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Important
- Thread starter bshaw
- Start date
- Location
- Michigan
I enjoy my new jeep so much more than I ever did my old jeep, because I use it all the time.
Your case is different, you have always used yours.
Fore 'XJ's are like women, hard to find a good one anymore' Wheeler
Your case is different, you have always used yours.
Fore 'XJ's are like women, hard to find a good one anymore' Wheeler
- Location
- Warsaw, IN
poorboy87
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Linton Indiana
I rented a sander and tackled mine over a weekend. I then got Verathane from lowes and stained it. Lookes way better than it did.
My floor had nail holes in it and big splinters that I filled with wood putty.
Varathane can be used without a sealer on top of it but I would put a sealer on it.
I probably have $100 bucks in mine and a weekend of work.
RedHeep
NAXJA #1499
- Location
- Landenberg, PA
- Location
- 29°58'28.9"N 99°15'15.5"W
Re: Re: Important
Get this stuff.
We used it when we sold my house. The floors were 50 years old and had been covered with carpet for the last 30 years. This stuff made them look new.
You will have to reapply it once a month or so, but it is as easy as dust mopping.
http://www.hollowayhouse.net/
Get this stuff.
We used it when we sold my house. The floors were 50 years old and had been covered with carpet for the last 30 years. This stuff made them look new.
You will have to reapply it once a month or so, but it is as easy as dust mopping.
- Location
- Bourbonnais IL.
Good morning jeep fans!
summer classes started last night. i have 1 class this summer that meets 2 times a week, 5 hours each day. (tues/thur)
im a bit excited about this one because finally we are getting into something i feel i can use outside of class. this is the NEC CLASS and along with learning code requirements, ill also be learning residential wiring.
FINALLY!
you know how frustrating it can be to have been slowly going to school as long as i have and not know crap about wiring your house...
summer classes started last night. i have 1 class this summer that meets 2 times a week, 5 hours each day. (tues/thur)
im a bit excited about this one because finally we are getting into something i feel i can use outside of class. this is the NEC CLASS and along with learning code requirements, ill also be learning residential wiring.
FINALLY!
you know how frustrating it can be to have been slowly going to school as long as i have and not know crap about wiring your house...
- Location
- bourbonnais IL
Menard's probably has a book. how to wire your house for dummy's...
altrocker1
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Iowa
scouring craigslist and FB groups to see what other xj's are out there...
coming up short.
i'm 50/50 right now... 240k of memories in ten years is a lot to give up. heck, its hard to part with a jeep thats been ridden in by alice cooper
ill need something to replace it asap since its my dd. the mj can suffice for a while, but it needs work too so ill need something to drive when its parked...if i find something clean and reasonably priced, its probably going to be a done deal. i'm also coming up short on finding a replacement set of long arms...i was going to try to find a cheap set to put on it for the guy if the deal happens, but if i cant im not sure he will pay much more for it. i always find good parts deals when im not looking, so i'm sure i won't find anything since i am looking lol...
like i said, i have a week...one day at a time
coming up short.
i'm 50/50 right now... 240k of memories in ten years is a lot to give up. heck, its hard to part with a jeep thats been ridden in by alice cooper
ill need something to replace it asap since its my dd. the mj can suffice for a while, but it needs work too so ill need something to drive when its parked...if i find something clean and reasonably priced, its probably going to be a done deal. i'm also coming up short on finding a replacement set of long arms...i was going to try to find a cheap set to put on it for the guy if the deal happens, but if i cant im not sure he will pay much more for it. i always find good parts deals when im not looking, so i'm sure i won't find anything since i am looking lol...like i said, i have a week...one day at a time
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- 29°58'28.9"N 99°15'15.5"W
If it is sold at Menard's it probably fell off of a container ship from China and was not worth the effort to retrieve it from the water, but John Menard did so he could clean it up and sell it to you so it would break in six months hoping you will stop in and buy another chunk of Chinese made shit.
Can you tell my thoughts on Menard's?
I have found out that buying "name brand" stuff there is not even worth while since they but name brand packaging on cheap crap so they can sell it there.
