Cherokee floor panel repair panels
 

Started to wire brush the loose rust off of the floorpan of a 95 Cherokee. 2
spots on floor of front and rear passenger sides (holes) rest in good shape.
Planning on using POR-15 to cover the rest of the rust. Does any one know
source on where to but some repair panels? Or am I going to have to fab some
sheet metal? Internet only turns up rockers etc.

Thanks!
Tom

Re: Cherokee floor panel repair panels
 

"flannery" <flannery16@insightbb.com> wrote in message
news:KMgBc.80805$HG.47959@attbi_s53...
: Started to wire brush the loose rust off of the floorpan of a 95 Cherokee.
2
: spots on floor of front and rear passenger sides (holes) rest in good
shape.
: Planning on using POR-15 to cover the rest of the rust. Does any one know
: source on where to but some repair panels? Or am I going to have to fab
some
: sheet metal? Internet only turns up rockers etc.
:
: Thanks!
: Tom
:
Hey Tom...
Repair panels... don't even think about it. I called my buddy at the Jeep
dealer and he quoted me part numbers from a TSB related to floor pan rust.
There are 2 panels and an installation kit. One panel is $400+ (CA) and the
other is over $100. It seems they are also discontinued but some dealers may
have stock on them. Why the price difference? we could only deduce that one
panel included the hump while the other was just the pan.

I'm in the middle of doing this myself. Mine appeared to be good until I did
a little destructive testing and I'm glad I did. The entire section over the
frame showed various states of corrosion and I will be replacing it with
4'x4" strips (L&R) 16 or 18gu. steel. Inboard and outboard of the frame was
mostly solid except for the pan plug over the muffler... gone. There were a
few areas exposing daylight after pounding the suspicious bubbles. I laid a
skim coat of short strand fibreglass, section of repair cloth and a top coat
of short strand. These repairs are at least 5x larger than the infected area
and I suspect they'll outlast me.

Have you removed the entire interior?

-Brian

Re: Cherokee floor panel repair panels
 

"flannery" <flannery16@insightbb.com> wrote in message
news:KMgBc.80805$HG.47959@attbi_s53...
: Started to wire brush the loose rust off of the floorpan of a 95 Cherokee.
2
: spots on floor of front and rear passenger sides (holes) rest in good
shape.
: Planning on using POR-15 to cover the rest of the rust. Does any one know
: source on where to but some repair panels? Or am I going to have to fab
some
: sheet metal? Internet only turns up rockers etc.
:
: Thanks!
: Tom
:
Hey Tom...
Repair panels... don't even think about it. I called my buddy at the Jeep
dealer and he quoted me part numbers from a TSB related to floor pan rust.
There are 2 panels and an installation kit. One panel is $400+ (CA) and the
other is over $100. It seems they are also discontinued but some dealers may
have stock on them. Why the price difference? we could only deduce that one
panel included the hump while the other was just the pan.

I'm in the middle of doing this myself. Mine appeared to be good until I did
a little destructive testing and I'm glad I did. The entire section over the
frame showed various states of corrosion and I will be replacing it with
4'x4" strips (L&R) 16 or 18gu. steel. Inboard and outboard of the frame was
mostly solid except for the pan plug over the muffler... gone. There were a
few areas exposing daylight after pounding the suspicious bubbles. I laid a
skim coat of short strand fibreglass, section of repair cloth and a top coat
of short strand. These repairs are at least 5x larger than the infected area
and I suspect they'll outlast me.

Have you removed the entire interior?

-Brian

Re: Cherokee floor panel repair panels
 

"flannery" <flannery16@insightbb.com> wrote in message
news:KMgBc.80805$HG.47959@attbi_s53...
: Started to wire brush the loose rust off of the floorpan of a 95 Cherokee.
2
: spots on floor of front and rear passenger sides (holes) rest in good
shape.
: Planning on using POR-15 to cover the rest of the rust. Does any one know
: source on where to but some repair panels? Or am I going to have to fab
some
: sheet metal? Internet only turns up rockers etc.
:
: Thanks!
: Tom
:
Hey Tom...
Repair panels... don't even think about it. I called my buddy at the Jeep
dealer and he quoted me part numbers from a TSB related to floor pan rust.
There are 2 panels and an installation kit. One panel is $400+ (CA) and the
other is over $100. It seems they are also discontinued but some dealers may
have stock on them. Why the price difference? we could only deduce that one
panel included the hump while the other was just the pan.

