Thats attached to his hat already... didn't you know...?So when are you going to mount a mini windmill on your roof to recharge your battery?
I thought I read about a story about someone having a fake door on their jeep but parking at an EV only space.
There have been several that have added the door and put an air compressor hook up there.
I know but I thought I saw an article that someone got a fake door and purposedly used it as an excuse to park in EV space
I'm pretty sure that most of us are still trying to figure out what your point was.
That sure is possible. I remember seeing some stuff on it, but thought it was more in jest.
since you must know I was talking about the contradiction in his paragraph:
Sounds like my kind of guy!
We're in a different world now, as long as it identifies as a 4xe that's all that matters
So basically you’ve never really wrenched any vehicle.?I'm not really sure where you're going with your line of questioning, so outlined below is a rather extensive list of most of the things I've done. I'm sure I forgetting plenty of things I do or have done to our vehicles over the years. In general I tend to think of myself as pretty knowledgeable with vehicles in general. Most of my family members and friends will come to me with questions or advice or if they need help working on their vehicle. I'm a cheapskate in some ways, so I like to do all my own labor myself if I can help it.
I had a Toyota Camry, and I did a couple of interesting things in there including a little bit of wiring on the subwoofer in the back, along with making my own coolant hose because they wanted $200 for The OEM one on a 12-year-old vehicle, and that wasn't about to happen. So I got my own coolant hose made for about $20 from home Depot. Surprisingly enough it was actually better quality than the hose they were going to sell me for 10 times as much.I also replaced the radiator on that thing. That was actually a strangely easy job, it was also the job that made me realize that working on vehicles is fun.
I had my 2016 Patriot, and I had a engine knock sensor go right after my battery went to shit, it was confusing for about 4 months until I figured out what it was and then through watching a video on YouTube about a Grand Cherokee, and realizing once I got under the vehicle that it was the same setup, I was able to swap it out myself. That's also the fix that made me realize that certain parts need to be Mopar products. You can only get away with cheaper versions of things in certain cases.
And then I think we all know my Wrangler is just me on steroids. I mean I don't know anyone else with a third gen EcoDiesel who was both willing and did the research to figure out that you can safely run a second gen oil filter cap and oil filter, and then willingly do it.
Also the wife's Subaru Forester Sport, I've done a little bit of cosmetic stuff to that, including adding some spacers on the suspension to give it an extra inch of clearance for the 29-in tires I put on there. Also I equipped her with a Hubb reusable billet aluminum oil filter. It's pretty badass and it's really easy to clean, the hardest part about it like most filters which are reusable, getting it to dry when you're changing your filters in the winter.
I just had the Subarus vanity mirror light stopped working and so I played with that little bit and fixed it. It was really just a wear and tear issue, but it took me about 3 hours to identify what the issue was and fix it. Also something to look forward to is the automatic seats on the driver side of the wife Subaru, they all work just fine but up and down don't. So I've looked it up and it looks like the only fix that will be cheap is taking apart the toggle controls on the seat breaking it down to the basic pieces cleaning the contacts and then reassembling it all back together without losing the ball bearings that are loosely inside. So I'll be doing that at some point in the future, though I'm not really looking forward to it so I keep putting it off. However if that doesn't fix it it's going to have to be a new toggle panel piece which is about 130 bucks. So let's hope that the cleaning fixes it. ?
Beyond that I do all the maintenance on our vehicles myself, including swapping out the halogen bulbs in all the vehicles we have for LEDs, though that's kind of basic. Oil changes, general maintenance like cleaning the throttle body on our Subaru which will happen at 60,000 miles, I'll do that myself at home. Honestly after watching a couple videos about it it's really really simple. I plan on doing my transmission fluid change on the Wrangler at 50,000 mi and will be replacing the transmission oil pan at that moment as well to make future oil changes a lot easier.
I'm not sure yet if I'm going Install my suspension lift whenever I do do that myself on the Wrangler. I guess it depends what I'm doing for work at that point and how much free time I have.
Also at 50,000 mi I'm going to pull apart the intake manifold on the Wrangler and clean out all of the soot in there. I saw a guy do it on the 1500 forums and he linked to a YouTube video of him doing it, it's definitely something which needs to be done on the EcoDiesels. Not something I would want to let go past 50,000 miles. Shouldn't be terribly complicated, but I mean you are pulling apart the engine so you got to be careful all the same.
I do all my own wiring, some of it is a little shoddy, but some of it looks pretty professional. I'll say this much I've seen dealerships that do shittier wiring than I do.
Do I know my way around a vehicle? Yeah I do. Do I know everything? Definitely not! However I want to learn as much as I can and am continuingly challenging myself doing things that I don't feel comfortable doing like the intake manifold on the Wrangler because it helps me grow. Like most things, you do it once, it's easier next time.
