@@ProjectDanH Oh . . Ooops. I thought it was a niner. Now I looked and no hood vents. And I recall you found those wheels. And i mistook the door badges for niner badges. I really must work on my observation skills!
This door sag started with one of my previous XJs. I was putting off the repair, and then got to a point where I needed to sell it. The buyer bought it with the idea that he would need to correct that. Just another part of "jeep my life." Good video!
Dan you're videos have helped me immensely! I've owned a '98 limited that I've slowly added a lot of niner parts to. Thanks for all that you do love your channel!
As always ,awesome vid Dan. Glad to see you DIDN'T get the POS DORMAN hinge pins. They don't last a year. Ask me how I know...hahaha Replaced twice on our 97 but now my 98 will need to get done (first time repair).. As soon as I can pull myself away from our "Project J-bird" (2003 WJ 4.0L/RE42 auto trans and NV242 T-case and axles grafted into a 1985 Pontiac Firebird body)
i just ordered the same door pin kit that you used in this video i had already bought the dorman hinge pins but i just could not bring myself to use them with all the bad reviews some said they lasted 6 months to 2 years, there is a lot of difference between $5 to $60 but why do the job knowing the parts are crap so i went with the parts you are using also, if you do a job do it the best you can, nice video
That's funny I just did that last week to my 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee now I have to do the blender doors OG what fun and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family God bless stay safe
Great job and a good video. I am needing to do this very thing on my 27-year-old ZJ. Happy Thanksgiving. I have already fixed the broken wires in my drivers' door boot. Had to fix them all.
Cool project! I had a ZJ which I had to do just about everything to that driver's door: half the wires on either side of the connector were broken, the speaker was blown, the window switch had cracked solder joints (couldn't open the switch to repair it so had to cut the back off) and door panel was wasted so I had to replace that too. Was quite a Saturday.
FYI. That little hole give you access to a hex nut that adjusts how much you have to press the door handle button before it opens/unlatched. My ZJ got to the point where pushing the button all the way in wouldn’t open the door. A hex + a small screwdriver in there and it was as good as new in less than a min.
You should use fluid film spray. It keeps stuff from rusting out. I sprayed the whole underside of my WJ and under the rockers, drain holes on the hatch and doors. I swear by the stuff it works great! I also spray around the wheel wells. All the salt water from the roads just runs right off it. Happy Thanksgiving!
Hi Dan, while using a grinder, you can always use a smaller die grinder, or a smaller cut off wheel for a less chance of puting a nick in the door flange. Just saying.
Happy Thanksgiving Dan and family! Nice little door video, I learned something with that! Look at your rear bump stops and tell me what you think about replacement installation!? 🍗 🍂 🍁 👋 👍 😎
Good timing Dan! Need to do this for the "newer" door I had to get because someone backed into my drivers CLEAN fender and hair tapped the door. Was going to replace the door anyway as a previous owner used hot snot on the latch bolts instead of a plate. Also if anyone knows of a place to get new/ used clean fenders, I'm all ears!
This is the single best mod imo, for just fixing annoying chits from the factory. Did the plate to both my D&P doors due to previous owner abuse Dan, when you plan on adding the tweeters and new amp to the General?
Great job and entertaining as always ! Must do new hinge pins at my XJ driver door. Better to remove the door as you did, or try to replace the hinge pins with the door installed which can be tricky ? Thanks!
Pot metal ZJ doors 😂 I always hated that my other three doors never had a problem like this . The WJ and WK don't have door problems but hey Jeep my life !!
