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    Is my new Hayden fan clutch defective?

    I installed it soon after making the post and had no issues at all since.
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    Failed Brake Inspection each Year

    Hey guys, I hope somebody can help me out with that. I have to go to inspection each year here in Thailand, and each year they report kind of the same issue. They tell me to take a picture, drive to the local car garage, that dude jumps underneath the car, seems to push the break calipers of...
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    I guess my SKIM died

    I've spent a few hours in the forum doing research, after my Jeep refused to start this morning out of nowhere. I thought I reconfirm my finding with you guys, in case somebody else has any idea - or ends up having the same issue. I own a 2002 TJ here in Thailand, and we don't have any Jeep...
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    I feel every bump in my steering wheel (what's that bushing called)

    I recently started noticing that every tiny bump on the road I feel some kind of knocking in my steering wheel. No clue if I got more sensitive or something got more worn out. As always I would like to fix it, before something breaks. The first idea I got from the forum was the ball joins, but...
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    When to change automatic transmission fluid?

    Hi all, since I'm about to replace my radiator while replacing my broken water pump on my 2002 TJ, I was wondering when a complete transmission fluid flush is actually necessary. I did some reading here and the process seems not to be super simple to do at home, if I want to do a complete flush...
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    Is my new Hayden fan clutch defective?

    I'm currently in the process of getting all parts together to overhaul my coolant system of my 2002 TJ (RHD), after my water pump started leaking. Currently when my TJ is cold the fan is really hard to move by hand, and when I start my engine it's always spinning - so I was certain my water...
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    Coolant leak.. but where?!

    Hi, I've recently bought a new battery including a free install... while doing that, the shop noticed that my coolant was basically empty - no clue how I could miss that. Since I'm in thailand they quickly filled it with tap water.. at least it looked to me like that - I don't speak thai. The...
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    Side window weather strip / felt sweep replacement (success story)

    I just want to share my positive experience of replacing the weather strip / window sweep on my driver side (right hand driver) window .. will do the other side tomorrow. I had water coming into my legroom / floor of the driver (right) side and was tracing it down by spraying with a garden hose...
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    New Leather Steering Wheel From Poland

    bought one from a junkyard here in Thailand and had it shipped to a leather specialist in Bangkok.. I showed him the picture of the Poland dude.. paid $40 for the old wheel and $60 for the leather job.. love it.. it's like driving a new car..
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    Scratch in Windshield Glass

    that was the scratch.. since we drive right hand side here, it was kind of in my vision (bottom right) all the time..
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    Scratch in Windshield Glass

    I tried to take pictures before posting but unfortunately it's quite impossible to show, since the distortion only moves when you move your head. It's completely clear.. I did a great job in removing the scratch. I used red cerium oxide powder, a water sprayer and a micro polishing machine for...
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    Scratch in Windshield Glass

    if you ever have a proper scratch in the windshield and you think about polishing it out.. just don't. I spent about 3-4 hours yesterday to polish a deep 15cm (6 inch) scratch out of mine, since it was kind of in my field of view and annoyed me .. scratch is gone, but now I have a big fat...
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    Cutting pattern for window glass

    Instead of using an old-school cardboard I'll make an autocad drawing the glass company can use directly for their machines, which I can just email them (est cost is $50-$60). I'll share the autocad file here once I'm done in case anybody else ever needs it. I remembered that 20 years ago I...
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    Cutting pattern for window glass

    I guess you both have never been to Asia or Thailand. It's not how things work over here.. you can't sue somebody. Plus the cost of the glass from US would be 3 month salary. So I need to offer a reasonable solution in the first place, that they can afford and accept to pay for it at all, or...
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    Cutting pattern for window glass

    unfortunately not how it works in Thailand... if somebody is to stupid to do things right.. you don't want to relay on them a second time.. or the glass will be 5cm too small.. or cut by hand from window glass.. hold in place by duct tape.. they always manage to surprise you with new stupidity...
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    Cutting pattern for window glass

    I'm worried that if I use the glass as a template to draw a line around on a piece of cardboard.. how the hell should that be accurate down to the mm (or inch or whatever unit)? I expect if the glass is slightly to big or to small I'm f..cked? It's not like I can sand a piece off, if it's too...
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    Cutting pattern for window glass

    it's unfortunately super deep.. you can feel them with your finger nails. I've had my jeep repainted and while removing the door handles they completely destroyed it. passenger side is less scratched, plus one big fat scratch in the middle of the windshield - no clue how they managed to do that...
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    Cutting pattern for window glass

    Hi, I live in Thailand and a local repair shop has heavily scratched my driver side window glass. Orderding from the US would be like $300 - $400 for shipping only, and I wouldn't trust that it would arrive in one piece. A local car glass company would be able to laser cut the glass for me...
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    Why is there water on the passenger floor?

    replaced both door seals yesterday and was celebrating to not have water on the floorboards any more.. celebrated to early.. my passenger side (I have right hand drive, so passenger left) seems to still get water in from up here.. where's that going to?
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    TJ won't start unless I turn the key 5-6 times

    UPDATE: just bought an used original OEM Bosch assembly on ebay.com for about $100 (incl shipping) and probably customs and will order the original Bosch pump plus strainer on amazon for about $150 (incl shipping and customs) .. put it all together and have hopefully a long lasting working pump...