Pete M

I mean the gasket where the flange bolts to the block. I'm not sure why one would exist, but I know head gaskets come in different thicknesses so maybe an exhaust gasket would too.

is there such thing as a thicker exhaust gasket out there in the world?

couldn't resist the cheapness so we got a 20"er for the liberty. tucked it up under the bumper. still debating removing that little bit of the bumper in front of it. it really adds to the light output of the Jeep, even with high beams on. but way too bright for use around traffic. and since I had the giant one lying around, I could help but see where it might go. it's waaaay too long for above the roof (probably a 40"er could go there) but it matches the curve of the front bumper quite well I'll likely never get one, but if I ever get to drive this Jeep out west again, I'd be hard pressed not to seriously consider it. 75mph on a freeway in the middle of antelope country needs every bit of light I can muster.

I like your enthusiasm the problems with splitting up tech are 2 fold. the obvious one is the 26000 threads that would need to be sorted. The other is that the prime ways people find info here is searching and asking (as opposed to browsing). neither really needs more than one forum. It sounds like a good idea, but really it's just more work for those members answering questions. with a single forum, it's super easy to see what's new, what's been answered and what hasn't. plus we only have a handful of new posts each day. splitting it up would mean paint tech might have a new thread every couple months causing it to look static and causing eyeballs to stop looking. we need way more active members before multiple subs becomes truly useful. to see what I mean by having too many subforums, look at naxja.org 's page. I'd sooo much rather that people just ask their questions

if you've got a business, feel free to post up in the vendors section

I love his channel! Hilarious workshop hijinx! (educational too)

If I can get this epic tech off the ground, I imagine we could add in an "other rides" tech. I just don't want a ton of subforums. Every time I see a website with 50 sub forums I get an instant headache thinking about all the clicking I'd have to do to keep up with it all. Maybe if we someday got too big for our britches, but we're small and I'd like to retain the simplicity aspect for as long as I can.

technically it would go in the pub, although if it pertains to MJs in any way (we share that 4.0) then I'll usually move it to Tech. In the quest for forum simplicity, there is a bunch of gray area. But wherever you put it, POST IT UP!! I've never seen a tech question go unanswered on the CC.

the popular threads forum is mostly a collection for newcomers to peruse. all those thread would have been buried long ago and I can't stand having a ton of stickies so that was the compromise I came up with one day. what we should probably do is revive them one at a time now and again to give the most recent members a chance to chime in on them.

POR 15 needs the loose stuff to be removed and the surfaced to be chemically cleaned (aka remove any oilu residue), but you can definitely put it right on the rusty stuff.

I was referring to the fact that few members visit the pub. they go straight for the tech forum or just use the search. that's what I meant by more eyeballs. people only go places where they find something they want, and there is a lot of competition out there for their time and attention. I don't want this place to turn into just an online library, so we need to keep up. for example: people love to share pics of their stuff. now we can do that easily. people like writeups. now we have a whole index of them (though we still need to fix links/pics that PB and the forum upgrade have neutered). plus we always need more DIY threads! I've been holding off on any sort of big announcement to the world until we get a few more bugs squared away. (plus I'm working on an idea for an Epic Tech forum. shhh... )

yup, the DIY master list is what contains the link.

far as I know it shouldn't. we have no popups nor are on any ad-block list. I guess the real question is, what would a newcomer like/need to see when they type in our addy?

maybe some links to important threads: rules, diy list, our own version of a wiki MJ history page (in thread form), etc, so the front page isn't cluttered with a bunch of words.

on this topic though, in my sig is a link to a writeup on adding in the letters.

yes you can. you'll just be counting notches until you swap on the trans.

booooo!

certainly the first I've heard of it

facebook link to their page

gotta go with a multi-faceted approach. chains, locks, fuel kill-switches, pull some spark plug wires, anti-theft lugnuts, alarms, insurance, etc. thieves suck. and if they want it, they will find a way. all we can hope for is to make it irritating enough to be not worth their time.

what the title says. the software hiccups need to be addressed and so now would be the time to make any changes.

every bad bearing I've had was evident when spinning the wheel by hand.

that might be where Rob started doing the MJotM again. I'll let him know.

I do it all the time with my nephews. they catch it every time too. dang kids are getting too big! I totally understand, Krusty. it's the kind of post that we need more of. have patience, it'll take off when more eyeballs see it. Tech gets all the attention. and trust, me, I'm as frustrated with some of the "advice" I see on fb as anyone. I correct what I can but I've pulled out of a lot of the XJ pages. just can't take it. over the years we've had our share of jerks too. they eventually go away. I once had a guy try to tell me he was allowed to swear all he wanted on CC because the internet = free speech. I don't remember him helping out with the bills at all. mostly what I'd like to see is something as simple as "show us your bumpers" and then people can easily share their bumpers. that would be a huge improvement. previously it was a hassle to upload pics to a 3rd party site and bring over the addy and such. facebook makes sharing sooooo easy (sometimes too easy). we just need to find the right combo of user-friendly and bringing in interesting MJ stuff. I'm working on a plan for a new subforum. if it works, it'll be awesome.

I'd say that the problem is 2-fold: the prizes aren't huge-super-awesome like a free jeep (which would likely see people breaking into turkey farms ) but mostly the pub doesn't get the eyeballs the way it use to. we'll be working on that part in the future. step one was the ability to upload pics easily and directly to the site (almost done with that), step b is likely getting some volunteers to post daily or some such with interesting things from the internet. I hate to say it, but we need to compete with gd facebook. we are the niche store in town and walmart has moved in. we do things better, but facebook makes things... easier? I don't know. we need to keep doing what we do best, but need to accommodate the new reality too.