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bamaj Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 8:02 pm Post subject: Fitting on radiator cowl question |
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Anyone have any idea what this fitting would have been for or is it a bubba modification?
photo upload _________________ Jeff Loosier
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bamaj Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ Jeff Loosier
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Mike_B Member
Joined: Dec 10, 2017 Posts: 337 Location: Southern Maryland
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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I can't tell you if it belongs on the Jeep or not, but it looks like a Power Cord Strain Relief connector to me...missing the outer compression nut and the rubber crush bushing. Maybe there was an electric winch at one time and that's how they protected the wire going through the sheet metal...just a guess.
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wesk Site Administrator
Joined: Apr 04, 2005 Posts: 16258 Location: Wisconsin
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mdainsd Member
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:04 am Post subject: |
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I seems the OP is asking about the electrical compression "fitting" installed into the side of the radiator shroud, hence the enlarged photo of it. _________________ '52 Dodge M37, '42 GPW, '48 FrankenJeep CJ2A/M38, '50 CJV-35(U), '51 M38, '42 WC-57 Command Car, '44 WC-51 Weapons , (2) M1941 Sperry 60" Anti-Aircraft Searchlights, John Deere M-gator, '44 White M3A1 Scout Car |
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bamaj Member
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:49 am Post subject: |
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That is what I'm talking about. After looking closer it appears to be a cord grip. I was just wondering if it was a military modification or something someone else had added that I need to repair. _________________ Jeff Loosier
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longld Member
Joined: Mar 21, 2017 Posts: 71 Location: Peoria, AZ
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:41 am Post subject: |
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We need a special thread added that tells us how to repair all the extra 'bubba' holes we find...... _________________ Lee Long
Peoria, AZ
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bamaj Member
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:54 am Post subject: |
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I know we have the photo albums but it would also be great to have a place where people could post pictures of body repairs and how to links to videos. That would be great. _________________ Jeff Loosier
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wesk Site Administrator
Joined: Apr 04, 2005 Posts: 16258 Location: Wisconsin
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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The web site already has a "Links" board but I think 90% of the postings on it are mine.
There's nothing to stop any member from posting his resto repair photos in his Mjeeps album where any member can view them.
To get back to the original poster's questions now that someone offered us a specific spot in the photo to look at:
It could be a Bubba installed sleeve but it is probably there to facilitate the conversion to 100 Amp system with the AC rectifier mounted between the radiator & the front of the grill.
If I was tasked to install this kit at a motor pool I would press for approval of a deviation to route the alternator shielded cable through the passenger side of the radiator guard instead of over the top of the engine where it will always get in the way. The M38 version of this kit does exactly that.
M38A1 grill guard.
M38 100 amp system.
Here is a good way to help everyone to stay on the same page:
_________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
Mjeeps photo album: http://www.willysmjeeps.com/v2/modules.php?set_albumName=Wes-Knettle&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php
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bamaj Member
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Wes _________________ Jeff Loosier
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