Well I caved...
While I've been waiting for the BeerRunner to get the LS swap done, I've been really bumming about missing out on so much wheeling. Considering how long it's taken to just do the motor swap, I realized it'll probably take a hell of a lot longer to finish the suspension and roll cage. My brother and most of my friends have been nagging me about being down for so long, and not having a rig to wheel in the meantime for the past few months. I've been saying how I don't want to fall down another rabbit hole and end up spending my weekends and money on a new rig instead of finishing the BeerRunner. I've been pretty good about it for the past few months, but this past week had me really missing wheeling. I was relaxing outside yesterday just scrolling through the FB classifieds and just "happened" to stumble across this 1999 Limited with an e-Locker for a good price... I asked my wife what she thought and she said go for it. Pulled some cash and was over there within an hour looking at it. Long story short, I bought another money pit.
The plan for this one is just to get be through the next year while I finish building the BeerRunner. Hoping to keep it relatively simple and cheap. Kind of going for the cookie cutter build. Some things I have planned are the following:
There was a lot of little things that weren't working.
While I've been waiting for the BeerRunner to get the LS swap done, I've been really bumming about missing out on so much wheeling. Considering how long it's taken to just do the motor swap, I realized it'll probably take a hell of a lot longer to finish the suspension and roll cage. My brother and most of my friends have been nagging me about being down for so long, and not having a rig to wheel in the meantime for the past few months. I've been saying how I don't want to fall down another rabbit hole and end up spending my weekends and money on a new rig instead of finishing the BeerRunner. I've been pretty good about it for the past few months, but this past week had me really missing wheeling. I was relaxing outside yesterday just scrolling through the FB classifieds and just "happened" to stumble across this 1999 Limited with an e-Locker for a good price... I asked my wife what she thought and she said go for it. Pulled some cash and was over there within an hour looking at it. Long story short, I bought another money pit.
The plan for this one is just to get be through the next year while I finish building the BeerRunner. Hoping to keep it relatively simple and cheap. Kind of going for the cookie cutter build. Some things I have planned are the following:
- 255/80R17 Tires
- Take the coilovers from the BeerRunner and put them on here.
- JL coils that I have in the garage for the rear (about 2" or so of lift)
- DuroBumps front and rear
- Eimkeith PCK, LCAR, STR
- SPC UCA from the BeerRunner
- Whiteline LCA Bushings
- Alignment Cam Eliminator Plates
- Radio (Head Unit)
- Make Some Sliders.
- Ditch Lights (I already have the lights, just need brackets)
There was a lot of little things that weren't working.
- Windshield wipers were disconnected from the control motor (easy as reconnecting the rod to the motor)
- Locker wasn't working (The wiring to the button was cut for some reason and there is no plug to the button. I just added another switch till I get the right connector for the stock switch)
- Power seats, door locks, and windows stopped working (ended up being a fuse that was rigged. Replaced the fuse and good to go)
- Throttle, and kick down cables were stupid loose. Full throttle at the pedal was like half throttle at the throttle body. (The adjusters were almost maxed out so I ended up bending the bracket about 1/4" to get more slack taken up and all is good now)
- Center console wasn't bolted down. (Easy as tossing in some new bolts)
- Transfer Case actuator is shot, so I will put in a J-Shift case, and take the driveshafts from the BeerRunner.
