Novak Conversions Jeep Wrangler JK engine mounts

What did you do to your JK today?

Lake Effect Snow. That is as bad as the F word around here. I was able to put one LED light in the driver side. Removed the horn for access (does not work anyway, that malfunctioning TIPM). I have complete sealed LEDs in lenses as well. But no warm garage, Fog LEDs are suppose to come today, but we got hit again last night. (LES) No sign of a plow as I type here. All Good. And in 5 months if we make it through the winter. Mosquitos, Blackflies and other biting insects. Not Good
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TROY66/68 said:
Lake Effect Snow. That is as bad as the F word around here. I was able to put one LED light in the driver side. Removed the horn for access (does not work anyway, that malfunctioning TIPM). I have complete sealed LEDs in lenses as well. But no warm garage, Fog LEDs are suppose to come today, but we got hit again last night. (LES) No sign of a plow as I type here. All Good. And in 5 months if we make it through the winter. Mosquitos, Blackflies and other biting insects. Not GoodView attachment 128601View attachment 128603
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Yeah I wouldn’t want to work on Jeep standing knee deep in snow either .
What year is your Jeep ? When I did my 2008 everything accessed from the front . Cause don’t understand why you had to remove horn .
Hopefully snow eases off for you . That sucks .
 
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Speartip said:
Yeah I wouldn’t want to work on Jeep standing knee deep in snow either .
What year is your Jeep ? When I did my 2008 everything accessed from the front . Cause don’t understand why you had to remove horn .
Hopefully snow eases off for you . That sucks .
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So if you look at the bottom of some members posts, there is addition info. The Dog has a unique one, Me? just what my current ride is. 14yrs of salt and very cold temp here, would (and I am guessing from experience) break the plastic clips top to bottom, #15 torx screws (rusted on??). So I went in from the back after I let the engine bay warm up. Got the right side done today. All Good
 
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TROY66/68 said:
So if you look at the bottom of some members posts, there is addition info. The Dog has a unique one, Me? just what my current ride is. 14yrs of salt and very cold temp here, would (and I am guessing from experience) break the plastic clips top to bottom, #15 torx screws (rusted on??). So I went in from the back after I let the engine bay warm up. Got the right side done today. All Good
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Ohhh ok . Busted up the grill clips . Gotcha . Mine seem to be holding up ok considering how many times it’s been removed . Granted the weather here isn’t what it’s like over there .
 
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Not really what I did today but over the new year. I built and tested a 4 tire inflator/deflator. It worked great. Hardly had to bend over at all. Built it from poly tubing and pushlock fittings mostly. I like that all four tires deflate evenly and then inflate evenly when off the trail.

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I bought it off of Amazon. I grabbed a scratched and dented one for $17. The reviews aren't great because it attaches with tape but I saw a review that secures it with a zip tie that still looks clean so that's what I'm planning on doing for the long term. Ya the phone holder comes with it.

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I bought one for my jku 09 which goes into the CD player. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a slot where you put around flat thing which play much like a record player....never mind.
 
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Planning a brief trip to the Grand Canyon and Moab in February, If anybody is going to be in Moab the 15th-17th, hit me up. I don't have everything planned yet, but we are tentatively planning on running Fins & Things, Hells Revenge, and Top of the World, at least.
 
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Planning a brief trip to the Grand Canyon and Moab in February, If anybody is going to be in Moab the 15th-17th, hit me up. I don't have everything planned yet, but we are tentatively planning on running Fins & Things, Hells Revenge, and Top of the World, at least.
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Bucket list for me!
 
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Earlier this week I put a set of 33's on 17x9 wheels and an Auxbeam switch panel and hooked up my blue lights for the VFD. This will give me a spot for the seat heaters and front lights when I get them installed. Luckily I didn't sell the 33's when I went to 37's on my TJ.

Changed the oil pressure & temp sensor on the oil cooler, changed the bank 2 sensor 1 O2, changed spark plugs, coils, and fixed a few wiring disasters the PO had done. It runs great but I'm still getting an intermittent cylinder 6 circuit code. I ordered the JL PUG lower intake manifold and 6 JL injectors. The PO had the Dorman oil cooler installed not that long ago so no need to do that while in there.

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This week, removed the upper intake again and took the driver side injector/coil wiring harness out. There were several wire cuts. After fixing, I've not gotten a single code that I mentioned above.

Today I installed the Energy Suspension polyurethane spare tire bumper extension to keep the 33's from vibrating and installed the Bulletpoint Rubigrid phone mount.

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Installed the Diabolical Slipstream rear enclosure and fire extinguisher today. This rear enclosure is nice. Only compliant I have is the instructions say there is a pin on the upper back area, but it didn't come with them. I'll call them Monday. It is nice having the full rear coverage vs the others on the market.

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Installed my A-pillar lights. I'm not a huge fan of the brackets I got, so I'm on the hunt for different ones. You can see the front blue lights for the VFD.

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Finished wiring my rear blue lights for the VFD and got my license plate relocated. I'm not a fan of how the OEM plate mount is. If I didn't daily this Jeep, I'm take the spare off completely. I prefer the look without one.

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