Recent content by AgentOrange76

Hold on to that beaut! Dad bought his first Jeep in 2000 and I grew up camping and road tripping the southeast in it, 18 years later and he's passed it on to me and I'm doing my best to do the same! Where are you from, your pictures are pretty local to me.

I personally kinda like the grille slats bent. Good call moving the markers inboard. Whole thing looks really nice on the JK, either way I prefer it over the stock grille. Been following along, congrats on the kitchen design hit! I really like the homemade awning too.

Yeah, it's been acting up ever since new. It's always popped out of 1st gear. I really want to keep the 3550 with the deep 1st gear (helps off road, in the mountains, city traffic...)but a new ax15 is tempting if I can't find a quality place to rebuild it. My grandfather has a 6 speed in his...

Just caught up with your thread, sounds like a sweet plan! Always liked those old Mercs. I think a guy in our club did a similar swap in a CJ7 a loooong time ago, but I'd have no idea how to track him down. Following! I may even be interested in that 6 speed......

That's awesome! Looks like we'll be separated by a good deal of latitude. We have 2 base camps; the closest town to both is Taos, New Mexico.

I actually quite like it. Tons of pictures and videos from New Zealand circulating on Instagram too. I think I was expecting it to lose many of the classic Jeep features and it didn't. I like the CJ cues in the grille, I love the new interior (especially the body-colored dash), I love that it...

It's been a while y'all. Let's see if I can do a turbo update between exams. El Jeepe has been a charm all summer. Yanked the doors and roof off and bombed around, cuz its a Jeep and that's what ya do. Mechanically she's great, only a few bugs with O2 sensors. I'm cranking 19 mpg out on...

Thank you very much! I have compiled a list of antennas from Comet and Diamond that are all 1/2 waves. Was unable to find a website for Larson. Out of this list, any favorites? Not on this list? Are they all able to take hits well or does one stand out? Would prefer black to match the...

It ain't gonna be pretty but.... Hi all! Been wading through a few of these threads and have a few questions. I just joined my school's HAM radio club and should be getting licensed here in the next month or so! I'm pretty stoked, we're gonna be building antennas and all sorts of stuff. I'm...

Thanks for the advice all. There's an REI garage sale his weekend I'm gonna try and go to. I went camping this past weekend up at Linville and hammocked it, it was raining all night and pretty miserable. Definitely haven't figured out all the tricks to hammock camping yet, thanks for the...

Thanks for the feedback everyone! Really interesting concept of the sleeping bag/pad combo, I’d never seen that before. I’ll look into it, if nothing else its cool! Good information on the Big Agnes bags concerning temperature, I’ll keep that in mind. Looks like the suggested Kelty and TNF...

One of the things I love about this forum are that its a one stop shop for everything. Short version. I need a combined car camping/backpacking tent, sleeping bag and sleeping pad. Not looking to go ultralight, but split the difference between comfort and portability. I went to REI today...

Nothing beats an open top Jeep. Sure, they're pretty miserable to drive when the weather sucks, but there's nothing like pulling the roof and doors off. I built a shelf in my TJ to use in the summer when I'm not at school. one day I'll actually build a real one out of something other than...

Did I just hear straight 6? Ohhhhhhhh yesssss......now THAT gets me excited. I may be in the minority, but I like that they're bringing back the 4 banger. SWB Jeeps have always had a 4 banger until the JKs.....personally I would chose the straight 6 over a 4 banger all day long but I like that...

Long overdue update on the Jeep and relevant life. I replaced the front O2 sensor and the engine light went out and the Jeep is GOOD. Power isn't where I feel like it was when I started driving it, but much better than it was. I'm cranking out about 19.5 mpg between interstate and mountain...