Nice video.. my 5.9zj has the same issue, broken welds.. hinge pins sagging and the door latch cracked off the door itself. So when i drive and lean on the door when i turn the interior ligjts come on and my VIC beeps telling me door ajar .. and my locks auto lock again hah Thabkfully i can weld ao ill just weld it back on the door. And weld the hinges back on. I bought some HELP section door pings.. didnt know they had ones like yours. So im not sure how well the cheap HELP one will hold. Tbh i almost thought of just going to the junkyard . Finding two good doors.. and cutting the hinges off.. and welding them to my zj.. might be faster to do that. ZJ doors are deff a downgrade from the wagoneers they were ment to replace. Wagoneer doors are thick and heavy as hell and the hinges are way better. Not sure how you mansged to cut the pins out eithout cutting into the door.. mine is cutting into the door it just wont fit right
@@ProjectDanH already cut the door haha.. but i can weld easy so ill weld grind it repaint inside etc. My 4 and 3 inch cutting wheels cant cut the pins without cutting the door.. its impossible. It must be your grinder and its head or locking nut are smaller than mine allowing more room. I cit the pins off in the middle with my dremel after lol took forever but it worked better... Btw did you kit last ? The doorman ones bushings are BRONZE not even brass.. and they fall apart for everyone. So i wanna do it once and done. Almost debating on trying to find hinges in the junkyard and cutting it entirely off and welding it on my door seeing how these crappy kits kits have bronze soft metal bushings
Far out Dan . form a bloke with 9 fingers can you please put the guard on the Grinder I can tell you it bloody hurts when a finger drops on the floor ,,, Hope your well buddy Rob NSW Australia
Hey Love all the jeep help especially on the ZJ, the door hinge pins the link you put on amazon look different then the ones you installed, those have a lock nut amazon does not. any help would be great.`
Your Absolutely right, here is the eBay link to the pin set I used www.ebay.com/itm/371707978237?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=371707978237&targetid=1263433204694&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=9004597&poi=&campaignid=14859008593&mkgroupid=130497710760&rlsatarget=pla-1263433204694&abcId=9300678&merchantid=6305544&gclid=CjwKCAiAqIKNBhAIEiwAu_ZLDo5a2hu0lz7wFgRMbXSSDiMjQ-5_60HML1OtnsbN2BezoQuwD39MwBoCnZsQAvD_BwE
Dan, you’ve got a ton of experience with both platforms, so I wanted to ask you-if you had to choose just one to keep, and the other to never own again, would you choose the XJ or ZJ? I’ve only had Cherokee’s, and I feel like the creature comforts of the Grand Cherokee are calling my name. Four coils, V8, rear disc breaks, comfier seats, sunroof, nicer interior… but the transmissions make me nervous. What do you think? Is the grass greener?
And regarding the ZJ’s, what are your thoughts on the 93-95’s vs the 96-98’s? I like the exterior design of the earlier models better, but the redesigned years seem to have more up to date technology and from what I hear, are a bit more reliable? Would love to know your thoughts!
Wow Brother, LOADED question!!! I absolutely love my 98 ZJ 4.0 reliable, drives great, smoooooth compared to an XJ... however Id choose the XJ over the ZJ any day. The best part about these old jeeps is that you can basically take an XJ and turn it into ZJ inside. grab youself some power ZJ heated seats and your good to go!
@@ProjectDanH So no gas on the welder? The whole idea of a big gas tank is kind of scary but I could go for that $99 welder you mentioned... my door is coming apart like that too at the weld. Thanks for the DIY videos.
Hi Dan. Why do you show this "Daniel 2.20 Blessed be the name of God forever and ever for All wisdom and power are His?" There are none of the thousands of gods that people believe in that have been proven existing. Witch god do you refer to?
@@Ulford Basic laws of scince. 1. The law of conservation of mass - The principle of mass conservation states that for any system closed to all transfers of matter and energy, the mass of the system must remain constant over time, as the system's mass cannot change, so quantity can neither be added nor be removed. Therefore, the quantity of mass is conserved over time. The law implies that mass can neither be created nor destroyed. This means that everything in this universe was created all at once at the same time. 2. 2nd law of thermodynamics - Entropy increases over time. A thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system.
Therefore, If no more matter and energy can be created, and if the second law of thermodynamics says that entropy always increases with time, That means that SOMETHING created the universe in all complexity at one piont in time and it did not evolve from a less complex system. Simple science. So ask yourself, would you create something extremely detailed and complex out of hate? the anwer is no. Things are created out of love. Therefore the entity from which all things were created loves his creation.... including you! God bless 💪
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I just did this a few weeks ago to my ZJ. It's such a great feeling having the door be able to close again with 1 finger. 🙌🤘👍🔥
Amen to that brother! How sweet it is 👍
the door striker saver is great i just did mine
yes buddy! that's fantastic. 💪
This video didn't account for 26 years of Canadian winter.
Getting the bolts out was "fun"
Great video and very informative. Appreciate.
oh man!!! I hate Rust
Happy Thanksgiving to the Dan H family!
Thanks Brad!!! Same to you
"Library of doors"
Everyone needs one of those
Hahaha
Luuvin that 5.9 . . Gorgeous. Glad you recognize what it is! It breaks my heart when I see one all beat up, and the owner doesn't know or care.
