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Papa Roach - Red Jeep  Cut my Jeep into pieces  this is my last rust fort  moving violation  no driving  don't give a gently caress if I cut my arm, bleeding Found a socket in the trunk that I lost FOUR YEARS AGO though so it wasn't a total loss.  I'll hopefully cut the rest up one evening this week or this weekend.
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That thing has less visible rust than my WJ daily driver. I'm assuming the worst isn't obvious?
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Jul 26, 2017 05:42
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gileadexile posted:That thing has less visible rust than my WJ daily driver. I'm assuming the worst isn't obvious? If you look closely you'll notice rocker panel and rear quarter rust. It also appears to have, uhhh.... pickaxe damage 
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Jul 26, 2017 11:50
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Let's see, where to start... - discovered the seller VIN swapped it to avoid a salvage inspection, so I didn't want to have it on the road anymore - it had been wrecked at least twice - doors were all sagging, not latching right - chassis was so floppy it cracked a windshield at some point - rear quarters and rockers were beyond hosed - rear frame rails were so rotten I could see into them where the bumpstops were supposed to be - engine was knocking, again - I have no idea why but it broke two bellhousings in half in like 3 months - rear diff didn't have a single good bearing left in it - for two years straight it was a millstone around my neck by breaking a different thing every few weeks that would make it uninspectable, usually before I even managed to fix the previous breakage, which cost me a large number of moving violations as I was trying to dig myself out of debt and unable to replace it outright, but also being dragged down by the shitbox. It got me so many tickets just commuting that I ended up having my license suspended for two months in 2014 and barely avoided losing my job. gently caress that Jeep, it had it coming. Felt so good to cut it in half.
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Jul 26, 2017 16:54
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I'd ask if you'd sell the external mirrors off the doors but I don't know if I want to put those cursed parts on my Jeep..
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Jul 26, 2017 20:43
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Good loving riddance. I hope it gets melted down into the next Trump tower.
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Jul 27, 2017 05:35
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 Between here and the Jeep thread I remember this one now. Forgive my innocence, I must have been confused there wasn't an incantation summoning an Ancient One emblazoned across the hood.
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Jul 27, 2017 11:38
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Twice the VINs, twice the Jeep curse, far as I can tell.
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Jul 27, 2017 13:05
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow It's an 89, 360, 4x4, automatic. TF727 trans, NP229 full-time viscous clutch 4x4. It has rust, mold, and PO fuckery to fix, but otherwise seems solid. Worst case, it'll be a parts donor for a nicer one later after Britt drives it for a few winters. She needs a winter driver that can handle our driveway and won't make me feel bad about getting salt blasted like her rust free Roadmaster. PO fuckery:  Gonna go over this one with a fine tooth comb.
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Aug 25, 2017 16:12
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I'll trade you a red forester for it.
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Aug 25, 2017 16:51
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You're a sick man and I love it.
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Aug 25, 2017 16:53
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 That's... that's a thing.
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Aug 25, 2017 17:23
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kastein posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow Yup, that's a HEEP. Good luck with the un-fuckery! The short, hat, and ironic fish-hook make that dude's outfit.
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Aug 25, 2017 17:32
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kastein posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow gently caress yesssssss
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Aug 25, 2017 19:33
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kastein posted:
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Aug 25, 2017 20:07
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I know it needs: License plate lamps Right rear turn signal THE loving TIE ROD WHAT THE HELL Rocker panels left and right Some frame patches or a new frame. I have a line on a couple parts vehicles that may have good frames and a solid resto-grade 600 dollar frame A wheel (so it matches) Tires Air injection ports plugged in manifolds due to air injection manifolds being rotten Headliner is in sesame Street groverhaus mode Mold cleanup Probably some floor patches Front leafs AC repair Ammeter bypass so it doesn't burn down Battery lugs Glovebox cleanout (something is living in there) Dent in the nose banged out Razor grille swap Window scrapers on doors Paint I think it needs: Brake lines before it does any serious driving Starter solenoid. It won't start unless it's in drive or reverse and you jump the starter and the coil gets power through the starter solenoid when cranking Carb rebuild because why not Exhaust Possibly a frame replacement Guess how many miles? under 30k. seriously. Old man bought one for him and one for his wife, hers had 10k on it, his had 29k and change. The seats and pedals and carpet back this up, though they are moldy. If he had a garage instead of parking it on grass under a tree for 29 years it would be flawless. The motor, trans, and tcase seem to be in great shape so this one is staying AMC powered until it gives me reason to do anything otherwise.
