Re: Chrysler engineers are geniuses...
 

philthy wrote:
> good advice i have even seen that in bodyshops when the door won't close
> after
>
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" wrote:
>
>> Be sure and use struts across the door openings or they won't fit
>> after you're finished.
>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>


What bill should have said was "or they might not fit", but since he is
"thee" absolute authority on anything and everything, he is prone to
making statements that are absolute.

Re: Chrysler engineers are geniuses...
 

philthy wrote:
> good advice i have even seen that in bodyshops when the door won't close
> after
>
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" wrote:
>
>> Be sure and use struts across the door openings or they won't fit
>> after you're finished.
>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>


What bill should have said was "or they might not fit", but since he is
"thee" absolute authority on anything and everything, he is prone to
making statements that are absolute.

Re: Chrysler engineers are geniuses...
 

philthy wrote:
> good advice i have even seen that in bodyshops when the door won't close
> after
>
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" wrote:
>
>> Be sure and use struts across the door openings or they won't fit
>> after you're finished.
>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>


What bill should have said was "or they might not fit", but since he is
"thee" absolute authority on anything and everything, he is prone to
making statements that are absolute.

Re: Chrysler engineers are geniuses... Try AMC eh...
 

Umm, try again, AMC designed the Cherokee. I have 2 of them and they
are AMC vehicles, so is my CJ7.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)


Tom Greening wrote:
>
> My hat goes off to those guys. Anyone that can design a vehicle
> (Cherokee in this case) whose body can last for YEARS, while made out of
> metal just slightly thicker than your average two-ply bath tissue has
> GOT to be a genius.
>
> I've spent the last couple months (off and on) replacing the entire
> bottom of a 94 Cherokee and have had fits trying to weld replacement
> sheet of some substance (16 gauge) to that tissue Chrysler called sheet
> metal. While the 16 turned out to be something of overkill, it should
> last quite a while. It probably would have been easier to weld 20 gauge
> to whatever the stock material is, but at least the floor has got some
> substance to it now, especially since I had no convenient way to add any
> stiffening bends to it.
>
> I know one thing, the future includes a plasma cutter. Cutting all that
> sheet with a 4 1/2" grinder and cut-off wheels blew great big goats I'll
> tell you.

Re: Chrysler engineers are geniuses... Try AMC eh...
 

Umm, try again, AMC designed the Cherokee. I have 2 of them and they
are AMC vehicles, so is my CJ7.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)


Tom Greening wrote:
>
> My hat goes off to those guys. Anyone that can design a vehicle
> (Cherokee in this case) whose body can last for YEARS, while made out of
> metal just slightly thicker than your average two-ply bath tissue has
> GOT to be a genius.
>
> I've spent the last couple months (off and on) replacing the entire
> bottom of a 94 Cherokee and have had fits trying to weld replacement
> sheet of some substance (16 gauge) to that tissue Chrysler called sheet
> metal. While the 16 turned out to be something of overkill, it should
> last quite a while. It probably would have been easier to weld 20 gauge
> to whatever the stock material is, but at least the floor has got some
> substance to it now, especially since I had no convenient way to add any
> stiffening bends to it.
>
> I know one thing, the future includes a plasma cutter. Cutting all that
> sheet with a 4 1/2" grinder and cut-off wheels blew great big goats I'll
> tell you.

Re: Chrysler engineers are geniuses... Try AMC eh...
 

Umm, try again, AMC designed the Cherokee. I have 2 of them and they
are AMC vehicles, so is my CJ7.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)


Tom Greening wrote:
>
> My hat goes off to those guys. Anyone that can design a vehicle
> (Cherokee in this case) whose body can last for YEARS, while made out of
> metal just slightly thicker than your average two-ply bath tissue has
> GOT to be a genius.
>
> I've spent the last couple months (off and on) replacing the entire
> bottom of a 94 Cherokee and have had fits trying to weld replacement
> sheet of some substance (16 gauge) to that tissue Chrysler called sheet
> metal. While the 16 turned out to be something of overkill, it should
> last quite a while. It probably would have been easier to weld 20 gauge
> to whatever the stock material is, but at least the floor has got some
> substance to it now, especially since I had no convenient way to add any
> stiffening bends to it.
>
> I know one thing, the future includes a plasma cutter. Cutting all that
> sheet with a 4 1/2" grinder and cut-off wheels blew great big goats I'll
> tell you.

Re: Chrysler engineers are geniuses... Try AMC eh...
 

Mike Romain wrote:
> Umm, try again, AMC designed the Cherokee. I have 2 of them and they
> are AMC vehicles, so is my CJ7.
>
>

Doesn't matter. The point was that cherokees (94's at least) have sheet
metal like tissue paper.

Re: Chrysler engineers are geniuses... Try AMC eh...
 

Mike Romain wrote:
> Umm, try again, AMC designed the Cherokee. I have 2 of them and they
> are AMC vehicles, so is my CJ7.
>
>

Doesn't matter. The point was that cherokees (94's at least) have sheet
metal like tissue paper.

Re: Chrysler engineers are geniuses... Try AMC eh...
 

Mike Romain wrote:
> Umm, try again, AMC designed the Cherokee. I have 2 of them and they
> are AMC vehicles, so is my CJ7.
>
>

Doesn't matter. The point was that cherokees (94's at least) have sheet
metal like tissue paper.

Re: Chrysler engineers are geniuses...
 

Glad to hear you got it fixed even if the floor was made out of foil,
but PLEASE don't mention goats on this newsgroup! <G>

Jeff DeWitt

Tom Greening wrote:
> My hat goes off to those guys. Anyone that can design a vehicle
> (Cherokee in this case) whose body can last for YEARS, while made out of
> metal just slightly thicker than your average two-ply bath tissue has
> GOT to be a genius.
>
> I've spent the last couple months (off and on) replacing the entire
> bottom of a 94 Cherokee and have had fits trying to weld replacement
> sheet of some substance (16 gauge) to that tissue Chrysler called sheet
> metal. While the 16 turned out to be something of overkill, it should
> last quite a while. It probably would have been easier to weld 20 gauge
> to whatever the stock material is, but at least the floor has got some
> substance to it now, especially since I had no convenient way to add any
> stiffening bends to it.
>
> I know one thing, the future includes a plasma cutter. Cutting all that
> sheet with a 4 1/2" grinder and cut-off wheels blew great big goats I'll
> tell you.