What did you do to your jeep today?

[Johnny O]

Discovered what the middle button on the sun roof is for…

Dang these newfangled vehicular conveyances do cool stuff!



Also, as of this moment…Bert is done enough for my trip.

Ive decided to wait till I’m in the desert to do the full reveal…because the pictures will look cool…

You all rock. If someone had told me back in April that I could buy, repair, rebuild and outfit a Jeep of any sort 90% by myself I would have laughed my gluteus maximi off.

 

[CherokeeLiberty]

Dang these newfangled vehicular conveyances do cool stuff!

This is exactly why my project car is from 1968 Good deal, though! I definitely have trouble figuring out all the features on new cars.

 

[CherokeeLiberty]

As for what I've done to my jeep, we loaded up the kayaks on Saturday and tested out the new strut rack. It carried just as well as the pipe did, but the shape of the strut kept the cradles from rocking and digging into the roof. Tomorrow will be my first time driving it with just the bars. I'm hoping for less wind noise than I had with the pipes.

 

[Johnny O]

This is exactly why my project car is from 1968 Good deal, though! I definitely have trouble figuring out all the features on new cars.

Heck, this thing has been easier than a Bug mechanically!

 

[Johnny O]

Did this too…about a week behind schedule but ….

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[Johnny O]

I spent Fathers Day doing the same thing! Red grille fins and all...

Do show! Do show!

 

[profdlp]

LabRat, when are you leaving on your expedition? Hope we get some reports from the field.

 

[MarksmanAkula]

Added seat covers to the girlfriends KJ. Also got the rear wiper working, put the swing door interior trim back on, topped off oil (Was 1/2 quart low) and checked other critical fluid levels.

Also made a list of parts to scavenge next time I go to the junkyard. Mostly interior plastic pieces.

 

[Johnny O]

LabRat, when are you leaving on your expedition? Hope we get some reports from the field.

I’m planning on being fully loaded out and on the road no later than noon the 16th. I don’t have to be back until August 1st. I’ll start a thread in the epic trips forum and update it when I fuel up and shower and such. Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming. Perhaps some Arizona, Idaho, and such too. Have an itinerary but have to stay fluid due to flash floods, wildfires and worst of all Instagramers. It’s the hottest driest early monsoon season I’ve ever attempted. Fossil hunting, field biology, hiking, and lots and lots of BLM time. Thanks to my VA I’d card, I got free access to National Parks, something I normally avoid, but the extreme weather conditions should keep the less popular ones pretty empty. The pandemic stuff has forced me to avoid most people…which for me is like heaven…

 

[Johnny O]

I’m planning on being fully loaded out and on the road no later than noon the 16th. I don’t have to be back until August 1st. I’ll start a thread in the epic trips forum and update it when I fuel up and shower and such. Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming. Perhaps some Arizona, Idaho, and such too. Have an itinerary but have to stay fluid due to flash floods, wildfires and worst of all Instagramers. It’s the hottest driest early monsoon season I’ve ever attempted. Fossil hunting, field biology, hiking, and lots and lots of BLM time. Thanks to my VA I’d card, I got free access to National Parks, something I normally avoid, but the extreme weather conditions should keep the less popular ones pretty empty. The pandemic stuff has forced me to avoid most people…which for me is like heaven…

I will still have 11 weeks worth of vacation I have to burn before December, so I’m already planning a Texas adventure, plus a Sandhills adventure. I’ve also geared up for some winter action too, something I haven’t been able to do for decades!

 

[Whybe]

Got a free tow hitch for getting my recalls done at the dealership!

 

[duderz7]

Did this too…about a week behind schedule but ….

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You need to get some stock center caps and give em the red treatment, I think that would go along with your custom color scheme pretty well.

 

[Johnny O]

You need to get some stock center caps and give em the red treatment, I think that would go along with your custom color scheme pretty well.

Agreed...just haven't found a set yet that isn't obscenely overpriced!

 

[Johnny O]

Hopped in to go get some lunch and got one Beep and everything went dead when I turned the key.

nada nothing zip

all electrical gone.

no fuses blown

positve terminal post connector was loose…

Whew!

now searching for replacement connectors that don’t provide negative pneumatic pressure…

 

[Johnny O]

We got hammered by storms.used the removable flat floor as a loading ramp and put the Lab’s backup backup 12k Watt generator in. Testing the suspension driving around through the rubble all day charging medical devices and letting folks run their fridge for an hour to chill them back down.

looks like three to five days before we get power back in my neighborhood.

Bert has performed perfectly

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[nohitter64]

Bought a 2015 WK2..to keep the 06 KJ company. Love seeing 2 Jeeps in the drive

 

[nohitter64]

The saying is, without pics it didn't happen so...
WK has been named Lightning...throw back to George Jones song

 

[nohitter64]

Do show! Do show!

As requested. Installed my 4ft cb antenna on driver rear as well since I had the bumper off. I noticed my brake lights are out so maybe I pinched something doing the reinstall...high brake light still works.

 

[Johnny O]

As requested. Installed my 4ft cb antenna on driver rear as well since I had the bumper off. I noticed my brake lights are out so maybe I pinched something doing the reinstall...high brake light still works.

Frakking sweet!

 

[Johnny O]

Still no power at my place and the cell network is trashed really bad, so went down to the river for some quiet and a few cups of coffee off my trangia stove.
Back end looks saggy as the big generator and my tree cutting stuff is in the back.
(Yes, I know there’s a missing lug…it’s in the glove box but due to the storms I didn’t get to put it in as planned yesterday!)