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  1. craigd

    Netflix Recommendations?

    Lonesome Dove is good. Robert Duvall is great in westerns.
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    Lanolin Corrosion Prevention

    I have been using fluid film for several years. If it is good enough for farmers it is good enoigh for me.
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    What have you done to your DEFENDER today?

    Working out the new trailer on a landscaping project
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    Venting

    I am not a Doctor and not sure if this has anything to do with what you are experiencing. I was reading through the Abbott Labs Annual Report and they had a short blurb on their Confirm RX Insertable Cardiac Monitor which is reported to be the worlds first smartphone compatible ICM. Using...
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    Name that "money well spent" item you bought for your defender

    Bottle opener on the front bumper.
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    M416 trailer

    I am interested in the trailer. Traded messages with Raub about titling it in north carolina and got no response back. I will be near Blacksburg VA this weekend. How far from Blacksburg is the trailer?
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    Oh, The Places You'll Go!

    Not trip or adventure related but I thought interesting anyway. My grandfather used to keep track of oil changes with a piece of tape on his sun visor. I started doing that years ago on my truck.. As best as I can tell I started at around 131,000 miles. Most of the ink is lost to time, water...
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    Oh, The Places You'll Go!

    Fall in the Rockies
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    What's your day job?

    Former life - 18 years as a commercial real estate appraiser in the Denver Metro area Current- Retired and living on 16 acres in the mountains outside Asheville. Spend my days wandering around. If it is sunny and warm I am outside. If it is cold I am inside.
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    Personal Capital

    Any body use this service? I just got on last week and am loving it. They have a free service and then they try and get you to sign up for their paid financial planning service. So far they have not really bugged me. Just a few emails and a pop up every so often. We have a premium membership...
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    Carlisle, PA

    Never been there but they have a lot of auto shows
  12. craigd

    LED Bulbs

    This is the first i have heard about the mud flap things. After having the dealer put on two sets of waterproof boots i fabricated an aluminium shield to protect the wiring from spray off the wheels. 16 years later still working good.
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    What have you done to your DEFENDER today?

    Put BG 44k fuel injector cleaner in gas tank and sprayed undercarriage bits with Fluid Film.
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    Bypass key in defender

    What Doug said. I did not want to do this so I still use the key to unlock the column. Extra layer of security
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    Bypass key in defender

    I installed the Carling Switch from Jason at SDO earlier this summer. It is awesome. Super easy to install. I still need the key to allow the steering wheel to turn.
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    Spy Shot Of Defender? Dec. 1

    The only Defender Mcgovern is going to design will be the Liberace edition. In the interview in Alloy &Grit mag Mcgovern specifically said that the people that currently own Defenders are not their target. It does not make sense to sell to people that keep 30 to 40 yr old vehicles running...
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    Hunters/Farmers

    Helping out around the homesite.
  18. craigd

    Sightings

    Saw this one near the Grove Park neighborhood in Asheville.
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    What have you done to your DEFENDER today?

    UPDATE That did not go well at all. I thought i could take a peice of cardboard and block the drain hole while putting the crush ring back on the drain plug. Everything was going to plan until trying to put the drain plug back in. The fluid was gushing out and running off the plug down my arm...
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    What have you done to your DEFENDER today?

    Changed my gearbox oil today. First time i did it myself. Did not see a copper crush ring so figured it was lost over the years. After getting everything buttoned up and put away found the crush ring in the bottom of the drain pan. It will bug me if I don't do it right. So tomorrow i get to do...
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