I have received my MVPI4. I'm up here at our cabin at an elevation of 6600 feet until November. I can't afford the two weeks of vehicle down time to ship the OE PCM to HP Tuners to get it unlocked until then.
Before I start trying to find a dealership willing to sell and then program a second...
I'm normally not of the tinfoil hat wearing persuasion but I'm making an exception here.
We are looking to get a JLUR and have been debating a MY26 or waiting and ordering a MY27. The 2027 Wrangler ordering guide was posted over in the JL Wrangler forum and I had time to go through it. There...
I heated them back up when it came to the point to torque each body mount bolt.
It isn't as if when you heat them up to loosen them a bunch of liquid thread locker drains out onto the floor. All of that material is still up in there on the threads of the bolt and nut.
Don't know exactly which...
Do not use an impact wrench.
The induction heater will head up the head of the bolt. The bolts are long (in particular the rear) and the thread locker is way far away at the other end up the bolt on the threads. It is going to take numerous apply heat / pause / repeat cycles for the heat that...
Installed my "customized" mount for the GMRS radio microphone.
Started out with this universal holder, but it didn't hold the mic that securely and the banging against the dash trim panel was going to drive me nuts.
The universal mount is "Areyourshop" brand, don't remember where I bought it...
This is from the JL forum: UTM
It would let you run windows on an apple silicon mac in emulation mode, so it would be slow, but apparently it works.
I've sent my MPVI2 into to be upgraded to an MPVI4 and I may have to end up using UTM. My old used Lenovo notebook that I bought to use the MPVI2...
Changed out the PCV valve today at ~37k miles. Had a noticeable amount of oil residue in the air intake plenum so figured it was prudent to do so. When shaking the old one vs. the new one the sound of the rattling noise wasn't that different. I don't think I made anything worse by putting in a...
Yeah...
Nearest dealership is 35 miles away. To use up my last "complimentary" Jeep Wave oil change they were scheduling two weeks out.
For me, it is less time, cost and hassle to do the oil change myself.
Not new.
Sin Nombre Hantavirus
With ~40% mortality rate not something that you want to take any chances with. Our cabin is in a small town, ~3k residents, I know of one woman who died from it. She had cleaned out a shed in her yard, came in contact with infected rodent droppings and that was...
I can't help you come up with a plan to deal with that much wiring, but I'm going to make suggestions as to parts / sources if you do decide to rip stuff up and redo it.
Take a look at what Blue Sea Systems offers in terms of bus bars / "power posts" / fuse blocks so that you could organize the...
Here is the set of 1/2" drive torque extensions that I have:
Capri Tools
As long as you have the extension at 90 degrees to the torque wrench you don't have to modify the setting on the torque wrench..
Unless you've dropped it on the ground a bunch of times, it is likely close enough.
When you did it were you torqueing the nut? Or the bolt?
There is meaningful additional friction from the shank of the bolt going through the holes in the skid and the bushing in the control arm.
I ended up...
Rock rails and mounting hardware pulled off my 22 JTR. No major scrapes or dents, just rock chips in the finish. Located in Overgaard AZ. Local pickup only.
When I installed them on the OE suspension using the RH supplied hardware I torqued them to what the RH instructions said. No clunking issues for the year and a half that I ran it like that.
Swapped to the BM bolts and then put the Mopar 2 inch lift on. Tourque them to 185 / 190 ft-lbs. as per...