What did you do to your TJ today?
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Been painting today… got the new painted hood, cowl and bezels installed and sanding and painting the front and back bumpers!.. I hate painting 
Painted bezel look good on these jeeps in my opinion
Painted bezel look good on these jeeps in my opinion
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Kiwi TJ
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( mutter mumble)
...."new fancy soft top!!"…(shakes head and grumbles) 
..."free shipping!!".. (banging head on table ) ..."quick delivery!!" 
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Kiwi TJ
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I’d agree from your account and pics - very nice. Jeep sure looks good.
You are gonna poop colors Sherwin Williams ain’t seen .
Congrats John.
“Forget the girls, focus on one good woman and she will help you accomplish everything”
Been painting today… got the new painted hood, cowl and bezels installed and sanding and painting the front and back bumpers!.. I hate painting
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Painted bezel look good on these jeeps in my opinion
I’ve driven this rig. I loved it. She tall.
Installed 5 beams with the amigos this am to do a 90 degree load transfer in a house a contractor nearly destroyed. Finished at 12:30 so the plumber could change the cast iron over to pvc between the beams and joists, not through them.
Then fixed HypoClintons 4wd drive switch today, the kid with the new to him white Rubi. I nicknamed him that based on his earlier attempts at faith.
He is an amazing story. Rock solid young man, beautiful family and home, super guy.
Locked it and crawled on a rock in his yard and got it done. Lifted rigs sure are easier than stock to crawl under. Took 2 Dorman switches to get one good one.
He had a tall battery hold down stud rubbing his harness at the PCM , caught that in time thankfully.
Another young man wants Clintons 2000 Sahara - it needs control arm bushings all around, has rear steer and was toed out 1/2”- Helped him to air to 26, set toe and it’s tolerable. I let him drive my LJ to see what they can drive like. Nearly had to winch him out of it.
Then painted my half door panels and took the wife out for the evening.
Weather is getting prettier here. I’m ready.
2 am now , waiting for my daughter and grandkids to pull in. Wild bunch.
Then fixed HypoClintons 4wd drive switch today, the kid with the new to him white Rubi. I nicknamed him that based on his earlier attempts at faith.
He is an amazing story. Rock solid young man, beautiful family and home, super guy.Locked it and crawled on a rock in his yard and got it done. Lifted rigs sure are easier than stock to crawl under. Took 2 Dorman switches to get one good one.
He had a tall battery hold down stud rubbing his harness at the PCM , caught that in time thankfully.
Another young man wants Clintons 2000 Sahara - it needs control arm bushings all around, has rear steer and was toed out 1/2”- Helped him to air to 26, set toe and it’s tolerable. I let him drive my LJ to see what they can drive like. Nearly had to winch him out of it.
Then painted my half door panels and took the wife out for the evening.
Weather is getting prettier here. I’m ready.
2 am now , waiting for my daughter and grandkids to pull in. Wild bunch.
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I broke the plastic clip on the end of the cruise control bowden cable. Sigh. So I went to the self-service junkyard and found six of the clips from Dodge Durangos and RAM 1500s.
When disassembling I was dissapointed to see that I couldn't just slide the broken clip off the other end of the cable and slide the new one on. The plastic parts at both ends cannot be removed.
The options were to get an ATP YT-100 (but wouldn't arrive for a week), get an all new cable (expensive) or figure something out with what I have.
I used a dremel to carefully cut a channel in the old clip so I could remove it from the cable and then did the same on a new clip so I could install it.
I 3D printed in PETG a small cover.
and expoxied it onto the clip to cover the groove.
Total repair cost about $1 with $3 to enter the junkyard. Andy
When disassembling I was dissapointed to see that I couldn't just slide the broken clip off the other end of the cable and slide the new one on. The plastic parts at both ends cannot be removed.
The options were to get an ATP YT-100 (but wouldn't arrive for a week), get an all new cable (expensive) or figure something out with what I have.
I used a dremel to carefully cut a channel in the old clip so I could remove it from the cable and then did the same on a new clip so I could install it.
I 3D printed in PETG a small cover.
and expoxied it onto the clip to cover the groove.
Total repair cost about $1 with $3 to enter the junkyard. Andy
Installed 5 beams with the amigos this am to do a 90 degree load transfer in a house a contractor nearly destroyed. Finished at 12:30 so the plumber could change the cast iron over to pvc between the beams and joists, not through them.
Then fixed HypoClintons 4wd drive switch today, the kid with the new to him white Rubi. I nicknamed him that based on his earlier attempts at faith.
Locked it and crawled on a rock in his yard and got it done. Lifted rigs sure are easier than stock to crawl under. Took 2 Dorman switches to get one good one.
He had a tall battery hold down stud rubbing his harness at the PCM , caught that in time thankfully.
Another young man wants Clintons 2000 Sahara - it needs control arm bushings all around, has rear steer and was toed out 1/2”- Helped him to air to 26, set toe and it’s tolerable. I let him drive my LJ to see what they can drive like. Nearly had to winch him out of it.
Then painted my half door panels and took the wife out for the evening.
Weather is getting prettier here. I’m ready.
2 am now , waiting for my daughter and grandkids to pull in. Wild bunch.
Busy man you are.
When you get back this way, you will have to try them out!!!!! Good food!!!!!
@AndyG we still need to head back to Helen GA and check out Deer Lodge, I think I still owe 2 guys a dinner 
Man I have never owned a recliner. I am active every moment of the day. No motive, just the way I want to live. That was just a glimpse of the day - even went to a small local town to return parts, picked up parts earlier, offloaded tools at shop.
Ross Perot once said “ it does not take forever to accomplish things”. I have never forgotten that.
@AndyG we still need to head back to Helen GA and check out Deer Lodge, I think I still owe 2 guys a dinner
I seem to recall something about this...
How about you @trojandawg ?
Love Ross. His Slogan in his run for President was “Take back America “. I had a 4x8 sheet of plywood with that on it in REd White and Blue in the front yard
He was really a good choice, He was just so radical that America was not ready. He scared ‘em. Why? Because he would have attempted to do what he said he was going to do.
Inspected my cats to see if that was the cause for my sluggish acceleration, definitely not the issue.
Also decided to wash the Jeeps today before the eclipse tomorrow.
Also decided to wash the Jeeps today before the eclipse tomorrow.
He performed a Cat Scan
I think I may have found the Holy Grail of door panel repair-
First it is designed for a wide variety of similar plastics and designed to hold up under extreme stress and cure quickly-
But most importantly it has the mesh which allows you to strengthen the crack after you drill a hole at the end to make sure it won’t progress
@Hog taught me that- He has more tricks than a two dollar hooker.
You have to work quick and it gets extremely hot fast.
I’m going to use a little Upol filler on the top side, Respray the panel- And see how it goes.
In case you guys are wondering why I am on here on Sunday I had to come in today to make sure this critical repair and replumb was going as planned- but oh Andy aren’t you a big churchgoer and all that? If you look at my post history I really never said much to that effect but I’ll let my morals speak for me.
Why do we go to church and what do we learn there? Hopefully it is to do right by others. There is no schedule for that.
Also I walked into the job and the plumber had changed the main drain direction which was beneficial but he was bringing the main drain down into a doorway despite the fact that the plans were posted on the wall.
In small business there is no substitute for the presence of the owner.
Incidentally when we look out for the best interest of others we tend to do what is best for ourselves in doing so.
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