Week to Wheelin 1997 Jeep TJ - Day 5 - video Dailymotion

MotorTrend

One day left. That’s all we had. Just a couple hours to make this TJ we had essentially gutted with exception of the engine

Transcript

00:00 First gear, it's all right.

00:02 Second gear, hold on tight.

00:05 How do they ride down the road without a sway bar?

00:08 I don't run a sway bar on hardly anything.

00:10 Really?

00:11 Yeah, you just-- you just--

00:12 Seems so bushy.

00:12 --a little more careful on off ramps.

00:13 It also depends on your shock valving and your spring rate.

00:16 So I think-- I think this is a little on the softer side.

00:18 [LAUGHTER]

00:21 Kind of all your creepy laughs.

00:23 All your laughs are--

00:24 Wait, are they?

00:25 --a little disturbing.

00:26 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:29 Get your oil in the back.

00:31 All right, it's day five, and it's our final day of the build.

00:35 The guys back there are just wrapping up

00:36 some of the things on the suspension,

00:38 just making sure everything's tight.

00:39 We're looking really good for the end of the day.

00:41 We've got some seats to install.

00:42 Wheels and tires are going on.

00:44 So yeah, we're looking good.

00:45 What do you guys think?

00:46 Getting there.

00:47 Yeah, so my vote of confidence is right back there.

00:50 Let's get busy.

00:51 Let's get this thing finished so we can take it out

00:53 and do something stupid in it.

00:54 Let's go.

00:55 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:00 So the Kenda Cleaver tires are all mounted up

01:03 on the Method wheels, and we use them to test fit,

01:07 make sure that the orientation of the Rampage tire carrier

01:11 was all accurate.

01:12 Now that we know how a goat should be assembled,

01:15 we're going to run some red Loctite on this

01:17 and gun it down to--

01:19 what did you say this thing is, 1,000 foot-pounds or whatever?

01:22 You get a big old torque wrench.

01:23 [DRILL WHIRRING]

01:28 All right.

01:29 [DRILL WHIRRING]

01:32 1, 2, 3.

01:44 All righty.

01:48 [DRILL WHIRRING]

01:57 That's strong, dude.

01:58 [DRILL WHIRRING]

02:01 That is our front drive shaft, fresh back

02:10 from our drive shaft builder.

02:14 The front one was a little long.

02:15 This one's just a little shorter.

02:17 The front one would have worked, but we

02:19 switched from a low pinion to a high pinion differential,

02:21 so it was about an inch too long.

02:25 That's a good fit.

02:27 I'll be down here looking like I'm amazed.

02:30 And it fits.

02:32 Yay.

02:33 Did we tighten these back here?

02:35 No.

02:35 2 3/4.

02:37 How does a young buck get the clean job,

02:39 and us old folk have to get brake fluid all over us?

02:42 I know you have a bad knee, Jay, so I'm just helping you.

02:45 How?

02:46 How are you helping me?

02:48 Oh, me standing on my legs longer.

02:50 I got you.

02:52 Holding?

02:54 You're good.

02:54 It's cracked open.

02:55 It's just-- don't let up.

02:57 I just let up.

02:58 Well, there went-- OK, well, you got more air in your column

03:00 for now.

03:01 He said he's keeping it open.

03:04 Well, what am I supposed to do?

03:06 Just leave your foot down.

03:08 Hold on then.

03:09 No, don't touch it.

03:11 Wait, where are we doing this?

03:13 I'm not-- OK, I'm holding all the way down.

03:17 All right, he's got air.

03:19 He's coming.

03:20 I usually pump three times and hold.

03:23 OK, go ahead.

03:24 All right, is it closed?

03:25 No.

03:27 I remember putting the bolts on there, but--

03:29 Did you tighten-- OK.

03:30 I'll look.

03:31 I'll get it.

03:31 It's a 13.

03:32 I think Chris finished off tightening it up.

03:33 He did.

03:33 OK.

03:34 As long as someone tightened it, because if a caliper came up

03:36 on us--

03:36 No, no, I remember that.

03:36 That would be bad.

03:37 It was the one with the bolt that

03:38 was acting funny in the bottom.

03:39 Because he just said it was moving a lot

03:41 when you were pumping it.

03:42 We'll just check.

03:44 Whoa, that was about real loose, real loose.

03:48 You're right, you set it on there.

03:52 What?

03:53 I did.

03:54 But you're supposed to tighten it.

03:56 You're fired.

03:56 The [BLEEP] brakes.

03:57 I know.

03:58 What are the most--

03:58 Something else happened.

03:59 What are the two most--

04:00 What are the two most important things that I--

04:02 Brakes and steering.

