Re: Man I hate rust! or Back bumper just fell off...
Best be careful you don't get nabbed by the Wreck Check Squad!
A couple summers ago I was driving thru TO on a hot august day and all of a sudden my passenger side mirror vanished. Dam, glue let go and the mirror just dropped away. "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:41A7A19A.FDC2130A@sympatico.ca... > So here I am driving down the main drag in Toronto and hear/feel a > strange thump then scraping. Crap I think, there goes the muffler or > tailpipe or something. Not loud, hmmm... I pull over and walk back > looking at the guy behind me laughing and there is my frame crossmember > and stainless bumperette loops laying on the ground..... There was a > left over piece if string I used to tie something once holding it on. > > Ouch! > > I knew it was getting ratty when my gas tank skid plate fell off a while > back but was hoping to get the winter out of it. > > My kid just came in laughing and asked what was holding the back springs > on. I can't figure that out either, they are sorta just hanging there > on a cob web of rust.... > > I have the gas tank hung off the body as it is via a couple big eye > hooks through the floor and cargo straps. > > Oh well, I guess it is time to get some square tubing and cover the > frame tails and anchor the spring shackles and a new C channel > crossmember to them. Then to get a gas tank skid plate. > > Anyone know if a YJ 20 gallon skid plate will fit a cj 20 gallon tank? > > Meanwhile some bailing wire keeps it 'looking' like it belongs > there..... > > Mike > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's |
Re: Man I hate rust! or Back bumper just fell off...
Best be careful you don't get nabbed by the Wreck Check Squad!
A couple summers ago I was driving thru TO on a hot august day and all of a sudden my passenger side mirror vanished. Dam, glue let go and the mirror just dropped away. "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:41A7A19A.FDC2130A@sympatico.ca... > So here I am driving down the main drag in Toronto and hear/feel a > strange thump then scraping. Crap I think, there goes the muffler or > tailpipe or something. Not loud, hmmm... I pull over and walk back > looking at the guy behind me laughing and there is my frame crossmember > and stainless bumperette loops laying on the ground..... There was a > left over piece if string I used to tie something once holding it on. > > Ouch! > > I knew it was getting ratty when my gas tank skid plate fell off a while > back but was hoping to get the winter out of it. > > My kid just came in laughing and asked what was holding the back springs > on. I can't figure that out either, they are sorta just hanging there > on a cob web of rust.... > > I have the gas tank hung off the body as it is via a couple big eye > hooks through the floor and cargo straps. > > Oh well, I guess it is time to get some square tubing and cover the > frame tails and anchor the spring shackles and a new C channel > crossmember to them. Then to get a gas tank skid plate. > > Anyone know if a YJ 20 gallon skid plate will fit a cj 20 gallon tank? > > Meanwhile some bailing wire keeps it 'looking' like it belongs > there..... > > Mike > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's |
Re: Man I hate rust! or Back bumper just fell off...
Best be careful you don't get nabbed by the Wreck Check Squad!
A couple summers ago I was driving thru TO on a hot august day and all of a sudden my passenger side mirror vanished. Dam, glue let go and the mirror just dropped away. "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:41A7A19A.FDC2130A@sympatico.ca... > So here I am driving down the main drag in Toronto and hear/feel a > strange thump then scraping. Crap I think, there goes the muffler or > tailpipe or something. Not loud, hmmm... I pull over and walk back > looking at the guy behind me laughing and there is my frame crossmember > and stainless bumperette loops laying on the ground..... There was a > left over piece if string I used to tie something once holding it on. > > Ouch! > > I knew it was getting ratty when my gas tank skid plate fell off a while > back but was hoping to get the winter out of it. > > My kid just came in laughing and asked what was holding the back springs > on. I can't figure that out either, they are sorta just hanging there > on a cob web of rust.... > > I have the gas tank hung off the body as it is via a couple big eye > hooks through the floor and cargo straps. > > Oh well, I guess it is time to get some square tubing and cover the > frame tails and anchor the spring shackles and a new C channel > crossmember to them. Then to get a gas tank skid plate. > > Anyone know if a YJ 20 gallon skid plate will fit a cj 20 gallon tank? > > Meanwhile some bailing wire keeps it 'looking' like it belongs > there..... > > Mike > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's |
Re: Man I hate rust! or Back bumper just fell off...
When I bought my '02TJ I had it undercoated.
