What did you do to your Expo Jeep today?
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bldeagle10
Explorer
watched the TJ episodes of Search and Restore, so I submitted an application for my XJ 
washed and half waxed her (to lazy to do the passenger side tonight) also took out the battery, relocated the alternator wire that leads to the fuse block, redid alot of the wires in that area, new terminal on the positive side, just a little cheapy one till i can get something better, no more 12 year old terminal on that side, used my spare cheapy negative terminal on my moms dodge so I couldn't do that side, there was a HUGE difference right off the bat though so I'm happy...
washed and half waxed her (to lazy to do the passenger side tonight) also took out the battery, relocated the alternator wire that leads to the fuse block, redid alot of the wires in that area, new terminal on the positive side, just a little cheapy one till i can get something better, no more 12 year old terminal on that side, used my spare cheapy negative terminal on my moms dodge so I couldn't do that side, there was a HUGE difference right off the bat though so I'm happy...
Maximus Ram
Expedition Leader
Changed the spark plugs...pepboys had bosch platinums on sale for 2.00 each and the a bosch rebate of 1.00 each...so 1.00 for each plug , a deal I couldn't pass on.
redthies
Renaissance Redneck
Bet that snorkel came in handy over the past few days! Awesome JK... hope ours is lookin' that good some day!
m(a)ce
Adventurer
lol- it did! roads to my town flood kind of regularly so I'm often quite thankful for it! thank you.
put on the limb risers today & did some debadging
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bldeagle10
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picked up new tires today after running on bald ones for a very long time. mounting them by friday then leaving for a camping trip! nothing special really. just the stock JK tires, 225/70R16 mine were 235/70R16 so these are a bit skinnier and they look to be about an inch taller but that may just be because they actually have tread on them
old
new!
also threw in a quick splash of 10w-30, damn rear main...sounds like it was starting to knock but i'm not sure it was a very subtle sound. checked the oil and it was in the safe zone still but could use a little more. oil change in the next month or two is due, and tranny fluid..
old
new!
also threw in a quick splash of 10w-30, damn rear main...sounds like it was starting to knock but i'm not sure it was a very subtle sound. checked the oil and it was in the safe zone still but could use a little more. oil change in the next month or two is due, and tranny fluid..
Hannibal USA
Adventurer
I installed the front axle sleeve kit and C-gusset and swapped to 5.38 gears.
m(a)ce
Adventurer
nice.
look forward to your take on the 5.38s. a buddy of mine loves his. sometimes I feel my 5.13s with 35's aren't deep enough.
Bubblegoose1
@PNWINFERNOPRO
Nice setup
thatguysgarage
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bldeagle10
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today, I had a hassle putting on new tires, took it to walmart (first mistake) the kid says "these are 225's, your door jam says stock is 215's" so i proceeded to tell him "yea...and it has 235's on it right now, no biggie" he says "well we can't do that, we can only do stock sizes, I'll go ask my manager" manager comes out and explains their "liability" bull crap, I mouthed off a little bit about how its a JEEP I can put whatever tire size I want on it, I'll even sign a damn waiver stating i wont sue if for some unnatural god forsaken reason the tires cause a wreck and it can be proven that it was because they were the wrong size, he just said sorry can't do it, so I said well, I guess I know where I'm not going when I mount 31's cause this is ************* ridiculous" went to discount name dropped my friend who is an assistant manager, got 9 tires dismounted, 4 mounted, 4 recycled 1 spare kept of a rim, 4 balanced for 24 bucks...better than 14 bucks a tire and walmart anyways...
half loaded up the cargo area with camping stuff, I NEED A CARGO BASKET! its jam packed, kind of feel unsafe, if i get in a wreck i dont want all that stuff flying out and hitting my niece :/ i think she is the only thing i love more than the jeep lol
oh p.s., the tires are only 225/70R16's off a 2011 JK so goodyear wranglers, only had about 2000 miles max on them when i got them, still have the little rubber "hairs" on them.
p.p.s. I probably shouldn't have lost my temper at wally world, I'm turning into my dad
half loaded up the cargo area with camping stuff, I NEED A CARGO BASKET! its jam packed, kind of feel unsafe, if i get in a wreck i dont want all that stuff flying out and hitting my niece :/ i think she is the only thing i love more than the jeep lol
oh p.s., the tires are only 225/70R16's off a 2011 JK so goodyear wranglers, only had about 2000 miles max on them when i got them, still have the little rubber "hairs" on them.
p.p.s. I probably shouldn't have lost my temper at wally world, I'm turning into my dad
p.p.s. I probably shouldn't have lost my temper at wally world, I'm turning into my dad
Funny how that happens.
Steve F
Adventurer
I've had a slow leak on what has become my spare tyre and decided it was time to fix it before I head off for a month of wheelin
Got a mate over with some tyre pliers and went from there.
First step is to get some air in the tyre and mix up some soapy water (dishwashing liquid works well), dribble this around the bead and valve.
Then look for it to start blowing bubbles They were easy to spot on this one.
On with the tyre pliers to crack the bead. It was full of mud, so once we cracked it I got the air gun and blew the mud out and scrapped it with a screwdriver as well. You can just see the mud on the bead. There was a heap in there.
All nice and clean
And then put the air gun on the tyre valve stem without the valve in it, the bead seats really quickly
All done, next to fix the tyre with the nail in it
Cheers
Steve
Got a mate over with some tyre pliers and went from there.
First step is to get some air in the tyre and mix up some soapy water (dishwashing liquid works well), dribble this around the bead and valve.
Then look for it to start blowing bubbles
They were easy to spot on this one.
On with the tyre pliers to crack the bead. It was full of mud, so once we cracked it I got the air gun and blew the mud out and scrapped it with a screwdriver as well. You can just see the mud on the bead. There was a heap in there.
All nice and clean
And then put the air gun on the tyre valve stem without the valve in it, the bead seats really quickly
All done, next to fix the tyre with the nail in it
Cheers
Steve