Saturday is finally here! We made it. Now off to a place called Pinetown to pick up some parts. How exciting! I love driving, especially when I can just mellow out and drive in my Jeep (I took my 2001 Jeep Wrangler to tow the trailer). Off we went at 8:30am this morning. When I…
Day 9: Prepping for Parts Run
Wow! Where has the time gone? The days have been flying by and while I’m making progress there never seems to be enough time to get enough work completed to really satisfy my drive. As I mentioned in my previous post my wife has been helping me source parts for the Jeep. I have a…
Day 8: A little help
Tonight my 11-year-old son asked if he could come out and help me with the Jeep so I invited him to come on. He hasn’t ever really been exposed to this type of work (not that I have either, but I do know what a wrench is and how to use it). It’ll be a…
Day 7: A problem that is no problem
This evening after work I finally decided to tackle the gas tank problem. When I bought the Jeep I was told it had a leak at the gas tank and the seller couldn’t tell me where. He had cranked the engine and we looked at the tank and right beside the exhaust there was what…
Day 6: Parts Hunt (Phase 1)
Today I’ve had another exciting day. It may not be a long update, but the results are really good. The past few days my wife has been helping me source parts for he Jeep YJ. We’ve looked at Craigslist, Ebay, and a host of other sites. We’re primarily focused on used parts because they are…
Day 5: Overcoming Failure
I can’t stand failure. Honestly, it just drives me crazy. Yesterday I failed to install the ignition lock cylinder in my Jeep Wrangler due to incorrect parts and under estimation of time required. Today’s update will be pretty short, but I did get up before 7am to get to the auto parts store as soon…
Day 4: First Failure
You knew it would happen and today’s the day. It’s my first failure. As you recall, last time I had lots of little successes with new tools and bolt removal and even got some new parts. Many thanks to Clint for his help and delivery of new-to-me parts. Well, as I said, you knew it…
Day 3: Parts, Parts, More Parts
Welcome Back! Excited you’re still reading. As you probably recall, yesterday I had my first real success with my new project Jeep Wrangler by replacing the Thermostat. I still don’t know if that fix really worked, but I’m going with that it must have solved my problem because I’m so good at this stuff. Now…
Day 2: Hot and Steamy Jeep
Today marks day #2 for my very Jeep’s adventure. As you may recall, yesterday I picked up a brand-new-to-me Jeep Wrangler YJ. I drove it home on the back of a U-Haul car trailer, pressure washed it, and then parked it in my garage. Day 2 now starts and ends with one simple task. When…