04:03 The [BLEEP]

04:05 You know what he was thinking?

04:06 I'll just leave these, because I know

04:08 Jason will be driving this, so.

04:10 OK, if he were to say that, I would have went, OK, I get it.

04:15 I'll do all the weak to wheelings, man.

04:17 I'll come in when I want.

04:18 Since day one, I just tell Christian,

04:19 please make sure the steering and brakes work.

04:21 Please wait, because everything else can fail,

04:23 and it'll live.

04:23 We get a breather.

04:28 I'm not even trying to be a [BLEEP]

04:29 but I am being a [BLEEP]

04:30 Oh, we did get a breather.

04:31 I can say I never had a brakes or a steering fail on me.

04:34 You can what?

04:35 I can say that I've never had brakes or steering fail on me.

04:39 Yeah, because you're still alive, no [BLEEP]

04:41 When your brakes fail going down the freeway, and one falls off--

04:44 No, what I'm saying is on somebody's--

04:46 It only takes one time before someone dies.

04:49 One time.

04:49 That is not a very good--

04:51 That is a [BLEEP]

04:52 Horrible comeback.

04:52 You guys saved that for the next build.

04:54 What, that I never had done that?

04:56 What?

04:56 This phone is going off.

04:57 No, it's a horrible comeback for someone

04:58 that you should have said, you know what?

04:59 I [BLEEP]

05:00 up.

05:00 I put a clack caliper on there.

05:01 I did not finish and tighten it up.

05:04 It was pretty tight.

05:06 Christian, tighten it.

05:07 That's what I'm trying to tell you.

05:09 It's not you're going to die loose.

05:11 I'm OK with everything, other than the fact

05:16 that your excuse was, I haven't had one fail yet,

05:20 until one fails.

05:21 You guys need a hug.

05:22 Which will never happen, ever.

05:25 You guys need hugs.

05:26 You are just like my kids.

05:27 Shop hugs.

05:28 This is why I treat you like my kids sometimes.

05:30 All righty.

05:37 We take these doors off?

05:42 Yeah.

05:44 Now it's a jeez.

05:45 Yep.

05:46 Don't need these stupid things.

05:48 Do seats.

05:49 But we got to make seat brackets.

05:51 And then there's another lever down here,

05:53 that pops this thing forward like this.

05:55 OK.

05:55 [DRILL]

05:56 Oh.

05:57 There it is.

05:58 Why would they do one random torx?

05:59 I know.

06:00 And three bolts.

06:01 Heads.

06:02 That's what they had on the shelf when they built it.

06:04 Do you want me to push it?

06:06 That's a good boy.

06:14 Boy, this thing's been monkeyed with.

06:16 Has it?

06:17 We get zip ties in here.

06:20 Non-factory zip ties.

06:22 Just like that.

06:23 And then we'll weld that to that, that to that,

06:25 that to that, that to that.

06:26 [DRILL]

06:28 Ba na na na na na na na.

06:39 Batman.

06:40 Success.

06:40 Yep.

06:48 All right, that'll do it.

06:49 And I can get my hand down there to adjust.

06:52 Oh, yeah.

06:54 Night, night.

06:57 Seatbelt.

06:57 Sir, I stopped you for doing 47 and a 45.

07:02 And your door's a bit flew off.

07:05 See if it runs.

07:08 Oh.

07:08 Oh, we don't know what's going to sound like yet.

07:10 Oh.

07:11 Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

07:14 What the hell's going on?

07:15 [ENGINE REVVING]

07:19 Where are you guys going?

07:22 To your mama's house.

07:23 [LAUGHS]

07:26 What's happening, boss?

07:27 There's no muffler.

07:29 It's Friday.

07:29 That's a wrap.

07:30 We have done the week to wheel in.

07:32 It wasn't too taxing, but it was fun.

07:34 I bonded with a couple of buddies.

07:35 We had a good time.

07:36 I'm going to go home tonight and reflect on that.

07:38 But, Christian, how do you feel?

07:40 Pretty good.

07:41 I mean, for just three guys, we got a lot of work

07:43 accomplished in just a week.

07:45 This thing's solid, ready to go underneath this cover.

07:48 So let's pull it off, show everyone what we built,

07:51 and maybe take it down the road, hit the ramp at the warehouse.

07:54 Absolutely.

07:55 Let's do it.

07:56 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:07 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:10 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:14 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:17 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:21 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:24 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:28 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:32 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:35 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:39 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:42 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:46 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:49 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:51 [ENGINE ROARING]

08:55 [SIGHING]

08:56 It's falling apart.

