February 2003, Anza Borrego, CA

Archive for the ‘Vehicles’ Category

Cherokee European Spec Lighting

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Since Cherokees are so common I like to do little things to make my Jeeps look just a little bit different, for the ’96 I decided to equip it with European Spec lighting.

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Stereo Shops Suck!

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

The previous owner took this car to a stereo shop to install a stereo and a subwoofer, this is what I found.


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New Car! 2005 Ford Crown Victoria

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Found a good deal on a car..

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2009 Rockin’ XJ Jamboree

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

November is here so that means it’s time to head to Johnson Valley again for the Rockin’ XJ Jamboree!

Julio on the Rocks

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More AW4 Madness, Valve Body

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Time to try and fix the my AW4.

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AW4 Madness!

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Today I tore into the transmission to try to find the cause of my lack of power in reverse.  Automatic transmissions sure are complicated and messy!

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Starting it Up

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

I finally got the ’96 started today!

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Installing the Engine

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

This weekend’s task was installing the engine.  Here is the progress:


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Buttoning up the engine

Friday, October 9th, 2009

The main bearing cap bolts finally came in at the dealership so I was finally able to get this old 4.0 back together.  Here you see the nice new bolts on the #6 main bearing cap.


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More Interior Work

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

I got the rust holes patched up in the ’96, as usual here is the progress.

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