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Yesterday after I finished making the plow mounting brackets I painted them and wired up the hydraulic pump. Today the hoses came for the angle pistons so, I screwed them to the pistons and tried it out. Everything works pretty good, only issue is the down, It doesn't want to hit bottom. Kind of funny because I'm still waiting for flow control to stop it from hitting bottom too hard, lucky this second hand plow came with two lifting "A" frames & pistons - guess I'll try the other one~
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bolted on newly acquired skid plate to keep the weeds outa underneath
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Nice....but I think you put it in upside down Wink
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dang. you are right. i need more weeds scooped up not less.
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Well I finally finished my JPET summer top install.....at the end of summer...it looks fantastic! Plan to let it sit in the sun tomorrow for that bit if shrinkage. 
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Well, I wanted to post a picture of taking the dog and the wife to the dog park for a test run in the Jeep, but it's all upside down.
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Or you are from Australia 😉
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No, just kind of incompetent when it comes to computers, or phones, or things that rely on coding. Or things that use electricity.
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I finished fabricating the mount for my rear mounted gas can/spare tire rack. Now I only need to get the hinges welded and I can prep it, paint it, and call it done. It hinges down just under the tailgate so both can be lowered if you need to load something heavy like... oh I dunno, maybe a an ice chest full of frosty cold beverages. Wink

I was going to post a pic but with the can and tire off, plus harsh sunlight coming in at a side angle, it was not much to look at. When I'm finished I'll post a pic.
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Someone on this site gave me some good advice, so I'll pass it along. Just make sure the camera lens is up when you take the pic. 
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had Warn lockers installed and started repurposing the old, damaged top into a bikini top with the help of the wife.
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I finished my rear mount spare tire/gas can rack. With the rack in place I can't get my hitch on so I turned the hinges the same direction so I can just slide it off if I need to put my trailer hitch on.
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I did the same thing on my 2A but the hinge process allow it to rattle all the time and I never really  needed to lower the gate.  So this spring I redid mine to remove the hinges and it stop the rattles and kept it from hitting the body and removing some paint.
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I like that rack! 

Looking at the red paint job on that Jeep. It looks good, but reminds me of something that has occurred to me.

I have had four CJ2As, one CJ3B, and one M38 over the years. Three of those came to me painted red, and two of the other three had been painted red in previous paint jobs. None were originally red. The only one with no layer of red paint was the M38, which was painted tan, with the original military OD underneath the tan paint.

My conclusion is red was at some time the widespread favorite color to paint a Jeep. 
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My '47 was originally red.....
 Since then it's been green, yellow, orange, blue, & black....
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Originally posted by redrunner redrunner wrote:

I did the same thing on my 2A but the hinge process allow it to rattle all the time and I never really  needed to lower the gate.  So this spring I redid mine to remove the hinges and it stop the rattles and kept it from hitting the body and removing some paint.

I used heavy duty "bullet style" gate hinges from a local steel and pipe yard. They are rock solid and super strong plus come with a grease fitting. I have no rattle from the rack... now my windshield lollipops are another matter.

I'm ok with this shade of red but I believe my Jeep was originally Luzan red. If I ever do a repaint I'll probably go with that.
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Another thing about my rack... I can't run a trailer ball with it on, so I turned both hinges the same direction, with the rack open I can just slide it off and then I can put a hitch on.
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