Today we’re stripping paint. Yep, good old-fashioned manual labor. I tried to strip the paint with a chemical stripper, but I either bought the wrong kind or it wasn’t very good. Either way that left me with chasing alternatives and everyone loves to “do it the hard way” so that’s where we landed. The results…
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Day 19: Cutting and Welding… again
Well, I finally made a decision. Today I decided to go ahead and try to cut out the bent rail at the top of the rear quarter panel where the top rests. It was pretty mangled on the replacement tub that I bought and I’ve been going back and forth on if I should try…
Day 18: Do It Again
Last time I completed my first exterior patch. Today I get to do almost the exact same thing but on the other side. The process is pretty much identical and the patch is needed both for the floor and in the rocker panel as the rust goes through both. This side is a bit worse…
Day 17: First Exterior Patch Complete
After a long hard day of welding, grinding, refitting, cutting, more welding, and more grinding I have successfully finished my first exterior patch. This patch I started earlier this week and it took a loooonnnngggg time to get the panels fitted in just right. I had to patch the floor and the exterior rocker panel…
Day 16: Wow, I’m getting better at this
Tonight, more on a whim, I headed out to the shop and decided to explore the rust on the passenger side floor just in front of the door. I knew it had a hole that went through the floor, but as I explored around I realized it also had eaten the metal on the exterior…
Day 15: Little Helper is Back
Tonight after work I headed out to the shop to tinker with the Jeep a bit more not really having anything specific in mind to try to accomplish. A few minutes later my son showed up and wanted to help out. I don’t think he expected the task he was assigned. I handed him a…
Day 13: More Grinding and Welding
Well, I’m back at it. Today I worked a while on finishing up the remaining patch under the rollbar. This one is on the floor behind the passenger’s seat. I started out with the cardboard drawing and trimmed it to shape. Then I traced it onto the metal and used the cutting wheel on the…
Day 8: A little help
Tonight my 11-year-old son asked if he could come out and help me with the Jeep so I invited him to come on. He hasn’t ever really been exposed to this type of work (not that I have either, but I do know what a wrench is and how to use it). It’ll be a…