The undercoating I had seen in the past was just an oilspray...but this stuff turned out to look something like that "blow-in" newspaper insullation mixed with tar. It's been a few years and it's still on there....of course I haven't hit any big rocks while rock crawling. I don't know if this stuff can be re-coated...or if they have to peal it all off and redo it. But for sure, if it will trap moisture if there's a hole in it. "Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-1bU4drsqSkdm@anon.none.net... > On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 12:41:42 UTC "Cherokee-LTD" <spammenot@home.com> > wrote: > >> >> "Snow" <snowbal@sympatico.ca> wrote in message >> : Now if the rain ever decides to stop I have to get out and prime/paint >> the >> : skins on the drives rocker panel. >> : >> : Snow... >> : >> I lost a good work day (Saturday) to lounging around... dry and pretty >> mild >> here but I didn't have the energy to do anything. >> >> I've been thinking of plating the underside of my floor pan with 1/16" >> checker plate aluminium ($4.00/sqft). I'm thinking of running from the >> pinch >> seam flush to the frame and inboard of the frame to the tranny tunnel. >> I'm >> thinking of it as a barrier (not as skid protection) but I'm concerned >> about >> creating cavities between the floor and the aluminium. Instinct tells me >> I >> may be causing more problems than creating solutions... hmmm. > > Mike has a good point on the electrolosis problem but there is one old > timer's trick that seems to work quite well on seams and sandwich > sections. Get a bucket of roofing tar - that black, nasty gooey > stuff. Coat both sides of the "sandwich" liberally so that you > squeeze out the excess as you bolt/rivet the sections together. If > there are seams and crevices, turn a heat gun or some such (I don't > recommend an open flame <g>) on the pieces to get the tar to flow. > Once the aromatics boil off that tar, it remains elastic and the > original application penetrates rust and cavities. It may not be as > good as POR 15 at converting rust, but it even works to seal repairs > in water tanks - like the bottom of evaporative coolers - for years at > a time. The stuff is cheap, so use plenty. An uncle of mine used > roofing tar as a sealer in his body shop on the Gulf Coast and swore > it filled and worked better than anything else in the salt spray. > It's messy, so get a gallon of mineral spirits to clean up with - fair > warning. > > -- > Will Honea |
Re: Man I hate rust! or Back bumper just fell off...
When I bought my '02TJ I had it undercoated.
The undercoating I had seen in the past was just an oilspray...but this stuff turned out to look something like that "blow-in" newspaper insullation mixed with tar. It's been a few years and it's still on there....of course I haven't hit any big rocks while rock crawling. I don't know if this stuff can be re-coated...or if they have to peal it all off and redo it. But for sure, if it will trap moisture if there's a hole in it. "Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-1bU4drsqSkdm@anon.none.net... > On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 12:41:42 UTC "Cherokee-LTD" <spammenot@home.com> > wrote: > >> >> "Snow" <snowbal@sympatico.ca> wrote in message >> : Now if the rain ever decides to stop I have to get out and prime/paint >> the >> : skins on the drives rocker panel. >> : >> : Snow... >> : >> I lost a good work day (Saturday) to lounging around... dry and pretty >> mild >> here but I didn't have the energy to do anything. >> >> I've been thinking of plating the underside of my floor pan with 1/16" >> checker plate aluminium ($4.00/sqft). I'm thinking of running from the >> pinch >> seam flush to the frame and inboard of the frame to the tranny tunnel. >> I'm >> thinking of it as a barrier (not as skid protection) but I'm concerned >> about >> creating cavities between the floor and the aluminium. Instinct tells me >> I >> may be causing more problems than creating solutions... hmmm. > > Mike has a good point on the electrolosis problem but there is one old > timer's trick that seems to work quite well on seams and sandwich > sections. Get a bucket of roofing tar - that black, nasty gooey > stuff. Coat both sides of the "sandwich" liberally so that you > squeeze out the excess as you bolt/rivet the sections together. If > there are seams and crevices, turn a heat gun or some such (I don't > recommend an open flame <g>) on the pieces to get the tar to flow. > Once the aromatics boil off that tar, it remains elastic and the > original application penetrates rust and cavities. It may not be as > good as POR 15 at converting rust, but it even works to seal repairs > in water tanks - like the bottom of evaporative coolers - for years at > a time. The stuff is cheap, so use plenty. An uncle of mine used > roofing tar as a sealer in his body shop on the Gulf Coast and swore > it filled and worked better than anything else in the salt spray. > It's messy, so get a gallon of mineral spirits to clean up with - fair > warning. > > -- > Will Honea |
Re: Man I hate rust! or Back bumper just fell off...
