Yep, my pay check goes in our account & my wife pays the bills. House, kids, med bills- one day you'll understand.


Actually, the locker only has a small chip out of it. Broke the passenger side axle shaft & U joint. Took the carrier out & realized the pinion was loose.
Got another housing I'm thinking I'll re gear & throw in, or maybe a JY disconnect till I find a good deal on a Ford 44/9.

 

Yeah, this is why I pay cash or debit for everything. I have a book of checks but I might have used 2 of them in 5 years. The only reason I used those was to setup direct draft accounts. I hate keeping up with that crap.

I'm hoping to get a trip to Joccassee gorges together soon. That's usually a fun trip.

YOU can make a hidden winch bumper.

 

I live in SC about 20 minutes from Jocasee Gorges. If your ride is on a Saturday I'd love to come along.

 

Sure, I'll post up when I'm ready. We usually go camp down in there. So, it'll be a Friday, Saturday, Sunday thing.

 

Picked up my Cooper STTs last night, defiantly a bad *** looking tire.

 

33's?

I almost had a blood rage on the **** tard in O'reilly's. Going to the dealership to pick up my parts now.

 

That's why you look the part numbers up before you go.

 

Oh no no no. I learned to do that back in high school.

Remember that story you shared on facebook a while ago about the phone call to the autozone or where ever? I had that experience at O'Reilly, Advance Auto, Autozone, Napa, APC, and surprisingly not the dealership. That dude is pretty cool and knows a **** ton of stuff about Jeeps and MOPAR.

I called O reilly yesterday before work and told the mouth breather to order me part number CA1177. He said "Ok, it'll be in tomorrow at 9." I thought "Hell yeah! I didnt think it would be in tomorrow, the website says 2-3 days." On the way to work I called back and talked to the same waste of sperm who told me it was coming from the Milligeville warehouse or whatever the local one is. I was hesistant but I thought maybe he was right. Not the case when I walked into the store around 10:30...

I got a trans filter change kit and 2 jugs of ATF and then asked for my part I ordered. The new girl went to go get it and naturally couldn't find the box. One of the other guys that works there walks back and can't find it. I give them the part number and he looks it up and can't find where it is coming from. Finally see it is coming from warehouse 21. He asks the manager where 21 is. She has no idea. Thats a good sign. By this time I have been in there about 10 minutes and I'm still in a good mood. He finally sees 21 is either Greensboro, NC, or Nashville, TN, both of which won't be in until late tomorrow. When I hear that I become naturally unhappy and question why the **** I was told it would be here at 9. The manager is the nice country lady who tells me she is sorry and that the dumb **** stain who placed the order is still learning. That **** stick has been there for at least 6 months. I'd be willing to bet my paycheck against his I could do that job right now with 0 training. If you have two arms and a leg you can be a parts getter at the damn store but this kid is too stupid to do it. Here is my favorite part: He drives a ****ING XJ.

Now understanding I can't get the part I start to go to other stores in town and call the ones a little farther away. AZ has no idea what I'm talking about. Advance auto parts says "Machine broke, we ain't got dat", APC doesnt have one and neither does their warehouse, so then I call NAPA across town. Tell him what I want and he keeps insisting it is under some different name. I try to get him to explain what it is and he gets muttering some stupid **** and then eventually hangs up on me in the middle of me talking. At this point I went 0-100 and decided to **** with them. I called back 6 more times asking the same question to the same person who kept giving me some other name for a generic lawnmower cable they had. I eventually got the manager who told me they couldn't get one. I call the dealership and they end up having one in stock ordered back in 2000 lol. I head up there and get it for $80 instead of the $60 from O'reilly. Guy was nice and talked to him for a minute and then left to go get a new Timken front transfer case seal from another AZ. I go get it, go get lunch, and decide to head home. I am heading home and forgot I needed to get some Antifreeze. Now I go back to the first O'Reillys about 2 miles from my house. I walk in and who is working? The first ******* who ordered the part for me yesterday. I think, "Hmmm this should be interesting." He gave me some generic greeting as I ignored him and walked to the antifreeze aisle. I walked back up to the counter and I asked if he knew what I had. He looked really confused and said Antifreeze? I said Good job! incredibly sarcastically and he had no idea what was going on and was too stupid to be insulted. I then asked if there was anyone else who could check me out. Confused as hell he bee bops away and finds someone else who comes and checks me out. The panty waste is standing there and I ask him to look up the part number CA1177 for me. Not remembering he just did this yesterday he types it in and then asks me what it is going on. 94 Jeep cherokee sport. Grand cherokee? No an XJ. Which one is that? THE ONE YOU DRIVE *******!!! He looks at the screen and says that they don't have one but could order it for me. I am face palming myself so hard in my head that I'm sure I had the most befuddled look on my face when his *** had no idea what in the hell was going on. I told him to go ahead and order it and then asked when it would be in. He clicks around and tells me it should be in on the 2:30 truck if I pay before 12:45. I asked what warehouse it was coming from and then he clicks some more and tells me 21. I ask where that is and he looks around and tells me he doesn't know. Now the manager comes over and asks me to stop and that I proved my point when I told her that this is the 3rd time his *** has done this to me and doesn't deserve the job he has. I really hope he gets fired or at least written up for this, but I'm sure he wont. What an adventure I have had today thus far.

 

lol, Good job. You sound like me.

I've had to deal with that crap a couple times. I'm fortunate enough to be able to order my own stuff at my local oreilly's and I know when it'll get there.

 

I knew it wouldn't be in at 9 but that's how it goes. I have the new cable on and it feels like the throttle body won't open up like it did.

Without:


With:

Is that what WOT is supposed to look like? I'm guessing the 20 year old cable was just super stretched and this just feels way different because the old cable could let the butterfly open all the way up like the first picture. Any idear?

 

That cable shouldn't limit throttle throw. See if it feels different in the pedal inside the Jeep.

 

It returns fine but it doesn't go down as much. I can't put the pedal to the floor

 

Ah. It was all the way closed in it's adjustment. It just ratcheted out all the way. Sweet

 

I was about to say... that ain't right.

Ya push the button on top of the ratchet thingy and turn to WOT then release the button to adjust it.

 

What about a 44/offset 60? With frame down to scrap and wheels u may can use for a bit??