New guy in Michigan

TJ Don

TJ Don

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Greetings and salutations,

I very recently acquired a 2006 Wrangler, it's my first Jeep but I've been a Jeep guy in waiting for years.

Maybe I'll run into one of you guys at the Jeep Blessing in Mesick.

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It's a low-mileage Jeep out of California that's on its way here now via transport. I can take some better pictures when it gets here.
 
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welcome to the forum 🍻
you have excellent taste in Jeeps
 
I appreciate the warm welcome. The Jeep rolled off the transport on dry pavement; 8 hours later we had 10-12 inches of heavy snow on the ground. Loaded the kids up and we went on a suburban snow-wheeling adventure. Couple days later, now the reality of an extensive list of maintenance is coming into focus.

- Interior in dire need of detailing
- All the fluids and corresponding filters
- Replace various suspension bushings
- Coolant hoses & serpentine belt
- Valve cover and/or RMS replacement
- Rear driveshaft alignment tinkering
- Driver's side Power Step isn't working
- Tilt steering lever is floppy
- Other stuff I'm certain to find while I'm crawling in and under this thing.

...so, I'll be busy this Spring. :)
 
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TJ Don said:
I appreciate the warm welcome. The Jeep rolled off the transport on dry pavement; 8 hours later we had 10-12 inches of heavy snow on the ground. Loaded the kids up and we went on a suburban snow-wheeling adventure. Couple days later, now the reality of an extensive list of maintenance is coming into focus.

- Interior in dire need of detailing
- All the fluids and corresponding filters
- Replace various suspension bushings
- Coolant hoses & serpentine belt
- Valve cover and/or RMS replacement
- Rear driveshaft alignment tinkering
- Driver's side Power Step isn't working
- Tilt steering lever is floppy
- Other stuff I'm certain to find while I'm crawling in and under this thing.

...so, I'll be busy this Spring. :)
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So, you must be in the Lansing area? I'm just North of Grand Rapids, and this storm that they had everyone hyped up for totally missed us. Got maybe a half inch of wet stuff.
 
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Mike_H said:
So, you must be in the Lansing area? I'm just North of Grand Rapids, and this storm that they had everyone hyped up for totally missed us. Got maybe a half inch of wet stuff.
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I'm in Lake Orion at the Northern edge of the Detroit Metro sprawl. We had heavy wet snow for about 10 hours.
 
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TJ Don said:
Greetings and salutations,

I very recently acquired a 2006 Wrangler, it's my first Jeep but I've been a Jeep guy in waiting for years.

Maybe I'll run into one of you guys at the Jeep Blessing in Mesick.

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Congrats on the "new" LJ! You mentioned Mesick, do you spend a lot of time up north?
 
SvtLdr said:
Congrats on the "new" LJ! You mentioned Mesick, do you spend a lot of time up north?
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I don't but my parents live just outside of Lake City so I make the trek up there a couple times a year.

MeanGreen86 said:
Very nice LJ but I'm partial to yellow. Looking forward to a build thread.
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Presently, I'm not looking to change too much on the Jeep. It's already got a professionally installed 4.5" lift, 33" tires, after-market bumpers, and a decent winch. It's already more extreme than my wheelin' experience warrants. :)
 
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TJ Don said:
Greetings and salutations,

I very recently acquired a 2006 Wrangler, it's my first Jeep but I've been a Jeep guy in waiting for years.

Maybe I'll run into one of you guys at the Jeep Blessing in Mesick.

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Now that, that is one good looking jeep.

🙂

(Note: Comment from NashvilleTJ concerning yellow LJ’s may in fact be biased)

Welcome to the forum!

Jeff
 
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