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I have a couple of con ferr roof racks and they’re heavy as hell even with nothing on them. I’d try and go as light as possible, maybe even 18ga on the rails and use more bracing to minimize the flexing. if you’re worried about it being strong enough you probably have too much weight on them.

On my 2F dizzy, the mechanical advance topped out about 19 degrees. Combined mechanical and vacuum I topped out around 35 degrees. The vac advance came on pretty quickly around 900-1100 rpm and stayed nearly constant throughout, while the mechanical was a little more linear.

Your leaf spring bushing look shot on the front leaf springs. That will cause steering issues. I'd check for looseness in all of your suspension and steering first because as pb4ugo said the stabilizer is just masking the issue, not solving it. Might as well replace the rears while you're at...

It's a pretty easy drop in replacement, but you will need to change the side cover for the "dented" cover off an fj60 to clear the larger distributor.

I have no practical intentions for this jeep, so making it into a tiny pickup would have no negative effect on it's functionality, it'd still be useless. I just thought it would look cool with a little tonneu cover on the back. I also considered a stretch and pickup version. A 24" stretch...

You pictures are almost motivating me to pull my jeep out of storage and work on it. I've been mulling over some ideas for the past few years on what to do with it. Now with AI, I can actually convert those ideas into visual representations. I've always wanted to shorten the top and create...

There's no reason why you couldn't run the aux tank as the main tank but depending on your setup the mechanical fuel pump might have some trouble pulling fuel from way back there so you might need to run an electric. I've never had a problem in my 40, but I have a jeep that has some issues...

I’ve used a folding wheelchair ramp and moving dollies to load heavy stuff up into my trailer. If you mount a small winch to the roll bar you could probably winch it uo pretty easily https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQVYFKPV?tag=ihco-20 I’m sure you can find them used pretty cheap. I think I got...

Happened to be driving around the middle of Nevada and ran across this sign, and then I remembered this thread And then I'm driving along a road in Canada and run across this sign I can tell you I was very glad to have extra fuel on those stretches of road. At the gas station in Eagle...

I have a wire basket rack mounted on the roll bar using some unistrut and exhaust clamps the same diameter as the roll bar ( I think 2 1/2”)

I'd be curious to see what the final tally is when finished. I don't know how you could spend less than $800 unless you get the winch or the mount for free or heavily discounted. LFD winch mount - $500 HF 10K winch - $400 That's not even including tax, shipping, wiring, etc. You could save...

A regular starting battery is going to take a really long time to charge through a normal isolator, so you might want to look into a dcdc charger to help speed that up. How many watts of solar do you plan on running? If it’s not permanently mounted and <50w panel I’d just skip them entirely and...

What type of connectors are you using at the lights? IDs just double up the wires at the crimp/connector and put a drop of silicone/RTV on it then heat shrink it. Then you have one less junction point to worry about. If the wires are run in a way that you absolutely have to split them in the...

There's no harm in using 2 AWG but there's also no appreciable benefit either. I'd probably just run 2ga for that section because the cost difference for such a short run in minimal but in the end it doesn't really make a difference. Most winch pulls are measured in seconds, not hours, so...