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Now I'm doing laundry since I was laying in the gravel & mud so my bibs & work sweatshirts were dirty.
Wildman's TJ is getting a face lift
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You just have WAY too much time on your hands... Don't think my bibs look like that.
I'm pretty sure it's Youtube spying on me. I read this thread and head over to youtube and see bibs in the suggested videos.
Well, no one can contest that. We have twin boys, and I can attest, not just from personal experience, but personal observation. 🤣
I have wondered why women have two breasts and not one. Then I realized one reason was twins. Then I thought, men have two hands. I concluded, this is good.
Then I saw triplets and quads, and more, and I thought to myself, this is not natural, and I was right, that is really rare, and FD is almost always involved, so I was content.
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Got a lot of little things accomplished today once my power stopped going off and on. Can't really work in the garage with no power so didn't get started until a little after 1PM. Don't know what was causing our power outages but they only lasted about 5-10 minutes each time but it happed 3 times between 10 & 12AM.
I filled my STaK's t-case with 2 quarts of 85-140wt oil.
Then I moved the rear stands I had the Jeep sitting on so I could work on the rear of the Jeep. I needed to get the rear bumper installed & the 4 prong trailer plug wired prior to installing the fuel tank. Once I had the rear stands out of the way I measured and marked the fuel tank spacer so I could drill the mounting holes.
Got the 4 holes drilled for the fuel tank & doubled checked to make sure I'd got them in the correct spots.
Then I drilled out the hole for the trailer light plug in the rear cross member.
Got a chance to use my new angle grinder too when I finished off the hole for the trailer plug.
I'd almost forgot to drill the holes for the mounting on the trailer plug but did get them drilled out.
Tomorrow I can get the trailer plug wired up and the bumper mounted as there are two holes that you can't reach once the fuel tank is installed. Once I get all that done I'll be able to install the fuel tank. One step closer to getting it all done. Then I'll go back to working on the wiring some more. I just needed a short break from the wiring.
Check one more thing off my list of stuff I need to get done.
I filled my STaK's t-case with 2 quarts of 85-140wt oil.
Then I moved the rear stands I had the Jeep sitting on so I could work on the rear of the Jeep. I needed to get the rear bumper installed & the 4 prong trailer plug wired prior to installing the fuel tank. Once I had the rear stands out of the way I measured and marked the fuel tank spacer so I could drill the mounting holes.
Got the 4 holes drilled for the fuel tank & doubled checked to make sure I'd got them in the correct spots.
Then I drilled out the hole for the trailer light plug in the rear cross member.
Got a chance to use my new angle grinder too when I finished off the hole for the trailer plug.
I'd almost forgot to drill the holes for the mounting on the trailer plug but did get them drilled out.
Tomorrow I can get the trailer plug wired up and the bumper mounted as there are two holes that you can't reach once the fuel tank is installed. Once I get all that done I'll be able to install the fuel tank. One step closer to getting it all done. Then I'll go back to working on the wiring some more. I just needed a short break from the wiring.
Check one more thing off my list of stuff I need to get done.
The amount of customization on this Jeep is astounding. I'd hate to even think about the number of hours you've put into it!
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Thanks Rich. I really want this thing finished. But I guess as they say all good things take time. I don't know that I can ever match your level though when it comes to quality of work.
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Since this is a face lift I couldn't just reuse the trailer plug wiring harness as it was. I rebuilt the harness by removing the old nasty tape and ran the wiring through sheathing instead.
Then installed it all back on the Jeep and wired up the trailer plug.
The sheathing didn't come all the way to the plug by design.
Then I taped up the exposed wiring.
Then installed it all back on the Jeep and wired up the trailer plug.
The sheathing didn't come all the way to the plug by design.
Then I taped up the exposed wiring.
Alright…….hurry up. I want to see this thing do some wheelies!!!!!
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I'm not sure it'll ever do any wheelies. But it might do a burnout.
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The trailer plug mounted on the bumper.
Yes I'm not going to just leave the wiring like this. Before I'd ran the trailer harness without dropping the tank. So it was just stuffed up in there.
This time it's zip tied up on the stock harness.
Finished installing the rear bumper.
Yes I'm not going to just leave the wiring like this. Before I'd ran the trailer harness without dropping the tank. So it was just stuffed up in there.
This time it's zip tied up on the stock harness.
Finished installing the rear bumper.
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Now the fun begins trying to wiggle the tank in between the frame. O'joy is my thoughts.
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I've never tried a 4 wheel 🛞 burnout before. You might have to wait until the current tires are worn out before I try it.
I'm not rich enough to be wasting good rubber.