ha ha, sure does. I see a new nickname coming on here! Jupiter Jane, intergalactic Queen of the sands!!!

Its a Jeep, gotta be aligned with Uranus!!!!!!
Pls this is not a prelude to war, just a git taking an opportunist dig in the ribs!!!!!

Lionbar wrote:Its a Jeep, gotta be aligned with Uranus!!!!!!
Pls this is not a prelude to war, just a git taking an opportunist dig in the ribs!!!!!

haaaa ha haha!!!

jkoester wrote: tony... My mechanical education continues: "planetary gears"? Really?? Do they have to align with mars?

lionbar wrote:its a jeep, gotta be aligned with uranus!!!!!!

looooooooool

Something I forgot to mention before is the indicators (turn signals). You may recall that I replaced the original amber ones with clear ones bought from http://www.rockauto.com for about $8 each but they were slightly different fron the originals because they had two holes for fitting bulbs rather than the original's single hole. The original bulb holder fits the hole on the front but the one on the side was smaller. I didn't have any spare bulb holders so opened the hole out and squeezed in a larger, orange bulb and then used silicon sealant to hold it in place. Once the wiring was spliced into the original loom I had twice as much light from the indicator. Not the prettiest job behind the scenes, but it looks OK from outside!





Yesterday I fitted polyurethane bushes to the anti-roll bar/sway bar/stabiliser bar (what you call it depends upon where you come from!). The difference is HUGE and the Jeep rocks and rolls a lot less in corners than it used to. The bushes were part of a kit from Prothane and I now have to find the time to fit the remainder of the kit to the control arms and track bars. There will be some loss of ride confort on the road but I think that's a fair trade off for more secure handling. Whilst talking of suspension, it's oof to Mehran's place on saturday to have new shocks fitted all round and (hopefully) get lifted by about 2". then it will be time for some bigger tyres, followed by something else and something else and something else...........hobbies can be expensive!

Full set of polybushes:




New towbar with removable hitch.


One bonus - whilst the Jeep was at Mehran's place having the new transfer box and towbar fitted, they resprayed my rear pillar vents without me even asking. A nice freebie that tidied up some scruffy, flaky paintwork.

Sorry, double post

Lionbar wrote:Its a Jeep, gotta be aligned with Uranus!!!!!!

With my WHAT?! :smiley3:

Now lifted and fitted with heavy duty shocks. Combined with the polybushes in the anti-roll bars (sway bars for those from the wrong side of the Atlantic), the effect on the handling is amazing. I'll find out soon enough how it goes on sand.

I'm just about where I want to be with the Jeep now. The list of improvements is really down to 3 or 4:

Slightly bigger tyres
Dodge Neon/Ford Taurus/Mustang injectors (a very popular upgrade in the USA http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f13/dodg ... a-1145336/ )
Lightbar on the roof - under construction now.

Repairs/renovations still needed:
Headlining replacement/recover
Small paint chips and fading
Brake fluid change
Engine bay tidy up

I'm getting there.....

Front and rear polybushes fitted to the ARBs:



Heavy duty front and rear shocks:



2" lift (on top of the 1" lift done by Jeep when it was built)


How it was:


Very pleased with the results - on and off-road