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    Power steering blew up

    The pump is grinding, squealing and clanking and the pulley is hotter than the devil's belly button to the touch. My question to the TJ wizards is: Pulley or pump itself? I'm not sure which (or both) has the bearings. Or do I have to pull it to determine what's kerplunked? The pulley (and the...
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    Shifter problem?

    99 TJ 4.0 5 speed. A few weeks ago I stripped out the interior and replaced a bunch of stuff, including the torn upper and lower boots on my shifter. Now it pops out of second if I don't hold it down. Yes, the new boots are stiff but I'm think my old shifter might just be worn out and I'm hoping...
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    Observation On The Silliness Of Corporate America

    I'm shopping for exhaust stuff for Jackass (My TJ ). A big, well known parts supplier has a kit I want. Amazon has the same kit for $50 bucks less. When you copy the part number from from the BIG suppliers page, a little window opens with "LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEE- CLICK FOR DETAILS" . I click...
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    Jeep Evolution video

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    Hagerty Article: TJ is the best Jeep ever

    https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/12/27/why-jeep-wrangler-tj-is-best?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=18_December_26_HagertyNews_Engaged
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    Upcoming JP Magazine project

    http://www.fourwheeler.com/project-vehicles/1811-week-to-wheeling-coming-dec-10-14/?sm_id=organic_fb_social_FWN_181205_sf203546982#sf203546982 If your not familiar with the 'Week to Wheeling" projects, they hammer out a build in a week, posting vids along the way. Fun to watch and now it's a TJ
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    New Project

    I took a while, but I finally found that Wagoneer I've been after. Smokin' deal too. 1975 base model, 360.
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    My daughters first ride

    Hey, it's a Jeep. 2011 and it's a 5 speed. Seems pretty solid, got it fairly cheap too. She's getting a little frustrated learning to shift, but she'll get there. So now we're a 3 Jeep (all of them black) family. My TJ "jackass", wife's 14 Cherokee and this. The youngest wants a VW bug when she...
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    CJ5 project advice?

    I've been eyeballing some old Jeeps for projects. Wagoneers and FS Cherokees in particular. I've decided they're a little too much of a PITA parts wise. I've come across a '77 CJ 5 close to me that's definitely a project. Straight 6 , no title, needs a ton of work, but pretty much intact and...
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    Heater woes (solved)

    Last fall I replaced the blower switch and the resistor. Yay! warm air! Fixed! The wife and I were out for a little ride the other night and it was a chilly. Turned on the heat and nothing. Knowing I'd already replaced the usual suspects, today I checked all the fuses and installed a new...
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    Milk is going to kill you

    My 9th grade daughter came home the other day and informed me that she "learned in health class today that milk is very bad for you". She said it with a gleam in her eye because a short while ago I was telling her she should drink milk more often. So I checked...
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    AW ****!! Turbo!

    http://www.hotrod.com/articles/horsepower-turbo-4-0-amc-jeep/?sm_id=organic_fb_social_HRN_180228_sf183252138&sf183252138=1
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    Dear Advice Columnist

    I'm old...ish. 51 shortly. When can I expect the onset of "chronically cranky malcontent-itis"? I've had to spend a lot of time lately with men aged 65 and much older. I gotta tellya, I'm terrified. I don't look forward to the day when apparently everything and everybody sucks. Neighbors suck...
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    *&^% Brrrrrrr

    The temp here has dramatically dropped of course. I got out in Jackass the other day and there was essentially a frozen gale blowing in on the passenger side under the dash when it's moving. The heater couldn't keep up. I poked around under there a little and couldn't find anything obvious. Any...
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    Fastener troubles

    I replaced the pass fender on Jackass, while removing the stock air box I broke all three of the three bolts. Does anybody know the sizes of these things? I found the part # but it looks like the Mopar parts guys want $12 a piece!!!!
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    Fun poster

    Picked this up from Hagerty insurance FB page
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    The West Coast-mobile is back

    Let the trumpets sound in Seattle, Portland and San Fran! https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/Articles/2017/08/19/the-new-volkswagen-microbus?utm_source=MagnetMail&utm_medium=email&[email protected]&utm_content=17-Hagerty Weekly News 08-23&utm_campaign=The VW Bus is back...
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    The Eclipse making people nuts?

    I go into a local stop-and-rob today to pick up some useless goods. A greasy little cashier jumps me for removing something from a counter display without asking his permission first. I politely put the shit back and left. Later, I witnessed a guy demanding to be allowed to jump line in front...
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    Husky Liner vs. Weathertech?

    Need floor mats for both my TJ and my Focus and have no experience with either. I've been looking at both and they seem pretty similar except for price.
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    Sherp ATV

    Same price as a JK Rubi? :)