What have you done to your Jeep today?

stared across the garage at it, then went back to work on the truck.

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stared across the garage at it, then went back to work on the truck.

You're doing better than me. I leaned the laundry room door that I took off against mine so the broken washing machine can come out and the new one can go in.

Tonight I started prepping my jeep for Moab . Cleaned all of my crap out of the jeep, rolled my krawlers out of the shed and kindly pumped each one with 55 pumps of slime (they have been leaking down a couple psi per night) and aired them up to highway PSI. Checked all fluids and started to pull the onboard air out of our YJ so I can install in the TJ. Every now and then while on the trail at Rausch she would run on the hot side, thinking while its in the garage I may do a water pump and fan clutch.

Tightened up the front suspension, did a driveway alignment, and replaced a section of bad rubber fuel line.

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Shady Luke and I stripped my Jeep down to the bare frame.

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Shady Luke and I stripped my Jeep down to the bare frame.

Neill no longer owns a jeep just has a lot of parts.

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Neill no longer owns a jeep just has a lot of parts.

But I have 2 Titles for Jeeps!

And an extra frame and body. Just enough to sell to someone making a rock crawler

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But I have 2 Titles for Jeeps!

you wouldn't happen to have an extra transfer case and trans skid left in that pile of parts would ya?

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you wouldn't happen to have an extra transfer case and trans skid left in that pile of parts would ya?

Yes I do is Dave looking for parts for this YJ?

No but I need one for my yj

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New center caps finally came in. They were backordered for a couple weeks. No more looking at rusty wheel centers anymore! Also trying to figure out where/how/if I want to mount this light bar on the rear of the Jeep. Up high gives me a better flood of light behind the Jeep and that's what I'm leaning towards. Suggestions?

I'm also trying to resist the urge to use this as a "get off my tail" light...

Jeremy, I'm not sure what the out put of that light bar is but at rausch last year we camped next to a JK crowd and one jeep had its windshield mounted light bar on illuminating their camp site. it was outright obnoxious not only was it blinding the people in the campsite but it was also lighting up two campsites on each side of them. We had to ask them to shut it down. You might be better off with a smaller flood pattern set up. Oh yeah the hard top looks good, I like the rear window set up

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Jeremy, I'm not sure what the out put of that light bar is but at rausch last year we camped next to a JK crowd and one jeep had its windshield mounted light bar on illuminating their camp site. it was outright obnoxious not only was it blinding the people in the campsite but it was also lighting up two campsites on each side of them. We had to ask them to shut it down. You might be better off with a smaller flood pattern set up. Oh yeah the hard top looks good, I like the rear window set up

Thanks! I've been trying to put some thought into the hardtop build so that I'm only having to build it once. For the LED, I'll have to look it up to be sure but IIRC it's supposedly 120w... it's only a 20" bar and an Amazon special at that. Im doubtful that it really puts out that much power and illumination. That's another reason why I think mounting it up higher and angling it down would concentrate the light a bit closer to the Jeep and keep the light splash to a minimum. It would definitely not be a long term use type of light. I like my campsites lit by a campfire!

I bought one of these and stuck a gopro mount where the center cap should be on my spare tire. Only cost me $20, I don't care in the slightest about not having a switch inside the jeep and it is more than bright enough to light up the ground behind the jeep to make sure I don't forget anything in the sand on the beach. Plus I can remove it if necessary. Waterproof and rechargeable...I just put it on recently but if I have to charge it once a year I'll be surprised.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WHQRQTI/

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I bought one of these and stuck a gopro mount where the center cap should be on my spare tire. Only cost me $20, I don't care in the slightest about not having a switch inside the jeep and it is more than bright enough to light up the ground behind the jeep to make sure I don't forget anything in the sand on the beach. Plus I can remove it if necessary. Waterproof and rechargeable...I just put it on recently but if I have to charge it once a year I'll be surprised.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WHQRQTI/

I like the light that you linked. I definitely want to check that out sometime soon. Have you tested the run time to see how long it will stay effectively illuminated?

Here's the specs on the light bar and a LINK (clickable) if anyone is interested in it... had to pull up the Amazon order from last year. I think I'll run a test lead to the back and light up the bar with it sitting in the different positions. That'll give me the answer I'm looking for as to where I want to mount the light or if I want to look for another option. I've also been looking at some smaller LED cubes.

Specifications:

LED Power: 120W
Operating Voltage: 10-30V DC
Waterproof rate: IP 67
40PCS*3W high intensity LEDS Current draw 16A @ 12V, 8A @ 24V
Base Color: Black
Color Temperature:6000-6500k
Material: Diecast aluminum housing
Lens material: Toughed glass
Mounting Bracket: Aluminum firm bracket
Beam Type: Flood & Spot Beam Combo (8F/24S/8F)
Beam Angle: 60° / 30° (FLOOD 60°; SPOT 30° )
30000 hours above life time
Dimension:609.2mm*78.4mm*138.2mm (24inch*3inch*5.44inch)

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Thanks! I've been trying to put some thought into the hardtop build so that I'm only having to build it once. For the LED, I'll have to look it up to be sure but IIRC it's supposedly 120w... it's only a 20" bar and an Amazon special at that. Im doubtful that it really puts out that much power and illumination. That's another reason why I think mounting it up higher and angling it down would concentrate the light a bit closer to the Jeep and keep the light splash to a minimum. It would definitely not be a long term use type of light. I like my campsites lit by a campfire!

I've got the same (maybe? amazon special 20") bar on the front of our golf cart and you'd be surprised the amount of light that sucker puts out. Personally I don't think you'll be lacking light in any of the positions.

--Ian

Oh, trust me.. I'm very familiar with how much light these suckers put out. I bought two of these when they were running the promo last year for around $25ish per light. I've been running one on the front of the YJ since then.

It was mounted to the hood but it was causing too much glare. So much glare, in fact, that it was illuminating the interior of the Jeep enough for me to see my reflection on the windshield and therefore distorting my view at night. I relocated it recently and it's now mounted to the top of the front hitch in front of the grill. I thought about mounting this one to the front of the hardtop but low enough and back from the front lip enough to keep the upper LEDs from shining on the hood any. I figured that 2 front light bars would probably be way overkill and I'd rather like to have some light out back of the Jeep as well.

I'm going to head down to the Lums Pond campground tonight and use some test leads or the jumper cables to light it up in the different positions. Might even roll out the sleeping bag and spend the night, who knows!

I had to change out a transmission torque stabilizer because it stripped coming off. Oh well, the new one looks nice. Can't figure out why the old one stripped.
this was supposed to show the totally galled threads on the new one, but the picture came out blurry. A fine example of some of the parts these days.