Homer A few days after my near death decent off the mesa in Homer, I decide to look at the brakes. Put it on jacks, pull the wheels off (only 4 styles and 2 sizes of lugs nuts) and instantly notice that there a lug nut loose on one of the front wheel spacers. No …
How did Homer get his name? Technically, his full name is Homer’s Bowling Ball. If you are not a fan of the show the Simpsons (which I would blame on your poor upbringing), I have to explain. In the episode “Life on the Fast Lane”, Homer gets Marge a bowling ball for her birthday… With …
Homer Weeks of trolling through Craigslist and local used car lots and nothing had caught my eye. It was either too expensive, too far gone or enough miles to haven driven to the moon and back. The search for a 4 wheel drive for my wife was not looking promising. Until one faithful day, that …
Tale of 2 Jeeps I am not always this stupid. Seriously. I just want to get that out there, because as you read this saga, you are bound to wonder “WTF was he thinking?!” And that’s fine. I often have had the same thoughts myself, in retrospect. Sometimes 5 minutes later. It all started with …
Here’s Homer. He is a 1971 Jeep CJ-5. Relatively stock after some minor un-“fixing” prior repairs. Here are the stats: 225ci Buick Odd-Fire V-6 3 Speed T-14 Transmission T-18 Transfer case 33″ Tires 2.5″ Lift I found Homer down in Vegas. He was not perfect. He did not want to stop. At all. He was …