What did you do to your TJ today?
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Took the ole girls top off. Trektop goes on tomorrow. Hopefully the rain holds off 
Yesterday I hand-sanded (2000, 2500) and used a DA polisher (3000 and cutting compound) on the half doors I've been working on. I was able to remove a good bit of the orange peel.
Could they be better? Maybe, but I didn't want to keep polishing with seemingly decreasing results.
Today I started reassembly. I used M6 rivnuts for the footman loops, reconnected the interior and exterior handles, and got the pull loops into the door cards. I'm waiting until I get a cart built before I finish their assembly.
Could they be better? Maybe, but I didn't want to keep polishing with seemingly decreasing results.
Today I started reassembly. I used M6 rivnuts for the footman loops, reconnected the interior and exterior handles, and got the pull loops into the door cards. I'm waiting until I get a cart built before I finish their assembly.
Finally got some uninterrupted garage time.
Swapped the super 35 in, new T-case with SYE, cable shifter, new gas tank skidplate... think that's it.
Still have to bleed the brakes and fix the broken bolt in the sway bar clamp and order new gas tank straps, snapped one today.
Swapped the super 35 in, new T-case with SYE, cable shifter, new gas tank skidplate... think that's it.
Still have to bleed the brakes and fix the broken bolt in the sway bar clamp and order new gas tank straps, snapped one today.
intermittent brake squeak while stopping at a intersection has been occurring lately. pulled the front calipers, cleaned and greased the components.. rears are next. on the plus side though I examined my weld repairs on the steering knuckle slides I did last year and theres no further wear from the pads 
wish they would have been spot hardened on the sliding area from the factory. still got to clean up and grease the rears.
took a long painful drive down to my dads place yesterday.. tailbone still hurts, bumpy roads suck. nearly got clipped by some dumbass kid in a Mitsubishi doing a burnout at a intersection I was approaching on my way home. he had managed to lose control while turning onto the main road while spinning his tires, shot across all 4 lanes sliding in reverse behind me into the curb. amazingly he didnt hit me nor the cars a few lengths behind me. wish I could have caught it on video.
wish they would have been spot hardened on the sliding area from the factory. still got to clean up and grease the rears. took a long painful drive down to my dads place yesterday.. tailbone still hurts, bumpy roads suck. nearly got clipped by some dumbass kid in a Mitsubishi doing a burnout at a intersection I was approaching on my way home. he had managed to lose control while turning onto the main road while spinning his tires, shot across all 4 lanes sliding in reverse behind me into the curb. amazingly he didnt hit me nor the cars a few lengths behind me. wish I could have caught it on video.
Congratulations!…. We need more GOOD attorneys…
You know why a rattle snake won’t bite and attorney……………………… professional courtesy!
Many of my friends are attorneys…. I worked with them for 25 years.
One reason why I did my video link mod-
Trail maps
Trail maps
This was a pdf of the Park-
But basically anything that can be put on a cell phone I can transmit it to the screen via hardwire link-
I’ll be happy to show anybody how to do this or start a thread it is not very expensive but you have to be a pretty exact on the set up-
Ultimately you’re going from iPhone to 3.5 aux video
Ah, now i see. I thought it was a gps app of some kind with a trail marking function.
There are a few out there and even those I can get and then link anything on my phone screen to my stereo- just a bigger stable image the goal
I am currently working for 2 attorneys now.
I think I had five under contract at one time
I love dealing with them because they are smart thinkers.
I consult an attorney who does construction litigation.
I have a personal attorney who has also become a great friend and began our relationship as a client of mine.
I have another attorney who is handling a out of town matter-
Also working with an attorney at the State homebuilderrs licensure board to enforce stricter requirements for bad builders.
Attorneys are invaluable part of the American business landscape- There’s a lot more going on in the world than just suing people at the drop of a hat.
I also have a real estate attorney who handled things in my dad’s passing and he was awesome and basically saved or made about 160,000 for me and my sister.
Attorneys matter.
There's certainly good ones out there that go unnoticed.
The landscape is changing in many states as well. Decision makers are beginning to allow non-attorneys to own firms. Seems innocent enough until you later realize that big hedge funds are buying the firms up and will soon be employing "law techs" who will do substandard work while operating under the license of one attorney. The costs for end-users likely won't go down much, if at all, because the hedge funds are there to maximize profit...but the quality of care will go down. That's ironic considering that the push for this "access to justice" movement is being promoted as a movement to help poor people. Right...
It's similar to how urgent cares are owned by the insurance company, which are owned by hedge funds. My ex's dad (physician) said urgent cares employ less doctors and more "medical techs" who work under the employed doctors' licenses. And, of course, urgent cares refer patients to "in network" hospitals that the insurance company also own...so it's all owned by hedge funds etc.
It's better to be a specialist now days in the medical field and as a new attorney; otherwise, you may have trouble paying off your student loans because ownership charges the same but pays employees less. I chose the tax attorney route because the structure is basically logical chaos that (to me) paralleled fixing the electronics on F-14 Tomcats back in the day. We'll see how it goes, but I plan to never stop working hard because I want to be a problem solver that folks can rely on.
Lastly, I've noticed the employers don't give raises like they used to for employees who have earned them. They say something like "you deserve it and we'd like to give you a raise, but we can't afford it." Instead, ERs provide raises when the EE has leverage to leave their job for a better paying job. That's why I signed up for the CA bar mainly so I have leverage to be paid what I'm worth to a firm (hopefully in AZ or UT). I'll go to CA if it makes sense to do so, but that's not the main reason for taking the CA exam. I could go back to NYC, but I prefer being able to explore the west (there's so much access to adventure and that's what makes me happy). I'm trying to pull off a balance so we'll see what happens.
Installed the Quadratech dome light switch for when the doors are off. Yes I could have made this myself and saved a little money, but I went the quicker route.
I also swapped out the Rugged Ridge 3rd brake light ring with a spare Feniex light. I was scrolling through their directions and it had a "Brake Pop" flash pattern. Basically it flashes once then goes full bright steady on. I do have a taller bracket coming for it to move it up more in the wheel opening.
I also swapped out the Rugged Ridge 3rd brake light ring with a spare Feniex light. I was scrolling through their directions and it had a "Brake Pop" flash pattern. Basically it flashes once then goes full bright steady on. I do have a taller bracket coming for it to move it up more in the wheel opening.
Can do. I'll have to wait until I pick the kid up at school to grab a shot during the day and night. I will post them later this evening.I'd like to see the lights lit up if you are willing to share more.