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Old Aug 15, 2015 | 08:29 AM
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Mark, I like you but I'm tempted to send you a chunk of my rotted out frame in order to bring the steel pox to Commiefornia!!
I am surprised this isn't worse than it is. we live in one of the few places that do get salt. most of here gets tracked down the Highway.
But I mostly stick to the back roads{less IDIOTS}
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Old Aug 15, 2015 | 08:40 AM
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What's up with the rust free princess ?
The Cherokee is my wife's ride. It is a 1987 Pioneer 4.0 liter. It is in pretty good shape aside from having a PO doing some strange wiring.
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Old Aug 15, 2015 | 04:01 PM
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One more piece of the puzzle or is that puzzled?
It took some chancing around but it fits.
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Old Aug 15, 2015 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by mknittle
One more piece of the puzzle or is that puzzled?
It took some chancing around but it fits.
Ok, I'm the puzzled monkey...

You're only plumbing the drivers side brakes ?
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Old Aug 16, 2015 | 07:36 AM
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Ok, I'm the puzzled monkey...

You're only plumbing the drivers side brakes ?
Yeah, makes for faster left turns
I keep a handful of those plugs around to keep the mud daubbers from plugging everything up
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Old Aug 17, 2015 | 10:00 PM
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Those lines look nice, with clean routing.
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Old Aug 18, 2015 | 02:21 AM
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Don't remember what the brake line with the green poly coating is called but it kicks butt!
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Old Aug 18, 2015 | 07:38 AM
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Don't remember what the brake line with the green poly coating is called but it kicks butt!
Poly-armor I like it for several reasons. my favorite right now is it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb.
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Old Aug 18, 2015 | 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by thrashingcows
Those lines look nice, with clean routing.
Thanks Brian, Now if I can get the other three to come out as good.
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Old Aug 22, 2015 | 07:14 PM
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Right rear brake line done. It came out pretty good. I still have a brace to make from a cover bolt or two, I think two. I went over the top of the differential so when I take the cover off I don't have to fight the brake line. You may have noticed my shocks are close to the bottom of their usable range. that is because there is a lift in the future.
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Old Aug 22, 2015 | 07:28 PM
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Before I got too far I made this reference "tool". I marked my bender and a piece of tubing then lined up the marks and made a bend. I used the "tool" to get my bends very close to where I wanted them. I was able to hold the "tool" up against the tube where it needs to be bent and mark it. i also made a reference line on the inside of the bend so I knew which way to go. you can see all the silver Sharpie lines on the tube
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Old Aug 22, 2015 | 10:51 PM
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I like that routing much better. Hate having to pry the OEM line out of the way to get that diff cover off. Couple brackets...one on the up and down slope of the line over the top would look good IMO.
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Old Aug 23, 2015 | 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by thrashingcows
I like that routing much better. Hate having to pry the OEM line out of the way to get that diff cover off. Couple brackets...one on the up and down slope of the line over the top would look good IMO.
I like that idea. I hadn't thought too much about it but it it sort of looks like that is what it is there for.
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Old Sep 24, 2015 | 07:22 AM
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well this weak I have been Hacking enough parts together to move the beast out of the way of some tree trimmers. Naturally nobody says anything until the last minute! And I had plans for the whole week.
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Old Sep 24, 2015 | 06:53 PM
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I got it moved today. only about 200 yards. first off I cit the stock w 205 drag link in two and rotate one end 90* and welded it together. then I welded the D250 steering shaft into a GM tube with a flange on the end. It ends up having rubber couplers on both ends. cut the power steering hoses and stuffed the pressure hose on the steel return hose and clamped it. Then installed the 4" down pipe and tied wires and misc out of the way.
I then assembled the best parts of two crappy seats and bolted it in. Hit the ignition and nothing happened So I tried to charge the battery with little luck. It charged but not enough to turn the starter fast enough.
So then we jumped it off my dads W250 and it got it going. It sounded pretty cool when it started I must have turned over three times hitting on one then one or two more then all six. It sounded like a WW2 airplane with a radial engine fireing up through the shifter holes in the floor.

The reason for the quick move is to get out of the way so tree trimmers can do their thing to an old oak over my dads house
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