What did you do with your DII today?
4th Gear
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 4
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Haven't moved mine on over week since I broke a motor mount and the fan exploded. (The fan took out the radiator, upper shroud, coolant return line, air box, and parts of the fan tried to punch up through the hood.). Then the shaft on the PAS pump decided to walk out about 4mm and shreaded the belt, so...
...in the last week I've done the following:
- Replace the radiator, fan, fan clutch, cooling return hose.
- Flushed and bled the cooling system.
- Replaced 2 motor mounts.
- Made a custom, 5-rib belt to get the truck home when it tried to slice 2 ribs off the existing belt. (All I did was trim the rest of the 2 ribs off, but I did it on the side of the road in the middle of the night!)
- Pulled and replaced the PAS pump with a brand new one.
Today,
- I'm re-bleeding the cooling system (temps just weren't stable enough for my liking before the fiasco with the PAS).
- Bleeding the PAS pump.
- Maybe (time permitting) replacing the rear drive shaft with a u-joint rear drive shaft. (I'm just tired of wasting $$$ on rotoflex couplers.)
...in the last week I've done the following:
- Replace the radiator, fan, fan clutch, cooling return hose.
- Flushed and bled the cooling system.
- Replaced 2 motor mounts.
- Made a custom, 5-rib belt to get the truck home when it tried to slice 2 ribs off the existing belt. (All I did was trim the rest of the 2 ribs off, but I did it on the side of the road in the middle of the night!)
- Pulled and replaced the PAS pump with a brand new one.
Today,
- I'm re-bleeding the cooling system (temps just weren't stable enough for my liking before the fiasco with the PAS).
- Bleeding the PAS pump.
- Maybe (time permitting) replacing the rear drive shaft with a u-joint rear drive shaft. (I'm just tired of wasting $$$ on rotoflex couplers.)
Rock Crawling
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 318
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From: Charleston, SC
Rained a little today, tried using my wipers to just clear the windshield, and they made it worse. I didn't want to buy new wiper blades from the interweb, so I went to AutoZone and bought some Bosch 21'' Blades and swapped the rubber pieces onto my the LR frames. Took 15 minutes and some finesse, but they work great.
Rock Crawling
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 446
Likes: 3
From: Honolulu, Hawaii
Finally got around to replacing the t-case shifter boot and the parking brake boot and it was totally worth it. They are quite snazzy and totally recommended, they make your car look much newer.
Pro Wrench
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,364
Likes: 31
From: Placerville, CA USA
Where did you get yours? I'm considering this lately.
Rock Crawling
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 446
Likes: 3
From: Honolulu, Hawaii
I ordered them from RN. They look pretty good. Only took about an hour and that was mostly because I couldn't find "ammo" for my glue gun.
Super Moderator
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 5,794
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From: dallas texas
good idea. easier than soap and brush and hose.