Couple places for food/drink within walking distance:
— Cibo (wood fired pizza)
— Angel's Trumpet Ale House
— Pizzeria Bianco (supposedly world famous)
— The Arrogant Butcher
Daily Driver, Go Where I Want To Build
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— Cibo (wood fired pizza)
— Angel's Trumpet Ale House
— Pizzeria Bianco (supposedly world famous)
— The Arrogant Butcher
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The new shock spherical bearings arrived and are installed. The Foxes are gas charged and take more arm strength to compress than I have, so I tied them up at ride height with some 5/16" Dyneema rope I acquired a spool of years ago. The bearings are held in with a circlip on either side and are knocked out with a 18mm socket. Reassembly is the reverse.
The improvement is pretty significant. Most of the rattles and clunks that have crept up in recent months appear to have disappeared. All I can hear now is my poorly installed exhaust rattling around on bigger hits.
I need to fix that and the worn Antirock links and the Jeep will be really tight and quiet again.
The improvement is pretty significant. Most of the rattles and clunks that have crept up in recent months appear to have disappeared. All I can hear now is my poorly installed exhaust rattling around on bigger hits.
I need to fix that and the worn Antirock links and the Jeep will be really tight and quiet again.
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Cool note on this Emblem, The US Air Force uses this for the munitions AFSC.Their call is I.Y.A.A.Y.A.S (If you ain't ammo you ain't shit!)
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Brand new rod ends for the Antirock links!
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The old joints had about 40k miles on them and were quite loose and sloppy. As happened recently with the rebuilt shock eyes, the Jeep is now a little quieter and tighter than it was before. It's nice. Every bit helps!
These new joints are greasable. Hopefully that is a good thing. I also added about an 1.5" of length.
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The old joints had about 40k miles on them and were quite loose and sloppy. As happened recently with the rebuilt shock eyes, the Jeep is now a little quieter and tighter than it was before. It's nice. Every bit helps!
These new joints are greasable. Hopefully that is a good thing. I also added about an 1.5" of length.
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I have a backup camera just barely installed to see how well I like it. So far today, I do.
The ball point pen may survive into the final setup.
The ball point pen may survive into the final setup.
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You should see the rats nest stuck to the tire carrier. And I managed to temporarily get power the camera and monitor by stuffing the leads into existing nearby plugs. I'll clean it up most of the way this weekend.
I also want to see what the camera is like underneath the tire. That may be too low, though.
I also want to see what the camera is like underneath the tire. That may be too low, though.
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Something I noticed while making a couple parallel parks with the camera tonight was how little I use the rear view mirror because I can't really see anything useful. It's all side mirrors.
The Jeep gets used in the city a fair amount and I'm always a little paranoid about accidently backing into the parked car behind me. Mostly because I know how much damage I can cause compared to a normal vehicle.
The Jeep gets used in the city a fair amount and I'm always a little paranoid about accidently backing into the parked car behind me. Mostly because I know how much damage I can cause compared to a normal vehicle.
I am now renting a parking spot but I used to parallel my Jeep on a hill, it was quite challenging.
I'm still super paranoid with parallel parking the Jeep for the same reason. I love how easy it turns but I always worry I'm going to cause too much damage if I hit someone. It's less worry with the top down in the summer at least.
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Another backyard driveshaft rebuild. I need to pick up new bolts and straps from 4WP. Once this is reinstalled, I'll have this job down to a little over 2 hours.
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