Towing/ Camping /Trailers

[wngrog]

Bearings on Patricks trailer

All we have found is a passenger side brake cable is frozen so like a good lawyer and salesperson we just unhooked it.

 

[wngrog]

I robbed the tire jack from under my 100 and mounted it under the back of my M416

Worked perfectly. I put a ratchet strap as a safety measure across it as the winch is attached to C channel. I'm sure it would be fine but I don't want it crashing into a Democrat's windshield.

 

[pmccraney]

In the 60 tech section, there's s thread about an almost plug 'n play trailer harness. Y'all may already be wired (or not mind splicing into factory wires), but here's the thread...

https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/4-wire-trailer-plug-and-play-kit.846827/

So, I've always wondered why I have a an aftermarket DrawTite hitch with no pigtail. Bookmark that thought and fast forward to today. I bought the Hopkins kit in the thread above:

Spent a couple of hours with these small tools

Re-engineering the wires so that would match the oem connectors:

Then, beaming with pride and my chest puffed out, I remove my drivers side tail light to install my handiwork, and immediately notice that someone (not in Japan) had been in there before:

So I chased this little assembly into the innards of my rear quarter panel, where I found this wedged under the jack in the stowaway:

So, turns out I do have a pigtail. I guess they didn't want to run it through the grommet so they opted for "yank it out and smash the lift gate on it" method.

 

[wngrog]

Wtf.

 

[southff4]

Nice work! Wiring is not that bad if you have time to do it right. And plenty of beers.

 

[FJ60Cam]

Haha! I've got one of those too. It's tucked (or used to be, I don't have a hitch anymore) inside the quarter panel and you have to fish it out through the bottom of the tailgate.

 

[BMThiker]

So here's an interesting concept.
http://asheville.craigslist.org/rvs/5105804776.html

 

[MScruiser]

Hell, I just bough one of those for wiring up my new ARB bumper. Allows for independent turn/stop signals on a trailer that was originally not designed for them. I'd hang on to it if I were you.

 

[pmccraney]

Tub's off; she heavy.

Patrick takes round 1.

 

[ntsaint]

Jealous

 

[wngrog]

Go boy. That's a great project for the garage in July! You are clearly not skeered.

 

[wngrog]

So, kidless and wife less gives me plenty of time to clown around in the shop.

Traded the tire for my 10L Jerry cans. I filled them up and it's actually balanced again. Not much heavier than when the tire was up there.

 

[wngrog]

So then I decided to paint it.

Paint over rust/dirt/spiderweb style like I used to do my duck boats.

Next on the list is some brush on hurculiner for the handles/hooks/rails

I'm probably going to leave the inside of the tub as is.

 

[pmccraney]

Looks great!

 

[wngrog]

I got a quart of Bedliner

Used about 10% of it coating the hooks and the rails.

I should have gotten the spray. For a small job like this it would have been easier.

 

[ntsaint]

Trailer is looking good.

Check out Raptor Liner by Upol on Amazon. Comes with everything you need including the spray gun. Used it on underside of my 40. Awesome stuff.

 

[wngrog]

I'm going to leave the tub original for now unless I get bored.

Next project is a tailgate but I'm going to need some fan help with that one.

 

[77TLCFJ40]

Let's build 3!

 

[Fireman]

Nolen, I still have the small jerry cans I bought from you when you scapped the original trailer you had.

 

[wngrog]

Nolen, I still have the small jerry cans I bought from you when you scapped the original trailer you had.

You must have gotten them from Kowboy. He took everything off and sold it for pennies.

I had 2 10L cans and just bought 2 10L holders from the place Cam sent me to. They are mounted up

Chef Lou gonna look at tailgate fab this afternoon while I'm doing his shocks.