2007 Sahara

Postby **Yrjan** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:36 am

Rear bumper and front bumper stinger will be here next Tuesday...

trading the synthetic line from the Rubicons winch with the cable from mine this weekend. Fairlead mount ETA next Thursday...

Postby **TJDave** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:45 am

Looks good.

Hmm. My hood louver doesn't have all that logo lettering on it. Just the little Spyder cut out.....

and a Splat-Man steeker Jafo made me! :lol:

Postby **Yrjan** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:52 am

Iulia and her toys!

Postby **Yrjan** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:00 pm

OR Fab rear bumper finnaly showed up. LED lights are in now. Pix to come.

Postby **Yrjan** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:00 pm

Rear bumper with integrated LED's. thanks Lance.

Postby **Yrjan** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:01 pm

Fair lead mount came today.

Postby **Yrjan** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:14 pm

Evap skid plate is here too but not installed yet... Installing after trip. Going to Long beach WA. tomorrow morning for a 3 day weekend with my sweetie.

Postby **Yrjan** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:17 pm

Daystar hood wranglers installed yesterday.

Postby **TJDave** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 8:40 pm

Yrjan wrote:Evap skid plate is here too but not installed yet... Installing after trip. Going to Long beach WA. tomorrow morning for a 3 day weekend with my sweetie.

Which Jeep You Takin'???

Wish I could say that!! :lol:

Postby **Yrjan** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 8:59 pm

TJDave wrote:
Yrjan wrote:Evap skid plate is here too but not installed yet... Installing after trip. Going to Long beach WA. tomorrow morning for a 3 day weekend with my sweetie.

Which Jeep You Takin'???

Wish I could say that!!

Taking the Sahara. It's more of an adventure taking one with almost 115k miles on it as opposed to one that's still covered under full factory warranty. If something breaks it will make the trip more interesting. Ill try and keep y'all posted.

Postby **79chevy39.5's** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:14 pm

interesting? shoot my Toyota has 287k and i drive it anywhere at the drop of a hat out of all my rigs its the least problematic

age is wisdom :lol:

Postby **Yrjan** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 5:20 am

Running down the beach in 4-hi, after about 20 mins got a warning message "hot oil" and an extremely loud warning chime. We were 5 miles from the next road leading off the beach. I stopped and googled it and found it was a transmission warning. The JK-Owners thread I read was disappointing. It says that the transmission is likely shot. I let it sit for 30 mins to cool down and tried again. No drive, no reverse, no 2nd or 1st. Damn... Let it sit a few more mins and it finally went into gear. Nursed it back in 2-hi with rubicrawler in low range and drove all over town last night with no real issues. Hopefully it holds up this weekend and gets us home. Need to get ahold of that guy Cameron from Hermiston and find out who did the rebuild.

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Postby **mattawajeep** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:32 am

Yrjan wrote:Running down the beach in 4-hi, after about 20 mins got a warning message "hot oil" and an extremely loud warning chime. We were 5 miles from the next road leading off the beach. I stopped and googled it and found it was a transmission warning. The JK-Owners thread I read was disappointing. It says that the transmission is likely shot. I let it sit for 30 mins to cool down and tried again. No drive, no reverse, no 2nd or 1st. Damn... Let it sit a few more mins and it finally went into gear. Nursed it back in 2-hi with rubicrawler in low range and drove all over town last night with no real issues. Hopefully it holds up this weekend and gets us home. Need to get ahold of that guy Cameron from Hermiston and find out who did the rebuild.

Getting an error message on my phone when trying to rotate image before posting...

I don't know anything about the JK autos but I doubt it's shot. 4 High in sand builds up a lot of heat, and it sounds like the computer shut things down.

You might strongly think about getting a trans temp sensor and gauge installed, as well as a secondary cooler. Then you can keep on eye on your temps and not need to worry about it as much. Also, if you're going to be driving in sand slower that 25 mph put it in 4-low and drive.

Postby **SPR** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:55 am

On a 80 degree day, pulling a long hill (Gravel) in 4HI at 45mph+ with my S10, it would sometimes cause ATF to puke out the filler tube. That equals a lot of white smoke coming off the exhaust manifold.

Did you have the A/C going when you got the alarm? Give your AFT a sniff and see if it smells burnt. If so, consider having it changed before you head home.

Postby **mattawajeep** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:59 am

SPR wrote:On a 80 degree day, pulling a long hill (Gravel) in 4HI at 45mph+ with my S10, it would sometimes cause ATF to puke out the filler tube. That equals a lot of white smoke coming off the exhaust manifold.

Did you have the A/C going when you got the alarm? Give your AFT a sniff and see if it smells burnt. If so, consider having it changed before you head home.

Good point. If it's burned, and you're going to change the fluid, at the very least I'd drop the pan and change the filter. That'l get a lot more of the bad fluid out.

Postby **White trash** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:46 am

I'm sure quadratec sells a trans cooler kit for your rig... Yup here ya go Even though a 100 stacked plate b&m cooler from summit racing will work better bits not original equipment from quadratec cool so go ahead and order that bad boy up immediately. :lol:

Here's what you should do.

1. Change the fluid DO NOT FALL FOR THE TRANS FLUSH SCAM!

2. Add a big cooler

3. Add a trans temp gauge

4. Stop running sand in high range

Postby **Yrjan** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:20 am

Already have a cooler. Seems fine this morning. Fluid is still red, doesn't smell burnt.

Postby **mattawajeep** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:10 am

Yrjan wrote:Already have a cooler. Seems fine this morning. Fluid is still red, doesn't smell burnt.

That's good news, sounds like the computer cut in at the right time then. Get a sensor and gauge so that you can know when it gets hot before everything shuts down. What kind of aux cooler do you have?

Postby **Yrjan** » Sat Jun 29, 2013 1:09 pm

The kind that Cameron installed before I bought it. Mounted in front of the radiator like the one on the Rubicon. Yes, gauge and sensor is definitely in the works next week for sure.

Postby **Livin4Today** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:25 am

I think you ought to look into Superchips Traildash... I saw one on CL a while back... They display all kinds of info, including temp guages, inclinometer and much more.

Postby **Yrjan** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 6:33 pm

And now the stinger...

Postby **Yrjan** » Wed Jul 03, 2013 6:36 am

Postby **Yrjan** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:10 am

After careful consideration I have decided to "polish the turd"... Parts should be here by early next week. Install next weekend and ready for Rimrock the following weekend.

http://www.northridge4x4.com/shop/artec ... ss-dana-30

http://www.northridge4x4.com/shop/artec ... -c-gussets

http://www.northridge4x4.com/shop/aussi ... 0-jk-13227

http://www.northridge4x4.com/shop/rcv-u ... t-axle-set

http://www.quadratec.com/products/16356_1101_07.htm

Postby **79chevy39.5's** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:52 am

let me know when everything shows up and i can roll my truck outside and get to burning up some steel

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