WJCO's Build Thread, 1999 WJ

[Mike_JK_Houston_711]

Lol. That takes some serious balls to get under your jeep while your wife has her foot on the gas. Glad you found the root cause though.


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[WJCO]

Lol. That takes some serious balls to get under your jeep while your wife has her foot on the gas. Glad you found the root cause though.


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Lol. I just told her, if anything shifts, hit the brakes fast.

 

[Mike_JK_Houston_711]

Lol. I just told her, if anything shifts, hit the brakes fast.

I would have driven to the nearest ER and did that test in the parking lot [emoji23]


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[SPOOOBY]

I would have driven to the nearest ER and did that test in the parking lot [emoji23]


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Lol i know rite

 

[WJCO]

I just went out and verified 4HI, 4LO, and the locker are all working. So I'm just going to ride with it for now.

 

[Sheaffadelic]

I just went out and verified 4HI, 4LO, and the locker are all working. So I'm just going to ride with it for now.

good to know

 

[WJCO]

good to know

Good to know that you enjoyed my cool story. :thumb:

 

[WJCO]

Another intermittent noise, but this one was easy to find. The new axle brackets are significantly larger than the OEM ones, so my new control arms that curve in for tire clearance are slightly rubbing on the right side bracket. It's hard to see in the photo, so I drew some small lines so you can see where the edge of the bracket is. Somewhere during flexing, it's hitting there. I'll plasma the bracket later today hopefully. Driver's side doesn't seem to be rubbing.






And here's a drawing pic showing about where the new brackets are compared to OEM.

 

[WJCO]

On a WJ, it is very common to lose a coil spring while flexing and disconnected. I have been meaning to install some spring retainers that have been sitting on my bench forever, so I did that today.

 

[WJCO]

We need a sound clip of the new exhaust!

Here's a clip of the new exhaust. Dynomax 17218 Ultra-Flo muffler. No resonators, just the muffler. 4.7 V8 engine. For me, it worked out perfect. A nice groan without sounding obnoxious.

 

[TOPLESS]

Very nice!

 

[GraniteCrystal]

Sounds great Doug! Dynomax exhaust in Phase 5 or so for me.

 

[notnalc68]

Here's a clip of the new exhaust. Dynomax 17218 Ultra-Flo muffler. No resonators, just the muffler. 4.7 V8 engine. For me, it worked out perfect. A nice groan without sounding obnoxious.

You've got to love V-8 motors! Sounds good.


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[WJCO]

Very nice!

Thanks.

Sounds great Doug! Dynomax exhaust in Phase 5 or so for me.

Thanks. Same here. Been something on my list for a long time.

You've got to love V-8 motors! Sounds good.


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Thanks. Agreed. All vehicles should come with them.

 

[SPOOOBY]

Nice sound

 

[WJCO]

Nice sound

Thanks. I agree.

 

[catahoula]

Awesome Doug! Weld or clamp on?

 

[WJCO]

Awesome Doug! Weld or clamp on?

Thanks. I welded the assembly together here:



But then clamped it to the existing pipe on the Jeep here:

 

[Recurve]

WJ are kinda different to see on the trail , but I like seeing them. I have a couple friends who wheel WJs.
Nice rig


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[WJCO]

WJ are kinda different to see on the trail , but I like seeing them. I have a couple friends who wheel WJs.
Nice rig


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Thank you. Other than the Wrangler, this body style has always been my favorite in regards to a more modern style SUV and the wife liked it too.