What did you do to your TJ today?

[JustDandee]

Changed the oil, and insulated the low pressure side of the HVAC.

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Notice a difference in the insulating the a/c line? It’s on my why not-to do list

 

[Danarch]

Finally, got around to installing my speakers from Christmas or Birthday. Can’t remember which one, they are only a few days apart. Process when smooth. Lesson learned, thoroughly go through the box to see what parts are included. I didn’t want to misplace any of them so I just quickly looked without taking everything out. I spent time looking for dash mount pods to hold the speaker. Never really found anything I thought would work. So when taking everything out today, dash mount pods were tucked away in the cardboard packing material. I couldn’t hear the tweeter too well, my wife came out and I asked her if she could hear it and she replied “YES!”. I wear hearing aids and don’t heat high tones too well. I am wondering why I bothered to put them in

The dash pods right now are attached with double sided 3M tape, I am hoping it works. The ones in the sound bar are a tight friction fit. I stuffed the sound bar with cotton, hoping it helps with sound. Had to use the old grills as I didn’t like how the new grills would fit and have to drill extra holes etc.

 

[matkal]

Serious question, why do you need a mount for this? Always curious about the benefit since I just curved mine around the tub directly

Mostly something to do but I wanted something a little more custom (??) than just screwing the plate to the tub

I don’t know of any benefit other than looks.

 

[red02tj]

Mostly something to do but I wanted something a little more custom (??) than just screwing the plate to the tub

I don’t know of any benefit other than looks.

I used some tool drawer liner cut to size when I did mine.

 

[FarFire70]

I’m so confused

Wait - I'm just catching up!

Am I too late to make a joke about @Chris and something like calling him Elon to owe us money on posts?

Just don't want to think I missed a window for a topical joke opportunity.

 

[JustDandee]

What is it? I will take it as it was intended, a random act of kindness, from a 6B mountain county driver to a 2C flatlander. BUT I know the next time I see the bosses Gladiator what I am going to do with it…pay it forward,

 

[Kiwi TJ]

Oil change day…. Gonna trial this new brand of oil filter….( it makes my engine look purdy lol )

 

[FarFire70]

Oil change day…. Gonna trial this new brand of oil filter….( it makes my engine look purdy lol )View attachment 551609

I see you have the troublesome steering shaft issue there.

Don't worry - there is a US solution available that you can install.



j/k good work Kiwi. Now where's the grilling on a scenic location porn you owe us?

 

[Kiwi TJ]

I see you have the troublesome steering shaft issue there.

Don't worry - there is a US solution available that you can install.



j/k good work Kiwi. Now where's the grilling on a scenic location porn you owe us?

Haha…. as my dad used to say “there’s no fix for what you’ve got son!”

yeah sorry I’ve been a slacker, the good news is Spring is just around the corner down here… so regular schedule programming of “Kooking with Kiwi” will resume shortly

 

[FarFire70]

Haha…. has my dad used to say “there’s no fix for what you’ve got son!”

yeah sorry I’ve been a slacker, the good news is Spring is just around the corner down here… so regular schedule programming of “Kooking with Kiwi” will resume shortly

I think you have that 'upside-down'. Fall is just sound the corner.

As a 'newer' father (2-yr twin boys), I find myself thinking and wondering - what will they remember I said... Lol

 

[L J]

took it for a three hour tour

 

[FarFire70]

took it for a three hour tour

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Just glad you avoided water on the 3 hour tour

Beautiful experience!

 

[The Thing]

Looking great! I'm slowly working through the same paint work. Hoping I get that level of shine! Great job!

Thank you, the process is somewhat therapeutic when it all falls together. Good Luck

 

[D's Jeep Wrld]

Welp 2 weeks back i installed my 3inch Afe "Catback" to match my american racing headers setup,So its a full 3inch setup now

Welded an extension of 10" since this setup is meant for a Tj and not an Lj.... made it work though just need to figure out a cleaner way for the last exhaust hanger since that's a bit ugly

I wonder why my tailpipe has browned/blued ? Too much fun I guess Went on a rip the 1st drive after putting this setup on and got it pretty warm

And as of yesterday I finally installed my double din setup,I've been having a whole audio setup hidden away in my closet for the past 2 years and I figured that now that I don't hear gobs of exhaust drone no more,That it was time for some better audio
Bought sone Polk MM522'S for the kick panels,Some Jbl Gto629s will be up in the soundbar later on today....just gotta find them since they're buried somewhere in my garage and later on I'll run wiring and an amp for the speakers

I don't like crimp connections at all ! So soldering my wires it is

And some shots of the Sony XAV5000,Puts out better sound than the factory radio that's for sure! Better than my JBL Bluetooth speaker....

