Post by Explorer 1 on May 15, 2014 15:20:54 GMT -8
There were three "issues" with my old XJ that needed to be dealt with:
1. Replace the fuel pump so we could even start and move the vehicle.
2. Remove and send the Third member (Differential) back to Currie Enterprises to figure out why it leaks.
3. Replace the lifters in the engine as one is make lots of racket.
Over the past weeks I have replaced the fuel pump so now at least the engine will start. Then came the removal of the front differential and the drive out to Currie, now in Corona. Since the gears were out I decided to fab my own diff guard out of some 1/4" plate I had laying around. It looks a bit Frankensteinish but will protect the diff when I come in contact with those big rocks like the one on John Bull trail the put a good size dimple in my pumpkin.
Currie returned the rebuilt Third Member, I then went about replacing all the axles, brakes, drive shafts and such putting it all back together. While doing this I decided to lube all the joints on the front end before I put on the tires and move to project 3, replacing the lifters.
While looking at the front suspension and doing the lube job I came across this sorry sight.
Some of you might remember a few years ago a problem I had at Caruthers Canyon when I broke off the upper control arm on the driver's side and we had to do a "in the field" temporary weld repair to limp the Cherokee back home. Well the same thing is now happening on the other side.........the woes of uni-body and an over built suspension.
Looks like it will be a while longer before Explorer 1 make it way back out on the trails.
Thanks,
Fred
Explorer 1
1. Replace the fuel pump so we could even start and move the vehicle.
2. Remove and send the Third member (Differential) back to Currie Enterprises to figure out why it leaks.
3. Replace the lifters in the engine as one is make lots of racket.
Over the past weeks I have replaced the fuel pump so now at least the engine will start. Then came the removal of the front differential and the drive out to Currie, now in Corona. Since the gears were out I decided to fab my own diff guard out of some 1/4" plate I had laying around. It looks a bit Frankensteinish but will protect the diff when I come in contact with those big rocks like the one on John Bull trail the put a good size dimple in my pumpkin.
Currie returned the rebuilt Third Member, I then went about replacing all the axles, brakes, drive shafts and such putting it all back together. While doing this I decided to lube all the joints on the front end before I put on the tires and move to project 3, replacing the lifters.
While looking at the front suspension and doing the lube job I came across this sorry sight.
Some of you might remember a few years ago a problem I had at Caruthers Canyon when I broke off the upper control arm on the driver's side and we had to do a "in the field" temporary weld repair to limp the Cherokee back home. Well the same thing is now happening on the other side.........the woes of uni-body and an over built suspension.
Looks like it will be a while longer before Explorer 1 make it way back out on the trails.
Thanks,
Fred
Explorer 1
