What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

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roots66

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Power washed, sanded, primed the (M)Ikea trailer frame. Also, changed the wheels color from white to charcoal gray.
 

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Started a cargo box/sleeping platform project on the YJ. I'd like to be able to take this out on solo trips comfortably while also cutting down on some of the gear I carry, such as my large tent. Got the frame and mounting tabs for the cargo portion done today. Tomorrow I'll build the frame (if I have enough 1x1 16ga square tubing) for the sleeping extension and get all the mounting tabs and whatnot done and maybe see about picking up a sheet of plywood to make the tops and the front and side wall of the cargo box. The passenger seat will be removed, and the sleeping extension will be bolted in place where it currently sits.

I envision it being sort of modular. Cargo box for short trips and the like, remove it if I need to haul kids, and sleeping extension for long trips.

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No pictures today. Welded in 21, 1"x1.5" tabs to attach the side panels to and support the lids. And cut the side panels with some plywood I found in my attic. Not enough plywood to cut the lids yet and I don't have the hinges for the main portion of the box. The front portion will not be hinged.
 
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Pretty much wrapped up on the YJ's cargo/sleep platform. At this point, it's just testing and tweaking as needed, and maybe a test sleep one night. I also added tie downs to the fender boxes for the "house battery" and the folding table. The folding table is the reason the box is offset somewhat to the passenger side.


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Got the blower motor working. It's been inop since I got the Jeep but with winter here, I figured it's time to get'er done. For whatever reason that I couldn't find, the blower/ac fuse on the fuse panel is not getting power. Everything I could think to check is where it should be, but for whatever reason no power at the fuse cavity for the blower. What I wound up doing was figuring out which side of the hvac system switch needed fused power and ran power from my auxiliary fuse block to the microswitch. Downside is that you have to kill power at the HVAC panel for now.

I'm pretty sure the issue is at the ignition switch/wiring, based on what I'm looking at in the wiring diagram, but I'm still trying to unscrew wiring snafus from the previous owners.

 
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Troubleshot the 4wd indicator on the YJ. Everything I can test checks out. Bulb is good, vacuum switch is good, power at the connector and ground is good, trying to think of how I would test that circuit in the gauge panel itself, as it has that paper thin printed circuit thing on the back of the panel1. Still no joy. Oh well not a critical part.

Added a flip up table to the tailgate. Just gotta figure out a prop rod or some other kind of support.

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Replaced all the radiator and heater lines. All still marked with "DOM 05/95". I can't believe these things lasted almost 30 years without failing and needing to be replaced.
 
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