Part 20 Restoration of a 1974 Jeep CJ5 - The Hitch

Part  20 Restoration of a 1974 Jeep CJ5 - The Hitch

The hitch needed to be removed to get to the shackle bolts. While it was off I decided to change the style to a receiver.

The bolts simply would not turn, so I cut them off.

The receiver:

I started stick welding when I was knee high to a grasshopper. My dad could do things with a stick welder that amazes me to this day. He could weld through rust and cow manure without hesitation. He never bothered grinding first, and as far as I can remember he didn’t own a wire wheel. He had a red welder like the Lincoln that’s popular today, although I can guarantee it was a Montgomery Wards and I’d make a pretty sizable bet it came from the Montgomery Wards bargain room. I never welded enough to get anywhere near as good, but I could make things stick. But lately my welding has deteriorated. It became to easy just taking it to Jason Steller. I knew my welder was a piece of crap, but I typically don’t blame my tools, but the settings would change mid weld, which obviously isn’t ideal. Starting the weld was problematicand i always assumed it was me. I had to weld my hitch for my Jeep, and I wanted to do it, so after reading some reviews I decided to take a shot with the Arccapatain from Amazon. I have the Arcaptain plasma cutter and it works pretty well. So it turns out, it was the welder and wasn’t me after all. What a difference. This thing weighs less than a full lunch box! My first decent looking weld in a long time and it cost less than a bottle of Jack Daniel's Sinatra Select Tennessee Whiskey.