Just a few dumb ideas I may or may not have tried yet!
Hand throttle using a bicycle brake lever, didn't cost me a dime.
Rock lights. If you have some old lights kicking around, you could mount them to
the steel body mount brackets on the frame for undercarriage lighting.
Back-up light. Mounted in the centre of the spare tire, rigged to the reverse switch
on the tranny.
Search light. I really want to do this some day. Cut a hole in the cowl on the drivers
side. Insert and weld a steel cylinder. Mount a light in the cylinder that can be
remotely operated. The light would come up out of the cylinder and can move from
side to side. It would have a cap on the top so that it dissapears when not in use.
You could rig up an electric control or a manual control.
Loose shocks for max flex. Drill pin holes in the shock mount studs and secure the
shocks with cotter pins instead of the bolts.
Late CJ, Waggoneer or Ford F-series shock mounts on early CJ front shocks for
long travel shocks.
Cut holes in the tub just behind the seats to allow for long travel shock mounts in
the rear. Build steel covers to weld over them, and cut holes in the covers for
access to the top bolt. You can find plugs for the holes out of other vehicles like
Honda cars.
My plastic stopper on my throttle linkage (at the gas pedal) broke off while driving
down the highway once. I got home by using a pair of vice grips to keep the cable
from slipping through the hole in the gas pedal. Later I used a rouch
clip....er...ah.....aligator clip to do the job. The aligator clip has not failed in the two
or three years that it has been there. As an anti-theft device, the clip can be
removed in a second and put in your pocket. The cable is now loose and will not
activate the throttle when the pedal is used.
Rocker protection. 2"x3"x3/16" mild steel angle iron. Works like a charm and is
cheap. The angle iron I used measures 7/16" at the angle.
Cut the lips off the fenders for better clearance on tight trails. It also helps save the
rest of the fender because often you can wreck the whole fender when the lip is hit
and buckles.
After my light switch blew out for the second time, I removed it, cut a square hole
in the drivers side of the dash and made an aluminum panel with individual toggle
switches for the each set of lights. I also used a breaker for the seperate fuse
panel I installed for the panel.
$2 marine CB. Bought at a garage sale, it works just as good as any new CB as
far as I'm concerned and the circuit boards are protected against moisture as it's a
marine model.
Sub woofer box. There is plenty of room under the back floor. Cut a section of
floor out, build a box and weld it into the floor (with support). Use the cut out
section of floor as a door or lid.
Umm.........a whole buch of other stuff I can't think of at the moment.
jo-jo
'77 CJ5 Fozzy Locker
20 degree RTI 1250
