Bit Off More Than I Could Chew
04-19-2004, 01:09 PM
#1
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Bit Off More Than I Could Chew
After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
eBay.
This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for about
6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
years and only used it on weekends.
It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
T-176 is 2 years old
258 has around 80,000 miles
Carter BBD with stepper motor
Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
All seats (tan)
Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
half doors (plastic), never mounted
Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels (15x7
(5), one still in box)
Brake work done in Sept 03
New alternator, water pump, never installed
Factory service manual
HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
everything)
Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
Joe White
04-19-2004, 02:07 PM
#2
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Re: Bit Off More Than I Could Chew
Sorry to hear you lost interest. I'm just starting my tub swap and hope it
doesn't turn out the same...
I'm sure someone will be happy to take it off your hands.
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
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>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
doesn't turn out the same...
I'm sure someone will be happy to take it off your hands.
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
04-19-2004, 02:07 PM
#3
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Re: Bit Off More Than I Could Chew
Sorry to hear you lost interest. I'm just starting my tub swap and hope it
doesn't turn out the same...
I'm sure someone will be happy to take it off your hands.
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
doesn't turn out the same...
I'm sure someone will be happy to take it off your hands.
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
04-19-2004, 02:07 PM
#4
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Re: Bit Off More Than I Could Chew
Sorry to hear you lost interest. I'm just starting my tub swap and hope it
doesn't turn out the same...
I'm sure someone will be happy to take it off your hands.
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
doesn't turn out the same...
I'm sure someone will be happy to take it off your hands.
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
04-19-2004, 02:07 PM
#5
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Re: Bit Off More Than I Could Chew
Sorry to hear you lost interest. I'm just starting my tub swap and hope it
doesn't turn out the same...
I'm sure someone will be happy to take it off your hands.
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
doesn't turn out the same...
I'm sure someone will be happy to take it off your hands.
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
04-19-2004, 06:15 PM
#6
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Re: Bit Off More Than I Could Chew
If it's not a vehicle you need or depend on...then keep it and take your
time man!
Don't look at the whole thing as one big mass of tasks...just pick one thing
and work on that.
Do the rust patches first.....if I had a house w/garage I'd be doing the
same. And I too get that overwhelming feeling when there's lots to do.
Just don't listen to the people that are dumpin on ya cuz you may look
disorganized!
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
time man!
Don't look at the whole thing as one big mass of tasks...just pick one thing
and work on that.
Do the rust patches first.....if I had a house w/garage I'd be doing the
same. And I too get that overwhelming feeling when there's lots to do.
Just don't listen to the people that are dumpin on ya cuz you may look
disorganized!
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
04-19-2004, 06:15 PM
#7
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Re: Bit Off More Than I Could Chew
If it's not a vehicle you need or depend on...then keep it and take your
time man!
Don't look at the whole thing as one big mass of tasks...just pick one thing
and work on that.
Do the rust patches first.....if I had a house w/garage I'd be doing the
same. And I too get that overwhelming feeling when there's lots to do.
Just don't listen to the people that are dumpin on ya cuz you may look
disorganized!
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
time man!
Don't look at the whole thing as one big mass of tasks...just pick one thing
and work on that.
Do the rust patches first.....if I had a house w/garage I'd be doing the
same. And I too get that overwhelming feeling when there's lots to do.
Just don't listen to the people that are dumpin on ya cuz you may look
disorganized!
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
04-19-2004, 06:15 PM
#8
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Bit Off More Than I Could Chew
If it's not a vehicle you need or depend on...then keep it and take your
time man!
Don't look at the whole thing as one big mass of tasks...just pick one thing
and work on that.
Do the rust patches first.....if I had a house w/garage I'd be doing the
same. And I too get that overwhelming feeling when there's lots to do.
Just don't listen to the people that are dumpin on ya cuz you may look
disorganized!
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
time man!
Don't look at the whole thing as one big mass of tasks...just pick one thing
and work on that.