Sad that people scrap em.. I wish i had a niner too!
@@ProjectDanH Oh . . Ooops. I thought it was a niner. Now I looked and no hood vents. And I recall you found those wheels. And i mistook the door badges for niner badges. I really must work on my observation skills!
@@99jeepxjguy97 LOL, not all your fault, i try to make it look like a niner!!!
This door sag started with one of my previous XJs. I was putting off the repair, and then got to a point where I needed to sell it. The buyer bought it with the idea that he would need to correct that. Just another part of "jeep my life." Good video!
thank you! I have an XJ door fix vid coming soon, maybe you can forward it to him, lol
Great job ,xj zj fan ,that hole is for door handle press button adjuster
Thanks!! I never knew that!
hey just wanna say thanks for doing this its a nice help for me fixing up my own zj
My pleasure bud, Hope it helps!
Excellent video!!! Thanks for sharing your projects!!!
As the old timers say, "a grinder and paint, makes me the welder i ain't"
Amen!
Thanks for the great video my dude.
Thanks Cody!
Dan you're videos have helped me immensely! I've owned a '98 limited that I've slowly added a lot of niner parts to. Thanks for all that you do love your channel!
Right on! thanks for watching brother!
Nice job Brother..Happy Thanksgiving..👍👍👊
Thanks Danno, Happy Thanksgiving!!!
As always ,awesome vid Dan. Glad to see you DIDN'T get the POS DORMAN hinge pins. They don't last a year. Ask me how I know...hahaha
Replaced twice on our 97 but now my 98 will need to get done (first time repair)..
As soon as I can pull myself away from our "Project J-bird" (2003 WJ 4.0L/RE42 auto trans and NV242 T-case and axles grafted into a 1985 Pontiac Firebird body)
Wow, Awesome build!!! I got doorman water inlet tube for my XJ water pump and it frikin leaked out of it's weld.. so frustrating!
Happy Thanksgiving! Since it's a holiday I won't scold you for using a claw hammer to work on your Jeep.
lmao!! Hammers are hammers!
@@ProjectDanH, okay, let's see you pull a nail with a ball peen hammer.
i just ordered the same door pin kit that you used in this video i had already bought the dorman hinge pins but i just could not bring myself to use them with all the bad reviews some said they lasted 6 months to 2 years, there is a lot of difference between $5 to $60 but why do the job knowing the parts are crap so i went with the parts you are using also, if you do a job do it the best you can, nice video
Amen! if I'm gonna do a Job I'm gonna try to do it right!
That's funny I just did that last week to my 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee now I have to do the blender doors OG what fun and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family God bless stay safe
The blend doors suck! I did the heck method on my WJ. Good luck to you and God bless 💪🦃🙏
Great job and a good video. I am needing to do this very thing on my 27-year-old ZJ. Happy Thanksgiving. I have already fixed the broken wires in my drivers' door boot. Had to fix them all.
Overall this was a pretty easy fix! Fixing the wires was probably more challenging
Cool project! I had a ZJ which I had to do just about everything to that driver's door: half the wires on either side of the connector were broken, the speaker was blown, the window switch had cracked solder joints (couldn't open the switch to repair it so had to cut the back off) and door panel was wasted so I had to replace that too. Was quite a Saturday.
A great jeep video on Turkey day! Happy Thanksgiving Sir! Hope you’re having a great family day!
Thank you brother You too!
Great video, way better than the other video I saw for the hinge replacement.
Great to hear! Thank you!
FYI. That little hole give you access to a hex nut that adjusts how much you have to press the door handle button before it opens/unlatched.
My ZJ got to the point where pushing the button all the way in wouldn’t open the door. A hex + a small screwdriver in there and it was as good as new in less than a min.
WOW, I never knew that!!
What's the saying, grinder makes me the welder I ain't?
Happy Thanksgiving Dan, to you and yours.
LOL 💯%
Great to see u back with a vid, greetz from Hamburg, Germany
Thank you Patrick!
Hey Dan excellent job keep it and let’s get the rest of our Jeeps rolling along too…
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🦃🦃
Amen! Happy Thanksgiving
You should use fluid film spray. It keeps stuff from rusting out. I sprayed the whole underside of my WJ and under the rockers, drain holes on the hatch and doors. I swear by the stuff it works great! I also spray around the wheel wells. All the salt water from the roads just runs right off it. Happy Thanksgiving!
Yes fluid film was amazing! I need to get a couple crates of it 😃
Hi Dan, while using a grinder, you can always use a smaller die grinder, or a smaller cut off wheel for a less chance of puting a nick in the door flange. Just saying.
sure ya could buddy!
Hey a grinder and paint make it what it aint
Haha. You know it!
Happy Thanksgiving Dan and family! Nice little door video, I learned something with that! Look at your rear bump stops and tell me what you think about replacement installation!?
🍗 🍂 🍁 👋 👍 😎
Oh that's a great idea.. I haven't even looked at my bump stops 🤣
Good timing Dan! Need to do this for the "newer" door I had to get because someone backed into my drivers CLEAN fender and hair tapped the door. Was going to replace the door anyway as a previous owner used hot snot on the latch bolts instead of a plate.
Also if anyone knows of a place to get new/ used clean fenders, I'm all ears!
Sorry to hear that bud! I'll let u know if I find anything.
Great video, Dan!
Thanks Brandon!
Dan I just realized what your wife is gonna get you for Christmas (spoiler alert)ANTI SEIZE. Great job,Happy Thanksgiving
Bingo!!!
Got some of that work coming up. 🤔 good Video ✅
Thanks Paul!!
You have become my favorite Jeep Man!🤠
Good job, as long as it works it doesn’t have to be pretty! Happy Thanksgiving Bro, Colossians 3:15.
haha! absolutely, AMEN!
This is the single best mod imo, for just fixing annoying chits from the factory. Did the plate to both my D&P doors due to previous owner abuse
Dan, when you plan on adding the tweeters and new amp to the General?
I have a lot of extra sound equipment, just need to find some extra time
Great job and entertaining as always ! Must do new hinge pins at my XJ driver door. Better to remove the door as you did, or try to replace the hinge pins with the door installed which can be tricky ? Thanks!
Funny you mentioned the XJ hinges.. I have a video on the way!
@@ProjectDanH great - looking forward to it !
I did this exact repair on my XJ a couple of years ago
But my striker was not as bad. That was terrible.
@@abstract1dea lol! Terrible!!
Pot metal ZJ doors 😂 I always hated that my other three doors never had a problem like this . The WJ and WK don't have door problems but hey Jeep my life !!
Lol.. WJs and KJs started a serious hinge revolution
Happy holidays you're the man for this one!!
Thank you!! Same to you!
Good job!!! Love ZJs😎👌
Thank you!
Thanks, bro. My door isn't as bad as yours but it's still not closing properly.
NP, Glad to help!
Nice video.. my 5.9zj has the same issue, broken welds.. hinge pins sagging and the door latch cracked off the door itself. So when i drive and lean on the door when i turn the interior ligjts come on and my VIC beeps telling me door ajar .. and my locks auto lock again hah
Thabkfully i can weld ao ill just weld it back on the door. And weld the hinges back on.
I bought some HELP section door pings.. didnt know they had ones like yours. So im not sure how well the cheap HELP one will hold.
Tbh i almost thought of just going to the junkyard . Finding two good doors.. and cutting the hinges off.. and welding them to my zj.. might be faster to do that.
ZJ doors are deff a downgrade from the wagoneers they were ment to replace. Wagoneer doors are thick and heavy as hell and the hinges are way better.
Not sure how you mansged to cut the pins out eithout cutting into the door.. mine is cutting into the door it just wont fit right
Gotta take your time.. Don't Cut your Door! Get the Good quality pins, its worth it!
@@ProjectDanH already cut the door haha.. but i can weld easy so ill weld grind it repaint inside etc.
My 4 and 3 inch cutting wheels cant cut the pins without cutting the door.. its impossible. It must be your grinder and its head or locking nut are smaller than mine allowing more room.
I cit the pins off in the middle with my dremel after lol took forever but it worked better...
Btw did you kit last ? The doorman ones bushings are BRONZE not even brass.. and they fall apart for everyone. So i wanna do it once and done.
Almost debating on trying to find hinges in the junkyard and cutting it entirely off and welding it on my door seeing how these crappy kits kits have bronze soft metal bushings
Far out Dan . form a bloke with 9 fingers can you please put the guard on the Grinder I can tell you it bloody hurts when a finger drops on the floor ,,,
Hope your well buddy
Rob
NSW
Australia
Ouch! Thanks for the "tip" Rob.
Happy thanksgiving
Same to you! Hope you had a great day 🦃💪
A#1 Dan Thanks!
