Red Neck Ingenuity

[FLAGXJ]

While on a trail in Moab, a member of our group found out the reason why God created full lift spring packs. These are commonly used in lieu of lift blocks while wheeling in places besides the mall parking lot. Here is evidence of how well these lift blocks hold up during a "off road" trail:
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We were forced to fix this problem, as it was getting late and we were in the middle of a day on the Poison Spider/Golden Spike/Gold Bar Rim loop trail. A member of our group (who earned the name MacGuyver a couple of times on the trip) had a great idea of replacing the culprit lift block. A local log was kind enough to donate a piece of itself and "take one for the team" in order for us to get off the trail by midnight. Here is our fix:





This fix lasted through the rest of the trail. Although, she later broke a U joint and had to be towed the rest of the way out. We were able to make it off the trail and into town before Denny's Closed (They may be open 24 hours but I'm not sure. . . it was pretty late). It is these bouts of drama that often make a trip that much more memorable.


P.S. Sorry for the small pics. . . still struggling with dialup.

 

[thered1]

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DO-IT-Yourself Bumpstops
Using hockey pucks for bump stops. I wasn't sure if this has been done before? I picked up a pack of 12 hockey pucks, drilled holes in the middle, and put a bolt threw the middle. The cool thing about it is that they're the perfect size to slip between the suspension coil. So if you want to increase or decrease the bumpstop you just slide another one in and get a longer bolt.

Easy, peasy, japaneasy.

I got the idea when I was walking around a Dicks sporting goods store. The rubicon express bumpstops are roughly two hockey pucks in size. They even seem to be made out of the same material.

This is a good one. I know there has to be more.

 

[87manche]

lost a bolt out of the LCA in uwharie.

Craftsman screwdriver through the hole and a 5K strap wrapped around it got me back to the campground, and my spare bolts.

 

[Pete M]

Helped out a TJ owner whose rear track bar pulled apart. Loaned him one of the heavy duty ratchet straps to keep the axle from walking sideways and rubbing the 40" tire on the tub.

First time out with my newly created MJ and the E-fan wouldn't kick on causing the truck to overheat badly on the dunes. I had a bed full of supplies, but not a single foot of wire so I ended up following the fan's wires back to the harness and cutting them. Between the positive and negative wires there was enough to cut the neg short and ground it next to the fan and then splice the rest of the wire together to reach the battery.

--Pete

 

[Motornoggin]

Something about Funny Rocks brings out the redneck MacGyver in us.

Yup! I was headed back to camp from there and just before I got to Three fingers or whatever that's called, I broke the upper end of my track bar. There was a stub left on the joint, so with some help, I took a ratchet strap, hooked it to the motor mount and went around the track bar, up through the engine compartment, down the grill and hooked the other end to the front bumper. Got me back to camp.

 

[XJtoy]

We where out wheelin and I cut throw my tranny cooler line don’t ask (I ran it to close to the electric fan) after cutting out the bad section I took a ¼ in socket I think it was a 10mm shoved one end in both sides of the hose and used two hose clamps held up for a mouth until I fixed it.

 

[outlander]

Was out wheelin with a buddy that lost a bead on his boggers,didn't have a spare so we used the starting fluid trick to reseat the bead...:flame: :scared:

 

[ren]

Had a clutch quit, so we shredded a T-shirt into strips, and stuffed a couple up in the clutch about every 5-6 miles, until we got back to Stanton. Anyone want to guess what I get to do tomorrow? (other than go buy some more T-shirts?)

 

[Gojeep]

Had a clutch quit, so we shredded a T-shirt into strips, and stuffed a couple up in the clutch about every 5-6 miles, until we got back to Stanton. Anyone want to guess what I get to do tomorrow? (other than go buy some more T-shirts?)

That is a new one of me!
Heard of clutches covered in oil from a leaking rear main can be fixed by shaking up a can of coke and spaying it in there while the clutch is depressed to make it grip again.

 

[ren]

Sometimes you can get lucky with a can of brake cleaner, too. (NO, not that kind of lucky, ya' freak!)

 

[johnnyc]

After rolling my Jeep on the Rubicon Trail last June, I still had to get home. About 500 miles. Unfortunately, my windshield had shattered.

I drove from Buck Island Lake to the east end of the trail with no windshield. That was no problem. Then I drove from the trail end into Lake Tahoe. About 10 miles, but it was cold and rainy.

Got some plexiglass from a hardware store in town and my buddies made a windshield. Had to use two pieces since one wasn't big enough. Screwed it into the body and finished it off with duct tape.

Drove all the way home with the "windshield" bowing and flexing, especially at speeds over 60 mph. I would steer with my left hand and have my right hand supporting the center of the plexiglass.

Here's a pic from my swap party.

What do you call an Asian red neck?

An orange neck, of course.