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What did you do to or with your CJ today?
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79 CJ7 304, th400 auto borgwarner 1389?? qudratrac stock rest unknown.
89 YJ 4.2L 258, AX-15 5spd, NP231, dana 30 front, dana 35 rear with posi, gears unknown
92 YJ 4.0, AX-15 5spd, np231, dana 30 front, dana 35 rear.
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...and all the free bugs you can eat
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Working on seat brackets for Dodge Charger seat install.
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79 CJ7 304, th400 auto borgwarner 1389?? qudratrac stock rest unknown.
89 YJ 4.2L 258, AX-15 5spd, NP231, dana 30 front, dana 35 rear with posi, gears unknown
92 YJ 4.0, AX-15 5spd, np231, dana 30 front, dana 35 rear.
Nothing. It has gone from face melting heat to rain here so I haven't touched the poor girl
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We've been in the 90's off and on for the last 2 weeks and expecting the same for at least another week
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Been driving mine in 95-100 degree temps (Houston area). Yea, hot and some sweating. But still fun. Still cool enough in the mornings for errands around town and church on Sunday mornings.
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79 CJ7 304, th400 auto borgwarner 1389?? qudratrac stock rest unknown.
89 YJ 4.2L 258, AX-15 5spd, NP231, dana 30 front, dana 35 rear with posi, gears unknown
92 YJ 4.0, AX-15 5spd, np231, dana 30 front, dana 35 rear.
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About 100 %. Ice water is my AC when I’m driving around.
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79 CJ7 304, th400 auto borgwarner 1389?? qudratrac stock rest unknown.
89 YJ 4.2L 258, AX-15 5spd, NP231, dana 30 front, dana 35 rear with posi, gears unknown
92 YJ 4.0, AX-15 5spd, np231, dana 30 front, dana 35 rear.
That's the way I am here. Just hate DC traffic in that kind of heat and in my Jeep
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Heat or no heat, my top and doors stay off, keep a cooler full of ice water
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High 90's percentage humidity. I do have a safari top when the main top is off (most of the time). So no direct sun hitting me. It's actually not too bad until about 2:00-3:00 in the afternoon when temps hit 100. It's in the 80's in the mornings and still pleasant. I've considered added AC. I have the compressor already on the engine when I got the serpentine belt kit for this SBC. I had AC in my last CJ. But it was marginal at best. And with a soft top and doors, there's so many air leaks that it almost seems a waste of time anyway. Perhaps those with a hard top and doors with descent seals might get more benefit.
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I only get in the hundreds a handful of times here, and no AC in my Jeeps ever, but in my wife's, ok, so she's cooler going to work etc.
When my CJ7 is done, will never see a full top, maybe an occasional half or tube door, I will sweat, burn, tan and never complain, because Ohio winters will remind you of the opposite soon enough
I've gotten from tolerating the cold to down right hating it.
When my CJ7 is done, will never see a full top, maybe an occasional half or tube door, I will sweat, burn, tan and never complain, because Ohio winters will remind you of the opposite soon enough
I've gotten from tolerating the cold to down right hating it.
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Yeah not much point in having AC with a CJ unless you do have a hard top. And then not much point in having a CJ if you just drive around with the hard top. Just get a Cherokee. Just my thoughts.
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79 CJ7 304, th400 auto borgwarner 1389?? qudratrac stock rest unknown.
89 YJ 4.2L 258, AX-15 5spd, NP231, dana 30 front, dana 35 rear with posi, gears unknown
92 YJ 4.0, AX-15 5spd, np231, dana 30 front, dana 35 rear.
Wrong AC is great.... As long as you convert it to on board air since you won't feel any cold air as it all blows out the tub
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No sense in arguing opinions, no one is claiming facts here, AC for some may seem necessary, doesn't make it wrong or right, we all have different likes, just because someone might generalize, isn't an attack, but maybe an observation of a majority ...again, opinion.
A lot of people old and new to the Jeep world buy one for it's rawness, it's closer proximity to being in nature while driving, like a motorcycle, but as progress refines a vehicle, it appeals to a different demographic.
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Yeah I like to think of mine as a 4 wheel bike with cover, windshield and cargo space
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No top, No doors, No AC...duh, windshield down when I can.
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What’s the best way to get all those bugs out of your teeth ?
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