The Official Hot Rod Thread - Part 4: Burnouts for Distance

[maxwelhse]

Yeah the plans just getting started. This girl's pretty young and has obviously been told that these things are valuable. She put it up for sale awhile back but was to expensive. Then the wife sent me a Facebook link clearly showing she has been getting some negative feedback. So I figure she has either had her fill of trying to sell something on the internet, or she is ok with keeping it for awhile.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/408863916978647/

She's on whole piles of drugs with her $2k demands, but the thing is pretty nice all things considered.

I'm with the mouse here though... 150k is not low miles for something that died where it sits. 75k (or $500), I'd consider it. Running around knocking and banging for God knows how many miles... Naa...

FWIW, the crank trigger is fairly easy to change on a TJ. It's on the bell housing. XJs might well be tighter since they have an actual transmission tunnel.

 

[maxwelhse]

No she has been told it's low mileage, and her boyfriend keeps repeating it

If not for the boyfriend problem of hers, I might just get the thing running.

BUT... It sounds like she probably has lots of problems.

 

[Jaybird1980]

She's on whole piles of drugs with her $2k demands, but the thing is pretty nice all things considered.

I'm with the mouse here though... 150k is not low miles for something that died where it sits. 75k (or $500), I'd consider it. Running around knocking and banging for God knows how many miles... Naa...

FWIW, the crank trigger is fairly easy to change on a TJ. It's on the bell housing. XJs might well be tighter since they have an actual transmission tunnel.

Yeah it's kinda tight, I can touch it but that's about it. And you're right it's not really low miles and the boyfriend could very well be the hang up

 

[maxwelhse]

Yeah it's kinda tight, I can touch it but that's about it. And you're right it's not really low miles and the boyfriend could very well be the hang up

Now I'm wondering if 4.0s are still disposable cheap in running condition. If so, the math could sway again here.

 

[jeffsqartan]

I had a very aggravating experience with a 4.0 and a crank sensor and it cost me a fuel pump and an ECU. I hated that dang Grand Cherokee... Worst car we ever bought.

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[maxwelhse]

My frustrating experience was that I had an O2 going out of range that acted exactly like a failing CPS... Took quite awhile to track that down.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Dang you fellas stay up late. Lol I'm getting old

 

[Bigtanker]

Dang you fellas stay up late. Lol I'm getting old

It's easy to stay up that late when it's 10:00am and I'm just waking up.

 

[jeffsqartan]

I just don't like to sleep. I'd stay up until 4am every night if I wasn't completely dead at 8am the next morning.
Something something something, need a job for car parts, something something....

 

[Jaybird1980]

Not me, in bed by 11:30 up before 6 usually

 

[churchmouse]

Not me, in bed by 11:30 up before 6 usually

Going down to the resto shop to get things moving on the 64. I was there yesterday for a bit. Today I am pulling out and cataloging parts and pieces.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Good luck hopefully everything you need is there

 

[Bigtanker]

Not me, in bed by 11:30 up before 6 usually

I work 3:00pm-3:00am. So even on my days off, I rarely get up before 9:00. I honestly can't remember the last time I went to bed the same day I woke up.

 

[Jaybird1980]

I work 3:00pm-3:00am. So even on my days off, I rarely get up before 9:00. I honestly can't remember the last time I went to bed the same day I woke up.

Boy It would take me awhile to adapt to that schedule after starting work at 6 am for so long with an hour commute.

 

[maxwelhse]

Dang you fellas stay up late. Lol I'm getting old

I've been on the work-from-home Covid schedule again for about the last month, which means unless I have a "meeting" I can make my own hours. I've been a natural night owl my whole life, so...

And now, I'm on vacation for about 3 weeks!

 

[Bigtanker]

Boy It would take me awhile to adapt to that schedule after starting work at 6 am for so long with an hour commute.

That's like our AM shift. 3:00 am - 3:00 PM is the other option. I had trouble getting up at 5:15am to make it to work at 6:00.

 

[maxwelhse]

That's like our AM shift. 3:00 am - 3:00 PM is the other option. I had trouble getting up at 5:15am to make it to work at 6:00.

I did 12s for a few years and I found that it really didn't matter which 1/2 of the 12 you were on as by day 3 it was all just a blur anyhow. I used to do 3 12s and a 4. That 4 felt like about 15 minutes though so essentially 4 days off every week was nice.

Back when I was doing that and still in school I had one semester that my schedule had me up and running for something like 49 straight hours every week. Absolutely brutal... Could not do that anymore.

 

[maxwelhse]

This thing is gonna be pissed off...

[video=youtube;Vv7U1DzyRJ8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv7U1DzyRJ8[/video]

 

[Jaybird1980]

This thing is gonna be pissed off...

[video=youtube;Vv7U1DzyRJ8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv7U1DzyRJ8[/video]

Haha I think it legitimately scared that fella when it fired off. Holy smokes, F5 vs the Hoonicorn? Lol

 

[maxwelhse]

Haha I think it legitimately scared that fella when it fired off. Holy smokes, F5 vs the Hoonicorn? Lol

Yaaas!