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    Any one else metal detect?

    Anyone else into the metal detecting hobby? About 25 years ago my uncle would be in town vacationing at my grandparents place. My grandparents own an old farmhouse from the early 1900's, probably even earlier as I dont know the exact date of activity. Anyhow while my aunt was visiting with her...
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    FREE King 4WD soft top 3 window set

    Acquired a new open box softtop with mouse damage a while back, organized the garage and stumbled across the window set but no longer have the top. listed these on marketplace for free a few weeks ago and am offering these for free here too. believe the king 4wd part number was 14010235 for...
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    Paying off credit debt

    Need some advice from some others on paying off credit debt, just a bit unsure on my thoughts on the smartest way to go about it from a credit score # benefit standpoint. card #1 has the lowest total balance with lowest APR (credit union card). card #2 has highest total balance with...
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    My driveway seems to be the local turnaround. Any suggestions?

    Been having a reoccurring issue with people using my driveway as a turnaround day/night... as in driving all the way to the house and turning around to go a different direction on the road as well as unsolicited sales/ religious check-ins and other and I would like to "chain off" the bottom of...
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    SOLD Like new Bestop 5844017 twill replacement windows.

    Like new 3 piece set of Bestop 5844017 Supertop NX windows in twill looking for $320 shipped or $300 local pickup. think they were installed for about 2 days when I had a rear window zipper emergency situation occur. I believe there are some light scuffs from handling them and know there is...
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    New tool day

    figured id start a thread on what tool you just picked up. dont know much about it other than its been in grandpas barn for as long as ive known. gonna do some research tonight. grandpas at the unfortunate point of realizing he has have junk.. but its good junk. took a little persuasion to...
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    NV3550 sticky shifting

    Having issues with intermittent sticky shifting lately in the transmission, a little perplexed. 03 wrangler 6CYL, 204k miles, original NV3550 transmission. when the jeep was initially purchased a few years back with ~140k miles, I had drained the transmission "fluid" which was red. was a very...
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    How to clean 03-06 starter motor and replace brushes

    figured id do a rough walk through on how to replace your starter brushes on the Mitsubishi starter motor used in the 2003-2006 manual trans wrangler. skip to the end if your just interested in the brushes... otherwise your gonna be looking at the full starter disassembly/reassembly. a whole...
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    Nissan 75w90 synthetic gear oil

    anyone see any issue in running grape scented gear oil through the diff? maybe the risk of spilling this stuff on the garage floor wouldn't be so bad. nissan part # 999MPG75W90P https://www.partsfornissans.com/oem-parts/nissan-synthetic-75w90-gear-oil-999mpg75w90p?c=az0x @Chris sorry this...
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    Power steering cap pressurized, normal or no?

    original 03 Mercedes power steering setup on 03 4.0 with 200k Recently I had noticed a leak at the pitman arm shaft of the power steering gearbox and have Been keeping a eye on the fluid levels since. have noticed I get about 4-5 drips once parked for a hour or 2. I have no idea how long ive...
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    I moved on my own and moving sucks

    So earlier this year I left my old job and took on a new line of work with the original manager whom hired me at the old job about 8 years ago. Made some good connections through work and stumbled upon a hefty deal on a 3 bedroom duplex about 2 miles from work in a quiet area. Driving a little...
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    Apple Air Tag—a poor mans GPS LoJack

    So after seeing a few threads over the past few months about stolen jeeps and overhearing discussion at work regarding apple airtags and how they can track where items are left for free I went ahead and bought one. as you can see, they do work.. to some degree. basically anyone that passes...
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    Delphi DFG1221 fuel pump review (don't buy it!)

    Wanted to share my piss poor experience with Delphi DFG1221 fuel pump. DONT BUY IT! Its absolute garbage! Purchased this DFG1221 pump a little under a year ago, and within just a few short months the check valve failed inside causing excessive cranking and rough starts. replaced it with one...
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    I-70 - Glenwood Springs, CO area closed from mudslide again.

    My annual trip to about a half hour west of Glenwood springs canyon to my aunts for a week may turn into a 3-5 hour detour based on traffic or a mudslide warning. evidently this occurred on Thursday. People spent the night in their cars overnight, Highways still closed to traffic about 4 days...
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    FREE Dana spicer drum brake backing plates

    Free. You pay shipping, im guessing shippings about $10 or less (US of course). Did my rear disc wheel bearings/seals and didn’t need these backing plates as they are for drum brakes. New spicer parts unused.
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    Proper tire balancing?

    Seems like ive never really gotten rid of the 55-62 1/2 :LOL: MPH wobble, sometimes after tire balancing at discount it improves a tad and other times it doesn't, ive just lived with the constant little wobble. ive done a full OEM suspension/steering part replacement minus getting rancho shocks...
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    Michigan Banks 51313-B monster exhaust

    local pickup only, I am not interested in shipping. Im in the area of south east Genesee county / north west oakland county & work in Midland Have a Banks monster P/N 51313 in used condition, approximately 3 years old. One of the mounting studs to the catalytic converter flange sheered off at...
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    National throwout bearing quality is poor

    For those of you looking at purchasing a National throwout bearing in the future or determining which brand you want to purchase, this is shit quality control at the finest... If your running National already, thats fine and dandy.. but this is crap to me, its not even fully assembled. National...
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    Lost clutch pedal while driving

    coming home from a brief sprint on a local two track today. Nearing home on 55mph road approaching a traffic light intersection, I reached for the clutch and the pedal wasn't where it was supposed to be. reached with my toes a little further and felt the pedal pivoting freely like a pendulum on...
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    03 TJ running rich

    guys, im running rich. heavy black soot at the exhaust tip really stands out to me. Overall the jeep is quite zippy, can accelerate on the highway, lose speed on some inclines though. bought it used at 143k miles. 03 TJ, 6 cylinder, Standard trans. ~160k miles No check engine lights, codes or...