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Got the repair harness installed for the blower resistor, but it still only works on full blast. Took the dash apart to check the fan switch, and it appears fine, though I didn't test anything. I think I'm gonna pick up a new resistor even though this one is fairly new, they're pretty cheap...

Great tips everyone on welding stainless. I knew the C25 gas wasn't optimal, but didn't consider it would add carbon to the material and leave it susceptible to rusting. Bit of bummer, but it won't really bother me regardless. Adding a second bottle for trimix would have likely been about $300...

Is that Deep Amethyst Pearl / PCN? Thats the color of mine which needs paint but I'm afraid of the metallic. Looks like yours went well.

75/25 argon co2

Pretty much, yeah. I'll keep that tip in mind for the next welds, thanks!

Thanks! Not great, weld is pretty lumpy inside the tube. I don't have a way of back purging, but apparently I could have used flux to help with that. Dove into this blind...

Got some work done on the exhaust. I underestimated how much of a pain in the ass this was going to be, but I think I've got the hard part done. My biggest unknown was getting the flare made for the header connection. Since I got 2.5" tube instead of 2.25", I was able to just cut the flare off...

I was doing a little poking around and I think I have 3 options for locating my muffler. It's skinny, but fairly long. First option would be to put it here where the factory cat used to live: It fits well, but I'm trying to reduce how much heat makes it to the passenger footwell area, and I...

Thanks for the input. I'm not going to worry about it too much. The springs are really tall and quite soft, so it doesn't take much to get it unbalanced I guess. After looking online it almost always seems to be a passenger side lean though, which is curious. I'd believe the torque idea if it...

I dissected my existing exhaust to get the components I need out. Still can't get over how much of a boogered up mess that cat install was, the shop wasn't even cheap! There was a bunch of filler wire on the inside of the cat where they put the o2 bung in too. I bought a flex pipe in...

I don’t know anything about it so I hadn’t considered it, but yeah seems like something I should go to. Your neck of the woods?

Ordered some exhaust tubing on amazon, but that won't be here till next week. In the meantime, I'll try to knock out some little tasks. Got a fresh coat of bedliner spray paint on my JCR bumper. I don't love this bumper, its pretty big and bulky, but it's what I've got so I'll use it for now...

Excited to see an ALH swap on here, subbed to see how it goes. Check out @RustyAutoholicGuy 's thread, he swapped in a newer TDI but I'm sure there's some useful info in there for you.

I think my cooling system is fully burped now. When I checked it this morning, it had sucked in more from the overflow bottle and I was able to add about a quart to the radiator. Had my wife stomp on the brakes which did the trick for torquing the pinion nut down. Got it to 200ft-lb with my...

Thanks for the tip. Seems like I've got it solved now though, I let it cool off for a good 3 hours this time and it seems to have sucked some coolant in from the overflow bottle this time. After letting it idle for 15 minutes, this is as hot as it got. That's in my 95° garage with not much...

Well I've been running the Jeep today, got maybe 5 heat cycles on it so far. Started right up this morning with that new fuel pump which was a good feeling. Seems to be having some trouble cooling though. After about maybe 7 minutes of idling the engine temp starts getting pretty high. Couple...

I've already got a set waiting for me, I think I went with either Ruffstuff or Barnes, don't remember. My factory ones are likely not salvageable, some of the worst rust on the Jeep is up on top of the spring perch for some reason.

It's on my list but I'm trying to not touch this thing any more until it's winter again. 95° in my garage today!

Got my fuel tank all cleaned out and dried. There was a lot of crap in there, and I think most of it was disintegrating fuel pickup screen. I have no idea what caused that, you'd think it is fuel safe. Noticed a couple of rub marks on the tank: The first one is from my parking brake cables...

I went ahead and bought a Delphi FG1353 off Amazon, it should be here tomorrow. Starting to think trying to reuse my factory module might not go well. I'd imagine the second screen by the pump also won't look good, and the filter in the regulator is probably also clogged or compromised. I also...