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    First time overland in Anza Borrego

    Hard to go wrong down there. Pick a road and go down it. There's a spot we used to love to use just north of I-8 that overlooked the wind farms outside of Ocotillo. Would be easily accessible by an Outback. This link should be good. There's a cluster of rocks you can drive around and setup...
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    Diff lock now or later

    Keep in mind you can sell those extra items you want to get rid of to non Pro4X owners who want them for their truck. If you start with a non Pro4X and decide to put just a locker in by itself later you can plan on a 1000 dollar minimum unless you can do the work yourself. Double that or more...
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Got the tub the rest of the way painted. It's not the greatest. Its a "100 foot" paint job. I tried my hand at bondo for the first time.....you can tell
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    2bbl carb. Yeah it's two tubes. One goes to the carb choke assembly piece on the side and i forget where the other goes right now. But it's a single unit. They both go to a plate bolted to the intake manifold and they both look like they were attached to it at one time. I'll try to get a...
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    I got my TSMs. The heat riser for my carb choke is broken at the base on one of the lines. I can't find this part new so am looking at just epoxying or brazing the tube back together. I've also thought about just converting to a manual choke.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    I basically want what's still there to work. The Air pump and evap canister are long gone but there are still ports and what not on the intake and carb that were just capped with screws that I would like to clean up and re run if possible.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    I found someone on the Early CJ5 Forums that does repro work. He makes the tag on the computer and sends it off to a print shop that works with him.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Beyond my ability, I don't have any dollies, I'm not that concerned with it. Most likely a HAM or Commercial radio is going to go in that slot and I'll make a trim ring for it. I'm not shooting for show quality just somewhat presentable.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Some light work today. Got the dash panel mostly put back together, got a few of.the emission lines sorted out but not all and replaced the damaged tie rod on the drag link. Wouldn't mind finding a repro of the vin tag that was on the dash.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Rest of the drive train is now in. Got the PS pump and hoses hooked up. One of the previous owners replaced the low pressure line with a section of airhose it looks like. Got the fuel tank backin as well with new hardware and Rubber lines. Today im going to try to "unf%$k" the...
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    Let's Talk Cast Iron

    Got a glass cooktop here as well and nearly always use cast iron.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Finished up the AMC20. That was my first gearset install. That was my last big obstacle with the frame and drivetrain going to drop the tcase and driveshafts in tomorrow then I'm down to some bodywork and paint. I can kind of see the light at the end of this tunnel.
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    Legal Weapons and Overlanding

    This is unfortunately a mistake many folks make, assuming because someone wore a uniform (police or military) they know anything about weapons. I did fire arms instruction for rifle and pistol for the better part of a decade, I saw so many messed up situations with people who should know...
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    SOLD DUAL X GPS150 (HUNT COUNTY TX)

    Price Drop 40 shipped
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Tore the AMC 20 rear axle down on the CJ. One of the previous owners apparently did me a favor and put one piece axles in it at some point. Got a good chunk of the work done. Got the carrier bearings removed and new ones put on along with the ring gear. Got the old pinion races out...
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Burned up a lot of paint and primer today doing the underside and inside of the tub. Oh and make sure you have decent PPE. These are the prefilters for my organic vapor canisters.
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    CB help

    That Firestik shouldn't require any trimming.. It will have a brass screw in the top under the cap. That's how you tune it.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Had a few days off so got plenty done. Not much in the way of pictures. XJ: Inspected for a noise in the rear drums Readjusted Brake shoes Replaced battery hold down bolts, when I went to the larger battery the old ones were no longer long enough Found a nail in the front passenger tire. The...
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    DFW

    Out here East of Dallas I don't go out on the backroads after it rains for like a week unless it was alight sprinkle. The roads that aren't gravel turn into quagmires.