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Repair time for J.Y.D.
#669301 August 24th 2014 10:10 am
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Well after giving me 1.5 years and around 60K miles of basically trouble free service, it is time to give her some love. It is gonna cost me about $1000.00 over the next three months, but by spreading it out like this, I don't have to remove food from the family table. ( I hate living on SSI ! )

Any way, here is the list:

1) 4 new tires ( BFG Rugged Trail in 235/75/15 ) $600
2) 4 new shocks ( Monroe Reflex Light Trucks ) $200
3) Strut Rod Bushings $20
4) Trans Mount $10
5) Motor Mounts $10 each
6) Sway bar link & bushing kit $20
7) Tune Up ( plugs, wires, cap, rotor, air & fuel filter ) $100
8) MAYBE replace the U-Joints ( got to check them out and decide ) $16 each

The list is long, but not major. Some of this is being done as preventative, some is needed, a few are BEYOND needed ! lol

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Uncle_Fester #669304 August 24th 2014 10:44 am
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Sounds good dude
maybe we can nail the paint down as well

I think mine needs a trans mount
is that gonna be a pain in the ass?

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Uncle_Fester #669305 August 24th 2014 10:56 am
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Trans mount not bad, even flat on your back in the drive way. . . . two or four bolts usually.

Just get a jack under the tail, lift JUST enough to take tension/weight off the mount, loosen bolts, raise about .5 to 1 inch, pull out bad, put in good, settle down the trans, tighten bolts, drive. . . .thats the BASICS of it, but you get the idea.


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As for paint, I hope to address that at tax season this year. . . got a pretty good bid from Macco.

Sand to factory primer/bare metal, high build primer, sand, reprime with standard primer, sand, paint. . . .all for $1250.00


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Uncle_Fester #669307 August 24th 2014 11:07 am
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Cool Man post up pics of the work.
with those skills you could hustle some dough up
I do some small engine work once and a while to pay a bill
Good luck with the dog!!

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What color are you thinking about??????

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Fleet White. . . . We thought about Hot Rod Black, but a big metal box with no AC in flat black, not good !


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At some point, we are gonna tackle the interior too, and that will be hardwood floors and blue denim upholstery on the walls , door panels and seats. I plan on trying to build a overhead console too, basic aluminum frame with denim covered panels.We want to add a pair of bench seats and table, that will drop to form a bed also. Until we figure all this out, the stock conversion van interior works for now.

I got the stereo figured out and going now too, It is a little different from MOST systems, but it works great I think. I have a I pod Classic 80Gig, hooked to a Audio Control Overdrive Plus-2 line driver, then to a Alpine KTP-445U Power Pack (45x4 @ 4ohm), then to Alpine 6.5 SPS-610 Type S speakers front and Alpine 6x9 SPS-619 Type S rear. not a hard pounding system, but very clear and easily heard at 75mph with the windows down. So far I have the I-pod, and amp, hooked up to the factory speakers, speaker upgrades are next, then the line driver. I might add a Clarion EQS764 Eq so I can add a second source and have a master volume control too, we shall see on that one. If I add a second source, it will be a Sirius/XM Sat radio.

So many ideas and plans, now I just need $$$$.


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Uncle_Fester #669312 August 24th 2014 12:41 pm
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John- I see you quoted $10 for the motor mounts and trans mount. Do not buy the cheap DEA motor and trans mounts coming out of India. The rubber that they use is total crap and will fail in under a year. You want NOS or Anchor brand mounts.

Rockauto.com is your friend for cheap parts. Moog for the suspension hard parts, HD rubber for all bushings except sway bar bushings which can be polyurethane (universal off-the-shelf at Autozone).


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