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Aug 25, 2017 20:28
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Holy poo poo. I just noticed the steering knuckle. That's the front end. I thought that was a leaf spring shackle he made out of banjo and heehaw.
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Aug 25, 2017 21:19
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kastein posted:
My wife just came in the room to see why I was yelling. That's some weapons-grade Bubba work.
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Aug 25, 2017 21:25
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I saw that photo on Reddit. Who narced?
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Aug 25, 2017 21:28
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:I saw that photo on Reddit. Who narced? In JRITS?
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Aug 25, 2017 21:38
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I approve this use of worm clamps.
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Aug 25, 2017 22:36
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PO fuckery from a better angle. Yeah, this wasn't driving. Put the new tie rod in but that just resulted in having to take the drag link off because the nut was rotten to the point a socket wouldn't fit on it. So I pounded a smaller socket on...  The threads ended up kinda hosed and packed with rust so I had to clean them with a utility knife and grind the unnecessary ones past the castle nut crenelations off.  Drove it half a mile to a better spot for a tow truck, called one. Waiting now.   Brother (whose AAA we are using) bought this without even realizing that it has a wagoneer on it.  A ricer meet has sprung up around us and these dumb motherfuckers better move their hoodless ghetto turboed hellaflush shitbox when the flatbed shows up...
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Aug 28, 2017 00:32
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Is AAA just to get it home?
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Aug 30, 2017 10:27
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Yup. The frame is Swiss cheese, the brake lines are about the same, there is a massive exhaust leak from a busted off air injection fitting, it won't stay running well in drive or reverse and dies if put into neutral or park for even a split second, the left front leaf spring's main leaf is rusted clear in half (thus the two ubolts holding it together) and the steering is completely unaligned. Oh, and it's moldy and dusty as gently caress inside and the windows don't work right so I hacked up greenish poo poo for two days after driving it a mile. So yeah, we drove it a mile, conveniently broke down while he happened to be riding in it, and called AAA for the other 7 miles. She likes it!  She likes it! Made a lot of progress on it Monday. Got the passenger front window rolled back up (brother is used to assuming all functions on cars work and rolled it down without thinking, it then went on strike), made all the windows move up and down at least a little (even the back hatch window!), Got the dome lights to work but not turn off, made the instrument panel lights work and not blow their fuse, got all but one axis of the front seats to move, charged the battery and found a way to keep the engine from stalling when shifted into park or neutral. It's not the right way but it gives me info I can use to figure out what's wrong with it. My FSM on CD arrived today so hopefully I can figure out the starting and shutdown issues. I think the NSS, starter solenoid, or some vacuum switches involved in the distributor vacuum advance circuitry are at fault but not sure.
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Aug 31, 2017 22:14
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It's crazy how it can look so good up top and be so hosed beneath. I say go for the resto frame. Do this poo poo proud, you sick gently caress. What's the source of the mould, carpet? Seats?
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Sep 1, 2017 01:57
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Seat Safety Switch posted:It's crazy how it can look so good up top and be so hosed beneath. Wagoneers have a couple lovely spots that become dirt/sand/leaf/etc pockets and just hold moisture up against the frame until it rots away. Sad, but common.
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Sep 1, 2017 02:01
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The bottom flange of the c channel section of the frame as well as the bottom face in front of the steering box and the areas around the rear leaf spring eye mounts are all either super thin, perforated, or gone. Plus other areas I've not noticed, I'm sure. Basically I think it was driven a few miles at a time in small town CT, never washed, and parked on grass all the time.
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Sep 1, 2017 20:27
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I'm from a rust-free part of the world, and I wonder: Why? Just, gently caress. So much work to make that roadworthy.
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Sep 2, 2017 00:57
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EightBit posted:I'm from a rust-free part of the world, and I wonder: Why? Just, gently caress. So much work to make that roadworthy. Wagoneers are cool yo.
