Patience is a virtue

[smogdredd]

How many of You have the patience to do one mod at atime to see what works?

[Hill Billy Deluxe]

Well, I do one at a time.

But most of my Mod's are a fix for something....So there is not a lot of time between them....:D

[lost1]

I'm a one-at-a-time guy... for now that's all I can afford.

Someday I hope to change that, and make it more of a flowing process rather than step by baby step kinda stuff. But its all going according to plan so far!

[pineymike]

I can't touch any of my jeeps without a small mod becoming a major project;swaping the rear becomes,both axles with rear disc brake conversion,gear ratio change&total suspenision rework{black cherokee last year}.Swaping transmission becomes,adding swinging peadles,changing out rear&reworking rear suspension&swaping out front axle{'55 willys cj5 started 5yrs ago}.So now my kids have banned me from any work other than maint.on the black cherk for atleast a year so I can enjoy using it instead of workin' on it! Realy I do like whellin' my jeeps over workin'/buildin' them!:drivin:

[vintagetrks]

I can only afford one mod at a time on my jeep. So I go in baby steps. Besides I hate to have her down for too long because I go nuts if I can't drive my jeep. The next mod will be a Hells Creek 3in all leaf lift. Then no mods for a while. Just wheeling.:thumbsup:

[El_Diablo]

it really depends on what im doing, with some stuff i'll cascade it into a massive project, with others its one and done

[Austin 4x4]

i got lots of stuff going on at once. also i have 3 projects going on at once!

[whowey]

I own four Jeeps.. it has to be one at a time.. too much money flowing out.

[krek]

HAHAHAHA... I attempt everything and finish nothing!

[GI-John]

HAHAHAHA... I attempt everything and finish nothing!
x2!

[shimniok]

I have no more patience than I have time or money. :D I mostly do upgrades as I have time and money. Which isn't often so it ends up being one at a time whether I like it or not. Lift, tires, engine, trans, tcase, axles/lockers, roof rack, oba, ... next up is fuel injection and hydroboost. I have everything but the time right now.

[Heavy_Metal_Thunder_81]

HAHAHAHA... I attempt everything and finish nothing!
X3!!!

[will e]

Patience... If I can't afford to pay cash for the mod, it doesn't happen until I can.

Normally it is one mod at a time. Some can be 'big' and require lots of parts. Like SOA/SF was an all at the same time deal. It required a lot of parts and some fab work. 'While I was at it' I replaced wheel bearings and gaskets and that kind of stuff. I would have avoided, say, doing a rear brake conversion at the same time or going with hydro boost.

In the engine dept it can be a little tricky. If I am messing with the fuel system I do not even think of touching the ignition system and if I am messing with the ignition I do not touch the fuel system.

If I swap internals, like the cam, I don't touch either. I may get it running and THEN swap something else out but I try to avoid giving myself too may possible failure modes.

But of course, if I am swapping a water pump I might swap out the timing gears/chain while I am 'in there'.

Of course, I drive mine daily so that also limits how much I can have going on at once. I did a big push a little over a year ago when I first picked up the truck. That was a combo of SF/SOA, swap engine, swap tranny, swap TC, steering box, shaft, and I can't even remember what else.

Oh, another example, if you have read this far. I alway had belt problems with my other truck with a CS144 and the AC on. So I have kept the CS144 in a box waiting for when I have the AC working. Turns out with the AC now working I still get squealing from the belts with the stock alternator, so I am going to get that figured out before I swap in the CS144....

[gsmikie]

i buy the rig jack it up and start at the front bumper and rebuild everything till i get to the rear bumper then i shut the hood and drive it trouble free for the next 4 years then i sell it and buy something else band-aid auto repair sucks especially when you live/spend all your time in the middle of nowhere

[fireman91186]

I do one at a time. But that usually means one thing at a time on all of my projects. But now it is more maintenance then it is mods. Well right now it is it sitting in the driveway waiting till my knee gets better to even drive it.

But there has been plenty of day dreaming about what I want to do though.

[highspdlife0224]

Definitely one at a time. Just gets too hectic otherwise. But I do have a tendency to start another if I hit an issue with the first and have to wait on parts...

[AKJ20]

I voted for, I order from a catalog and hope for the best.

I ordered close to 10 grand worth of parts for the Jeep . I order all the parts online from Iraq and the parts were waiting for me when i got home.

:dancingbanana:

[Warmachine]

Same as others.....depends on the $ and time required.

If more than one thing breaks at a time, I have to evaluate the severity of individual problems using the "Financial Triage" method. :o

[dlowrance]

i and drive it trouble free for the next 4 years

Did I miss something? We're talking about FSJ's right? Or are you a 200 mile a year guy? I'd take trouble free for 4 weeks....:thumbsup:

[shimniok]

... I try to avoid giving myself too many possible failure modes
On that note I should mention... I've been in a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mode for the last 3+ years. Way too many years before that fraught with endless troubleshooting. I'm sure I'll screw everything up soon.

Michael

[Jeepstress]

Did I miss something? We're talking about FSJ's right? Or are you a 200 mile a year guy? I'd take trouble free for 4 weeks....:thumbsup:

Please don't feed the trolls. :rolleyes:

[smogdredd]

Thanks for all the responses, it appears that FSJ people are smarter than the average backyard tinkerer. As a 30 year mechanic I've had to sort out a lot of messes created by well intetioned wanna be hot rodders.
As fo My own input, I try to do one at a time but often one mod leads to another quite often with suprising results. Like many of Us I have either time or money but rarely both. This may have saved Me from a few componded problems.

[Goofy]

i can do only one thing at a time due to money and i have a mustang i started restoring awhile back and still haven't finished it or some what started i think all i have done is the old radiator is out and thats about as far as i got with it :banghead:

[Metal Twister]

That is what I do for a living, I build hot rods and custom parts for guys. At any given time I have 4 or 5 cars at all different stages of the build. So on my stuff I start things to encourage myself to finish. I kind of shame myself into finishing. I know its weird.

For example I wanted the exhaust to come out through the body so I cut a hole in the body now I have to finish it. Cant drive around with a hole in the side of the ride. So the answer for me is many, many mods at one time.:thumbsup:

[Tigger4X]

When it comes to a mod I tend to do plenty of research looking at the domino affect which hopefully has kept me from spending money on stuff that would break cuz it was a weak link or from having to sell what I bought cuz I figured out what I got wouldnt work with what I know works now. It took me some time on my first go around but it worked out pretty good. My second build would have been darn good if I hadnt had to seel it off cuz I moved back home to CA. My up and coming creation started with research and a lot of brainstorming build sheets. Hopefully real real soon the parts will start piling up and then the drawbridge goes up and Doctor Frankenstein will begin the transformation. :bluelaugh:

[lost1]

x2 Tigger... I might spend years collecting research and money, all the while just maintaining the unsuspecting project vehicle. But when I -do- start making upgrades, it all follows in a reasonable order. Ya don't drop in the smeksi engine until you know everything else can handle it, and you don't start adding snazzy high-tech electrical stuff until you feel comfortable with the wiring.

Which basically means I am stuck in purgatory. :D

[Tigger4X]

I hear ya there. Having limited funds I cant justify grabbing at stuff that might not work together or be the link that kills others and end up flushing good money after bad. :rolleyes: If I break something cuz I was hammering the skinny pedal or getting goofy then I get what I deserve.

[Mars]

I have a few hundred bucks in parts ready to go on as I work through the project. There's nothing I hate more than having to stop to wait on parts.. they should be waiting on me. :thumbsup: