What did you do to your TJ today?

Popped the top for summer!!!
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chatted with the bestop customer service team to better understand their price difference between the full trektop in twill vs the replace-a-top trektop in twill and scored a nice discount on a full top..

twill trektop incoming.. black denim trektop about to hit the for sale section!
 
Took the boy to get a haircut in the Jeep naked. For the last two weeks I haven’t driven it due to rain chances most days. Then it doesn’t rain, so today I said “up yours weatherman!” Well joke was on me, managed to get under an overhang for the worst of it, but it was a real cold and soggy ride home! 😂😂
 
Took the boy to get a haircut in the Jeep naked. For the last two weeks I haven’t driven it due to rain chances most days. Then it doesn’t rain, so today I said “up yours weatherman!” Well joke was on me, managed to get under an overhang for the worst of it, but it was a real cold and soggy ride home! 😂😂
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These arrived just before it started raining buckets... really need to build a shop. 17.5 acres and my only excuse is building materials cost twice what they did... maybe I'll cut all my trees down to afford it and not have the place burn down in a wildfire.

Also...I thought these Rockhard sliders would add weight...but I suspect they are a tad bit lighter than these tube steps.

And frame butchery from the PO or some hack off-road shop. I see welding and a gusset plate in my future.

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I like those jacks,what size wheels did you go with?
 
My battery issue was the key and tumbler being worn. I could pull my key out with the tumbler in the wrong position. Pull your key out and try turning on your wipers. If they move, put the key back in and rotate it back and forth a little until they stop.

I had a new key made to get sharp edges and bought a replacement tumbler and swapped out the internals to match the original key. Now the key won't pull out unless it's in the off position.
Yeah, I can remove the key in any position; it can easily be taken out while I'm driving down the road. But when I park my Jeep I put it in the off or lock position (Doesn't actually lock the wheel at all), I actually also don't have the key release button in my Jeep either for some reason. What all is needed on a TJ to replace the tumbler and keep the original key? I don't have the title yet, I financed a small amount so I could build some credit, would that interfere with anything?

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Found some half doors locally on car-part.com. I have been watching for a local set in white for a while now. Polishing then up. The muppet that took them off at the salvage yard scraped the hinges up pretty bad. I will need to touch them up.

They aren't perfect but not too bad for under $500 with newer uppers. Working on cleaning up the passenger side for now.
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Yeah, I can remove the key in any position; it can easily be taken out while I'm driving down the road. But when I park my Jeep I put it in the off or lock position (Doesn't actually lock the wheel at all), I actually also don't have the key release button in my Jeep either for some reason. What all is needed on a TJ to replace the tumbler and keep the original key? I don't have the title yet, I financed a small amount so I could build some credit, would that interfere with anything?

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Then that's my guess. Someone broke the steering at some point to steal it. I'd take that all apart and find the correct pieces. There may even be wires messed up around there.

Mine worked fine then wouldn't start. It all depended on the final tumbler position.

Like I said, try running something like the wipers to see if they run while you think it's off.
 
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