Author Topic: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.  (Read 1611 times)

PaulW

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turned out to be my radiator, i was at advanced ordering my new one, and saw this in the clearance bin...



but of course i couldn't get that without this...



i thought "that hook would be a nifty thing to put on while i'm waiting for my radiator to come in". so i drilled a couple holes, took some flat stock to sandwich the frame, and what do you know??  instant recovery capability.  this should work perfect for pulling cars out at the mall :D

got the flat stock..


bolted it up...




i'm going to have to get a piece of 1/2 flat stock so i can lower it down a little, i think the strap may bend my bumper if i make a hard pull, but i'll have to find out, after i cut the grass this weekend there's a stump i need to remove, maybe we'll try that shiny new strap on the stump :D.  but for 4.99 for a rear recovery point i can't complain.  there were some cheap tow ropes with hooks in the clearance bin, but i left them there.  come to think of it, they would have probably been good for the yard tractor.

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Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2009, 05:51:09 AM »
hi five!
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Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2009, 06:11:42 AM »
o! that was a low blow... but i don't get stuck. just bring a chain saw so u can cut down all the trees in a 3 mile radius so i don't hit them doing 20mph
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Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2009, 06:33:42 AM »
roger was telling me a story about how he rented an h2 here. he took it in water up to the windows... he said he didn't get his deposit back tho  ;D
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Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2009, 06:42:21 AM »
welp, waiting on you then  ;D
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Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2009, 06:46:48 AM »
psh, by the time you get ahold of it i'll make sure that my jeep is paid off so i'll be broker then hell.
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Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2009, 06:52:57 AM »
so i don't gotta keep making payements on something im gonna beat up. and to get rid of the full coverage. in short SAVE MONEY so i can spent it on better things. like lift kits. or hookers.
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Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2009, 06:55:06 AM »
how'd you convince the wife to let you leave the house?
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« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2009, 06:02:15 AM »
idk what that is.
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« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2009, 05:30:26 AM »
LMFAO!!!!! holy crap, haha im dieing over here. thats funny as hell.
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