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Wired up the lights. Ran a new set of wires and sliced in inside the tail light. Can go back to the original set up with a quick bulb change and installing the original plug.
Still going strong... Found a spare set of rubber with very little dry rot on a craigslist add for 30$. Now time to clean her up for sure. I got ideas turning in my head on what to build for it.
I love the look of the curent lights and I'm a little creative and will probably fab up a wire bundle to accept the 12 pin socket and drop it down to 4 pin. I will be installing a set of 12v bulbs also.
I also need to find a pin and spring that goes into the drop leg up front. Mine is...
Plans for now are too keep it original. Anything I do to it will be able to unbolt from the original deck. I'm using it to mount coolers and tool boxes and spare parts for camping trips and outings.
I will probably just register it here in FL as it seems easy to do. As far as lights I want...
I also need to figure out how to run lights and get it registered. I'm in Florida and not sure if I just have to get a weight ticket from a scale and register it as a home built.
The old man who had it and I didn't know what to offer him. Its my first purchase like this. He said $100 and I know for a fact he was low balling himself so I doubled that and we both left very happy.
It was used to carry several pieces of equipment ranging from a light tower to a welder. The thing on the tongue is so you can relocate the eye higher to tow behind a taller vehicle.
Guess you can say I'm a noob to the foum but have been lurking for a year or so.
I was on a hunt to find a M416 trailer to pull behind my 83' CJ7. With very little luck over the last couple years. (I have a low budget) I was driving around yard sales on a beautiful Saturday morning when I...