I'm in the middle of doing this myself. Mine appeared to be good until I did
a little destructive testing and I'm glad I did. The entire section over the
frame showed various states of corrosion and I will be replacing it with
4'x4" strips (L&R) 16 or 18gu. steel. Inboard and outboard of the frame was
mostly solid except for the pan plug over the muffler... gone. There were a
few areas exposing daylight after pounding the suspicious bubbles. I laid a
skim coat of short strand fibreglass, section of repair cloth and a top coat
of short strand. These repairs are at least 5x larger than the infected area
and I suspect they'll outlast me.

Have you removed the entire interior?

-Brian

Re: Cherokee floor panel repair panels
 

"flannery" <flannery16@insightbb.com> wrote in message
news:KMgBc.80805$HG.47959@attbi_s53...
: Started to wire brush the loose rust off of the floorpan of a 95 Cherokee.
2
: spots on floor of front and rear passenger sides (holes) rest in good
shape.
: Planning on using POR-15 to cover the rest of the rust. Does any one know
: source on where to but some repair panels? Or am I going to have to fab
some
: sheet metal? Internet only turns up rockers etc.
:
: Thanks!
: Tom
:
Hey Tom...
Repair panels... don't even think about it. I called my buddy at the Jeep
dealer and he quoted me part numbers from a TSB related to floor pan rust.
There are 2 panels and an installation kit. One panel is $400+ (CA) and the
other is over $100. It seems they are also discontinued but some dealers may
have stock on them. Why the price difference? we could only deduce that one
panel included the hump while the other was just the pan.

I'm in the middle of doing this myself. Mine appeared to be good until I did
a little destructive testing and I'm glad I did. The entire section over the
frame showed various states of corrosion and I will be replacing it with
4'x4" strips (L&R) 16 or 18gu. steel. Inboard and outboard of the frame was
mostly solid except for the pan plug over the muffler... gone. There were a
few areas exposing daylight after pounding the suspicious bubbles. I laid a
skim coat of short strand fibreglass, section of repair cloth and a top coat
of short strand. These repairs are at least 5x larger than the infected area
and I suspect they'll outlast me.

Have you removed the entire interior?

-Brian

Re: Cherokee floor panel repair panels
 

mmmm, it is amazing I can find many repair panels except the Cherokee.
Sounds like I will be doing some migging soon. Have not torn out interior
yet, all in good shape except pass floors (where feet go) front and back.
Suppose I will try the dealer just to see...???
What do you think comes with the installation kit?

Tom
"Cherokee-LTD" <spammenot@home.com> wrote in message
news:ivlBc.405779$Ar.232369@twister01.bloor.is.net .cable.rogers.com...
> "flannery" <flannery16@insightbb.com> wrote in message
> news:KMgBc.80805$HG.47959@attbi_s53...
> : Started to wire brush the loose rust off of the floorpan of a 95
Cherokee.
> 2
> : spots on floor of front and rear passenger sides (holes) rest in good
> shape.
> : Planning on using POR-15 to cover the rest of the rust. Does any one
know
> : source on where to but some repair panels? Or am I going to have to fab
> some
> : sheet metal? Internet only turns up rockers etc.
> :
> : Thanks!
> : Tom
> :
> Hey Tom...
> Repair panels... don't even think about it. I called my buddy at the Jeep
> dealer and he quoted me part numbers from a TSB related to floor pan rust.
> There are 2 panels and an installation kit. One panel is $400+ (CA) and
the
> other is over $100. It seems they are also discontinued but some dealers
may
> have stock on them. Why the price difference? we could only deduce that
one
> panel included the hump while the other was just the pan.
>
> I'm in the middle of doing this myself. Mine appeared to be good until I
did
> a little destructive testing and I'm glad I did. The entire section over
the
> frame showed various states of corrosion and I will be replacing it with
> 4'x4" strips (L&R) 16 or 18gu. steel. Inboard and outboard of the frame
was
> mostly solid except for the pan plug over the muffler... gone. There were
a
> few areas exposing daylight after pounding the suspicious bubbles. I laid
a
> skim coat of short strand fibreglass, section of repair cloth and a top
coat
> of short strand. These repairs are at least 5x larger than the infected
area
> and I suspect they'll outlast me.
>
> Have you removed the entire interior?
>
> -Brian
>
>

