WJCO
Meme King
That's pretty normal. You can keep an eye on it but don't worry too much. Long-term seepage, I don't see any signs of an active leak.
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That's pretty normal. You can keep an eye on it but don't worry too much. Long-term seepage, I don't see any signs of an active leak.
notnalc68
That dude from Mississippi
Out of that vent tube thingy?
WJCO
Meme King
I see differential seepage and sweating often. Usually a cover gasket, but that one is really minor. Just clean and monitor.
GraniteCrystal
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Goldeneagle1LC
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Awesome build. Lots of great ideas.
GraniteCrystal
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Thanks! It's been fun.
GraniteCrystal
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Yeah, it's weird, but I absolutely love the feeling after changing any of the fluids (differentials, oil, coolant, etc). Just knowing it's running on new, clean stuff makes me feel all warm inside. Is that weird? Am I the only one?
HI, my name is Scott and I have a fetish for my Jeep and its health.
swampdog
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^^^^^^^Preach
WJCO
Meme King
That's awesome. :cheesy: So true though.
USMC Wrangler
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Yes! I'm so relieved I'm not the only one! [emoji1]
GraniteCrystal
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My build thread: a safe place for Jeepaholics to talk about their addiction.
GraniteCrystal
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Problems with fire extinguisher mount
My wife complained the other day that the driver's seat wouldn't move far enough forward for her (5'5"). I took a look at it today, and the fire extinguisher is blocking it. When you're tall like me and nobody short drives your Jeep, you'll never notice it.
Here is a shot of the red fire extinguisher holder, the seat, and the silver metal bar that hits the fire extinguisher as the seat slides forward.
The fire extinguisher doesn't move. The seat moves from right to left as it goes forward. So, that little metal bar by my thumb moves to the left as the seat moves forward and catches on the red fire extinguisher holder (which is flexed out more when there's an actual fire extinguisher in it).
This is a small negative against this solution in my opinion. My wife doesn't really care about driving when we go offroading, so my solution will be to just put the fire extinguisher in the Jeep at those times, and leave it out of the Jeep on a daily basis so she can take to go run errands, etc.
My wife complained the other day that the driver's seat wouldn't move far enough forward for her (5'5"). I took a look at it today, and the fire extinguisher is blocking it. When you're tall like me and nobody short drives your Jeep, you'll never notice it.
Here is a shot of the red fire extinguisher holder, the seat, and the silver metal bar that hits the fire extinguisher as the seat slides forward.
The fire extinguisher doesn't move. The seat moves from right to left as it goes forward. So, that little metal bar by my thumb moves to the left as the seat moves forward and catches on the red fire extinguisher holder (which is flexed out more when there's an actual fire extinguisher in it).
This is a small negative against this solution in my opinion. My wife doesn't really care about driving when we go offroading, so my solution will be to just put the fire extinguisher in the Jeep at those times, and leave it out of the Jeep on a daily basis so she can take to go run errands, etc.
GraniteCrystal
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Dirty Dog 4x4 sunshade
I love getting Jeep goodies in the mail! These came today. Have only done the front one so far; rear will go on next week when I remove the hardtop. Overall, I really like it. Still very much open air feeling, but it says it filters out 70% of the UV rays which is perfect for me. I like that I can still see through it enough to enjoy the views of the passing mountains.
Great coverage!
A few installation notes that may help others...it'll be a lot easier to do with the hardtop off, but you can do the front portion with it on (maybe the rear portion too but I didn't try). The instructions call to use a kitchen knife to push the two rear straps from the top down. Can't do that with the top on, but there's an even easier way. Feed the strap up from the bottom and grab it with some needle nose pliers:
Then tape it to itself:
And pull it back through the other way:
Also, keep everything loose until you have it fed through all attachment points. Once you do, you can use needle nose pliers again, coming from the rear, grab the strap and pull those two rear attachments tight. Don't over-tighten.
Only thing I'm not a huge fan of is all the extra strapping they gave on the two side attachment points. Not a big deal though as it's easily cut and melted (to prevent fraying) or you can just wrap it around the bar once before feeding it through, as shown below:
I love getting Jeep goodies in the mail! These came today. Have only done the front one so far; rear will go on next week when I remove the hardtop. Overall, I really like it. Still very much open air feeling, but it says it filters out 70% of the UV rays which is perfect for me. I like that I can still see through it enough to enjoy the views of the passing mountains.
Great coverage!
A few installation notes that may help others...it'll be a lot easier to do with the hardtop off, but you can do the front portion with it on (maybe the rear portion too but I didn't try). The instructions call to use a kitchen knife to push the two rear straps from the top down. Can't do that with the top on, but there's an even easier way. Feed the strap up from the bottom and grab it with some needle nose pliers:
Then tape it to itself:
And pull it back through the other way:
Also, keep everything loose until you have it fed through all attachment points. Once you do, you can use needle nose pliers again, coming from the rear, grab the strap and pull those two rear attachments tight. Don't over-tighten.
Only thing I'm not a huge fan of is all the extra strapping they gave on the two side attachment points. Not a big deal though as it's easily cut and melted (to prevent fraying) or you can just wrap it around the bar once before feeding it through, as shown below:
GraniteCrystal
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scull20
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What about under the axle?
Goldeneagle1LC
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Shade tops are awesome. I got the Bartact because my wife is a redhead and it seemed to offer the best coverage. Amazing how much more comfortable it made running topless in the heat down here.
GraniteCrystal
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It'd definitely reach the bottom of the differential. But then I'd be compressing the spring until it hit the bump stops...not sure there'd be enough there.
Yeah, I'm thinking that as well. Might pick up a few 4x4s from Lowe's this weekend.