 

[sab]

I don't like crimp connections at all ! So soldering my wires it is

You're just a young'en, so us old farts will let you learn that lesson on your own. Keep on solderin', and one day, the reason most of us don't solder vehicle wire connections will become apparent to you...

 

[chudlet]

Haven't been doing much "to" it this summer, but definitely been using it. Although, I did finaly divert enough pennies from the gas tank to the parts counter and put in some new steering.

Parking lot flex shots to demo what the advice from this forum can accomplish.

 

[D's Jeep Wrld]

You're just a young'en, so us old farts will let you learn that lesson on your own. Keep on solderin', and one day, the reason most of us don't solder vehicle wire connections will become apparent to you...

Been soldering wires since I was 12,Primarily on my rc cars since that's where it all started so I'm pretty sure I know what you mean? Empty conclusions won't do any good so what would would be apparent?
I got a high-speed fan with a duct I run out the window,and if I'm outside a fan will do to blow out the tasty cancerous rosin flux&lead fumes my Kester 60/40 wire puts out
Either way some sort of connector is used if its an uninterrupted run or wire (not in my case cause of the adapter) it would be dumb if I were to solder on something I can't disconnect in the jeep.

 

[sab]

Been soldering wires since I was 12,Primarily on my rc cars since that's where it all started so I'm pretty sure I know what you mean? Empty conclusions won't do any good so what would would be apparent?
I got a high-speed fan with a duct I run out the window,and if I'm outside a fan will do to blow out the tasty cancerous rosin flux&lead fumes my Kester 60/40 wire puts out
Either way some sort of connector is used if its an uninterrupted run or wire (not in my case cause of the adapter) it would be dumb if I were to solder on something I can't disconnect in the jeep.

Sorry, I thought you'd been around the forum long enough to have seen one of the discussions on soldering (it comes up quite often). When the solder wicks up the wires, wherever it stops becomes a very high stress concentration point, and over time, the slightest of vibrations will cause one strand at a time to break, until the entire wire breaks, sometimes leaving you stranded.

My lesson happened during an AMA Superbike practice session a long time ago. The rider and the sponsors weren't happy about it, and I've been using quality barrel crimps and crimping tools ever since.

 

[D's Jeep Wrld]

Sorry, I thought you'd been around the forum long enough to have seen one of the discussions on soldering (it comes up quite often). When the solder wicks up the wires, wherever it stops becomes a very high stress concentration point, and over time, the slightest of vibrations will cause one strand at a time to break, until the entire wire breaks, sometimes leaving you stranded.

My lesson happened during an AMA Superbike practice session a long time ago. The rider and the sponsors weren't happy about it, and I've been using quality barrel crimps and crimping tools ever since.

I've been on here but not enough I guess.
But That makes alot of sense ! Thank you for actually explaining to me rather than just Essentially telling me to fck off And that's actually happened to one of my rc cars(a Traxxas rustler setup for high speed) ,one of the wires to the motor kinda broke off inside and melted off cause the wires slowly broke off like you mentioned and cause it to crash cause no brakes ! Since then I fastened the wires so they wouldn't flop around when it went over 100+Mph,about 5-6 years later after lots of use and no problems and sold it afterwards

But i digress What barrel crimps do you use? When someone tells me that they used crimp butt/barrel connections something ugly (to me) comes to mind......
Kinda like this

Edit- Would you mind sharing what brand of stuff you use for your crimped connections ?

 

[MountaineerTom]

Something like this with some heat shrink over it is pretty clean and less bulky.

These step-down connectors are good if you need to connect different sized wires too.

Another source for non-insulated connectors. https://www.sherco-auto.com/