People drop these skids like it’s nothing! I’m horrified to try and take mine off! All my 4x4 shops said don’t touch it until absolutley necessary or with good reason! I have minimal rust, so I guess that’s not good enough reason yet
I will do that, thanks!Since you have no apparent reason to drop it now, you should probably spray some oil (preferably Kroil) at those bolts (inside the frame) this weekend and every month or so after that to help assure that they will come loose when needed. It might seem like overkill but in this case too much is always better than not enough.
Yea, I'm just thinking your bulb is burnt out, haha you know, JeepWhat's wrong with this picture?
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I'll give you a hint:
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It fired up with the second turn of the key. And for the first time since buying it almost 2 years ago, the check engine light is not on. Oh sure, it will most likely come back, because, you know, "JEEP", and it can take multiple occurances before a code is set, but right now, it's clean.
Yay!
Now, about that front pinion seal leak.....
I have one of those, lots of fun
How old is it?A bit more work on the Warn M8000. The PO had put "liquid electrical tape" on the terminals - which might have been fine except I wanted to take everything apart. So once I got the nuts coaxed off, I was ready to paint the main motor housing. This winch has been around - when I looked closely at the motor data tag, I could see where it had been masked off for paint before! Anyway, its masked off again, and I freshened it with some flat black.
This winch is going to get a cover - I've seen what the weather has done to it...
I honestly don't know, but its been around. The motor end caps and the gear box castings have gotten water under the powder coat, so I've been scraping/wire wheeling all that off and re-painting. Its been cared for, but its also been a long time since somebody was into it as the grease in the gearbox is all dried up, although it still turns. Motor brushes are in fine shape, etc - dunno if they've been changed in the past or not. The rubber seal around the clutch lever is completely dried out - as hard as a rock. I guess I should pull the wire rope off and re-paint the drum while I'm at it. The rubber cap that goes over the control connector is missing, I just ordered a new one today at - of all places - AutoZone! They were by far the cheapest I could find on it.How old is it?
I tried to align mine this evening. No such luck, shitty amazon headlights from the previous owner...Back with more. One of the projects I’ve been meaning to tackle is aiming the headlights and fog lights. Headlights came out great, but I had an issue with one the fogs. The left light cast a beam that was was much dimmer (pretty much useless) and a weird pattern. Decided to open it up, and discovered the PO had put a new bulb in backwards. There are indentations on the housing and light that are supposed to match up. One is round and the other is squre
Wrong:
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Correct:
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You can see how much better the light sits in the housing and how the little tabs match up. This definitely solved the beam issue!
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After:
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With the lights properly aimed, the fogs definitely compliment the low beams and expand the field of view by a lot, without blinding oncoming traffic. Look at that crisp cutoff.
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Fogs on:
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Stock sealed beams aren’t so bad when aimed right. But I’m going to get one of those direct-to-the-battery harnesses to see if it helps them any.