Nashville TJ's Build Continued

[AndyG]

I had to make a quick run to home depot this morning.

Does anyone know if @John Cooper is spending the holidays in Nashville?

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Yep. Theres John. Pervert at large.

 

[John Cooper]

Yep. Theres John. Pervert at large.

If you hadn't super glued those ducks on the dash, I could have thrown them away. I just don't want to mess up my dash!!!

 

[Apparition]

If you hadn't super glued those ducks on the dash, I could have thrown them away. I just don't want to mess up my dash!!!

I thought people had yellow Jeeps cause ducks?

 

[Daubie3]

Man, that's more @AndyG style!!!!!!!

My Jeep nor my shop have ducks in them

Lucky for me, the "Duckers" don't know what TJ's are and stay clear..

😋🤪😅😂🤣

 

[NashvilleTJ]

Finished up the Toy Boxes for the new Grand Kids with a week to spare...

 

[NashvilleTJ]

And in Jeep related news, I'm getting ready to head down to Hawk Pride to wheel with Victor (@gasiorv) tomorrow, but I can't figure out how to unlock the damn trailer hitch!

 

[JMT]

And in Jeep related news, I'm getting ready to head down to Hawk Pride to wheel with Victor (@gasiorv) tomorrow, but I can't figure out how to unlock the damn trailer hitch!

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Go back 3-4 pages in this thread and it will help you remember how you built it. 🤣

 

[Apparition]

And in Jeep related news, I'm getting ready to head down to Hawk Pride to wheel with Victor (@gasiorv) tomorrow, but I can't figure out how to unlock the damn trailer hitch!

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Might have to use a key

 

[NashvilleTJ]

Hit Hawk Pride Offroad Park in Alabama on Saturday with Victor (@gasiorv) and Brian (@Brianj5600). Victor posted a summary of the trip in this thread:

https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/hawk-pride-12-17-22-trying-to-find-traction-the-sequel.67252/

But just to keep my build thread up to date, I'll post a few videos here as well.

Great day, but quite slippery after a bunch of rain over the previous few weeks. The weather was perfect on Saturday - 40's and bright sunshine.

This clip definitely contains the quote of the day...

And I call this one, "Oh, how the mighty have fallen..." Crazy slippery.

 

[Daubie3]

Hi,

I sent you a DM a few days ago, just wondering if you seen it.

Thanks

 

[NashvilleTJ]

Hi,

I sent you a DM a few days ago, just wondering if you seen it.

Thanks

I must have missed it - but I'll take a look.

 

[NashvilleTJ]

As usual, I was beating on the rig pretty hard on Saturday. And when you wheel hard, you need to expect carnage. This is my damage for the day:

 

[Apparition]

As usual, I was beating on the rig pretty hard on Saturday. And when you wheel hard, you need to expect carnage. This is my damage for the day:

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Found a picture of you

 

[NashvilleTJ]

One more comment on the Hawk Pride trip. It was the first trip I made with the new coupler lock - and THE TRAILER WAS NOT STOLEN!!!!

I'm calling it a success.

 

[NashvilleTJ]

Today I did a little security enhancement to the trailer tongue lock.

Notice that the Bolt Lock extends out past its containment sleeve by about 3/4". You may recall that when I built this thing, I was concerned that if you cut the Bolt Lock at that point it may fail. I contacted Bolt and asked if that was the case. One of their engineers finally got back to me and said, "Yeah, cut the end of the lock off and the guts fall out, allowing the lock to be removed."

So once again I am lying awake at night waiting for the trailer to be stolen...

Since I need all the sleep I can get, I came up with a solution - simply extend the sleeve. So first off comes the paint, and beveled the end of the sleeve:

Cut and beveled a 3/4" piece of 2" x .180 wall tube...

Tacked and welded it into place...

And after hitting it with a flap disc - it's like it was there all along:

I may be a hack welder, but I am a world class grinder.

 

[NashvilleTJ]

One issue I had was that the weather cap will not fit down into the sleeve.

So I had to cut the cover off to allow the lock to slide all the way into the sleeve:

Still wanting to maintain weather protection, I looked for a different solution and found these 2" ID tube sleeves from McMaster-Carr:

They fit snug around the tube and will do a much better job of keeping the weather out. About $10 for five of them.

Now for a little paint, and I can finally get some sleep.

 

[Apparition]

Today I did a little security enhancement to the trailer tongue lock.

Notice that the Bolt Lock extends out past its containment sleeve by about 3/4". You may recall that when I built this thing, I was concerned that if you cut the Bolt Lock at that point it may fail. I contacted Bolt and asked if that was the case. One of their engineers finally got back to me and said, "Yeah, cut the end of the lock off and the guts fall out, allowing the lock to be removed."

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So once again I am lying awake at night waiting for the trailer to be stolen...

Since I need all the sleep I can get, I came up with a solution - simply extend the sleeve. So first off comes the paint, and beveled the end of the sleeve:

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Cut and beveled a 3/4" piece of 2" x .180 wall tube...

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Tacked and welded it into place...

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And after hitting it with a flap disc - it's like it was there all along:

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I may be a hack welder, but I am a world class grinder.

I can verify, you need all the beauty sleep you can get.

Like always, nice work.

 

[Daubie3]

One issue I had was that the weather cap will not fit down into the sleeve.

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So I had to cut the cover off to allow the lock to slide all the way into the sleeve:

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Still wanting to maintain weather protection, I looked for a different solution and found these 2" ID tube sleeves from McMaster-Carr:

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They fit snug around the tube and will do a much better job of keeping the weather out. About $10 for five of them.

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Now for a little paint, and I can finally get some sleep.

If I remember correctly, Trojan makes shaft sleeve covers that can be picked up most anywhere... Of course it's been a minute since I've looked for any...🤪

Nice updated mod..

 

[NashvilleTJ]

And finally, a little paint and back on the trailer. But dammit! I missed my color match on that cap!

 

[Daubie3]

Nashville,
Do you have any part numbers on the radiator and heater hoses you used on your build. I'm thinking I'm getting pretty close to needing those kind of things shortly.
Thanks