Inspected and a tune up

Took the Jeep for an inspection today. I'm not going to go into details, but it passed. Cost $10 for the inspection. I gave the guy $40 as a tip. He informed me of a woman that lives in his town that can get me a lot of Jeep parts really cheap. Just don't ask why they are so cheap. All is well that ends well.

Today I also decided to give the Jeep a tune up total cost $100 for parts.

I also added a new shifter for $20. I'll put up a pic tomorrow so you can see its a metallic grenade.

Have noticed a problem with the transfer case though. It keeps popping out of 2wd into neutral when I start moving. I'm hoping that it is just the shifter fork which costs $5. This will have to wait a few weeks for further investigation.

No dice

Drove to the place where I was told my jeep would pass this morning. His wife told me he was out of town for the weekend. Gonna have to wait until monday i guess.

Lights, check

Well the Garage rewired and fixed all of my lights. $70 in total for the work and a tip. The tip was for some information he gave me about a place that is lenient on the vehicle inspection. Tomorrow I have to try to get ahold of this guy so I can get an inspection sticker and drive it on the road legally. We will have to see how well it goes.

New Brakes

Today, I installed new brake pads in the front for$25. A simple 30 minute job turned into 3 hours. The spring was so filled with dirt and debris I could not unwedge it. But they are done and work very well. I installed the new dimmer switch for the headlights which solved my problem instantly for $5. I also dropped the jeep off at the repair shop, for them to do an inspection and to fix my lights . X your fingers that it is something cheap that they can fix on the spot at $40 an hour plus parts. If not I might have to suck it up and do a complete rewiring job of all the lights myself. My wife is going to buy me a new Ranchero steering stabilizer and 4 new Ranchero shocks for a 4'' lift for fathers day $250. Should help to stabilize the body going off road and on the street. I told her to hold off until I get the bill from the repair shop tomorrow when I pick the Jeep up after work.

Tires

Today I bought my new tires. Walmart of course because they are the only place around that has the size I needed in stock. 31x10.50 15R. Funny thing online they are priced at $135, in the store they are priced at 180 each. Of course they won't honor their online price because it says online only. I needed tires so whats a guy supposed to do. So I wait the 3 hours to have them placed on the rims, and go to check out. The guy tells me $58. Instantly I ask him how much did you say? And again he repeats $58. Now for some they would take the tires and run. But I pride myself on my integrity and inform him that he did not charge me for the tires. He looked stunned and says I could have walked out with free tires. I tell him I pride myself on my integrity. So the total for the tires cost me, $520. The sales person at the counter knocked off a tire and droped the price on them to the $135. So the morale of my story I guess would be to pay it forward. I scheduled an appointment to have my Jeep inspected for anything I might have missed, that is going to cost me $40 but when I took the rims off today I noticed I need new brakes. I am fully knowledgeable on changing them but have neglected my family working on the Jeep so I am opting to let him do them while he has the Jeep. Estimated cost for the brakes $580 for parts and labor including the rewiring of the back-up light. So we shall see how well that goes tomorrow when I drop the Jeep off.

Here is some pics of the Jeep

Theme

This picture was the inspiration for my vision of the Jeep when I am done. Try to picture it being olive drab in color with black trim and hardware. A single white star on both doors and this image painted on the hood. I found the perfect shifting knobs as well. Both hand grenades. One a pineapple grenade from WWII and for the transfer case one from Afghanistan.