The first milestone with the Jeep project was to have it pass a vehicle safety inspection, so that we can transfer the ownership as a fit vehicle. After changing the sway bar end links and fixing the blower motor, as Jason described, we also fixed a couple of lights (bulbs, lenses, wiring). We did not actually go through the entire safety checklist on the Jeep, since we thought the mechanic could do this. Then on May 13 we took the Jeep to Canadian Tire for the safety check. Well after ~1hr of inspection the results were in: the Jeep needed both u-joints in the front axle changed, all of the brake lines replaced, and there was an exhaust leak to be fixed. CT quoted 5hrs labor to change the u-joints, and 6hrs to replace the brake lines. So the lesson plan for the boys just skipped to front axle disassembly, and brake line overhaul.
The challange here was that CT provided a 10 day window for free re-inspection, and within the next 10days I was taking one day for an Enduro and we would be going to the cottage for the long weekend. Thus we really had 5 evenings and 1 Sat for all the work. :-0
Perhaps one of the boys will describe that fun.
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