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piginajeep said:

I just had a new long block, so I pulled all the accessories off the block first, pulled the motor and swapped the harness while it was out. New transmission and motor went back in one piece.

It’s an 18 motor with less than 10 miles on it. Hopefully Jeep did some internal updates.

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piginajeep said:

I just had a new long block, so I pulled all the accessories off the block first, pulled the motor and swapped the harness while it was out. New transmission and motor went back in one piece.

It’s an 18 motor with less than 10 miles on it. Hopefully Jeep did some internal updates.

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RESURECTIONJK said:

Baddass!!! Great job. This will be my life soon. Trying to get my 14 to last another 50k before I have to do mine. She’s got 155k now. Crossing fingers and being gentle.

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piginajeep said:

I was barely at 70k [emoji23]. Good luck.

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RESURECTIONJK said:

Final prep is all done. Decided to clean it up and take the high speed to it to get all the scratches out. Tony can’t have the only Jeep with fresh wax on it this trip!
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And just as I pulled it out of the garage Mother Nature kicked me in the balls.
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piginajeep said:

It’s alive, I need to button some things up for the test drive. Sounds good though

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jesse3638 said:

Haha. Murphy and Mother Nature seem to work together.

Getting my CB operational was my priority. On to the easy stuff now. I need to rotate the tires, grease the rear drive shaft, and I'm hoping to swap in 4" plush rides. If I have time I want to buff out my drivers side door that I put holograms in last year messing around with polishing compound.

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jesse3638 said:

Think I got the CB figured out finally. Just tried grounding it to the bracket vs. directly where the antenna mount and I got an SWR of 1.1 on Ch1 and 1.4 on Ch40. I'm going to button it all up and see what happens then see if I need a tune

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wayoflife said:

Right on!! :rock:

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jesse3638 said:

Went out to the desert a few mins from my house to do the final tune. After all was said and done I got an SWR of 1.25 on Ch. 1 and Ch. 40 and a bit lower on Ch. 16 and 20. Hopefully it works as I had no one to talk to. I was picking up some truckers from the freeway while scanning...haha.

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RESURECTIONJK said:

It’s only taken you a year and a half

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piginajeep said:

It’s alive, I need to button some things up for the test drive. Sounds good though

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RESURECTIONJK said:

Final prep is all done. Decided to clean it up and take the high speed to it to get all the scratches out. Tony can’t have the only Jeep with fresh wax on it this trip!

And just as I pulled it out of the garage Mother Nature kicked me in the balls.
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JeepFan said:

Looks like you spent all of 0 minutes cleaning the engine compartment before installing the new motor. :doh: Or, is this the old motor still in the Jeep? :thinking:

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