Recent content by FJBen

Adding to the fleet like @theglobb minus nice hair Also I havent seen a check engine light in awhile and how I do miss that warm yellow glow. It’s like an ever present companion in a VW. I got a 2002 Jetta wagon TDI 5spd for free. Well, the price to ship it to me. Pros: 5th gear...

I am due for one huh? 🤔

Always a good day when packages from Japan show up. Amazing these parts are still available. Hopefully this one lasts another 30+ years and almost 600,000kms. So nice to have that part new. Everything works so nice. Thanks @Japan4X4 Dave Stedman rocks!

Yeah I’m going to hit pretty low. It’s not a big necessity and used has me a little worried, but man have I wanted one forever!

Nice work! Making some great progress. Mud be like…

I think with that setup/epoxy I should be good to go then. Thanks for the info on Simpson vs Hilti What do you think would be a good price for these? He’s asking $2500 or best but says he wants them gone.

Here’s the info I got on the challenger. It appears it was inspected in 2024, not sure what that means 😊

Rotary has this for the 7k and sp lifts. Will look for challenger. Edit: Challenger says 8” from expansion/crack/joint.

Part 2. Here’s the shop. Slab thickness at front. Wil Probabaly need to drill a sample. The middle slab. The lift would be 6” from the edge. Too close?

Yeah I don’t have anything too big at the moment. Bj74, 2006 tundra, sienna, 2003 4Runner, gx470, eurovan, Jetta, zero turn, small tractor.

I’ll get more info on usage and such. It appears to be a shop that’s selling 3. I’ll check they may have been torn down already but they appeared to be in a shop….good or bad i suppose

I have a chance to buy a used challenger 9k lift or rotary 7k lift for $2k. For just my kind of hike mechanic stuff, would you always go higher weight? Or is rotary a better brand?

That’s just the fan on the front of the radiator. So that would make sense to help cool the AC. However I can’t see if it still has the factory fan on, which is superior IMO on cooling these. Those fans and a new radiator give me a little concern…was there an overheating incident because of...

So your top just has a small cap on it, rather than a full cap like my spare top has. I mean, you can keep it, make some storage up there? I would really like the see all the before pictures as you can see rusty/crusty bolts and engine pieces so I would want to make sure all the rust was...

Seeing how meticulous you work on and fix other things, you can absolutely do this seal. The most critical part is getting the wheels/shaft/nut marked so they are put back on how they were balanced. People seem to do this on their own all the time. I opted to send my old one to be...