Rubicon88
TJ Addict
Removed front air compressor with broken nipple therefore leaking
What did you do to your TJ today?
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Check this site out. I have had one for about five years......
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Chrisprice92
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Rad cracked while out wheeling on the weekend. New rad, thermostat and cap went in. Drove 15 miles out of the trail and 100 miles home with the crack crazy glued and gorilla taped. Surprised it held. Also tightened up my manifold to front pipe bolts and reattached the heat shields.
Kiwi TJ
I don't suffer from insanity I enjoy every minute
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Could be worse ... I have more than enough ducks... large or small and some on the wall lolI never even left my apartment and I got DUCKED for the very first time! I feel so violated and honored at the same time. Now I know what Monica Lewinsky must have felt like.
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Um, does someone need an intervention??Could be worse ... I have more than enough ducks... large or small and some on the wall lol
Removed the Rampage top (I run it with no windows) and replaced it with a mesh top. Love it! lets just enough sun through but not so much to fry my bald head... LOL
Yes!!!! I took my top down last Saturday, already had the mesh top on under. Was determined to be topless until it got cold....
Drove to work topless today.
Parked it and put on the trail cover for the day. Walked inside and realized I didn’t grab my laptop.
Uncovered, drove the 5 minutes home and back. Then covered again.
Great having the top off.
Parked it and put on the trail cover for the day. Walked inside and realized I didn’t grab my laptop.
Uncovered, drove the 5 minutes home and back. Then covered again.
Great having the top off.
That looks like the winning pic for the June Ride Of The Month contest. Enter soon.
Since all my neighbors have BLM signs in their yards, I thought I would do my part to show my support. I ordered a laser cut BLM sign to attach to my spare on back of the Jeep. I hope they appreciate my sensitivity to their cause and that it won't clash with my license plate.
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Fitted my new Bestop Supertop NX (to replace original 2001 factory soft top, still surprisingly OK but looking faded and stitching starting to fray).
Not sure how you guys make it take 3-5 hours (which some claim on YouTube) - it was 2 hours dead for me and the boy.
All good except as I had been warned, it was super tight even in what for us is very warm and sunny weather (75°F). It fits OK and there are no gaps but the header does seem to be flatter than the top of the windshield - it’s up at the ends and down in the middle (see photos). Almost like the ends are sitting on something (which they aren’t) or the header needs to bend (maybe it will in time?)
Love the twill (matches the BMW...) and the tinted windows.
And yes, it has the dreaded logo.
Not sure how you guys make it take 3-5 hours (which some claim on YouTube) - it was 2 hours dead for me and the boy.
All good except as I had been warned, it was super tight even in what for us is very warm and sunny weather (75°F). It fits OK and there are no gaps but the header does seem to be flatter than the top of the windshield - it’s up at the ends and down in the middle (see photos). Almost like the ends are sitting on something (which they aren’t) or the header needs to bend (maybe it will in time?)
Love the twill (matches the BMW...) and the tinted windows.
And yes, it has the dreaded logo.
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Since all my neighbors have BLM signs in their yards, I thought I would do my part to show my support.
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Although I've had too many of those, it's not my favorite beer and that my wife's best friend's husband really shouldn't be drinking at all, this was the 50th birthday cake he got from his family.
I've had it since October, no issues. Had to use it for recovery a few times, and here recently I've used it to pull out about 50 Indian hawthorn bushes around the neighborhood. 2 or 3 bushes held on more than the winch could pull, motor didn't burn out or anything. The synthetic rope it came with is showing some wear, but I've basically used it 50+ times already so maybe that's normal.
You should probably try parking in the hot sun, unlatching the header, and work to stretch it further and get a better seal so the header doesn't warp like that permanently. Then once it's sealed right, leave it latched for at least several days moving it out to the hot sun during the day to get it to stretch out. Mine wanted to bend like that also but after working it for awhile I managed to get the header laying relatively flat. I wish Bestop offered a non plastic header that doesn't bend... I'd definitely pay extra for it.
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Went wheeling up in Crossbar Ranch in OK. Not too much mud (thankfully) but the river trails we a bit deeper thanks to all the rain. A TJ with a 5" long arm was leading us with a 2.5" lifted JKU on 35's was running 2nd. We've been through this section before, but either the TJ took the wrong line or the water was way deeper than ever before, but he had water over the headlights & managed to get out. He directed the JKU on what he thought was a shallower line, but was wrong, and hilarity ensued. Water came in over the passenger doors, engine died. We got him pulled to slightly higher ground (but still in the river), and then got to work. This was my first time dealing with this situation, so I'm interested to hear if we did it right. Basically we removed the spark plugs and bumped the starter to remove the water it took in....water shot out of the spark plug holes. Then we put everything back together and she started back up. The ceramic on one of the plugs was cracked, and there is now a misfire on that cylinder, and there is a little tick in the motor now. It's at the shop now awaiting diagnosis.
Then as we're gassing up to head home, my best bud's XJ starts hemorrhaging coolant. He had started to overheat a couple times on the trails but each time it resolved itself. Turns out the water pump bearing & seal must've pooped the bed, because that pulley had a bad wobble on it and was not making a good noise. So we filled it up with water as best we could and high-tailed it 10 miles down the road to O'Reilly where we replaced the water pump in the parking lot. When we took the old pump off, the shaft had a good 1/8" of play side-to-side. We had to answer the age-old question of to RTV a water pump or not to RTV a water pump, and we opted to just use the gasket w/o RTV. No leaks on the first try!!! I'm starting to think it's not nearly as important to get that surface as perfect as everybody says. Also, had a booger of a time getting that pipe out of the old pump, since this O'Reilly didn't have a new pipe. If I ever have to touch my water pump again, that's getting replaced with a barb & hose. I may just keep those parts in my jeep, ready for the day it needs to happen.
I'm also trying to decide if I have more fun running the trails or doing trail fixes.
Then as we're gassing up to head home, my best bud's XJ starts hemorrhaging coolant. He had started to overheat a couple times on the trails but each time it resolved itself. Turns out the water pump bearing & seal must've pooped the bed, because that pulley had a bad wobble on it and was not making a good noise. So we filled it up with water as best we could and high-tailed it 10 miles down the road to O'Reilly where we replaced the water pump in the parking lot. When we took the old pump off, the shaft had a good 1/8" of play side-to-side. We had to answer the age-old question of to RTV a water pump or not to RTV a water pump, and we opted to just use the gasket w/o RTV. No leaks on the first try!!! I'm starting to think it's not nearly as important to get that surface as perfect as everybody says. Also, had a booger of a time getting that pipe out of the old pump, since this O'Reilly didn't have a new pipe. If I ever have to touch my water pump again, that's getting replaced with a barb & hose. I may just keep those parts in my jeep, ready for the day it needs to happen.
I'm also trying to decide if I have more fun running the trails or doing trail fixes.
What did I do today? Nearly drove it off the road. Experienced death wobble for the very first time at 70 miles per hour. Holy Sh!t that was scary. Bought this ‘03 in Feb as a toy and figured I’d overhaul everything in my spare time and at my leisure. Well, due to some unforeseen circumstances, the TJ is now my DD and I don’t have the luxury of time anymore; can’t just leave it sitting in my garage as I take my time. So....off to the local Jeep shop for some repairs. I’m pretty much going to drop it off tomorrow and say replace it all. Everything is original so I suspect it all needs replacing.
Hope your Jeep shop knows what they are doing and not just how to take your money.