Luke
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Yes .. definitely don't wait for an invite 
What did you do to your jeep today?
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CactusJacked
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Strange, I received an invite, along with a gift card for a free steak & lobster dinner!
KJScott
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Today I removed the rear UCA, pressed and beat out the bushings and ball joint. Wire brushed the rust, installed new parts. Painted and reinstalled. Also cleaned the dust off the max air door screen and installed silverstar reverse lights, cleaned my wheels and tires and topped off front axle fluid. I get so much done when wifey and the baby aren't home!!!!
4x4kayak2112
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Stayed inside....Houston is iced over. But got my rear bumper drawn up.
Sent with the power of children's screams!!!
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brokendad
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It was warmer in the middle of Oklahoma today than in Houston. So I put it on stands and pulled the rear differential cover off (ever so slowly) drained the gear lube cleaned everything up inside and out pulled the axles and replaced the wheel bearings and seals. replaced everything with Timken bearings and seals, new lube and additive.
02blue
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Changed the plugs. NGK coppers this time. First time in about 50k (yes, I know :slap. Old Bosch Platinum+4s didn't look too bad as far as wear but some serious white/grey residue. Number 1 plug was only finger tight to begin with surprised it wasn't misfiring. Lots of brown residue on that plug and up around the coil to the O-ring. Fired right up and idled SO MUCH BETTER. SMOOOOOTH. :rockit:
. Old Bosch Platinum+4s didn't look too bad as far as wear but some serious white/grey residue. Number 1 plug was only finger tight to begin with surprised it wasn't misfiring. Lots of brown residue on that plug and up around the coil to the O-ring. Fired right up and idled SO MUCH BETTER. SMOOOOOTH. :rockit:
4x4kayak2112
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I gave mine a wash after all of Houston's "de-icer" aka sand made it dirty and got paid overtime to wash it....I love my job!
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wheeee32
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Sprayed the entire exterior and underbody off. Looks much better without all the built up sand/salt mix caked on it. It was hilarious watching people around here dealing with 2-3 inches of snow.:jester:
junior40er
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I replaced the following in 2 days:
*Radiator
*Left and right Upper Control Arms'
*Left and right tie rods
*Left and right Lower ball joints
*AC/Heat Blower resistor
*Radiator
*Left and right Upper Control Arms'
*Left and right tie rods
*Left and right Lower ball joints
*AC/Heat Blower resistor
KJScott
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Washed it, back to blacked the plastics, waxed the hood and protectant on in terior plastics
Birdman330
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Treated the inside of the windows all the way around with Rain-X Fogging Wipes, tightened down the battery holder, found the battery was a little loose.
cplchris
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you know you can go on the autodesk website and under communities pick students & educators, and create an account and you get full access to educational versions of everything the have...including inventor....the bumper looks great, even on looseleaf.
cplchris
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and now i have decided to save up and make the move to a 4 door rubicon...its still a jeep and it will be my first brand new vehicle.
4x4kayak2112
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Drove the Jeep a long way to pickup some Rubicon wheels and tires for the KJ
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Kaiser Von Kuhl
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woo hoo, fixed the "misfire" problem today!
Took my '04 KJ to a mechanic friend a few days ago. He hooked his computer up and told me #2 cylinder was misfiring. He told me to change the plugs first considering the mileage is 180k and I didn't know the history.
Money is tight, so I bought 1 plug (I'll do the other 5, don't worry). The old #2 plug was tan and gap burned very wide. New plug didn't correct the problem. I read in another Jeep forum that neglecting plug maintenance can eventually lead to coil failure.
Next stop, local pick & pull to grab a $9 used coil (I might get all brand new when I can afford it). Changed it out and voila! Problem "misfire" solved. Next week, 5 more plugs.
By the way, I stuck with Champion 434 copper plus plugs for three reasons.
1. I didn't want an oddball type plug in the #2 spot even for a test repair
2. It was cheap
3. Copper conducts a hotter spark than those fancy dancy super-split-platinum-titanium-alloy-carbide-core etc. etc. plugs. (I'll just change 'em again in a couple years)
Took my '04 KJ to a mechanic friend a few days ago. He hooked his computer up and told me #2 cylinder was misfiring. He told me to change the plugs first considering the mileage is 180k and I didn't know the history.
Money is tight, so I bought 1 plug (I'll do the other 5, don't worry). The old #2 plug was tan and gap burned very wide. New plug didn't correct the problem. I read in another Jeep forum that neglecting plug maintenance can eventually lead to coil failure.
Next stop, local pick & pull to grab a $9 used coil (I might get all brand new when I can afford it). Changed it out and voila! Problem "misfire" solved. Next week, 5 more plugs.
By the way, I stuck with Champion 434 copper plus plugs for three reasons.
1. I didn't want an oddball type plug in the #2 spot even for a test repair
2. It was cheap
3. Copper conducts a hotter spark than those fancy dancy super-split-platinum-titanium-alloy-carbide-core etc. etc. plugs. (I'll just change 'em again in a couple years)
Plain old copper core work best anyways , and change them every 25-30,000 miles . Mine get changed every 25,000 just cause its fun and easy and she likes it so much when I swap them:icon_razz:
LKWJeeper
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New plugs are around 6 bucks. Very easy to do yourself.
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first&lastKJ
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I just hit 60,000 so changed the plugs and replaced the air filter. Also took her to the car wash for a good underbody wash.
wheeee32
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Found a cherry parking lot and did some cookies and figure eights in the snow.:driver:
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