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Trying to get it mostly right the first time: A 5.9 Magnum and 46RE swapped, Tummy Tucked Daily Driven Jeep TJ
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<blockquote data-quote="Dan_Goodwin" data-source="post: 1574869" data-attributes="member: 4960"><p>There's less chatter and more build coming up, I promise. </p><p></p><p>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 cantankerous TJ. </p><p></p><p>Wednesday summary - If you're ever within a 60 mile radius of Knoxville, stop and grab a biscuit at Matt Robb's. Yep, it's that good. Also, Dollywood is a solid 8/10 theme park. </p><p></p><p>We had 2 things that needed to be accomplished: get to St Louis by Friday and get the TJ home. After running through no less than 6 different scenarios, calling a friend that's a U Haul rep and trying to shotgun an IAC and MAP sensor on the Jeep as a quick fix, the final plan we settled on was to leave the Jeep at U Haul in Knoxville, drive a rental car to the Nashville airport to get to St Louis as planned, then come back and trailer the TJ home. I wasn't crazy about this option but it was the lesser of all the evils. </p><p></p><p>Time to execute. As we were packing up on Wednesday night, I just couldn't stop thinking about what might be wrong with the Jeep and on a whim figured I'd check for vacuum leaks with brake cleaner. I started on the driver side of the intake manifold and worked my way around the Jeep and sure enough – I got a reaction in the front of the intake manifold. I sprayed that spot a second time and the engine backfired. </p><p></p><p>And caught all the brake cleaner on fire. </p><p></p><p>Fire extinguishers are important, y'all. I snatched the extinguisher off the roll bar and put the fire out There I stood in the driveway of our AirBnB with the Jeep still running, a fire extinguisher in my hand just staring into the engine bay wondering what on God's green earth just happened. It'd been a long few days, the AirBnB, although really neat, had gotten SMALL for 2 people, and I'd had enough. </p><p></p><p>I took all of our planning from the day prior, wadded it up and threw it in the preverbal trash. We're towing this junk home tomorrow. We roll out the next morning headed to get a box truck and car hauler from 2 different stores, grab a biscuit and head back to Birmingham. Side bar – the new GM 6.6L gas engine and 6 speed tow really well. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]215444[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We made it to Birmingham without issue, dropped the TJ off at home, hopped in my wife's car and headed to St Louis for the weekend. In all, we were on the road for 16 hours and 800 miles that day. The TJ sat untouched for a few weeks while I got caught up on some other projects I'd been neglecting.</p><p></p><p>Now, back to more mods and building stuff!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dan_Goodwin, post: 1574869, member: 4960"] 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 cantankerous TJ. Wednesday summary - If you're ever within a 60 mile radius of Knoxville, stop and grab a biscuit at Matt Robb's. Yep, it's that good. Also, Dollywood is a solid 8/10 theme park. We had 2 things that needed to be accomplished: get to St Louis by Friday and get the TJ home. After running through no less than 6 different scenarios, calling a friend that's a U Haul rep and trying to shotgun an IAC and MAP sensor on the Jeep as a quick fix, the final plan we settled on was to leave the Jeep at U Haul in Knoxville, drive a rental car to the Nashville airport to get to St Louis as planned, then come back and trailer the TJ home. I wasn't crazy about this option but it was the lesser of all the evils. Time to execute. As we were packing up on Wednesday night, I just couldn't stop thinking about what might be wrong with the Jeep and on a whim figured I'd check for vacuum leaks with brake cleaner. I started on the driver side of the intake manifold and worked my way around the Jeep and sure enough – I got a reaction in the front of the intake manifold. I sprayed that spot a second time and the engine backfired. And caught all the brake cleaner on fire. Fire extinguishers are important, y'all. I snatched the extinguisher off the roll bar and put the fire out There I stood in the driveway of our AirBnB with the Jeep still running, a fire extinguisher in my hand just staring into the engine bay wondering what on God's green earth just happened. It'd been a long few days, the AirBnB, although really neat, had gotten SMALL for 2 people, and I'd had enough. I took all of our planning from the day prior, wadded it up and threw it in the preverbal trash. We're towing this junk home tomorrow. We roll out the next morning headed to get a box truck and car hauler from 2 different stores, grab a biscuit and head back to Birmingham. Side bar – the new GM 6.6L gas engine and 6 speed tow really well. [ATTACH type="full" alt="013c881b93f0685fd690d878facda089a2724aa699.jpg"]215444[/ATTACH] We made it to Birmingham without issue, dropped the TJ off at home, hopped in my wife's car and headed to St Louis for the weekend. In all, we were on the road for 16 hours and 800 miles that day. The TJ sat untouched for a few weeks while I got caught up on some other projects I'd been neglecting. Now, back to more mods and building stuff! [/QUOTE]
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