Re: Cherokee floor panel repair panels
 

mmmm, it is amazing I can find many repair panels except the Cherokee.
Sounds like I will be doing some migging soon. Have not torn out interior
yet, all in good shape except pass floors (where feet go) front and back.
Suppose I will try the dealer just to see...???
What do you think comes with the installation kit?

Tom
"Cherokee-LTD" <spammenot@home.com> wrote in message
news:ivlBc.405779$Ar.232369@twister01.bloor.is.net .cable.rogers.com...
> "flannery" <flannery16@insightbb.com> wrote in message
> news:KMgBc.80805$HG.47959@attbi_s53...
> : Started to wire brush the loose rust off of the floorpan of a 95
Cherokee.
> 2
> : spots on floor of front and rear passenger sides (holes) rest in good
> shape.
> : Planning on using POR-15 to cover the rest of the rust. Does any one
know
> : source on where to but some repair panels? Or am I going to have to fab
> some
> : sheet metal? Internet only turns up rockers etc.
> :
> : Thanks!
> : Tom
> :
> Hey Tom...
> Repair panels... don't even think about it. I called my buddy at the Jeep
> dealer and he quoted me part numbers from a TSB related to floor pan rust.
> There are 2 panels and an installation kit. One panel is $400+ (CA) and
the
> other is over $100. It seems they are also discontinued but some dealers
may
> have stock on them. Why the price difference? we could only deduce that
one
> panel included the hump while the other was just the pan.
>
> I'm in the middle of doing this myself. Mine appeared to be good until I
did
> a little destructive testing and I'm glad I did. The entire section over
the
> frame showed various states of corrosion and I will be replacing it with
> 4'x4" strips (L&R) 16 or 18gu. steel. Inboard and outboard of the frame
was
> mostly solid except for the pan plug over the muffler... gone. There were
a
> few areas exposing daylight after pounding the suspicious bubbles. I laid
a
> skim coat of short strand fibreglass, section of repair cloth and a top
coat
> of short strand. These repairs are at least 5x larger than the infected
area
> and I suspect they'll outlast me.
>
> Have you removed the entire interior?
>
> -Brian
>
>

Re: Cherokee floor panel repair panels
 

mmmm, it is amazing I can find many repair panels except the Cherokee.
Sounds like I will be doing some migging soon. Have not torn out interior
yet, all in good shape except pass floors (where feet go) front and back.
Suppose I will try the dealer just to see...???
What do you think comes with the installation kit?