Hey Love all the jeep help especially on the ZJ, the door hinge pins the link you put on amazon look different then the ones you installed, those have a lock nut amazon does not. any help would be great.`
Your Absolutely right, here is the eBay link to the pin set I used
www.ebay.com/itm/371707978237?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=371707978237&targetid=1263433204694&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=9004597&poi=&campaignid=14859008593&mkgroupid=130497710760&rlsatarget=pla-1263433204694&abcId=9300678&merchantid=6305544&gclid=CjwKCAiAqIKNBhAIEiwAu_ZLDo5a2hu0lz7wFgRMbXSSDiMjQ-5_60HML1OtnsbN2BezoQuwD39MwBoCnZsQAvD_BwE
Dan, you’ve got a ton of experience with both platforms, so I wanted to ask you-if you had to choose just one to keep, and the other to never own again, would you choose the XJ or ZJ?
I’ve only had Cherokee’s, and I feel like the creature comforts of the Grand Cherokee are calling my name. Four coils, V8, rear disc breaks, comfier seats, sunroof, nicer interior… but the transmissions make me nervous. What do you think? Is the grass greener?
And regarding the ZJ’s, what are your thoughts on the 93-95’s vs the 96-98’s? I like the exterior design of the earlier models better, but the redesigned years seem to have more up to date technology and from what I hear, are a bit more reliable? Would love to know your thoughts!
Wow Brother, LOADED question!!! I absolutely love my 98 ZJ 4.0 reliable, drives great, smoooooth compared to an XJ... however Id choose the XJ over the ZJ any day. The best part about these old jeeps is that you can basically take an XJ and turn it into ZJ inside. grab youself some power ZJ heated seats and your good to go!
Hey have extra door panels for 1998 zj gray and thanks for your videos
no problem!
Have you ever repaired any broken wires in the door harness?
Yep! Got a vid on that soon
I live in Pequa. Are you local?
So Dan, off topic, where do you get frame plugs for the zj, the ones in the wheel wells? The big oval ones?
You cab probably find something on amazon
Yeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeah 😎👊🙏
👍
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 the paint job looks like a diareah color 🤣😂🤣😂 sorry dan i just had to say it 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
LMAO! U crack me up
@@ProjectDanH 🤣😂
Enjoy the NY accent... what kind of welder?
LOL I dont have an accent im aware of 😂😂😂 Harborfreight fluxcore 125
@@ProjectDanH You've got an accent like I'd imagine someone in NY in Babe Ruth's era... it's cool. Of course, I'm in Los Angeles.
@@ProjectDanH So no gas on the welder? The whole idea of a big gas tank is kind of scary but I could go for that $99 welder you mentioned... my door is coming apart like that too at the weld. Thanks for the DIY videos.
@@ProjectDanH Maybe make an amazon link so you can make some $$ if I buy it...
@@VenturaIT that's awesome. Greetings from the east coast! 🤝
Hi Dan. Why do you show this "Daniel 2.20 Blessed be the name of God forever and ever for All wisdom and power are His?" There are none of the thousands of gods that people believe in that have been proven existing. Witch god do you refer to?
Hi Brother, I am referring to YHWH, the King of kings, Lord of lords, the Great I AM
@@ProjectDanH Can you prove that he exists?
@@Ulford Something cannot come from nothing. The fact that there is creation is proof of a creator. Easy stuff bud.
@@ProjectDanH No, thats not a proof nor is it a fact. How do you know that something cant come from nothing?
@@Ulford Basic laws of scince.
1. The law of conservation of mass - The principle of mass conservation states that for any system closed to all transfers of matter and energy, the mass of the system must remain constant over time, as the system's mass cannot change, so quantity can neither be added nor be removed. Therefore, the quantity of mass is conserved over time. The law implies that mass can neither be created nor destroyed. This means that everything in this universe was created all at once at the same time.
2. 2nd law of thermodynamics - Entropy increases over time. A thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system.
Therefore, If no more matter and energy can be created, and if the second law of thermodynamics says that entropy always increases with time, That means that SOMETHING created the universe in all complexity at one piont in time and it did not evolve from a less complex system.
Simple science. So ask yourself, would you create something extremely detailed and complex out of hate? the anwer is no. Things are created out of love. Therefore the entity from which all things were created loves his creation.... including you! God bless 💪
zj are so good you dont got work on them
What? Lol, thats crazy talk!