When I bought my '02TJ I had it undercoated.
The undercoating I had seen in the past was just an oilspray...but this stuff turned out to look something like that "blow-in" newspaper insullation mixed with tar. It's been a few years and it's still on there....of course I haven't hit any big rocks while rock crawling. I don't know if this stuff can be re-coated...or if they have to peal it all off and redo it. But for sure, if it will trap moisture if there's a hole in it. "Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-1bU4drsqSkdm@anon.none.net... > On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 12:41:42 UTC "Cherokee-LTD" <spammenot@home.com> > wrote: > >> >> "Snow" <snowbal@sympatico.ca> wrote in message >> : Now if the rain ever decides to stop I have to get out and prime/paint >> the >> : skins on the drives rocker panel. >> : >> : Snow... >> : >> I lost a good work day (Saturday) to lounging around... dry and pretty >> mild >> here but I didn't have the energy to do anything. >> >> I've been thinking of plating the underside of my floor pan with 1/16" >> checker plate aluminium ($4.00/sqft). I'm thinking of running from the >> pinch >> seam flush to the frame and inboard of the frame to the tranny tunnel. >> I'm >> thinking of it as a barrier (not as skid protection) but I'm concerned >> about >> creating cavities between the floor and the aluminium. Instinct tells me >> I >> may be causing more problems than creating solutions... hmmm. > > Mike has a good point on the electrolosis problem but there is one old > timer's trick that seems to work quite well on seams and sandwich > sections. Get a bucket of roofing tar - that black, nasty gooey > stuff. Coat both sides of the "sandwich" liberally so that you > squeeze out the excess as you bolt/rivet the sections together. If > there are seams and crevices, turn a heat gun or some such (I don't > recommend an open flame <g>) on the pieces to get the tar to flow. > Once the aromatics boil off that tar, it remains elastic and the > original application penetrates rust and cavities. It may not be as > good as POR 15 at converting rust, but it even works to seal repairs > in water tanks - like the bottom of evaporative coolers - for years at > a time. The stuff is cheap, so use plenty. An uncle of mine used > roofing tar as a sealer in his body shop on the Gulf Coast and swore > it filled and worked better than anything else in the salt spray. > It's messy, so get a gallon of mineral spirits to clean up with - fair > warning. > > -- > Will Honea |
Re: Man I hate rust! or Back bumper just fell off...
Would make Red Green proud.
DougW wrote: > Mike Romain did pass the time by typing: > > >>I actually 'have' the 'real stuff' holding it on now. Got it on one >>trip from an old farmer/mechanic to help hold my muffler up once. >> >>The last use this one piece of bailing wire had was to hold a duck on a >>spit for a slow 7 hour fire roast a couple weeks back when my wife and I >>were out camping. Versatile stuff eh. ;-) > > > Yep. That and duct tape > > (set the coffe down) > > http://www.octanecreative.com/ductta...hop/page2.html > |
Re: Man I hate rust! or Back bumper just fell off...
Would make Red Green proud.
DougW wrote: > Mike Romain did pass the time by typing: > > >>I actually 'have' the 'real stuff' holding it on now. Got it on one >>trip from an old farmer/mechanic to help hold my muffler up once. >> >>The last use this one piece of bailing wire had was to hold a duck on a >>spit for a slow 7 hour fire roast a couple weeks back when my wife and I >>were out camping. Versatile stuff eh. ;-) > > > Yep. That and duct tape > > (set the coffe down) > > http://www.octanecreative.com/ductta...hop/page2.html > |
Re: Man I hate rust! or Back bumper just fell off...
Would make Red Green proud.
DougW wrote: > Mike Romain did pass the time by typing: > > >>I actually 'have' the 'real stuff' holding it on now. Got it on one >>trip from an old farmer/mechanic to help hold my muffler up once. >> >>The last use this one piece of bailing wire had was to hold a duck on a >>spit for a slow 7 hour fire roast a couple weeks back when my wife and I >>were out camping. Versatile stuff eh. ;-) > > > Yep. That and duct tape > > (set the coffe down) > > http://www.octanecreative.com/ductta...hop/page2.html > |
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