Last year, the AC in my Jeep stopped working. There was a leak somewhere in the system. I had it diagnosed by a shop which concluded that the condenser needed to be replaced. This is about an $1100 job on the TJ Wrangler, mostly because of labor. The dash has to be pretty much entirely […]

After the drive up the overgrown shelf road at Slate Mountain a few weeks ago, I started thinking more about protection from brush and tree limbs. It was something I’d not had to worry about much in the past, other than the nice “pinstriping” my Jeep has received. I’m not sure how I can better […]

I’ve created a GPX file that is available for download. (Right click -> Save As to download) The file contains the track from our NS14 drive, from Wentworth Springs Drive in the north down into Placerville in the south. I’ve cleaned up the track some. It also contains the waypoints from Massey’s book which I […]

The Question: How many zerks did I grease on my Jeep this morning? This should have been the 6th or 7th time since I bought my Jeep. It took a lot of time rolling around on my creeper under the Jeep, and it was more of a mess than usual. I had to reload the […]