Sunday, February 17, 2019

We added a small convenience dome light to the roll bar. This is an LED variety that could probably be used as a backup light. The thing is amazing. Jeffrey sat in the drivers seat and we turned out the shop lights so that we could get a proper angle for mounting, we didn't want to blind any oncoming drivers. No seriously this a well made unit sold by Rear Light Bar made by Dezert-tek cost was $27.79 to the door. We opted to run the wiring inside the roll bar rather than in a flex conduit for a cleaner install. A 3/4" hole was cut into the bar top center and just above floor level behind the seat-belt re-tractor with a Unibit. Hardest part of the whole job was fishing a wire down the roll bar, especially since we had welded in cross bars for the shoulder belt bolts. Trying with just the wire didn't work, so I grabbed some 1/8" dia. cable that was left over from a garage door. Fed it thru from the top and retrieved it at the bottom with a needle nose pliers. Taped the wires fast to it and pulled it back up. A weather pack connector was wired in at the bottom in case the roll bar ever had to be removed and then to the head light switch and a feed off the fuse panel. The head light switch breaks the ground circuit, so the feed is an unswitched source rather than a switched source because we wanted to be able to turn the light on without having to have the ignition switch on accessory or the run position. The possibility of accidentally leaving this thing on is slim due to its brightness.
It came time to eliminate the gas can that we have been using to feed the fuel pump and find out if our poly oversize fuel tank and related fuel lines had any leaks, and also to find out if the fuel gauge was accurate. We had thought that the Wrangler fuel fill assembly used the same diameter hoses as the tank (we had never checked) only to find that the vent hose went from 3/4" to 1" and the fill hose from 1" to 1 1/4". As much as we researched we couldn't find hoses with flare ends until Jeffrey discovered an offering for lengthened hoses for Jeeps with a body lift on Ebay. Allstate 4WD Warehouse, Inc. We had a relatively straight shot to the tank from the fill and these hoses were flexible
enough to straighten out. Longer than what was needed they were shortened to properly fit. Next we eliminated the gas can and plumbed the hard lines to the pump with a temporary see thru filter to catch any dirt that could have gotten in the tank, even though it had been sealed during install, just as a precautionary measure. Next 5 gal. of gas was poured in. Checked the tank for leaks, pulled the distributor feed and turned it over until fuel was visible in the filter. After checking the hard lines and the rest of the connections the distributor feed was reconnected and fired up. After finding no dirt in the filter it was removed and plumbed accordingly. The gauge needle moved slightly but not enough to register 5 gal. Later we will try for 10 gal and see what happens. But I believe adjustment will be needed which will be addressed when the body comes off for paint.