What did you do TO your Gladiator today? [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS, NO GUN TALK]

[WILDHOBO]

I checked tightening the clamps (which were tight), and resetting the roof (twice) before thinking a simple cleaning with glass cleaner would do it! Need to better clean the interior white fiberglass as they still look a bit dirty from being removed for the last couple of years.

Maybe that’s the excuse I need to pull the hard top first the first time ever. Thanks very much. I love me some tinkering.

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[WILDHOBO]

Yeah, I need to do that also. I have done it before needs it again.
Now whatvI kike to do after cleaning the seals. I have a usual size small tub of Vaseline. @ShadowsPapa will appreciate this one because it's another use for an unappreciated item.
I take that Vaseline and wipe a thin film of it all over the seals . The seals will be very very quite for quite awhile afterwards.
I first had the idea after our refrigerator guy told me that wiping Vaseline on the frig door seals keeps them supple.

Supple. Whenever I think of fridge doors. Oh yeah.

 

[IamPro2A]

Today I added automatic high beam headlights, using the info @ShadowsPapa posted in this thread.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

 

[Smash615]

Maybe that’s the excuse I need to pull the hard top first the first time ever. Thanks very much. I love me some tinkering.

Wow.... OK. The first time you do it, you may feel a little uncomfortable, but it gets easier better each time you do it afterward. Before you know it, you'll want to do it all the time.

 

[SaiintNick]

Freedom panels have been making cracking/popping sounds for weeks since the season change. Finally had a day to completely clean my freedom panels, seals, and every inch along the frame around the top. No more popping sounds!

I have to do the every other month or so.

 

[SaiintNick]

Yeah, I need to do that also. I have done it before needs it again.
Now whatvI kike to do after cleaning the seals. I have a usual size small tub of Vaseline. @ShadowsPapa will appreciate this one because it's another use for an unappreciated item.
I take that Vaseline and wipe a thin film of it all over the seals . The seals will be very very quite for quite awhile afterwards.
I first had the idea after our refrigerator guy told me that wiping Vaseline on the frig door seals keeps them supple.

I've used different greases, but I have so much sand here that it makes a mess.

 

[RubiNewbCB]

Easiest way to explain it is to just copy/paste this:

The name "Rocinante" doesn't really mean anything, it's just a laughable attempt by don quixote (who is very much out of touch with reality) to make his old and malnourished horse sound spectacular. In don quixote's mind, rocinante is a mighty horse, equal to those of legendary knights, but everybody else sees the same tired old poor excuse of a horse as before.

The name implies a common trope in literature. It is that out of the common, the old, the broken down, the disregarded, the washed-up, can arise greatness.

-It's the name of the ship in The Expanse. The main characters in the show salvaged a Martian gunship and kept it as their own, and the name came from Don Quixote literacy. The Expanse is one of my favorite shows and book series.
-Rocinante is thought to mean "old workhorse", and Don Quixote named his horse this (partly as a joke) to show that even an old horse who everyone else would pass up can still be a great horse and a noble steed.
-Everyone likes to hate on the Gladi and say it's nothing but problems, and even more so about the diesel, so this truck is my Rocinante. It's my noble steed.

When I lived in Fajardo during lat Nineties early 00s, my 90 Foxbody was aptly named Candy B by a local, it had a windshield banner that said "Vuelve Candy B" and I was know as ¡El Gringo Loco! Candy B was a famous race horse in Puerto Rico, and vuelve means the return of.

 

[Rcoe]

Changed out the hood decals.

Love it.

Just need a pop out PDC coming out of the bed.

 

[JTdiRtyD]

Love it.

Just need a pop out PDC coming out of the bed.

Agreed. Unfortunately it's frowned upon lol

 

[Signing Spock]

Call me Saint Nick

Loaded with Christmas gifts for 6 people with room for the portable fridge still and a partridge in a pear tree

 

[Mud Pie]

When I was installing the Boom Mats, the instructions said to let the panels sit inverted for at least 25 minutes for the glue to set. Now, I am the Rare Male; I not only read instructions, beforehand and during, I actually follow what they say. It said to wait, so I waited. If I was to pull the "eh, I know better" card and the insulation started to sag because I "know better", I'd be kicking myself in the butt for being an arrogant know-it-all.

While waiting, I hopped on the door sills and looked where the panels/rear top were. If it was painted, I cleaned and waxed it with Griot's Best of Show. If it was plasyic/vinyl/rubber, I cleaned it and protected it with Griot's Vinyl and Rubber Protectant. It was dirtier than expected. My panels weren't popping/squeaking to begin with, and they still aren't (whew !!)

Took me about 30-40 minutes to clean it to my standards (yes, many rags and Q-Tips involved). So that Boom Mat glue set real nice.

So far.

 

[Stan H]

Agreed. Unfortunately it's frowned upon lol

Good thing about frowns is they can be turned upside down then they are smiles. If ya add a tonneau cover it will be hidden

 

[WILDHOBO]

When I was installing the Boom Mats, the instructions said to let the panels sit inverted for at least 25 minutes for the glue to set. Now, I am the Rare Male; I not only read instructions, beforehand and during, I actually follow what they say. It said to wait, so I waited. If I was to pull the "eh, I know better" card and the insulation started to sag because I "know better", I'd be kicking myself in the butt for being an arrogant know-it-all.

While waiting, I hopped on the door sills and looked where the panels/rear top were. If it was painted, I cleaned and waxed it with Griot's Best of Show. If it was plasyic/vinyl/rubber, I cleaned it and protected it with Griot's Vinyl and Rubber Protectant. It was dirtier than expected. My panels weren't popping/squeaking to begin with, and they still aren't (whew !!)

Took me about 30-40 minutes to clean it to my standards (yes, many rags and Q-Tips involved). So that Boom Mat glue set real nice.

So far.

Q tips. Those are some standards.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

When I was installing the Boom Mats, the instructions said to let the panels sit inverted for at least 25 minutes for the glue to set. Now, I am the Rare Male; I not only read instructions, beforehand and during, I actually follow what they say. It said to wait, so I waited. If I was to pull the "eh, I know better" card and the insulation started to sag because I "know better", I'd be kicking myself in the butt for being an arrogant know-it-all.

While waiting, I hopped on the door sills and looked where the panels/rear top were. If it was painted, I cleaned and waxed it with Griot's Best of Show. If it was plasyic/vinyl/rubber, I cleaned it and protected it with Griot's Vinyl and Rubber Protectant. It was dirtier than expected. My panels weren't popping/squeaking to begin with, and they still aren't (whew !!)

Took me about 30-40 minutes to clean it to my standards (yes, many rags and Q-Tips involved). So that Boom Mat glue set real nice.

So far.

I not only read them, I have instructions for things that died decades ago....... and I know exactly where they are.

 

[IamPro2A]

I not only read them, I have instructions for things that died decades ago....... and I know exactly where they are.

While I have all the paper instructions for almost everything saved, They are also organized and saved digitally.
The great thing about living in the future is almost everything now is also digitized. No more having to scan them on the flatbed. For example, I have a vehicles folder with sub folders for each one that includes all the documentation I have as well as the instructions for accessories.
The folder for tools is then broken down by brand, and certain tools like the table saw get their own subfolder to include various related items like a miter gauge.
Very handy.

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