"THE BUMBLE" My jeep build thread.

[Kiwi Bowhunter]

Nice Jeep, bud!

Just read through all 22 pages, straight!

Personally I'm more of a Landcruiser man, but I do like those Cherokees! Haha.

Just a note, a few pages back you said you had a pinhole leak in a radiator hose.
Dry off the hose, wrap it with duct tape, then use some of the big cable ties(zip-ties) to hold them in place. Good temp measure to get to the parts store/start of the trail!
Although spare hoses and belts are good spares for any truck to carry

Cheers,
Sean.

[Oneswunk]

Its a jeep. duct tape and tie wraps have fixed many a adventure .


Sometimes ya get board .....

[curryman]

Need some parts? This happened to mine yesterday:





Yep it sucks.

Curryman

P.S. I don't want to talk about it.

[congochris]

Yep it sucks.

Curryman

P.S. I don't want to talk about it.

At least it looks like it didn't make it to the passenger compartment.. So everyone breathing made it out ok, right?

[Tater Raider]

****moves fire extinguisher to the top of his "must buy" list***

That is the suck. Anything salvagable?

[curryman]

P.S. I don't want to talk about it.

Nobody hurt. Was parked at time of fire. For sale.

[Oneswunk]

Damn man that sucks furry ones. sorry for your loss.

[curryman]

Thanks. I'd like to sell it to a Jeep club but I can't find any. Maybe one of your guys knows a guy that knows a guy in the DFW area. Just hate to go the insurance route and have all the great parts rot in a junkyard.

Curryman

[curryman]

Sold it today. Guy had a 1999 Cherokee limited sweet truck. Black with black leather. But 2wd. He's gonna swap it, from the trans back(and forward). Thanks for the kind words. Suck sucks a little less.

Curryman

[Oneswunk]

Nice now go find another xj .


Glad ya sold it. the two things I would have wanted to buy off ya would have been. a pita to ship.

[Oneswunk]

Wife in red, my boy, wifes friend and daughter at one of the fireworks shows we went to this year.



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[curryman]

:awesome: Nice now go find another xj .


Glad ya sold it. the two things I would have wanted to buy off ya would have been. a pita to ship.

Now I'm curious as to what you wanted.

Curryman

[Oneswunk]

Could use a header panel, grill, the trim around the headlights. Just some stuff that has been beat since I bought it. O and a transmission....mine is starting to get sloppy and has a little leak.


Shipping may have been rough.

[Oneswunk]

I need a CB and antenna setup on the cheap.


Go.

[Oneswunk]

In b4 you get what you pay for.

I'm looking to pay for cheap.

[Tater Raider]

Is $200 cheap?

[Oneswunk]

200 is ok. Probably the best I can do for unit, wiring and stick.

[Tater Raider]

Cobra 75 WXST or Midland 75-822 for the radio. Midland converts to a handheld, both are small and the radio is contained in the handpiece, and both are under $100 on Amazon with the Midland being a bit less than the Cobra. If you want to go with a more standard rig then you'd be looking at a Cobra DX IV or Midland 1001LWX. The Cobra DX doesn't have weather, but both are inexpensive compacts. (<$70 MSRP).

50 ohm cable, enough to go from radio to antenna + about 1'. Some of the best stuff is that's affordable is Belden 9913, but RG-8 is good enough and costs less.

Performance is mostly in the antenna. You can't beat a 102" stainless steel whip ($25 at Radio Shack) for signal but it is a long antenna. Firesticks perform well, you can get them as short as 3', and they are under $30.

Best place to mount is fixed mount on the roof dead center of the vehicle, but that is work. Magnetic base is doable and likely prefered if you plan to resell Bumble at some point. Second best place would be off the sapre carrier. Don't go with a trucker's rig because that's a money pit you don't want to get into.

Spend another $25 or so on an SWR meter.

[Oneswunk]

Got a swr from some yard sale. The cobra sounds like what im looking for. Ill probably go with the 3 ft firestick mounted to a custom mount ill put by my rear tail light. Roof mount is nice but I hardy fit in parking garages as it is.

[Tater Raider]

Spend the money on an antenna spring. If you hit tree branches while off-roading it will save you headaches.

[Oneswunk]

I would have to find time to off road for that to be a problem.

[Oneswunk]

Apparently you know about this TR but this is the mount that inspired the mount im making.

http://www.cherokeeforum.com/f11/xj-cb- ... nts-67191/
I choose to make my own over buying this guys due to some reading about his CS.

Well that and I like to make shit.

[Oneswunk]

Planned on doing my nss and fuel pump this weekend.

Nss before cleaning and a spare I used parts from...


After cleaning. ..



Ended up just doing nss.jeep started and ran fine after fixing that. Still may do pump anyway or keep it incase needed.

Then took her out fishing with the boy....












Used this write up for the nss..
http://www.boyandjeep.com/tech-articles ... ch-rebuild


http://www.boyandjeep.com/tech-articles ... ch-rebuild

[Tater Raider]

It's always great to see The Bumble in her natural habitat.