Recent content by BillW

Just wanted to tell someone about the interaction I have had with the President of MasterTop. I bought my TJ back in February of 2022. That spring I bought a full Bimini Top from Mastertop through Quadratec. I had the door frames for a full soft top, but I could not get the plastic splines...

When you have 2 pairs of doors and only one pairs of hinges.....

One of the previous owners did not buy hinges when they bought the full doors. Why? I don't know... I found that the hinges were painted to match the half doors. That put me on the trail of finding out how my TJ was born. I ran the serial number on a site from Chrysler? and found that it came...

This year, I think I am changing my mode of operation concerning the top I run. According to the serial number, it came with a canvas top (probably a full one) and metal half doors I bought a Bimini Top 2 years ago when I bought the TJ, because it had the hard top and full doors on it that...

Correct, but it is one nut that you loosen to take the mirror off the stock mount and then just move it to the new mount. Takes longer to adjust the mirrors so you can use them, that it does to move them. I left the driver's mirror on the windshield post this last fall when I changed to the...

As far as mirrors and the mounting, when I have the metal half doors or no doors on my TJ, I have a mount on the windshield post that I mount the stock mirror on. I forget the manufacturer, and where I bought them, but there are many on the market.

Anyone else like Jeep advertising and signs?

Well, I guess I should start at the beginning. 2 days after Christmas last year, I was going to my insurance agent to get a 2023 calendar, and slid off the road, hitting a small tree broadside on the driver's door. I was able to back away from it, but slid toward a ravine in the field, Was...

Just how in the heck does someone buy a Jeep, own it for 26 years, live in 4 different areas of the US and only put 1,900 miles on it? Jeep on BAT

After being out of action since 2 days after Christmas, I finally got my TJ back last Monday. A combination of sliding off the road and hitting a tree on the driver's door, and having to get the tub straightened enough to let the replacement door close correctly, led to 2 and a half months at...

My best friend of 61 years passed away last Wednesday....He is the guy that got me into Jeeps way back probably when I was 15 and he was 13. That was the year he got his first Jeep. It was an old CJ2A that had a full metal cab on it....From there he had a couple of the old station wagons. We...

Midwest Willys Jeep Rally is scheduled for Friday June 2nd and Saturday June 3, 2023 at Hueston Woods State Park Lodge in College Corner, Ohio....I am planning on attending on Friday....Any one else???

When I bought new tires for my TJ a while ago, I noticed that there were adapters/spacers behind the wheels, Are they stock? I wish I had taken pictures....The one on the left rear had a stud broken off, I had wanted it replaced but the guys must have forgotten to do it....

Ever since I went to the gathering of Jeeps at Hueston Woods last summer, I have toyed with the thought of hitching a plow to my TJ.....Well, the Steam Engine club I am a member of is having a Plow Day this Saturday....Anyone else ever thought about it?? When Civilian Jeeps were first produced...

My Warn Zeon wiinch has synthetic rope on it. Not thinking of changing, just wondering about safety factors. Does synthetic rope recoil like steel cable?