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Yeah, too much grandpa plus a cal that pushed more smoke when the trans wouldn't downshift plus lots of sitting in the last couple of years because I bought a gas truck to use around town/the property... I'll deal with it when we're done building our house. :) I'll probably just buck up for...

Nice build Ryan! I bought my LBZ with about 110k on it back in late 2009. I'm past 290k now and aside from sticking vanes in the turbo when it's cold, it runs like a champ. I fixed the trans cooler lines twice... First time I just put on new lines, but they lasted a year before leaking...

FWIW, Bilstein 5100's and Fox 2.0's are valved quite a bit differently... I have bilstein's on my truck and Jeep. They're great "performance handling" shocks, and good if you want to go faster than you should with stock suspension or a mild lift, they help with that goal. That said, the...

Yeah, I'll second popping the shroud off the fuse center and having a look a the studs. I'd bet there's a red wire taped back to the harness that needs to be dropped on the stud. The pickups come missing that fuse too, with a red "+ BATT" cover over it... At least you must have the fuse... :)

Too late for OP, but I used a SuperStart AGM, Group 31 in my camper for several years. I eventually killed it by leaving the heat on for a few months by accident. The fan would run all night, every night, till the battery was dead, but the solar wasn't enough to charge it completely during the...

cbattles, You are correct that there is one adjustment that's pretty easy to make that can take some lash out of an older box with a lot of miles on it, but 1/4 turn is a LOT of adjustment for this bolt. Usually turning it just 1/16 or 1/8 turn is enough. If you go too much, you'll notice...

That aluminum bumper is pretty... I had a heavy steel one like that on my TJ for a while, but I didn't see the point of the stubby for my use... I like my bumper wider, so if I rub something when turning sharply, it's the bumper, not the fenders... :) NEIA Nomad, the high clearance...

This shot shows how much air flow the ARB blocks if you run lights, but I have to admit, it is a great looking bumper, and would be my second choice just behind my stock bumper setup!! The ARB does not compromise approach enough to talk about, and since departure is only affected by your rear...

The ARB bumper is not as heavy as you might think... It's fairly light gauge steel compared to most aftermarket bumpers. I like that it protects the fenders better, and the front better in the case of an animal strike. I don't know where you are most of the time, but one of the downsides of...

I run one of our trucks without a sway bar. We used it around the property mostly, with the occasional drive to town for supplies or fuel. I also plow with it. The ride really is better without the bar, BUT the truck is a handful at speeds above 55 when loaded... It would be VERY easy to...

I think you can only key the pitman in 1/4 or 1/3 increments. It's not uncommon for a new pitman arm to change the steering center by a bit. An alignment will fix it. Drive it first to see if it seems OK to you, and if it does, have them set toe, which is how you center the wheel. Good to...

Sweet truck!! The work you are talking about is not really a "frame modification" in the truck sense... All of those things are held to the frame by brackets and bolts. Holes are allowed to be drilled in frames when necessary, as long as certain guidelines are followed. Any good heavy duty...

This has seriously derailed, but I'll just say that my wife and I have become big fans of what we call the poo bucket. I bought a seat/lid off Amazon (Search "toilet bucket lid" for several options) that snaps onto a 5 gallon bucket. We line the bucket with a small kitchen trash bag, snap the...

Wife ran the Crown King Scramble this past weekend. First time I'd been up there. She ran up the "back way" in 6 hours 12 minutes and was the 7th female finisher. She said it was tough. Fastest runner was 3hrs 50min. He passed a few Jeeps on the way up that never caught him again till they...

Not that it's easy to steal, thanks to the center skid covering it, but I replaced the cat on my TJ with a resonator, or more specifically, I used a forward pipe intended for the leaded fuel market... The resonator looks just like a glasspack. Looks legit at inspection, costs $20 to replace...

You misunderstand... I meant to say that if you have what most of us consider All Terrain or more aggressive tires, your tires are not included... However, I was only looking at the Cooper link, which shows this: Clicking on those specific recalls shows only pass car rated tires in very mild...

FWIW, if you have any sort of all terrain tire in the brands listed, you're not going to get a free tread wear reset unfortunately... None of the recalled tire models/sizes are "LT" designated tires, and they're all very mild street oriented P-designated tires in pretty small overall or large...

'97 is a pretty good year. Best year would be a '99 IMO. In 2000 they went to the WJ version of the 4.0L that has a coil pack. That engine misses when you cold start it, and there wasn't a power gain thanks to tightened emissions. '99 has the WJ intake, which was probably a bit of a HP gain...

See if your van has a wire under the dash for an aftermarket trailer brake controller. If so, you'll probably have to connect it to a stud in the fuse box, but that's a great source for interior power if you're keeping it under 30a or so... Edit My bad, the trailer brake controller feed is...