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I finally carved out some time to update this thread. Picking up from where we left off, I decided to take a weekend to get the Jeep back up and running. The short answer is that it's fixed, though I'm not entirely sure what the problem was. I pulled the intake off and re-sealed it (in...

There's less chatter and more build coming up, I promise. The plan was to spend the next day at Dollywood since I'd never been and my wife had worked there for a summer. I knew the Jeep wasn't able to make the trip so I made the call to rent a car while we figured out what to do with a...

Appreciate that! I got the rest of the trip update written during lunch today and then its back to the regularly scheduled fabricobbling and tinkering.

Road Trip Day #5 (aka Tuesday) We had 2 days in Knoxville so I got to plan one and my wife the other. So I did the right thing and took us to Windrock, which was only 45 mins away. The general plan was to see the scenic overlook on G9, grab lunch at the prison and possibly hit Caryville Flatts...

Appreciate it! I plan to bring this rig down to your neck of the woods and hit BOP once the 8.8 is swapped in this spring. I'm curious on that issue as well. The AC on with speeds above 65-70mph is the only time I've had a problem, so we'll see what I can figure out.

I'd recommend going and taking the self guided tour if you're remotely interested in construction and history. Its pretty mind bottling to see what and how they did it back in the day with the resources available. Can't say I'd make a trip just to see Biltmore, but you can definitely make a...

It's road trip time! After all the work I'd put into the TJ to get to this trip I was beyond excited. Maybe even a little giddy. My wife and I got loaded up and headed out about 2pm, dropped the dog off for boarding and hopped on I-459 headed east at (roughly) 70mph with the A/C going. It was...

Thanks fellas. I'll have the road trip update in a few days. Overall, it was a good trip, some memories were made and even a curve ball thrown our way.

The first 'test' of the TJ was to go on skidder duty at the lake dragging cut trees onto the bank to be cut and hauled off. I loaded up my 5x8 utility trailer with saws, chains and a tools, cranked the A/C up and hit the road. The trailer and contents might have weighed 800# total and the Jeep...

This is a place holder for an air conditioning tech deep dive. The short version: I'm using a stock pad mount style TJ receiver / drier mounted to the battery tray, a 96 Dakota line set and purchased a crimper to change a fitting on the Dakota line set and build a custom hose. The A/C has...

I've neglected updating this thread and am working on updates as there have been quite a few. Enter the last weekend in August and t-minus 4 weeks to get the Jeep road trip (and mild wheeling) ready. I originally installed Noico 80mil sound and heat deadening mats and the product worked well...

Yep - that's the overlook on G9.

Absolutely! I need to make time to write it out this weekend, but here is a sneak peak:

I've gotten a few days to wrench on the TJ in the past weeks and have gotten several things knocked off the list. First up on the list was to replace the current Magnaflow 12866 with the newer and much larger 12276. I picked this muffler due to the center inlet and outlet and the case size...

It's been a minute since I've updated this thread, which is largely due to the aforementioned Seadoo project taking on a life of its own and not wrenching on the TJ at all. I ended up buying a total of 5 skis, 2 trailers and a dock and am almost through fixing and selling what I'm not keeping...

No, but also yes. I added a quart of the Lucas Oil sauce and I haven't had the oil pressure bottom out again. I still plan to verify the pressure with a mechanical gauge at some point, but for now fixed is fixed.

I used MMORV as an opportunity to get my new trailer dialed in with a relocated jack, toolbox, storage rack, tie downs and a winch mount. I'm a bit of a trailer geek and probably enjoy working on or building trailers as much as I do anything else. Out came the grinder and trusty $100 Harbor...

I'm planning to get both A/C and heat back working. The heat does work but the blend door has the air on defrost and doesn't really do much. I don't lack much to having the A/C done either.

After enduring FB Marketplace for enough weeks it was time for the Dodge to go to the scrap yard. I loaded it onto my new to me trailer and headed to the scrap yard after work. And yes, it's really convenient having access to reach lifts at work! Right before Christmas my wife's car ended...

I didn't have to do anything other than plug it in. The Dodge ECU talks to the TJ dash with no modifications.