Menard's=Wal Mart
Menard's leases out floor space to the individual vendors, Square D, Kohler, Mohawk, etc. and takes a cut of the sale. the vendors want their stuff in theses stores so they create cheaper lines of products, sometimes they look identical, like faucets, and sell them at a discount rate in these stores.
People do not know there is any difference and when they break in two years they go back and get a new one.
If you buy a $50.00 faucet from Menard's it may look just like the $110.00 one they sell at the plumbing supply house, but it is plastic with cheap internals, and will break in 2 to 5 years. The $110.00 one will last a life time, if it starts to leak you can change the o ring inside.
A $60.00 stainless steel sink from Menard's is a little bit thicker than tin foil, the $100.00 one from the supply house is much heaver. I have seen a steak knife go through the bottom of a big box store $60.00 sink.
I am not picking on Menard's they are all the same, Lowe's, Home Depot, all of them.
When a guy gives you a quote to install a new garage door opener for $500.00 and you can buy an opener at Home Depot for $85.00, youthink he is being greedy, he is probably getting you an opener of much higher quality than the $85.00 you can buy.
Same with furnaces, water heaters, doors (especially doors!!!) windows, and appliances.
You get what you pay for!
- Location
- Bourbonnais IL.
Craig, about 2 years ago i sold my durango. it was a ride i had for 10 years. it got to a point that i almost never drove it. i would break something every time i tried to wheel it(IFS)and the lift that was on it was considered permanent, so going back to a nice stock durango was out. i had a ton of emotion tied up in that thing i finally decided to sell. i too, told the guy i would not budge on my price and he came and got it for asking price.
that 1st couple weeks it was rough, i looked at pics....alot. emotional wounds will heal with time. and if you are planning on another XJ then it shouldn't be to hard to deal with it. i miss the durango because i do not have one anymore.
about 6 or 7 months after i sold my truck, i found it on a car lot.
it had been beat up real nasty. i was saddened and if i had the cash at the time i may have bought it back to save it.
SAM'glad i didn't have the cash at the time'SET
that 1st couple weeks it was rough, i looked at pics....alot. emotional wounds will heal with time. and if you are planning on another XJ then it shouldn't be to hard to deal with it. i miss the durango because i do not have one anymore.
about 6 or 7 months after i sold my truck, i found it on a car lot.
it had been beat up real nasty. i was saddened and if i had the cash at the time i may have bought it back to save it.
SAM'glad i didn't have the cash at the time'SET
- Location
- Bourbonnais IL.
I may come up with more questions for you because i know you have a bunch of experience with what this class im taking is about. but for now, if i don't have a crap load of money to spend but want something decent, what and where would you send me to get a DMM
- Location
- 29°58'28.9"N 99°15'15.5"W
Doors windows spend the money up front.
Things that are easily replaced get the cheap stuff and plan to replace it in 5 to 10 years.
I put Menard's quality on my house and it waives at me every day when I come home.
Things that are easily replaced get the cheap stuff and plan to replace it in 5 to 10 years.
I put Menard's quality on my house and it waives at me every day when I come home.
- Location
- Warsaw, IN
So the gravel pit I work at gets random inspections from the government for mine safety. Well today is that day.. He's from Harlan.
- Location
- Bourbonnais IL.
If this was directed towards me, then i think you misunderstood my question lol
if it was just a continuation on your previous post, then i understand.
- Location
- 29°58'28.9"N 99°15'15.5"W
I must have.
- Location
- 29°58'28.9"N 99°15'15.5"W
Re: Re: Important
Any government agency that requires a person to use wheel chocks and an E brake on a vehicle with and automatic transmission can suck it!
They show up I leave no matter what.
MSHA.
Any government agency that requires a person to use wheel chocks and an E brake on a vehicle with and automatic transmission can suck it!
They show up I leave no matter what.
- Location
- Warsaw, IN
Re: Re: Important
Yessir! Unfortunately I can't leave when they show up. He's already been here 2 hours and hasn't started the inspection. He's a talker.
Yessir! Unfortunately I can't leave when they show up. He's already been here 2 hours and hasn't started the inspection. He's a talker.
- Location
- 29°58'28.9"N 99°15'15.5"W
I am a sub contractor...
