KJ was a TOAD

towpro said:

mine IS a toad now.

The owner used to sit a box called a "brake buddy" on the drivers side floor. this box has an arm that goes to the brake peddle, one wire to 12V which runs an air compressor, than 2 wires that go to the break away switch your talking about.

when he used to hit the brakes hard, this brake buddy will feel the deceleration, and it will apply pressure to the toads service brakes using the compressed air (from built in air system).
now if someone was to pull that brake away switch, it would cause 2 contacts in switch to make contact, closing the circuit, which would make the brake buddy apply service brakes.

you may also find a 4 or 6 pin connector up there, that is wired back to tail lights where there is an adapter so normal brake/running lights can activate the KJ rear lights when the tow vehicle lights come on.

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jnsnwt said:

Whitlow, I have a 2002 Liberty that I plan on dragging behind the motorhome as a TOAD and I'd like to buy those parts if you are going to remove them.

I'm not sure about the rules here but how can we get together to chat about this? I'll post a phone number if that's ok.

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Whitlow said:

Our "new" KJ was a toad (towed) vehicle in an earlier life.

As such, it has a emergency breakaway pull switch mounted in the front bumper. How complicated would it be to remove it?

Thinking it would suck if something (someone) were to snatch it out.

Also, the KJ also has tow bar mounts installed. Does anyone know of an aftermarket bumper/brush guard that will install using those mounts? The center-to-center spacing is 26.75" and the receivers look like 1.50" square.

Sorry, can't seem to figure out how to upload a picture.

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