Knucklehead97

I haven't seen those two. But I have found 2 sharp ones in Leeds (where I live). Left the owners a Comancheclub card with my number and username on them, haven't heard back though. As far as other Junkyards around here, I haven't been able to find any other than the Pull A Part. I haven't went searching yet, though, since I just recently moved here and have been getting settled in.

Wish I had known you were in town. I live 15 minutes from that Pull A Part and coulda came and helped with any pulling that's a good junkyard for XJ's, WJ's, and ZJ's. But sadly no MJ's.

Howdy fellas! I was working on the Jeep and noticed some bad signs of blow by. About 1000 miles ago I added a cowl intake that I put together and added an HO valve cover. I didn't really notice much blow by beforehand. All of the lines going to the intake are set up correctly ("pcv" line and ect on valve cover) I have noticed that I'm having to add oil a lot more frequently than usual. Any insights on where I need to start?

If you were to come up with a good bracket to mount the alternator where the compressor is, then I would probably buy one from you eventually. I want to get rid of my compressor in general and have the alternator up top. My AC doesn't work and all that's left of the system is the compressor.

Exactly what I was thinking. I'm curious about the hood though.

I loved my H4 housings and bulbs. But my Truck Lite knock-offs please me WAY more than they did. I'm a sucker for LED's, and the dark look of the Truck Lite design. I got brightlighted quite a few times when I first got them but then had my brother drive towards me with me in my Civic... And I understood. Since I hit the deer I never adjusted the aim on the headlights, the driver side was shining straight towards oncoming traffic. Fixed it and now my lights are better and less of a nuisance.

The 5k came with a mount but it was just a plate that you had to weld to something in order to use the winch. I used it as a template for my hitch-mounted set up. Since the 5K is an ATV winch it didn't bolt up perfectly to a full size winch plate, hence the reason I needed a template to drill holes with.

Every bit of this makes me question if I should of signed that lease on the house and decided to get married. I could get it if it wasn't for that

This guy is making me question everything I thought I COULDN'T do out of my own home garage.

Money is fixing to be coming your way! And I would slap one of these stickers on my Jeep so quickly it's not even funny.

As soon as I saw the driveway and carport I knew I'd be signing the lease no more mud and rain for me when I'm working on the MJ!

I sign on a lease Saturday! 3 bed, 1 bath, cute little house right up the road from my job. Super clean inside and the renters are really nice and have given my fiance and I freedom as far as the yard and interior of the house. We can paint it, plant gardens, whatever. Has a carport, big shed, and a full concrete driveway. Very excited to get moved in!

I was so close to getting to drive to Huntsville to meet him and give him my old load sensing valve I wish I could be there but I'm signing on a lease for a house and doing a charity event for Special Olympics that day. I'm going to miss hornbrod a lot... Don was one of the first guys on here to message me and get to know me and he really motivated me to keep going with my Jeeps.

I've been working on this for my front marker lights and turn signals. Only got done with one side today sadly but I'm excited to have them done. The regular LED's come on with the headlights and the Amber is for the turn signal. Once they're completely done I'll be spray painting the plastic and possibly fogging out the LED lense so they're completely black.

Got it all mounted up. Just gotta wire it now. Very happy with how it's turned out. Had to drill new mounting holes on the plate because it wasn't made for this small of a winch. Also had to buy a bigger roller fairlead since the one with the HF winch was made for a smaller mount. Ended up drilling another hole in the part that goes in the hitch so now it's 4" closer to the bumper than it would of been if I used the factory hole on the Curt mount. The hitch mount is tight in the hitch and doesn't jiggle at all. Got me a cover for it as well that's big enough to go over the winch AND fairlead, which is what I wanted. Sadly didn't get started on the wiring for the winch and my dual battery since the rain got too heavy today.

Sadly terrible. They must of been using a good camera... Cause it was not that nice at all in person. Floors were scraped up, it was across the road from the biggest Section 8 housing complex I've ever seen. And it had a weird scent to it. Also took the rental agency 3 days to return my call on Monday.

Only comes with a fridge. Going to be talking to the owners about that.

The information from this thread has definitely taught me wayyy more about buying a house than I expected it to... But good news! https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8449-Thomas-Ave-Leeds-AL-35094/973581_zpid/ Going to look at renting this one tomorrow. Didn't want to rent but it'll give me the flexibility of moving around with work. Pretty sharp little place, I'm hoping it's not just the camera quality making it look nice.

