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I hate what Michigan salt does to Jeeps.
2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler
2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler
Project Blue Jeep
- Thread starter Snboarder113
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nbunga
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That’s a good idea.
USMC Wrangler
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That rust hurts my eyes and my soul! [emoji44]
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2013 JKU Sport S, named Spider
http://wayalife.com/showthread.php?26097-I-guess-it-s-the-quot-Super-Stocker-quot-build
Snboarder113
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Oh I know man.
Yeah, should’ve paid better attention in school, could have a JL instead of a rusty TJ [emoji38]
It’s admittedly more than I knew about and I definitely bit off more than I want to chew, but here I am, chewing this like a $2 steak. Still miles ahead of the old Jeep, still attacking this smarter than the last one, but still a big ass project that makes you stare at it like “damn I don’t even know what to do first”
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RockinAZJK
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I know what I’d do first: get rid of it and get one not from that side of the country [emoji23]
My last Jeep (TJ) came from Pennsylvania originally and I didn’t notice the rust (I was young and dumb) at first. Thought I could deal once I found it. Sold it 6 months later and never looked back lol
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Yeah my last one was way worse, Average TJ Build
https://wayalife.com/showthread.php?t=31551
This i replaced damn near the entire frame piece by piece. Patched the tub floors patched the tub sides. Fabbed up body mount rail, fabbed roll bar mounts, eventually chopped the rear frame off and built one from tubing. Built a tub support on the rear when that broke... yada yada yada
This won’t be nearly as bad. If I could afford to find a rust free one I would have but they’re hard to find here and I knew more or less what I was getting into with this one. It will soon be all dealt with and the entire interior is getting painted with an epoxy based paint to stop this shit from ever happening again. The under side everything I can reach with a wire wheel will be cleaned and the entire underside will be sprayed with a similar epoxy. The only thing I haven’t quite figured out yet is how to clean out the inside of the frame.
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Snboarder113
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Redline MTL, figured it’s already stripped down easiest to pour in the shifter hole.
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Busy couple of weeks. Snuck a couple hours work in with the wire wheel. Every bit helps right? [emoji849]
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Snboarder113
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Yeahhhh....
No excuses, been lazy
Ordered a couple last minute parts.
From all the research I did everyone runs this $100 LuK clutch kit. Which I’m super wary of running a cheap clutch, but apparently they’re an oe supplier anyways and hopefully it will all be fine.
However the clutch kit comes with a throwout bearing that’s made of PLASTIC
So I also ordered a timken all metal TOB
Here’s side by side
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There’s always tomorrow...
Glad to see you’re back at it!
2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler
Glad to see you’re back at it!
2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler
Snboarder113
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Here we go.
Ripped out the driver seat. Literally ripped it out seems I need to order one more piece of floor pan.
Drilled a bunch of spot welds.
Flushed the coolant and changed the belt.
Just about ready to start the big projects now.
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Ripped out the driver seat. Literally ripped it out seems I need to order one more piece of floor pan.
Drilled a bunch of spot welds.
Flushed the coolant and changed the belt.
Just about ready to start the big projects now.
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Progress! Sucks about the floor pan though. Good old Michigan.
2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler
2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler
Snboarder113
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Side project:
Found a a set of beat up doors. Should’ve walked away the price wasn’t amazing and I don’t need another project. But they were blue, and I’m really not a fan of half doors even with the hard uppers. Just not my style.
They had been “repaired” on the door latch and both had wrong size screw with threads that didn’t hold the latch in place. It’s really one of those things they make you wonder how it was damaged to begin with as it’s just not something that breaks unless you try to break it, it’s not like they were in an accident or something like that would make sense. One didn’t have the linkages hooked up. Etc. and the driver panel has a crack.
So today I fixed the linkage and reinstalled the door handle. Installed the correct sized bolts so the latch doesn’t fall the fuck out. I hung the passenger door and got it relatively aligned which took me about an hour and a half. It’s not perfect and I’ll likely adjust it better when I have a second set of hands. Swapped the mirror over.
Waiting on some parts to do the driver door. Paint ordered for the door cards.
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Found a a set of beat up doors. Should’ve walked away the price wasn’t amazing and I don’t need another project. But they were blue, and I’m really not a fan of half doors even with the hard uppers. Just not my style.
They had been “repaired” on the door latch and both had wrong size screw with threads that didn’t hold the latch in place. It’s really one of those things they make you wonder how it was damaged to begin with as it’s just not something that breaks unless you try to break it, it’s not like they were in an accident or something like that would make sense. One didn’t have the linkages hooked up. Etc. and the driver panel has a crack.
So today I fixed the linkage and reinstalled the door handle. Installed the correct sized bolts so the latch doesn’t fall the fuck out. I hung the passenger door and got it relatively aligned which took me about an hour and a half. It’s not perfect and I’ll likely adjust it better when I have a second set of hands. Swapped the mirror over.
Waiting on some parts to do the driver door. Paint ordered for the door cards.
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Spazbyt
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I'm sure if you don't want those half doors some one will pay top dollar for them.
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wjtstudios
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Nice find! Especially in North, Full doors are nice to have.
2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler
2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler
Snboarder113
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Thanks! Yeah they’re coming along. I understand how they’re more convenient for popping off the upper and throwing them in the back to drive around and toss them back on quick when it rains. But I’m used to driving naked all summer anyways, and my biggest complaint is that it’s just the wrong height for my left arm. Its like 6-8” shorter than a full door and isn’t comfortable for my lazy leaned over style of driving.
Hope so. They’re in pretty good shape for 10 years old. Started snowing today so I know the aftermarket hard uppers will sell quick at least. Once I get the parts in to fix the handle on driver side I can list them locally, would like them out of my way for sure.
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Hmm.
Well that didn’t work like I thought it would.
For some reason the epoxy didn’t fully harden, which the package said sandable in 30 minutes and I left over night.
Guess I’ll try it again, maybe there wasn’t enough of the hardener in the jb weld? It was the syringe type so I assumed it would be correct.
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Well that didn’t work like I thought it would.
For some reason the epoxy didn’t fully harden, which the package said sandable in 30 minutes and I left over night.
Guess I’ll try it again, maybe there wasn’t enough of the hardener in the jb weld? It was the syringe type so I assumed it would be correct.
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Good idea with the can. The epoxy didn’t hold?
2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler
2015 JKUR AEV JK350
1985 CJ8 Scrambler