jakebrake
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Update..i put in her sill plates.
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I ordered my 2020 JLU Altitude with the hitch package. Then deleted it last second because i read on the Jeep brochure ir was only a 1 1/4" receiver that shipped with the tow option. Of course the info was wrong! I'll be installing the 2" receiver when the Jeep finally shows up.
The hitch is puppy piss easy but it looks like the wiring harness has to send a hot lead all the way up to the battery?? This seems odd, as the last 2 vans i put hitches on , Honda and Chevy, the wiring harness got everything off the tail light assembly. simple plug and play.
Anybody find an easier solution than feeding a line up to the battery? It's not the end of the world to do that but there has to be an easier way
@desync0 is correct. I had it easy because I'm only using the hitch for my new @Quadratec bike rack, so I just needed the receiver. No worries about fishing the wires through.All the after market wiring harnesses need battery power as well, they're only using the tail lights for inputs to trigger relays. They try to keep the vehicle wiring isolated from the trailer wiring so a shorted trailer doesn't fry anything on the vehicle side since everything is canbus these days.
I finally managed to get a piece slag knocked off and hitch installed yesterday, finishing the wiring today, the hardest part is finding a safe route over the rear axle, after that you can run it along the inside of the frame over the gas tank skid to the front and just fish it up behind the battery.
Gotta love the DAUs!!IT never sleeps, so I am working as usual just at breakneck volume!
I was but then this happened... 4 weeks lost and 2 more to go. By the time I'll be able to go back wrenching, warm weather will be hereWith many forms of usual entertainment shut down here in Colorado, I’ve brought forward some of my planned upgrades. Last weekend was installation of Synergy drag link, tie rod and stabilizer. Just ordered the front trackbar and sector shaft brace. Awaiting delivery of a rear bumper, installed backup lights (still have to wire them up) and will finally get around to painting the dashboard pieces. I had originally planned to spread this stuff out, but you can only binge on so much TV!
Ouch!!!I was but then this happened... 4 weeks lost and 2 more to go. By the time I'll be able to go back wrenching, warm weather will be here
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Ouch Get better soonI was but then this happened... 4 weeks lost and 2 more to go. By the time I'll be able to go back wrenching, warm weather will be here
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I sprained my wrist the same way. It's amazing how much torque those big drills transfer when the bit gets stuck.I was but then this happened... 4 weeks lost and 2 more to go. By the time I'll be able to go back wrenching, warm weather will be here
the culprit...
Thx!Ouch Get better soon
I also bought a drill press. Hope it gets here before my doctor gives me the green light to go back to the garage to finish the project I was working on when this happened. Right now the rear axle is on jack stands.I sprained my wrist the same way. It's amazing how much torque those big drills transfer when the bit gets stuck.
After that incident I went out and bought a used old Dayton drill press and cleaned it up and have been using that ever since -- except when absolutely necessary to use a hand drill.
I can't imagine a busted finger, though. I am a software engineer and would be screwed if I couldn't type.