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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Put a new power steering pump in the CJ. Now I have all the steering power.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Rollbar and bumperettes on, adjusted the idle screws on the carb, found out I assembled the power steering pump wrong so fixed that, and used one of my original cammie blouses to make a set of chain sleeves.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    It together enough to move under it's own power. A few things popped up that I'm going to have to figure out. T-Case will randomly pop out of 4low. I've read this can be an issue of worn intermediate gear bearings or thrust washers but the t-case was rebuilt with all new bearings and thrust...
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    Jeep Gladiator Top Dog overland concept

    Not sure how you got to 65k. I went to the site added everything I could think of I would want to add to a base model and wound up at 39k. Is that a Canadian thing? If there was an option to keep the stock steelies and 255 sized tires I would be all over that option. I do not want or need 35s.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Almost there. Most of the soft top hardware is on. Front bumper on, front seats in, New water pump in, no coolant yet and belts are loose. Letting the RTV cure till tomorrow, horn in, rearview mirror in. Once the wiper blades come in it'll actually pass inspection.
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    For those who have never been to Carlsbad cavern, going near White City, or not sure if it is worth the stop.

    This is just south of Whites City. Its BLM land. Easy access and tons of pullouts. My daughter and I stayed here overnight on our way to run the NMBDR. We went far enough in traffic noise wasnt an issue.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Water pump removed waiting for replacement. Back seat in along with its seatbelts. Windshield frame, windshield and wiper assembly in place, tailgate installed, finished up the battery tray install, the support arm that came with it was way too short but I happened to have another support arm...
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    Jeep Gladiator Top Dog overland concept

    They backtracked on that in September. Apparently they won't be coming along till later in the model year but you will be able to get it at some point.
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    Jeep Gladiator Top Dog overland concept

    One of my biggest problems with Jeep/FCA right now. Instead of being like "hey maybe we should offer some off road goodies in the base models? Like maybe lockers at least?" They were like "nah we'll tease this Hemi powered Wrangler that should do the trick".
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    Access card denied

    Welcome to Government bureaucracy, where the rules are made up and nothing makes sense. You were military you know how this works :D
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Made some good progress yesterday. Fired it up for the first time since I started the tear down. Waterpump is eating itself though so have a new one coming in today, about to go out and pull off the old one in preparation. Still waiting for front seats to come in along with front bumper and...
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    Jeep Wrangler Gun Rack

    I've got a spot for my truck rifle when I go out and about. Lockable and all that. Been thinking of adding something to the CJ but will wait till I finish it to figure that out.
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    2wd rigs in action. Photos encouraged!

    You could just buy a compressor that will service just fine. No need for a shop to "install" it. Just pull it out of the bag and clip it to your battery when needed.
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    GMRS vs. HAM

    I use this CB antenna when I decide to run a CB. NMO base so I can use my secondary antenna mount to run it.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Its starting to look like something now. Brakes bled, wiring nearing completion. It does crank. Both fenders and grille on. Shifter installed, oil pressure line ran gotta clean up the wiring around the battery. Even with the painless harness wiring is still time consuming. Im glad i decided...
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    Jeep Gladiator Top Dog overland concept

    Can I get some of what you're smoking? As stated above that's one hell of a stretch. What do they have in common? Removable top?...........kind of like the old Bronco? It even looks similar enough to an old Bronco. I guess you can take the removable door think against them but Jeep doesnt...
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    Willys Jeep

    I wanted a Willys so bad but couldn't find one local that I thought would be salvageable in a reasonable time. Wound up with a 76 CJ5. It's not a Willys but at least it's pre Chrysler days :P This one looks amazing. I'm totally Jealous.
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    Maglite

    Maglite is a prime example of what happens when you rest on your reputation for too long, they're building Model Ts while the rest of the industry is building F1 cars. Their most loyal vocal customer base has slowly died off or moved on to other better lights while they continued to...
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    GMRS vs. HAM

    It's literally the link he provided in his post. That link takes you to an article on the Jeep Jamboree website and in the title in large, bold, letters it says " CB TO BE REPLACED BY FRS/GMRS TWO-WAY RADIOS IN 2021" https://jeepjamboreeusa.com/cb-replaced-by-frs-gmrs-two-way-radios/