I removed it, and I will never use another one ever again.
The roof rack strips - one was missing, so on a trip to the local Jeep wrecking yard, I found another one. Cleaned them all up and polished them, then installed new strips of adhesive tape and screwed them down to the roof. They look great and do not rattle anymore.
Front axle shafts - one of the original u-joints was broken, and I assumed that it destroyed the ears on the shafts as well, so I purchased a used inner and outer shaft from the same wrecking yard. But, when I got my original shaft out, the lengths were wrong. Yes, the overall length (inner and outer shaft, tip to tip) was the same, but the stub shaft was shorter and the inner shaft was longer. Luckily, my original shafts were not damaged by the broken u-joint and I was able to re-use them. I always paint inner shaft too because I hate seeing them get rusty. So with new 760X joints and a coat of paint, they should last forever.
Radiator overflow bottle and windshield washer bottle - both original bottles were broken, and sourcing replacements proved futile, so I decided to go with what I know, and ordered up a pair of new Toyota bottles. The fit would be tricky, but I set to work building a bracket for both of them. I think they look nice.
Dome lights - I don't think I ever showed you guys the new LED dome lights I installed. Here's a pic. It's like daytime in there now.
Oh, and when reassembling the spindles and hubs, I forgot to tighten the two 1/4-20 backing plate screws, so I had to make a wrench to be able to tighten them in their hiding spot behind the brake dust shields. It took more time, but I wasn't going to disassemble the hubs just to get to them.
