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Saturday morning I decided to dig out my polishing supplies and polish out my pinstriping from last fall’s South Dakota and Moab trip. Before beginning. Masked off fenders and trim to keep polish from embedding into the pores of the plastic. Mid-way through the process and...

Wednesday afternoon after arriving home from work I decided to pull the coach out of the shop and give it a bath as it was a torrential downpour when the wife and I arrived home from vacation on Sunday. Last night I figured I would mount my new GMRS radio in the Jeep. Our national Jeep club...

Thanks. Yes, it is one of ours as well. Plus the off-road scenery is great, although nothing technical. It is "usually" not as crowded as other National Parks which is another reason we like it. Although this year was an exception as it was chaotic inside the park. Mike

The wife and I took off last week for a quick trip down to Capitol Reef NP. We stayed at a nice little RV park in Torrey, UT. We met a few people in the campground and talked RV’s and Jeeps around the fire a couple of nights and a lot of off-road exploring during the days. Just before...

Gorgeous trailer. I'd tow that. Mike

For what you'd spend on a newer JLU and still end up with a somewhat anemic V6 but the much better equipped 8-speed, my personal opinion would be to find a good clean early JKU and swap in a Gen IV LS engine with 6-speed auto. You will be near the cost of a later model JKU or even JL and have a...

Continued. Thanks for looking. Mike

The wife and I took off last week on a shake down run after all of the work I’ve done on the coach this spring. The Jeep was also itching to get off road after her major service was performed. We’ve never wheeled in the San Rafael Swell area so we spent about 5 days exploring the area...

Thank you.

Continuing on: Fluids and filters at the ready for the remainder of the major service. Engine oil & filter, transmission filter & fluid, transfer case fluid and axle gear oils all ready to be replaced in preparation for the season’s RV’ing and Jeeping. I commenced by moving on to draining...

Last week I wrapped up on the coach so this weekend consisted of a major service on the Jeep and a minor repair. In December I had the Chrysler click going on under the dash. I replaced the recirculation door actuator and then ended up replacing it with an OEM Mopar part as the aftermarket...

I have had very good results with Yukon but prefer Spicer for personal use. When I was racing I had excellent results with Richmond as well but haven't used them for quite a few years now and cannot comment on their new sets. I have heard they sold and manufacturer changed but cannot confirm...

That is what I was eyeballing. That jackstand looks pretty stout in its own right. Mike

With the air drier so hard to access on these Monaco/Roadmaster S-Series chassis, I figured while I had the left rear tag tire/wheel off I would rebuild the purge valve. It hasn’t given me any issues but over time they can begin to build up deposits in the valve itself and then not seal...

I was pleasantly surprised as well. On our OTR trucks at work they haven't been too awfully bad but I thought this thing being 19 years old with 130k miles and driven in all sorts of weather as we used this coach for snowmobiling the first several years we owned it. I used a 1/2" flex head...

I had a guy cancel on me last night that I was supposed to do a welding job for so I decided to tackle the drive axle air bags on the coach. I thought maybe I could get one side done but ended up getting all four on the drive axle replaced. The rears were easier than the front ones. I got...

Just saw your trailer/dolly build thread and read through it all. Fantastic job all the way through. Mike

I completely agree Jeremy. That is probably why I usually don't post on FB and will be deleting myself from that group. My wife and I mostly use it to keep track of our RV'ing friends and don't post much. I never use it for searching for technical data but I was hoping to help others on the...

Last night I finished up the front end and torqued the tires/wheels back on. I reinstalled the hulla skirt and mudflap on the driver’s side. Then reinstalled the driver’s steer tire and torqued to 450 ft/lbs before wiping it down with some Final Inspection. I then moved over to the...

I have been able to tolerate it and have a good group of people that I exchange information with on irv2.com. However, I left rv.net several years ago due to this idiotic behavior and refuse to ever go back there again. I was on rv.net forum for nearly 10 years and had just had enough one day...