Recent content by Brad_Leroy

Know what fixed it? After a body lift my engine was not properly grounded to the frame. A #10 wire from block to frame made everything right!

Winch just arrived with FedEx. Maybe next week, but fixing A/C is top priority for the moment.

You made my day! Been looking for a reasonable winch mount for my 96 - this is it! Winch arrives next week (HF Badlands 12000) with the mounting plate. Can't wait to get after it. Thanks for the great post and great pics!

378k Mine has 378k and just passed smog (California) with flying colors. Don't know if the engine has been rebuilt or what. I bought 2, 1996s - one for the body and engine, one for the frame and running gear (5 sp manual, rear locker) and put them together. The guy I bought the one with the...

Thanks, phattyduck. Last Sunday I described my symptoms to a mechanic friend and before I could get into details he exclaimed: "Ground the frame!" Once I shut up and thought it through, I realized that he must be right - the frame needed grounding to the engine block and body, and was achieving...

Thanks so much for the link to this video! Gotta luv Tim to Tool guy! I'm going to do a flush this weekend. Hoping I find a plugged up screen, leading to an easy fix to my stiff steering problem.

great you tube for cv reboot Just went through a CV reboot using Timmy the Toolman's video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcCT4UgFUTw Can't go wrong. Not too difficult.

Trying to diagnose hand brake electrical problem I'm fininshing up a major project - 2 '96s into one - frame and running gear from 1, body and engine from another. Final problem: when I release the hand brake fully, my gauges go crazy - tac drops to 0, gas gauge shows full, ABS light comes...

finished up cv reboot I've had the front axles out for a week, waiting for parts. They came, finished up the reboot (Thanks to Timmy the Toolman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcCT4UgFUTw ). Everything seems to be fine.