I have an empty Ibuprofen bottle that I keep in the console (ammo can). In my Liberty I have an old prescription bottle that's just the right size for quartes, then I have two twenties slipped in around the quarters, just in cases.
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I have an empty Ibuprofen bottle that I keep in the console (ammo can). In my Liberty I have an old prescription bottle that's just the right size for quartes, then I have two twenties slipped in around the quarters, just in cases.
Doesn't that make the red lines on the map invisible? Just askin'.
On my CJ3a steering wheel I used pipe insulation with that 'sticks-to-itself' rubber tape, worked pretty good but you have to wrap it tight.
When that self destructed in a year or two, I got some 3/16" braided cotton clothesline and wound it around the wheel, worked well but got nasty dirty. Did the same with black parachute cord, stretch tight!
I've often thought that grip wrap for a tennis racket would work well.
Right now the steering wheel is naked as I ponder other solutions--the wide spokes make wrapping interesting to say the least.
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Replaced my inside quarter panels.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/580574-replaced-my-inside-quarter-panels.html
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I had a buddy with a chrome mag light. We all gave him hell about it, until he showed us a trick. Late at night around a campfire, take a black maglight and throw it out of sight, throw the chrome one the same distance and it is much easier to find because it is shiny! Much easier to find after a night drinking beer
Goes for most anything not bolted to the truck. I like stuff to be blaze orange where possible.
Once knew a guy that fancied himself a big hunter. All his stuff, and this guy was a VP of Marketing, was camo. Pen, watch, wallet, everything. I asked him once about it, and he said, "I'm a deer hunter so all my stuff is camo." I said "Don't you have to wear blaze orange when you hunt in your state?" "Yeah," said he. I said, "So basically a camo ballpoint and wallet does nothing for you and now if you drop it you can spend days looking and never finding it, right?" No comment. Later that year a I got downsized.
Did you see it coming?
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Yeah, but there was a lot more involved--I was very loyal to my direct boss, one of the other marketing reps was angling for my boss' job, a secretary was coerced into lying at some meetings, they let me & others go to cut out my boss' allies. . . all very corporate politic-ish. The camo thing was just icing on the cake. It's possible I wasn't cut out for the ivory tower. Maybe I'll write a soap opera about it one day.
Well yesterday my window was partially blocked by the speaker from going all the way down, so while I was in there readjusting the speaker I lubed up the window tracks and rollers and the cross piece with some poly grease...runs up and down a lot smoother and a lot quieter than it was.
Been thinking about this for a while.
A bag to carry my folding chairs in outside the vehicle.
Understand that I've broken every 'camp' chair on the market and have gone to folding auditorium type chairs. I've had the current set for about 30 years now. Anyway, was at the surplus store today and found 'engineer cargo bags.' Put the tops of 2 chairs in one bag and bungee the middle loops around the bottoms, put the other bag on top, same thing, then bungee the whole mess to the spare. $8 plus bungees and carabiners (don't really need 'em but put on one side makes hooking the bungee a lot easier) which I already had. If it turns out they hang down too low--don't think they will--I'll turn 'em sideways and put 'em between the tire and the tailgate. Oh, and if I need to take my other two chairs, I got two extra bags.
A bag to carry my folding chairs in outside the vehicle.
Understand that I've broken every 'camp' chair on the market and have gone to folding auditorium type chairs. I've had the current set for about 30 years now. Anyway, was at the surplus store today and found 'engineer cargo bags.' Put the tops of 2 chairs in one bag and bungee the middle loops around the bottoms, put the other bag on top, same thing, then bungee the whole mess to the spare. $8 plus bungees and carabiners (don't really need 'em but put on one side makes hooking the bungee a lot easier) which I already had. If it turns out they hang down too low--don't think they will--I'll turn 'em sideways and put 'em between the tire and the tailgate. Oh, and if I need to take my other two chairs, I got two extra bags.
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So...$8 bag is the mod?
Don't get me wrong, totally love a good chair. But bungees, carabiner and chair really start to rpush the $50 budget.
The mod was the bag.So...$8 bag is the mod?
Don't get me wrong, totally love a good chair. But bungees, carabiner and chair really start to rpush the $50 budget.
As noted I've had the chairs for thirty odd years, and I got 'em all for free when a church in the neighborhood shut down.
Don't really need the 'biners and I had those anyway, besides they're two or three bucks anyway for the light duty jobs.
Six bungee cords are $42? I don't think you're buying your bungees at the right place, got a box with a dozen of those orange ones and some other stuff for ten bucks at Home Depot.
All that said, it's all about the bag.
I go this two to add to this awesome thread...
Where'd you get that spiffy Oh-S*** bar?
Comes stock on the 62.
"Oh, Onur. . ."
I got that in the Fo Sale section ... from another mudder
I got round eyes... but yeah it's off of a 62.
Vacuum gauge
Monitor engine health, get better mileage all for $27 on Amazon--vacuum gauge, bezel, install kit.
Actually, the GPS was sorta free--got it with my Cabela's credit card points, though it was priced somewhere north of $300--Garmin Zumo 220 motorcycle GPS that's topo map capable.
Monitor engine health, get better mileage all for $27 on Amazon--vacuum gauge, bezel, install kit.
Actually, the GPS was sorta free--got it with my Cabela's credit card points, though it was priced somewhere north of $300--Garmin Zumo 220 motorcycle GPS that's topo map capable.
What, specifically, does the vac gauge tell you that can impact engine health and/or mileage - that you can do something about?
Where are you measuring vacuum?
I have been wanting a vacuum gauge for a while now. If you had any vacuum leaks it would be obvious. His vacuum is spot on ~20.
I like the mounting spot. Clever!
I like the mounting spot. Clever!
