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The Mud Pit => Wrenching => Topic started by: PaulW on August 13, 2009, 04:24:03 AM

Title: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
Post by: PaulW on August 13, 2009, 04:24:03 AM: turned out to be my radiator, i was at advanced ordering my new one, and saw this in the clearance bin...

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/flexj/jeeps%20and%20quads%20and%20stuff/282546491525_0_0.jpg)

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

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/flexj/jeeps%20and%20quads%20and%20stuff/282546474245_0_0.jpg)

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..
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/flexj/jeeps%20and%20quads%20and%20stuff/282546447749_0_0.jpg)

bolted it up...
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/flexj/jeeps%20and%20quads%20and%20stuff/282546412805_0_0.jpg)

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/flexj/jeeps%20and%20quads%20and%20stuff/282546383877_0_0.jpg)

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.
Title: Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
Post by: reptile610 on August 16, 2009, 05:51:09 AM: hi five!
Title: Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
Post by: reptile610 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
Title: Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
Post by: reptile610 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
Title: Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
Post by: reptile610 on August 16, 2009, 06:42:21 AM: welp, waiting on you then ;D
Title: Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
Post by: reptile610 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.
Title: Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
Post by: reptile610 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.
Title: Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
Post by: reptile610 on August 16, 2009, 06:55:06 AM: how'd you convince the wife to let you leave the house?
Title: Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
Post by: reptile610 on August 17, 2009, 06:02:15 AM: idk what that is.
Title: Re: last night i noticed a coolant leak....so i mounted a tow hook instead.
Post by: reptile610 on August 19, 2009, 05:30:26 AM: LMFAO!!!!! holy crap, haha im dieing over here. thats funny as hell.