CplTony's Jeep # 18

[cpltony]

So I pulled into the garage last night after work and saw my tail pipe swinging rather low...*GASP*
The bracket was rusted through so I left work early today and went to the muffler shop up the street for a re-weld.

After inspecting and fixing the bracket he found the muffler neck cracked and the converter innards shot and they were rattling around it
So new muffler is required and he can cut the converter out and replace the piping.....$100

First real maintenance I've ever had to do to the Jeep, so Monday will be oil change, air filter, exhaust repair and I'll nab a wire brush so once it cools off I can get underneath and brush away any possible rust and give it a coat of paint if necessary before the winter.
Anyone got any ideas on how bad a 20 year old cabin filter will be? Heck, do the YJ's even have them?

[Railtech]

That's not too bad. You could get a performance muffler and get a little more sound Good luck with your work!

The cabin filter is a piece of wire mesh underneath the cowl in front of the windshield.

[Ecto-DMC]

I shot beer out my nose when i read the cabin filter bit

[cpltony]

New muffler in, a much lower growl now....but glad to know nothing is rattling around anymore.

I thought 'this' was the cabin filter. What is it if not the cabin filter?

[PaulRevere1991]

Its just a vent, theres no filter ecept the wire mesh

[Railtech]

That is the backside of the vent door. It routes the air from the cowl to floor. Pretty sure if you put it on vent that opens. Working in PA this week otherwise I'd go check it on mine. But pretty sure.

[cpltony]

Ahh crap. My vent is stuck on heat (luckily the a/c is separate)....may pull it out and clean it because its disgusting.

[cpltony]

Well two options in the last week...well actually three.

1. Replace the drivers seat entirely
2. Get the seat re-covered
3. Stitch the seat myself and put on a seat cover

I went for option 3 as it was cheaper and I got to dust off my sewing skills.
These are the original seats but the drivers seat is really torn up, pulled stitching and foam sticking out all over the place.
So some white cotton thread (doubled up) and did a rough stitching up of each rip and opened seam.
Then off to Walmart for some flat grey seat covers...SO much nicer.

In addition to this my door strap bar (behind the door panel) ripped off in the summer when a gust of wind caught it.
Took the head of the screw right off so I had to drill it out. No success there but got deep enough where a smaller screw could be used to hold it in.

I love the smaller repairs...something I can do in the garage on my own as opposed to paying someone else to do it.

What's next?
Removing the running boards and re-painting them.
They weren't primed (or if they were they did a terrible job) so the paint is flaking.
Simple task, a few hours and we'll be good

I pulled the wheels off last weekend as well, just for the fun of it really but wanted to check the brakes.
Front discs have about 5,000 miles left on them but the rear drums have less than 1,000 so that's the next peice of maintenance.

I'm still expecting to find something catastrophic on this thing due to the price I got it for....but I've yet to find anything!!

[mydigitalvoid]

It's a lot of fun to just get under the hood and fix little things. Did you take before and after pics of the seats?

[cpltony]

NO!! Darn it I didn't take a before pic.....but I'll post an 'after' pic to show my Frankenstein style stitches