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Vendor Feedback / Experiences / Re: Omix-ADA Inc.

« on: February 10, 2010, 05:50:30 pm »

Kev, You get the bumper on and I'll help you with the winch.

I have a Rugged Ridge winch plate on, it mounted perfectly and the strength seems very adequate. It cost about $100 less than a Warn plate.

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Vendor Feedback / Experiences / Re: Omix-ADA Inc.

« on: February 10, 2010, 05:15:53 pm »

Kevin,

If you can build an XJ with 35's, I bet you can paint your own dif cover. 

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: February 06, 2010, 08:58:12 pm »

CJL....

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: February 06, 2010, 07:36:51 pm »

Too cool Mike! You gotta love those Jeeps.

I had one and a half recoveries today. One was a winch job the other was telling the driver what to do to get up the hill.

Oh, I replaced a wiper blade on my rig too.

Blue KJ...nothin like a worthless Hummer.

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: January 20, 2010, 04:05:19 pm »

OMG....first you buy an XJ and now you shop at Wal-Mart.

What next Wobble?

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: January 17, 2010, 08:43:42 am »

Quietly reading.......

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: January 02, 2010, 09:00:31 pm »

Yes, but when you still have your Wrangler you know everythings gonna be okay.

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: December 31, 2009, 08:20:32 am »

Scott,
I'm also sorry to hear that. In a effort to cheer you up, please see the attached picture of one of the toughest rigs around.

Your rig was the inspiration for my recent modifications, minimal lift with the largest tires!

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Technical Advice and Questions / Re: Need some opinions

« on: December 30, 2009, 07:14:02 am »

Option#3:  Get a TJ.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

This is the type of opinion Mike was speaking of.

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: December 25, 2009, 10:33:12 am »

Ted,
You just made my Christmas morning.

Thanks,
Charlie

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: December 24, 2009, 10:02:04 am »

Please, I think Matthew was being very thoughtful. 

#1: He called you for help when he needed it. #2: Nobody got hurt. #3: He was only minutes from home, not like he was stuck on Crawler Ridge at RC! #4: You got to do a real test of your new winch. #5: Best of all... you got to recover an XJ with your Wrangler! 

Rebuttal:

#1: The only time I can find him is when he needs me and his big brother he called first was no where to be found!

#2: I didn't kill him yet!

#3: I'm still gonna kill him!

#4: I could have done that on a warm summers afternoon.

#5: I agree, 4 buddies with 4 XJ's and a little wrangler saved the day.....well, the cold winters night!!!
 

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: December 24, 2009, 09:15:28 am »

What did you do with your Jeep today!

Last midnight my son Matthew calls and said "Dad, you busy?, I'm a little stuck"

He was about 7 minutes from the house, he slid on a huge patch of ice and went down a snowy bank.

I could not tug him out so I anchored my rig to a tree using my 3" tug strap (no choice) and the two D-rings on my new rear bumper. We looped his tug strap through the front and rear windows of his XJ as a spotter rope. With three of his buddies holding on to the "spotter" strap to keep the all tires grounded, I successfully winched his stuck, skinny little butt out!

BTW, Matthew said he doesn't think my little Warn M8000 is a sissy winch any more. 
I'm not sure what to think about getting called out of a warm bed, at midnight on a cold winters eve to recover a bunch of teenagers. 

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Technical Advice and Questions / Re: Vibration ????

« on: December 23, 2009, 12:14:10 pm »

All fixed and ready to go.

Thanks Ted for helping put the CV shaft back together.

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: December 23, 2009, 12:12:38 pm »

I finished all the repairs and drove it to work. 

Thanks Ted for the CV shaft help, four hands are better than two! 

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: December 21, 2009, 09:34:06 pm »

U-joints purchased. I was a little concerned about the grease zerk placement, looks like they will work fine.

Removed two of the three u-joints from the driveshaft and cleaned it up a bit.