New Shifter Knob

I haven't done a lot with the Jeep this winter.  Just the occasional drive to keep the fluids circulating.  But, for my birthday my wife got me the coolest new shifter knob from Rocknob.com  They call it the "Bombknob"  It's an authentic pineapple grenade from WW II that has been deactivated or made inert.  Because of my profession this is a perfect accent for the interior of my CJ.  It's unique and adds a touch of my own personality to the Jeep.  Gotta love this one line from the installation instructions: "Currently, we ship BomNobs fully assembled; however, if you prefer the spoon (handle) to be removed, pull the pin and run like hell - Just kidding!"  No kidding!

It was pretty easy to install.  Here's some pics of the process.

 The old B&M Shifter (which is pretty cool too)

 Just loosen the nut towards the floor and unscrew the old shifter knob

 BombNob installed!  Still have to take it for a test drive, but feels alright so far.

Small Excursion

I have not been doing too much lately with the CJ besides just driving it to work and back and loving the heck out of it.  Due to my shift work, I frequently have my days off during the weekdays and so I've been delighting my kids by picking them up from school in the CJ with the doors off.  They fight over who gets to sit in the front passenger seat.  My oldest daughter, nine years old, loves sitting up there with the doors off and waving to her friends as  we pull away. . . she feels pretty cool. . . as she should.

Today, instead of going home, I decided to head up into the hills near our house and take a little jaunt on some of the dirt roads that wind through the sage brush up there.  Kids loved it - as did I - and the little CJ performed great!  I'm not an extreme off-road guy.  Snapping axles on the weekends is not my idea of a swell time, but there's just something about being out there with the doors off on a warm Fall day, the tunes blaring,  as you crawl your way through no-man's-land. 

Top of the big hill.  Dry farms ready for harvest in the background.

My faithful crew.

Little Fix

Not much of a post today, just to log that I found a smaller than a pin hole leak in the top of the CJ's radiator today.  It doesn't even squirt out or anything.  Just kinda bubbles out of the hole.  The hole itself is not visible until you see the little bubbles oozing from it after a drive.

So, a while ago I mixed up a little bit JB Weld and applied a small amount to the area where the hole is.  Hopefully it works out and I can forget about the radiator for a while.  In my past experience JB Weld has not done the job as far as repairing holes in radiators.  But, I remain hopeful this time since the hole is so small.  I'll update.  Over and out.

Sweet Color!

When I get my Jeep ready to paint, I've been in a quandary about what color I would go with.  Well, today while browsing www.jeepforum.com I came across this 86 CJ 7 painted Autumn Red Metallic.  I think this is the coolest shade of red I've ever seen.  I would call it Blood Red.  I also think I like the flat fender look on this one as well, so I might end up going that route with the fenders as well. 

For future reference the author of the post says, "I used PPG DBU base coat, and PPG DCU 2010 clear coat."

Well, that's it for today.  I just think that is one killer looking CJ there!  Over & Out.