Tom
"Cherokee-LTD" <spammenot@home.com> wrote in message
news:ivlBc.405779$Ar.232369@twister01.bloor.is.net .cable.rogers.com...
> "flannery" <flannery16@insightbb.com> wrote in message
> news:KMgBc.80805$HG.47959@attbi_s53...
> : Started to wire brush the loose rust off of the floorpan of a 95
Cherokee.
> 2
> : spots on floor of front and rear passenger sides (holes) rest in good
> shape.
> : Planning on using POR-15 to cover the rest of the rust. Does any one
know
> : source on where to but some repair panels? Or am I going to have to fab
> some
> : sheet metal? Internet only turns up rockers etc.
> :
> : Thanks!
> : Tom
> :
> Hey Tom...
> Repair panels... don't even think about it. I called my buddy at the Jeep
> dealer and he quoted me part numbers from a TSB related to floor pan rust.
> There are 2 panels and an installation kit. One panel is $400+ (CA) and
the
> other is over $100. It seems they are also discontinued but some dealers
may
> have stock on them. Why the price difference? we could only deduce that
one
> panel included the hump while the other was just the pan.
>
> I'm in the middle of doing this myself. Mine appeared to be good until I
did
> a little destructive testing and I'm glad I did. The entire section over
the
> frame showed various states of corrosion and I will be replacing it with
> 4'x4" strips (L&R) 16 or 18gu. steel. Inboard and outboard of the frame
was
> mostly solid except for the pan plug over the muffler... gone. There were
a
> few areas exposing daylight after pounding the suspicious bubbles. I laid
a
> skim coat of short strand fibreglass, section of repair cloth and a top
coat
> of short strand. These repairs are at least 5x larger than the infected
area
> and I suspect they'll outlast me.
>
> Have you removed the entire interior?
>
> -Brian
>
>

Re: Cherokee floor panel repair panels
 

mmmm, it is amazing I can find many repair panels except the Cherokee.
Sounds like I will be doing some migging soon. Have not torn out interior
yet, all in good shape except pass floors (where feet go) front and back.
Suppose I will try the dealer just to see...???
What do you think comes with the installation kit?

Tom
"Cherokee-LTD" <spammenot@home.com> wrote in message
news:ivlBc.405779$Ar.232369@twister01.bloor.is.net .cable.rogers.com...
> "flannery" <flannery16@insightbb.com> wrote in message
> news:KMgBc.80805$HG.47959@attbi_s53...
> : Started to wire brush the loose rust off of the floorpan of a 95
Cherokee.
> 2
> : spots on floor of front and rear passenger sides (holes) rest in good
> shape.
> : Planning on using POR-15 to cover the rest of the rust. Does any one
know
> : source on where to but some repair panels? Or am I going to have to fab
> some
> : sheet metal? Internet only turns up rockers etc.
> :
> : Thanks!
> : Tom
> :
> Hey Tom...
> Repair panels... don't even think about it. I called my buddy at the Jeep
> dealer and he quoted me part numbers from a TSB related to floor pan rust.
> There are 2 panels and an installation kit. One panel is $400+ (CA) and
the
> other is over $100. It seems they are also discontinued but some dealers
may
> have stock on them. Why the price difference? we could only deduce that
one
> panel included the hump while the other was just the pan.
>
> I'm in the middle of doing this myself. Mine appeared to be good until I
did
> a little destructive testing and I'm glad I did. The entire section over
the
> frame showed various states of corrosion and I will be replacing it with
> 4'x4" strips (L&R) 16 or 18gu. steel. Inboard and outboard of the frame
was
> mostly solid except for the pan plug over the muffler... gone. There were
a
> few areas exposing daylight after pounding the suspicious bubbles. I laid
a
> skim coat of short strand fibreglass, section of repair cloth and a top
coat
> of short strand. These repairs are at least 5x larger than the infected
area
> and I suspect they'll outlast me.
>
> Have you removed the entire interior?
>
> -Brian
>
>

Re: Cherokee floor panel repair panels
 

"flannery" <flannery16@insightbb.com> wrote in message
news:0IlBc.65747$Hg2.23305@attbi_s04...
: mmmm, it is amazing I can find many repair panels except the Cherokee.
: Sounds like I will be doing some migging soon. Have not torn out interior
: yet, all in good shape except pass floors (where feet go) front and back.
: Suppose I will try the dealer just to see...???
: What do you think comes with the installation kit?
:
Probably seam sealer and rivets... I was still a little woozy from the quote
so everything was a fog.
I urge you to at least remove the front and rear seats and fold the carpet
up over the hump... 4 nuts each front seat and 1 torx for the rear and
explore with a chipping hammer. Most of the corrosion I found was not
visible from below... it's in the interior section of the frame. Another
area of concern is under the rear seat support, the sealer hides a lot of
damage.

-Brian