08:57 [ENGINE ROARING]

09:00 Whoa, that runs pretty good.

09:01 [LAUGHING]

09:03 513s, man.

09:04 [ENGINE ROARING]

09:07 Oh, it's just dumping fuel.

09:09 Huh?

09:10 Dumping fuel.

09:11 Is it?

09:11 You can smell it.

09:13 Now's the time we start wondering,

09:15 did I tighten all those bolts under there?

09:17 [ENGINE ROARING]

09:20 It corners nice and flat, even when sway bar's gone.

09:26 [ENGINE ROARING]

09:30 It rides nice.

09:31 Yeah, it's smooth.

09:32 [ENGINE ROARING]

09:34 Feels nice and stable and predictable.

09:37 We got the lock and load arm all cinched in.

09:39 [ENGINE ROARING]

09:42 Must be a good little commuter.

09:44 Yeah.

09:45 [ENGINE ROARING]

09:48 No rear drive train buzz either.

09:50 We got the pinion angle right.

09:51 That's a bonus.

09:53 We did OK.

09:54 Not too bad.

09:54 [ENGINE ROARING]

09:57 I think we got to teach Christian what level means

10:00 on the steering wheel, though.

10:01 He's just a tad off.

10:03 He's at about 10 o'clock.

10:04 Yeah.

10:05 [ENGINE ROARING]

10:08 Where's Christian at?

10:12 Christian?

10:13 Yeah, where's Christian?

10:14 Oh, man.

10:16 I forgot about him.

10:16 [LAUGHTER]

10:18 No, you'd be way more tired than that.

10:22 What do you mean?

10:23 I'm having a nap.

10:25 Hold on.

10:25 Come on up here.

10:29 All right, let's do this.

10:30 [LAUGHTER]

10:32 I want that tire square in the center of the ramp.

10:35 You look good.

10:35 We good?

10:36 [ENGINE ROARING]

10:40 So which tire--

10:41 You mean that?

10:42 Which tire has-- oh, there it is.

10:44 Here we go.

10:46 Look at that.

10:47 We got directionals.

10:48 We're all legal.

10:48 We got our tires covered.

10:50 Look how close that is.

10:51 [ENGINE ROARING]

10:54 So the stock flares would have been all in that tire.

10:58 OK.

10:59 Good, back and down.

11:00 [ENGINE ROARING]

11:03 [CLANK]

11:04 [ENGINE ROARING]

11:09 I think that should probably do it.

11:11 We're good.

11:12 OK.

11:13 You centered?

11:14 Good.

11:14 [ENGINE ROARING]

11:19 [ENGINE ROARING]

11:22 You went that much more.

11:24 All right.

11:25 So get this, guys.

11:26 So we added about another four inches of articulation.

11:33 Articulation.

11:34 That is the word of the day.

11:39 How close is that?

11:39 That tire's not close to the bottom of the ramp.

11:41 Is it the rear?

11:43 It's this far away.

11:45 If you just went really fast, you'd make it.

11:47 That's not really the goal.

11:48 I know, but it looks cool.

11:49 [ENGINE ROARING]

11:53 Keep going a little.

11:54 You're almost there.

11:55 Oh, that's what happens.

11:58 All right.

11:58 So that's it.

11:59 Where are we at?

12:01 You are that far from the bottom,

12:03 but you're about that far further than we started.

12:06 OK.

12:06 [MUSIC PLAYING]

12:10 [BELL RINGING]

12:13 [BELL RINGING]

12:16 [MUSIC PLAYING]

12:20 I want to try it.

12:23 I want to see what it feels like.

12:25 Go.

12:26 Yeah!

12:26 Do it with the locker off.

12:28 No way.

12:28 I'm going to the top.

12:30 Am I even?

12:31 You're good.

12:32 Straight forward.

12:33 Start turning driver a little as you go up.

12:38 Good.

12:39 Keep it coming.

12:41 Right there.

12:42 Oh.

12:44 Then you put the--

12:45 Go backwards.

12:47 You be careful with that locker on.

12:49 Oh, yeah.

12:51 Oh, [BLEEP] yeah.

12:52 [MUSIC PLAYING]

12:57 OK, let's have Christian do it, but we

12:58 won't give him any training.

12:59 We'll just keep telling him to come up.

13:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

13:03 [BELL RINGING]

13:07 [MUSIC PLAYING]

13:10 [ENGINE ROARING]

13:14 [MUSIC PLAYING]

13:17 [MUSIC PLAYING]

13:21 [BLANK_AUDIO]

Week to Wheelin 1997 Jeep TJ - Day 5

Category

Transcript

Recommended