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I have to check this site out later.

Found it through google.

http://www.ilovejeeps.com/forums/index.php

Insane wheeling video, via orlandojeepchat and pirate

Corn Smuggler posted this insane wheeling video on Orlando Jeep Chat

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New speakers for the XJ

Installed 4 of these speakers this afternoon.

Didnt use the grill's though, the bling factor was a bit too high, as was the cheeziness rating.

They sound really really decent though for $59/pair speakers (currently 39.99 on sale at crutchfield.com).



Taking apart my doors i found 5 year old alpine speakers. I don't even know if they are that worn out, but they arent as loud as the kicker's I just put in. The problems with those speakers could have been simply related to poor installation.

Failed: dana 35 axle shaft replacement.

The Dana 35 is truly, well, the Dana 35 of axles. It sucks, completely and utterly.

We fought to remove an axle shaft for an hour this afternoon, but the pin that holds the carrier assembly together would not be removed. It is about 20 years old, but removal should at least be possible. Since the carrier holds the axles in, and the axles hold the carrier in, there's no way to remove anything.

The axle as a whole is pretty much a wash at this point. With a bent axle shaft i'll just be tossing it in the garbage.

Image from: http://www.800-923-jeep.com/techCorner/axle_id.cfm

My jeep build moves forward at breakneck speed.

My jeep build is moving forward at breakneck speed. Yea right. It's just pissing me off to see my transfer case sitting in the garage just waiting to be installed.

I really need to find a decent weekend job so I can make some more cash to work on the jeep. Driving Safari Vehicles for TheGreatAndWonderfulThemePark is cool, but it pays next to nothing. Some super fun jobs are like that.

photo © Zbigniew Twardowski for openphoto.net CC:Attribution-ShareAlike

transcript

I was contemplating creating a flow chart
outlining the jeep hobby
from newbie
to burnout
and all the various stages that occur in between
There are several funny stages in the middle
that often occur
James: heh
are you at burnout, already?
me: A: I'll get a loan and finish my jeep right
B: I'll open an offroad shop with my buddy who knows everything, but mysteriously does not have an offroad shop already
C: Me and someone else will set up axles, and make a fortune
D: I'm selling my jeep
E: I'm not selling my jeep
James: laugh
me: F: Your jeep sucks
G: My bruiser chassis is on order
E: I lied
F: I'm going hydro steer
G: I'm settling for this steering
H: I dont give a fck about the DOT regs
I: The ticket i have to pay now sucks
J: I know what the bearing preload is
James: [smile]
me: K: There are metal fragments all over the pavement
every time i hear someone say something in my list
James: (that can be the ``jake'' stage)
me: i just laugh inside
even worse is the budget boost stage
which should in all cases
be skipped entirely
James: gill is stuck there...
me: nooo
James: and he's going straight from there to stage D
i don't see much hope for him.
me: it alwasy happens
budget boosters
are 50% more likely
to go to stage D
is he in socorro
James: very sad
Sent at 4:23 PM on Thursday

Red Jeep and Grey Jeep Operational

Finally I have both jeeps running at one time. Scored a set of BFG All terains from a friend for free, along with rims, for the Red stock height 92 Jeep Cherokee. After replacing ball joints and transmission mount, it's running quite a bit better. I still have to change out the vacuum actuated coolant valve, since that is leaking, but it's still much better than it was.

I already experienced the benifits of having two working vehicles. I happened to have both of them parked at work the other day, and I managed to lock my keys in the grey jeep. Having a seperate set of keys for the red one, I was able to drive home and come back the next morning with a spare set of keys for the grey one.