MountaineerTom
LJ Enthusiast, Retired USAF Weapons Loader
Supporting Member
Ride of the Month Winner
- Set of wire brushes for my drill came in. Going to use them to clean the rusty non-matching steel spare before I paint it.
- Put tail lights, signals and license plate and mount back on — just enough to make it street legal so I could drive it around to charge the battery.
- Realized that even though I meticulously bagged and tagged my hardware, I can't find the screw that goes in the double cup holder.
- Check Engine light came on when I started it up for my drive. 9/10 times it's my gas cap, but it wasn't this time. Borrowed the OBD-II reader my family passes around when someone needs it from my dad so I can pull the codes later.
- Got home and decided to finally wash the Jeep. Got all my supplies out, hooked up the hose to the spigot...and no water noise, no water. WTF. All signs point to be being something to do with the faucet. I'm not much on plumbing, so my father is going to help this weekend — say a prayer for my beautiful Azalea bushes in front of the spigot that the previous owners took meticulous care of. Hauled all the car wash stuff back in the garage. A group of college-age kids started cutting across my lawn during all of this and I REALLY wished the water hose was working!
- Pulled the Jeep in and removed the passenger seat to start cleaning the vinyl floor. I have a set of Drill brushes coming in on Monday, but I'm hitting them with a nylon brush by hand right now. The seat fabric is very clean, but I'm going to use my water extractor on it because I know after 19 years some dirt is bound to come out of it.
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Question on the seat: I slid the seat all the way forward so that I could get the rear bolts first. Then I slid it back like how it would be if someone was sitting in it to get the front bolts out and removed it in that position. Now I want to clean the mount/tracks, but the seat mount is very "stacked" on its self and hard to get into for cleaning. What the best way slide the seat forward to clean the mount now that it doesn't have the bolts to pull against for sliding?
(BTW, the clear bushings on the seats all cracked and broke off within days of each other last week, does having them gone make much difference?)
On the bushings; your seat will likely rattle.
Stable Seat has a fix for it. Ive have some on mine for 2 or 3 years now.