What did you do to your jeep today?

[David13]

Wednesday, drove to work.

Saturday had the trailer on with ATV on trailer. 75 miles, parked and went up a trail to the Paiute trail. Rugged, steep, rocky, rutty with water crossings. Got up to about 10,000 feet and sat and ate lunch while looking at a bald mountain much higher up, well, 12,100 it shows.

Scenic, beautiful, not too hot, just right, blue sky. Then, Sunday, thick smoke from forest fires elsewhere.
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[Jay D]

Picked up MOAB wheels. Repaired the curb rash and painted them in gunmetal

 

[DispatchMinion]

Rear-ended someone today. Ouch! Grill, headlight, trans radiator, hood, bumper.
830am drop off tomorrow at a 153 review 4.9 rating (google) collision shop

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[uss2defiant]

Found a crack on the radiator x.x

 

[sota]

Found a crack on the radiator x.x

minivan seems to be afflicted with this as well. pees profusely when fully warmed up, but seems to stop sometime after that.

 

[JeepLegend]

Looking to cut the rest of the lower bumper but need to find a way to relocate the corner running lights. Any suggestions
That's what I'd be doing to the jeep today

 

[tommudd]

Looking to cut the rest of the lower bumper but need to find a way to relocate the corner running lights. Any suggestions
That's what I'd be doing to the jeep today

Just cut right below those lights , any higher and start showing bits of frame etc

 

[JeepLegend]

Just cut right below those lights , any higher and start showing bits of frame etc

Just cut right below those lights , any higher and start showing bits of frame etc

 

[CherokeeLiberty]

I finally got around to cleaning out the back passenger door latch. It was bad. The door now latches with little force.

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[AJ9P]

Switched my steel cable over to synthetic. Now to wait till tomorrow so my Factor 55 hook to get here.

 

[dchadjohnson]

smelled burning smell while driving and a little bit later the battery charge light popped on...checked it out and discovered this:

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Unhooked the battery cable and started poking around to figure out how extensive the damage was and why the burning, and this happened:

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I'm not an electrical guy but figure the hot wire and burned plastic was due to the corroded (now broken) alternator stud, or maybe there is a more extensive electrical wiring problem like a bad ground connection somewhere. The battery tested good but the alternator was only putting out ~12 volts while driving home, so I went ahead and ordered a new alternator to be safe.

 

[tommudd]

No

 

[dchadjohnson]

No

No...you don't think it's the alternator? maybe a shorted wire to the battery?

 

[mercdudecbr600]

No...you don't think it's the alternator? maybe a shorted wire to the battery?

Check the fusible link also. It’s in the wiring harness going to the fuse box. It’s supposed to open first before something like this happens. In fact the link may have given up and caused this failure due to high resistance. Also replace the alternator with a rebuilt denso 160a but only if you upgrade the main charge wires to 4ga.

 

[Johnny O]

smelled burning smell while driving and a little bit later the battery charge light popped on...checked it out and discovered this:

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Unhooked the battery cable and started poking around to figure out how extensive the damage was and why the burning, and this happened:

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I'm not an electrical guy but figure the hot wire and burned plastic was due to the corroded (now broken) alternator stud, or maybe there is a more extensive electrical wiring problem like a bad ground connection somewhere. The battery tested good but the alternator was only putting out ~12 volts while driving home, so I went ahead and ordered a new alternator to be safe.

Check all your ground straps too.

 

[Johnny O]

Fourth time is a charm. All shocks and struts and springs and such have arrived and they are all the correct OME parts, finally.
Ordered some red hockey pucks…

Farmed out some welding on my custom bumper that is beyond my skill level.(Sometimes it’s just cheaper to admit failure/lack of skill)

ordered an N7 decal and a Human Systems Alliance tire cover as my Son was visiting from PA and pointed out I’ve built Bert in SR1 Normandy livery. Since the Mass Effect games are my all time favorite, figured he’s right- run with it…white, black, and red.

Am now fully prepared for a 4 day weekend of corrective and preventative maintenance. Bert the ScienceMobile is gettin’ ready for winter!

 

[Johnny O]

Was out chasing down some VW parts and met this beast:

 

[profdlp]

Reminds me of a find from about six years ago:

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[Brian02KJ]

I replaced a failed power window regulator on the driver side rear door today.

 

[Johnny O]

Reminds me of a find from about six years ago:

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My grandfa collected *****’s. Was the first non tractor I learned to drive. Sadly, lost all 19 of them to the barn fire of 86…which started due to an old Ford pickup