Finally got around to getting the Jeep running. We had 2 days in a row over 50 so it was nice to be outside. Thing purrs like a kitten. No knocking, no weird noises, holds temps perfectly. Now … if only I could drive it. Someone we lost one of …
Bought a little sand blaster on Wednesday to clean up the valve cover and eventually the axles. Started spraying the valve cover but my little compressor just can’t handle it so I’m going to my Dad’s today to do that after work.However, i did get the new head primed and …
Finally got around to completing the head removal today. Man those back three bolts on the bottom of the exhaust/intake are a real PITA!! Especially when you have an idiot minute and randomly switch to 1/2 socket instead of the 9/16 and you spend an hour trying to get the …
My Journey Went out in the horrible weather today and drove an hour to pick up a NP242 t-case, the front axle and front drive shaft. Make it over there and they actually didn’t have the front axle or the driveshaft. So, made a little progress at least and now …
The initial XBMC machine I setup was the one I use more frequently as it’s in our primary living room. I found 2 Dell Optiplex 745s on Craigslist for only $40 for the pair. They have Core 2 Duo processors and 2 GB of RAM in them. I then went …
My original plan was to use the second Optiplex I had purchased for my Man Cave setup. However, that quickly changed when I realized that my old Samsung Blu-Ray player/surround sound setup wouldn’t play the sound very well. That brought on my new mission to have the XBMC box output …
I did some searching yesterday and I think I know some of the components I’m going to go with. My goal for the Jeep is to make it basically my “work truck” but I’m also a little obsessed with keeping it as nice looking and “complete” as possible. I like …
Ever since I read about the Jeep Cherokee Up Country package I’ve been a little obsessed. They didn’t make it in the year that my Jeep was built, however, the overall theme of my Jeep project is to bring it to this level. After some searching on JeepForum I think …
I finally have an XJ again. I was an avid poster/reader years ago when I had my 1990 with the super bumper (2-door, 4.0L with the 5-speed and factory sunroof). I have had 2 XJs in between but one I only had for maybe 2 weeks as I discovered it …
I decided last week that I wanted to accomplish two things: 1.) Better familiarize myself with Linux 2.) Create a professional resume website based on a wordpress template To do so, I decided to join the Raspberry Pi bandwagon. I received the Pi yesterday and as of about 2 minutes …