Thankfully I don't have to worry about OT anymore. I'm straight salary now once I get caught up at work and get an off day I plan to go talk to banks. Maybe talk to them about foreclosed homes as well.

I went and looked at the house yesterday. It was TRASHED. There's people living in it but they weren't willing to talk about fixing anything. They had multiple cats and there was a hole in the wall that they said the cats had been getting into some parts of insulation through. It basically gave me the vibe that they're broke and just trying to get out. I'm no longer interested in it. But, so I'm better prepared for next time, should I go ahead and talk to a bank and figure out how much I could get pre-approved for? If I can't find somewhere to rent for a reasonable price, I'm going to probably have to find a small starter home to purchase. This drive is getting old

Wooo. A lot to take in. I'll try to reply to what I can remember. We found the house on the internet while we were scoping for places to rent. Initially I wanted to rent, but like I said before, it's ridiculously overpriced here. https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/8320-Hill-Loop_Leeds_AL_35094_M87059-29321 That's the listing. I've contacted the agent in charge of it just to get more info, waiting on replys now. As far as finances go I have no debt at all. Neither does my fiance. We both have good cars that are paid off and my only credit card is used just to buy gas and it gets paid off weekly. My credit score is 735 as of last week. My 401k is solid and I get paid 8.6% of my gross pay in Publix stocks every March so that's been building up as well for retirement. Last year I made $49,800 and that was with only 2 months of my current promotions pay rate. This year I'll most likely surpass 60k. As far as being with a retail company and getting transferred. Thats why I'm looking at houses in this city. It has access to about 15-20 Publix and they're building 2 more in this area next year. Kids are not being planned to happen for at least 3 years. And she isn't going to be moving in with me until we officially tie the knot in November. She also has no debt due to school, she got a full ride to both schools and only had to buy her books, which she's already done. She finishes in May of 2020. How should I go about finding an agent of my own and a broker? Or should I just pay to rent somewhere? My biggest issue is deciding to rent or own a place...

Well guys, time to get out of my mom's place! Tired of driving 59 miles to work when I'm already working 80+ hours a week. I was planning to rent, but there is NOWHERE any good around where I work for less than 1100$ a month. Plus I feel like renting is "throwing money away". I found a nice little house, needs a little work (fiance's uncle is a carpenter and willing to do any small jobs for beer and steaks), it's within Jeep-driving distance to my store and multiple others, and seems like a nice little place to settle down for a few years till I need something bigger. 3 bed, 1 bath, big backyard, 2 car car port. Wanting 67K for it. From what I can tell, even without putting a down payment on it, I could EASILY afford the mortgage payments on it plus dumping my bonus's (around 15K a year) into it to pay it off early. Once the Fiance gets out of college we could pay it off even quicker considering she'll be bringing home almost as much as I do. Now that storytime is over, I need help! I've never bought a house and it's been a long time since my Mom has, so she's forgetful on how the process goes. Where do I need to start? What costs go on top of the mortgage (IE taxes, insurance, ect)? Who all do I need to call to check this thing out before I sign anything? Anything is appreciated. It's a big step and I don't want to mess up with it. Thanks!!!

I got me a Harbor freight 5k winch since I got 25% off for New year's. Ordering a Curt receiver mount now. I was trying to find a hitch mounted plate that wasn't overly bulky. If I was using this for wheeling then I would want a super bulky, stout one. But for this one I wanted something that fit well with my brush guard. So hopefully this Curt works out how I want and pictures will be posted when it's done!

Howdy fellas! So I'm wanting to add a smallish winch to my Jeep (5k or so) just to use for pulling logs and the occasional getting my mom's Camry out of the yard in a rainstorm. Had to pull my fiance's Fusion out of her yard and my 2wd Jeep struggled due to the open diff so I'm looking at getting a winch for those situations and also because I've had MULTIPLE instances that a small winch would be helpful. I have a Reese front receiver hitch that sits under the front bumper and I want to get a winch cradle that goes into the hitch. Has anyone ran this on a MJ or XJ? Any recommendations on a winch cradle or even a small winch? Just want to get some opinions before I start ordering parts!

Use the Dakota line on my MJ with 4" of lift in the back. It was like 16$ shipped, which was awesome. Shouldnt require modifications to fit. I had to use an adapter though due to deleting my load-in valve at the same time.