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  1. derf

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    Yeah, Karens in HOAs are in more places than CA. And not every neighborhood in CA is filled with Karens. You can find a good neighborhood with good neighbors almost anywhere. You just have to look, and at the same time know what to look for.
  2. My biggest concern would be liability coverage. If you fix someone's Jeep and something goes wrong, you can be sued. A mechanic working out of a shop will have business insurance to cover any potential liability. Their professional training (i.e. ASE certification) will help them qualify for lower cost insurance. Other than that, there's nothing legally stopping you from doing the work and getting paid to do it. Uncle Sam will want you to fill out your self employment tax forms and give him his tribute of course.
  3. Well, I'm doing the planning for a stroker in the XJ but haven't ruled out an LS in the MJ yet. But atroker is "easier" so I'll go with that. Stick, MIG, or TIG?
  4. It does seem that Jeep has been married more times than Zsa Zsa Gabor.
  5. Can you do any panel? I have no AC. I can afford to be without it for a while if you want it as a template.
  6. 2020, definitely not. Unless you have a DeLorian...
  7. I can see that. But then again, they already have so few parts for XJs and MJs any more I'm not sure how much that would affect us.
  8. I don't know that I'd call this merger a dumpster fire. And I think Romney has better things to do than care about it.
  9. So the company that doesn't have squat for parts on our trucks changed hands?
  10. Last of the drywall is up. The easy part is done.
  11. Wow. I wasn't even paying attention. I need to get out more...
  12. It's possible. But you'll probably have to fabricate a lot of stuff like the intake and become a whiz at tuning.
  13. Yep. I started with a Ryobi drill. Now I have a dozen batteries for half a dozen or so tools. The 1/2" impact isn't as beefy as others but it's enough for most of the time.
  14. My mother is allergic to shellfish so I never ate much more than fish sticks growing up. Lots of beef, pork, and chicken though. I never learned to appreciate seafood. I used to be a right foot guy back in the day but now I'm more likely to woah than go. For an automatic, right foot only for brake and gas or left foot brake?
  15. Around here they dump a liquid brine solution onto the road ahead of the snow if they can (and maybe during while they're plowing). It does a decent job of not blowing away so it help keep the snow off the roads down here in the foothills. I'm not sure what they do up in the mountains but they have some serious equipment to keep the roads to the ski resorts open.
  16. Turf for me Cow, pig, or yard bird?
  17. I have the standalone pivot pin tool that they put in that kit. If I didn't have any of the tools I'd probably get that whole kit.
  18. For cars, radials. For off road, bias plies. White bread or wheat? Or other?
  19. I have a couple of the generic pullers you get at your favorite auto parts store. Works with harmonic balancers too. Same with the lock plate removal tool. Just the one in the tool aisle of the parts store.
  20. Neither. Over the air broadcast for local channels and streaming for the few things worth watching. CB, GMRS or ham radio?
  21. Yeah, with unlimited budget I'd probably rival Jay Leno.
  22. Drive shafts are cheap and easy to modify. Get them done after you fit everything else.
  23. Yep. It came behind the 4.3 V6 that used the same bellhousing as the small and big block V8s.
  24. Either Orbit Orange or Carousel Red.
  25. Depends on which NV3500 (or NV3550) you're talking about, as well as which NP231 you're talking about. The 3500 came behind the Chevy 4.3 V6. The 3550 came behind the Jeep 4.0. The NP231 came behind both. They have the same bolt pattern but different spline counts for the input shaft. By the time the 3500 came out in Chevy, it was being run in a driver side drop so pretty much all of the Chevy 231's have the correct drop. So yeah, the 231 will work but it's best to get the transmission and transfer case together from the same donor just to keep it easy.
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