That beats my longest. I did 600 miles, 11 hours for my half doors
What did you do to your TJ today?
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That beats my longest. I did 600 miles, 11 hours for my half doors
i have 4.0, 42rle. Previously had 3.73 gears, which combined with 32 inch tires made the 4th gear useless in pretty much any scenario.
Acceleration sucked, not fun to drive.
With 4.56 gears, it is actually OK. It is much easier to accelerate, in general it stopped feeling like a dog.
I am getting now 2410RPM at 70MPH in overdrive. It is acceptable, but not ideal for 32s by far.
I am going to switch to 31x10.5R15 BF KO2s, and this will pull my RPMs to around 2520, which is better.
Finally installed my Mopar oil pressure sensor, then the Jeep wouldn't start. The wire that broke off the starter and I fixed, didn't hold up. The connector I bought wasn't tight enough. Time to look for a new one somewhere. I clamped it down with pliers and still no start. Now I noticed the battery is dead. Screw that Murphy and his Law.
I had a USB "Micro" pigtail in the glove box to charge my phone. My new Sonim uses "USB C", so I needed to change the pigtail. I also recently purchased a new video camera, which still uses "Micro" for whatever inexplicable reason. Although I have USB charge ports in the dash, I'd prefer to charge the video cam out of sight along with the phone, so I bought an octopus charge cable with both "C" as well as "Micro". Would have been nice if it had had "Mini" as well, but you can't have everything!
USB "C" is what USB should have used for connectors 20 years ago!
USB "C" is what USB should have used for connectors 20 years ago!
That's a communications standard - no charging capability! 232 has its place as it can go farther than USB can (unaided), but RS-422 or even current loop can go miles! USB is the best thing to happen to computers since hard disk drives!Zorb - I thought for sure you phone would have been RS-232…
Speaking of RS-232, I just - as in 2 days ago - removed from service a UPS that had RS-232 comms on it. Not because of the 232 (which I wasn't using), but because it wasn't happy running on our generator, the centuries newer APC I replaced it with works fine on generator power, and has a USB port so the computer will know its status and can shut down if needed.
Anybody need a perfectly good 550VA UPS?
Some better pictures of my Levi interior . Now I have to take the door panels off and dye them Denim and Sand Dollar.
Also started some work on paint correction , just a few places to fix.
Also started some work on paint correction , just a few places to fix.
Man I had a CJ5 Levi's and believe it or not, I had a Levi's 304 v8 Gremlin. We pulled the 304 and dropped in a 401 out of an AMX
talk about a fast little car....
Man I had a CJ5 Levi's and believe it or not, I had a Levi's 304 v8 Gremlin. We pulled the 304 and dropped in a 401 out of an AMX
I love the CJ5 Levi jeep but having the look in a TJ is the bomb ! I guess I should put in a V8 with side pipes but NO! I do have plans for a change of the power plant but I am going with turbo diesel , 30MPG and all. I think that will better suit me and to me make the jeep perfect !
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I have a pair of those on my Amazon wish list .... do they shake much on the open road ?
Washed Sport this afternoon!!!!! Also put the Trektop safari top on, probably put the windows in Tuesday after work!!!!
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Must be something in the air I washed my TJ yesterday too… some Meguiars car cleaning products were on special and decided to give them ago. Then went for a walk along the beach.
Also pulled the stuff off the garage walls etc... we have to move house in 6 weeks. (landlord has sold the house) So the new carpet and sound deadening will have to wait till the new place as Im spending my weekends either looking at new homes or working .
Also pulled the stuff off the garage walls etc... we have to move house in 6 weeks.
(landlord has sold the house) So the new carpet and sound deadening will have to wait till the new place as Im spending my weekends either looking at new homes or working .
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Washing must be a theme. Washed my jeep top and bottom today, also washed the pickup, the subaru, the kubota, both ATVs, the lawn mowers (rider and push) even washed the pressure washer.
Must be something in the air I washed my TJ yesterday too… some Meguiars car cleaning products were on special and decided to give them ago. Then went for a walk along the beach.
Also pulled the stuff off the garage walls etc... we have to move house in 6 weeks.
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love the hula girl. I had one in my first jeep, a YJ, when I was 16. Good memories
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Kiwi TJ
I don't suffer from insanity I enjoy every minute
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Thanks, She's been sitting there keeping me company for 10 years now.......Longest relationship I've even had
Finished up giving an old Warn a new lease on life.