Do the rust patches first.....if I had a house w/garage I'd be doing the
same. And I too get that overwhelming feeling when there's lots to do.
Just don't listen to the people that are dumpin on ya cuz you may look
disorganized!
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
04-19-2004, 06:15 PM
#9
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Bit Off More Than I Could Chew
If it's not a vehicle you need or depend on...then keep it and take your
time man!
Don't look at the whole thing as one big mass of tasks...just pick one thing
and work on that.
Do the rust patches first.....if I had a house w/garage I'd be doing the
same. And I too get that overwhelming feeling when there's lots to do.
Just don't listen to the people that are dumpin on ya cuz you may look
disorganized!
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
time man!
Don't look at the whole thing as one big mass of tasks...just pick one thing
and work on that.
Do the rust patches first.....if I had a house w/garage I'd be doing the
same. And I too get that overwhelming feeling when there's lots to do.
Just don't listen to the people that are dumpin on ya cuz you may look
disorganized!
"Joe White" <joeNOSPAMwhite@usa.com> wrote in message
news:tJTgc.497842$Po1.348750@twister.tampabay.rr.c om...
>
> After spending several weekends peeling the tub off of my 84 CJ7, I have
> come to the conclusion that I don't know what the hell I am doing. This
> newgroup has helped me out of so many jams that I'd like to offer what's
> left of my Jeep to someone in this group who could actually do something
> constructive with it. I figured I'd try this before throwing it out on
> eBay.
>
> This Jeep ran great before I started 'restoring' it. A week does not go by
> where someone in my family asks why I did that. It's been sitting for
about
> 6 months. I bought it from a buddy a few years ago who owned it for 14
> years and only used it on weekends.
>
> It no longer has a tub, dash, wiring harness, gas tank skid plate, rear
> cross member, pulse air tubes, ignition module, heater core, heater ducts
>
> Frame has some rot where it connected to the rear cross member on the
> driver's side, it also has damage at the body mounts, mostly due to my
> surgery but none of this seems insurmountable (only to me)
>
> T-176 is 2 years old
> 258 has around 80,000 miles
> Carter BBD with stepper motor
> Air tubes are gone, rest of the emissions crap is in a box
> All seats (tan)
> Full hard doors, hood, fenders, windshield frame (red), full soft doors,
> half doors (plastic), never mounted
> Crap tires on OEM wagon wheels (5) 15x7 + American racing wagon wheels
(15x7
> (5), one still in box)
> Brake work done in Sept 03
> New alternator, water pump, never installed
> Factory service manual
> HEI Distributor still in box (bought 11/03)
>
> CJ is in storage unit in Largo, Florida
>
> Price $0.00 (only stipulation is you have to pick it up and take
> everything)
>
> Email me if you are interested (remove NOSPAM from my address)
>
> Joe White
>
>
04-19-2004, 06:36 PM
#10
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Bit Off More Than I Could Chew
It's just when you take the body off and see that was the only
thing holding whole rear end on:
http://saturday.pointclark.net:8082/...s/Jeep_601.JPG
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
SB wrote:
>
> If it's not a vehicle you need or depend on...then keep it and take your
> time man!
>
> Don't look at the whole thing as one big mass of tasks...just pick one thing
> and work on that.
> Do the rust patches first.....if I had a house w/garage I'd be doing the
> same. And I too get that overwhelming feeling when there's lots to do.
>
> Just don't listen to the people that are dumpin on ya cuz you may look
> disorganized!
thing holding whole rear end on:
http://saturday.pointclark.net:8082/...s/Jeep_601.JPG
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
SB wrote:
>
> If it's not a vehicle you need or depend on...then keep it and take your
> time man!
>
> Don't look at the whole thing as one big mass of tasks...just pick one thing
> and work on that.
> Do the rust patches first.....if I had a house w/garage I'd be doing the
> same. And I too get that overwhelming feeling when there's lots to do.
>
> Just don't listen to the people that are dumpin on ya cuz you may look
> disorganized!