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Technical Advice and Questions / New Lift issues

« on: August 25, 2013, 09:14:26 am »

installed a Iron Roc short arm kit last week. Now when i pull out from a stop there is a banging coming from the rear. Its hard to explain in writing. it is not just a single bang or pop but more like a series of them occurring rapidly only when i initially start pulling out. Any ideas?

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18th Annual (2013) / Re: 21-6-13 Twenty nine days and a wake up

« on: July 13, 2013, 04:21:42 am »

i saw on Metal Cloaks website that Jesse from that jeep show is coming. i gues Metal Cloak will have a booth there as well. that got some nice stuff, just too expensive for me.

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General Discussion / Re: Jokes Page

« on: July 11, 2013, 07:01:50 pm »

These guys are crazy!  I would have paid his tab and taken it off his hands.  Looks like something I'd own!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ish567ZgU

those guys have a great job.

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General Discussion / Re: Jokes Page

« on: July 06, 2013, 06:19:11 pm »

http://msnvideo.msn.com/?channelindex=2&from=en-us_msnhpvidmod#/video/66991e64-4f04-1c01-591b-56f706513e89

i think he is cheating.

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General Discussion / Re: Jokes Page

« on: June 28, 2013, 07:26:04 pm »

pulled this off of Facebook

Two hillbillies walk into a restaurant. While having a bite to eat, they talk about their moonshine operation.
Suddenly, a woman at a nearby table, who is eating a sandwich, begins to cough.
After a minute or so, it becomes apparent that she is in real distress. One of the hillbillies looks at her and says, Kin ya swallar?'
The woman shakes her head no. Then he asks, 'Kin ya breathe?'
The woman begins to turn blue, and shakes her head no.
The hillbilly walks over to the woman, lifts up her dress, yanks down her drawers, and quickly gives her right butt cheek a lick with his tongue.
The woman is so shocked that she has a violent spasm, and the obstruction flies out of her mouth.As she begins to breathe again, the Hillbilly walks slowly back to his table. His partner says, 'Ya know, I'd heerd of that there 'Hind Lick Maneuver' but I ain't niver seed nobody do it!'

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General Discussion / Re: Recall

« on: June 27, 2013, 07:05:44 pm »

Lets see, out of 2.7 million Jeep vehicles, how many of them have been rear ended? Then up to 51 out of the how many that had been rear ended, may (reasonable doubt) have been responsible for up to 51 deaths, under what conditions? The defect I see is the driver in the rear vehicle hitting the Jeep in the rear end (following to close). Not enough information to be conclusive.
So if Chrysler can make the next years Jeeps a little safer for it's passengers, with this information do it.
We will never live in a perfectly safe world.  

i think if was the engineer who designed these vehicles and thought (for even a second) that my design could have been responsible for a single death i would want something done to prevent any chance of it happening again. Of course the vehicle that hit them shares some fault. However by that logic why have seat belts or airbags.

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General Discussion / Re: Recall

« on: June 26, 2013, 04:37:50 am »

sounds like they have a bad habit of bursting into flames when in accidents. i think they are doing the right thing.

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NON PA Jeeps Events / Re: June 23 2013, Stetler Dodge

« on: June 20, 2013, 04:59:57 am »

I talked to a couple of buddies and they said the dealership sent them emails about a month ago about this, and pa2phx keep your head down and come back safe and we will see you at the shows.

thanks Hillbilly, doing my best. i should make it just in time for the July event

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NON PA Jeeps Events / Re: June 23 2013, Stetler Dodge

« on: June 18, 2013, 06:01:27 pm »

Damn i am missing all these shows. stupid war. Hope i can make it back in time for the big show in July

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Technical Advice and Questions / Re: Steering Stabilizers

« on: May 31, 2013, 06:20:01 pm »

so the more i look into this the more it seems dual stabs would be a waste of money. Is anyone runnin a crossover set up?

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

« on: May 29, 2013, 03:55:49 pm »

nothing today but this month i painted the interior black to match the rest of the TJ.

Installed the new hand throttle that has been laying around the garage for 4 years

Fixed my winch

And installed a new steel Glove box since the original one broke over the winter.

pretty boring i will admit, but since Squazz was calling us out...

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Technical Advice and Questions / Steering Stabilizers

« on: May 27, 2013, 07:49:47 pm »

Ok lets get some opinions here. I will be installing my new 4" Iron Rock lift soon and then need to upgrade the steering side. i have been looking at doing the whole dual set up. I am running a 99 tj with 33X12.5's on the above mentioned 4" suspension with a 1 inch body. i know the dual set up may be unnecessary but i will be stepping up to 35's at some point and figure i need to replace the current stabilizer so why not just upgrade now. Any recommendations on Brands or maybe some feedback on what ya'll are already runnin.

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Technical Advice and Questions / Re: Ok....brake question here....

« on: May 13, 2013, 07:07:42 pm »

ok so that has nothing to do with the brake pedal switch. that switch is only for the lights and possibly the cruise. Is it the  "brake" light on the dash or the  "ABS" light?
If it is the "brake" light then the issue is with the emergency brake. i have never had to mess with it but i would assume there is a switch on the lever under the center console. it would be possible for this switch to be bad or a electrical short. it might also be a rigging issue. If you have messed with the emergency brake cable it might be adjusted too tight preventing the brake from releasing all the way. Not sure if that would cause the issue or not. As i said i have not had to mess with it before.

If it is the "ABS" light then it would be either a bad sensor at one of the wheels. each wheel has its own pulse sensor which measures wheel speed. Or it could be the computer or the ABS brake manifold under the hood. First thing to do would be to find an empty parking lot or more preferably a dirt road and see if the ABS is working. If it is working than the issue is probably a bad sensor. Also you can connect a OBDII scanner up to read the codes for the ABS system.

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Technical Advice and Questions / Re: Ok....brake question here....

« on: May 11, 2013, 12:34:43 am »

Any luck on this? the brakes lights have nothing to do with your actual brakes. the lights don't care if you have brakes. they only care about the brake pedal position. when brake pedal is released the switch is pressed in which opens the circuit removing power to the brake lights. when you press the pedal the switch is relaxed closing the circuit allowing power to illuminate the lights.

Are all the brakes lights on or just one? if just one then there is a issue just at that light. maybe an electrical short.

Also when you disconnected the brake light pedal switch (if it is the right one) the lights should not be on. with the plug disconnected there is no way for power to go thru the switch to turn on the lights.

i dont know if it matters or even applies to you but some cars with cruise have a second switch on the brake pedal arm just for the cruise cancelling.

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Product Feedback / Re: Bulldog Winches

« on: May 11, 2013, 12:18:36 am »

well that would be a possibility. either way it is a serious design flaw. but that being said he vendor was there when i needed them. their website has all the components needed to repair the electronics. i was able to get two new solenoids without any issues. wired them in and after repairing some corroded wires she works great. Now i just got to relocate it under the hood.