looking good 
looks awsome. have you gotten rid of the old one?
Still cannibalizing it. Could be awhile since I still need to pull the transmission.
I thought you considered brakes optional 
Lookin good eric
More progress. Brake system is now closed. I will start a gravity bleed tomorrow. Front shocks, sway bar links, steering stabilizer, and rear driveshaft are in.
No word yet from my steel guy about the plate for my belly skid. Starting to get nervous about that.
i can swing by tomorrow after work and help bleed the brakes
if you need any help shoot me a text
I tried starting it late yesterday and got nothing but the click-click-click. All the lights were dim and it would not jump start so I was thinking either the battery was dead or bad ground. I charged the battery last night and tried again today. Still nothing. Hooked the winch directly to the battery. Nothing. Threw one of my boat batteries in there. Fired right up!!!
A minute later I hear this grinding noise and smoke started pouring from the engine. Turns out I forgot to fill the power steering. Oops. Hope its ok.
So it seems that my battery is bad. Its a one year old Diehard Gold. I’m going to see if they come clean on the warranty.
no check list 
Drum roll please . . . .
Back in the saddle!!! Toe is way off so in about 10 miles I peeled a bunch of rubber off the front tires. Otherwise, so far so good. No leaks from the brakes, diffs, or t-case.
There is a rather annoying rattle coming from the front. Sounds like the fan shroud or something in the grille or header panel. Might be somehow related to the poly motor mounts. Speaking of which, they do not transfer nearlly as much vibration as I expected.
Sears tested the battery and came clean with a replacement.
Still some details left to work out before this weekend. Adjust the toe, rehab then bolt in the front driveshaft, replace liftgate supports, add one more hanger to the exhaust, install new head unit and cb, make the belly skid (if the steel ever shows up), wash, wax, and Armor All.
AWESOME ERIC!
rig looks great!
right on buddy, looks good
Tunes!!!
Whenever I do a radio, which is about once every ten years, I’m reminded how much I don’t like wiring. Figuring out how to make this thing work with the factory Infinity amp was a nightmare. I had the “plug-n-play” harness kit with instructions specific to 96-98 Grand Cherokees. Unfortunately, the instructions say connect the blue wire to the blue wire to power up the amp when in reality you need to connect the blue wire with the white stripe to the blue wire. In any event, its done now.
Looks awesome man.
He’s alive. We going to see you this weekend?
I’ll respond for him. NOPE!
Yea, nope, that about Sums it up… 
Just run what ya got. Its all good.
Why ya gotta wheel? Just come and hang out! It’s gonna be a fun weekend either way…