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Sep 2, 2017 01:30
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EightBit posted:I'm from a rust-free part of the world, and I wonder: Why? Just, gently caress. So much work to make that roadworthy. The body is mostly rust free. I'm basically going to end up ripping the axles, driveshafts, drivetrain, and body off, replace the rockers, patch a few other things, then clean and paint the axles and drivetrain and put it all on a new frame. It has *thirty thousand miles*. That is obscenely low. I've seen Jeeps in far rustier condition sell for way more up here. Edit: oh, aside from the headliner falling down and mold spots from sitting, the interior looks like it's about 4 years old. I have literally never seen some of these interior parts in this condition.
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Sep 2, 2017 02:35
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My experience with a musty smelling interior car consisted of failing to remove the smell after replacing the carpet and scrubbing the interior. Hopefully you have better luck than I did.
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I hope so too, but Britt is a magician with that stuff so I'm not too worried. She somehow kept her Roadmaster from smelling moldy even with leaky window seals and literal mold in the back until a few weeks ago when I finally got the windows rolling up and down and the seals working right for the first time in... Ever. It cranked like it wanted to start today after a week of sitting, so I'm pretty sure the battery is fine, just needed an actual charge. The Datsun hopefully goes away tomorrow and I cut up more of the Cherokee today. It's down to just the engine compartment and firewall. Kinda debating just picking what's left up and plonking it down in the back of the 91 Comanche as ballast until it's time to 4wd/5speed the 88 Comanche, all the parts are secure, well protected from weather, and tightly packaged in there and the sheetmetal only weighs about 150lb anyways so it's not like I'm saving any weight vs pulling it all apart. 
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I just bought one of those oil drain pans the other day. Works a hell of a lot better than my simple open pan that took two minutes to pour into a waste jug. Edit: Also you really make me want to take apart a car with a sawzall. It's probably not nearly as fun as I imagine. Beach Bum fucked around with this message at 09:50 on Sep 5, 2017 |
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Sep 5, 2017 06:13
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That 5 gallon bucket must be a great motivator 
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Sep 5, 2017 06:55
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Applebees Appetizer posted:That 5 gallon bucket must be a great motivator Bucket: "Let's DO this" Ken: "SHUT UP!"
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Sep 5, 2017 13:56
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I only noticed it after the fact That drain pan is great, though I wish the cap it came with for the spout sealed worth a gently caress. I took it off so I'd stop trying to pretend it was worth using. It's keeping rain water out of the top of the transmission right now. Cutting cars up is very physically taxing and can be frustrating when the body pinches your sawzall blade. That does one of three things, depending on you and your sawzall. It might try to give you shaken baby syndrome (Milwaukee, good blade, stubborn operator). It might rip the shank off the blade (lovely blade) or turn it into modern art. Or it might just sta-stall and piss you off by not coming out so you have to use another blade to cut toward it from somewhere else to rescue it. I still have a pile of cut up Jeep parts because the bed cap off the Datsun is sitting on my Comanche until my sister can come pick it up. Anyone need a sixteenth of a 98 Cherokee?   
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Sep 5, 2017 14:40
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Ha, I just had to saw off a stripped stud on my wife's Lexus. Luckily I was able to back the lug nut out a bit to expose the stud, and I was able to fit a long rear end blade through one of the holes in the wheel, bending it almost 90 degrees against the rotor. Busted a blade right where it goes into the saw and had fun trying to get that out. My hands still hurt lol.
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Sep 5, 2017 16:41
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Wow this thread. Lmao. Ken, do you have the center dash bezel? I want to try and fit a double dinner screen in mine.
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Sep 6, 2017 01:09
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I do but it's pretty haggard. I am going junkyarding tomorrow though and can grab you one. Not sure what they will charge but probably cheapish. Check this thread out for 2din info BTW: http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1024604 It got hosed by loving Photobucket, but you can get it working again with extensions and poo poo I think. Edit: the Datsun just left to go to its new home with a friend of a friend from CT near Limerock! He works at an Alfa shop down there. Glad it's going to someone who will do cool things with it.
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kastein posted:I do but it's pretty haggard. Stop, you're making me want to buy another jeep.
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