Jeepers

[T-Giv]

I read through the first 30 pages of this thread the other day and have been meaning to pm you and ask how things were going with the Jeep, and in general. I'm not real Jeep knowledgeable, so you'll have to remind me which chassis style your white Jeep was.

Mine was a 2011 2-door JK. The big downfall was the 3.8 minivan motor that was in those years. The new 3.6 is supposed to be lightyears better. The old 4.0 is my favorite though.

[Firehaus]

Some phone pics from Moab this weekend.


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[blacklabel]

That's a great looking Jeep Firehaus.

[Irving]

Looks like a good time. That first picture is for sure a keeper!

[Brian]

Nice, how was the weather? Still looks pretty chilly. Those pics came out great - what settings are you using? We're going to hit Top of the World here in a couple weeks, but with all the people there, I'm not sure how easy good pictures will be to take.

Can't remember if I've asked you before or not - are those the Nemesis sliders and armor? I think those step add-ons give it away. how do you like them, if so? I've been debating for a while whether I grab some or not.

[Firehaus]

Thanks, the weather was great, high of 75 all weekend. Turned colder today.

Yes, nemesis sliders. They had a Black Friday special 20% off so I took the plunge. I like them. The steps should be removed if your going to risk tearing them off.

Top of the world was fun, I'll be interested to hear how you'd rate the trail. I thought it was every bit a 7. But I took the harder bypass on the first obstacle and drove the loop counter clockwise. Wish I had another inch of ground clearance!

Picked up some extra 2016 ejs magazines if you want one.



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[Brian]

Looks sweet, probably convinced me to add them on later this summer.
I need to play around with my camera and get some nice poser shots like those.
Your jeep is looking great, just needs a few more dents!

[Firehaus]

I try hard to not get dents! Lol!

The wheels picked up some rock rash on the way down from top of the world.


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[Zundfolge]

So a question for you Jeepers here (especially the old Jeep guys ... as in the Jeeps old, not the guys ... although that probably too).

So the outer pinion bearing on the front diff of my '70 CJ5 went out and I took it to a local guy that works on Jeeps and he's telling me that the entire diff needs to be rebuilt because there are other problems inside. Its a Dana 27 so it's weak, has drum brakes up front and apparently D27 parts are getting rare and expensive.

When I bought the Jeep it came with most of a newer front axle assembly that's a Dana 30 with disc brakes. Only part I'm missing is the short axel shaft and the disc pads (although the calipers look like junk but they're not that pricey so rebuild or replace is likely in order).

The dilemma I'm having is what to do next. Rebuilding the D27 and replacing it with the D30 are both going to be about the same cost so rebuilding the D27 is pointless. That said I could just give up and sell the Jeep but at this point with the work that needs to be done I will probably lose most of what I have in the Jeep (I'm about $4k into it and will probably only get about a grand if I sold it now).

The question is, will the upgrade to D30 and disc brakes up the value of the Jeep by much? If I can make the case that sinking another $1500-$2000 into it will increase the value to the $5k-6k range then it would make sense (of course if I upgrade it I'll not sell it right away).

[newracer]

Replacing the D27 with the D30 will not increase the value by much.