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  1. mipa

    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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    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

    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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    TJ won't start unless I turn the key 5-6 times

    Hi all, I've a bit of fun with my FPR.. first I lowered the tank and replaced the hose that connects the FPR with the fuel line, because I had gas dripping down the tank. At that point I had already only sometimes to turn my key 3-4 times before starting, so I ordered the hose because I...