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What Did You Do To Your Jeep Today?

No rain anywhere in sight. Grass is dying, azaleas are1 dying. Praying for rain.
Too hot for much shop time. Gave a few azaleas a little hand watering and worked in the shop until about 10:30.
53A1 horn failed and can't get the horn rod to go through the steering tube. Something broke off and plugged it when I took the old rod out.
Can't clean out the tube from the top or the bottom. Put a push button horn switch on the dash and ran the wires to the existing wires from the switch.
Got too hot and I quit. Will have to test it out next time. Then, later, when I feel like pulling the Ross steering box, I can fix it right.

Dave
 
Dave Deyton said:
No rain anywhere in sight. Grass is dying, azaleas are1 dying. Praying for rain.
Too hot for much shop time. Gave a few azaleas a little hand watering and worked in the shop until about 10:30.
53A1 horn failed and can't get the horn rod to go through the steering tube. Something broke off and plugged it when I took the old rod out.
Can't clean out the tube from the top or the bottom. Put a push button horn switch on the dash and ran the wires to the existing wires from the switch.
Got too hot and I quit. Will have to test it out next time. Then, later, when I feel like pulling the Ross steering box, I can fix it right.

Dave
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I think there’s a very high percentage of us with those small black button horn switches :D
Same boat with you Dave, except it’s been 15 years now and still haven’t got around to hooking up the horn to original steering wheel rubber horn pad. To be fair, I’ve only used the horn a dozen times in all these years lol!
 
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Also today, finally finished up this project. It's a mid level cargo rack for the back seat area of the Jeep. I built it out of some old retail store display grids, a chunk of angle iron from an old bedframe and a couple of 2" muffler clamps (to clamp on the rollbar). I made this last fall but just got around to adding sides today. It was fairly labor intensive cutting the grid, grinding and welding it together but total cost was dirt cheap.20260712_153025.jpg
 
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colojeepguy said:
Also today, finally finished up this project. It's a mid level cargo rack for the back seat area of the Jeep. I built it out of some old retail store display grids, a chunk of angle iron from an old bedframe and a couple of 2" muffler clamps (to clamp on the rollbar). I made this last fall but just got around to adding sides today. It was fairly labor intensive cutting the grid, grinding and welding it together but total cost was dirt cheap.View attachment 107028
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Nice. Post up a pic after you install it!
 
Not today, but recently: drained and refilled the coolant; installed a new Bosch water temperature gauge--Jeep runs cool, even in 110 degree weather...next step is to put the electric fan on a thermostat; installed a new Bosch oil pressure gauge; new Bosch voltmeter: installed seat belts; replaced a dry rotting power steering return hose; added 1.5" wheel spacers up front to stop the tires from rubbing the leaf springs; installed new shift knobs with the proper shift patterns for the SM420 and the Dana 20; installed a makeshift transmission "tunnel" (you guys would get a good laugh outta this! Maybe I'll post a pic) that perfectly displays my metal-working skills--oh well, I vowed never to let water get inside the transmission again, and this works for now (learning how to make a real cover is on the list); Also, to help keep the rain out, installed boots on the trans and transfer case shifters; installed hotter NGK plugs, rebuilt the Rochester 2G, slightly advanced the timing and leaned out the idle mixture screws after failing smog...passed easily the 2nd time and runs great; I had an odd sized air cleaner--replaced it with a common, easy-to-find 10"x 2" size that I got at SoCal Speed Shop; installed my Warn swing-away spare tire carrier that I found on Craigslist; steering column repairs described earlier; fixed horn; wired trail lights; got tires balanced and rotated; fresh fluids in differentials, transmission and transfer case; made a viton gasket for my gas cap; centered my steering wheel and steering gearbox by adjusting the drag link per WFO's YouTube video; adjusted hydraulic clutch linkage and locked it in place; bent my gas pedal rod to position gas pedal lower to the floor; finally installed rubber clutch and brake pedal covers; adjusted and bled drum brakes that were pulling hard to the left--stops straight now; checked and tightened body mount bolts--replaced one; new bikini top; cleaned and lightly greased Warn hubs; hmmm, guess that's about it for now.
 
Been so hot lately, hadn't run the Jeeps in a week or more. Finished with the temporary horn. 53A1, didn't want to crank. Primed with fuel, not popping off.
These things are so finicky!. Got the 64 out and made a few laps around the local neighborhoods as the heat was getting worse.
Came back to the 53A1 and it didn't want any choke with all the heat and wanted to flood. Funny thing, the 53 won't keep fuel pulled in the filter.
Got it running, no choke at all, and took a few more hot laps. So much fun driving these things, First thing I did was cut it off at the end of the drive to make sure it would re-crank. All good! They are happy if I run them every few days.
Finally got some rain, now if it will cool off, might be able to get something done!
Lately doing some shop work between 7:30 and about 11:00am to avoid the heat.
Looking forward to some more wrenching and run time.


Dave
 
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It’s way too warm in Florida in July for Vaseline. I had to wait for Amazon to deliver the extra sticky assembly grease.
 
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After years of watching the factory blister paint peel away from my RII hood, I decided it was time for a touch up.
I just about forgot the "before photo", but here it is sanded, masked and ready for rattle can finish.
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Here's the final result. I need to wax the orange paint so the sheens will be closer.
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Thanks for looking.
 
dnb71R2 said:
After years of watching the factory blister paint peel away from my RII hood, I decided it was time for a touch up.
I just about forgot the "before photo", but here it is sanded, masked and ready for rattle can finish.
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Here's the final result. I need to wax the orange paint so the sheens will be closer.
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Thanks for looking.
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Looks nice, how much you charge to come paint mine!(y)
 
WYOMIKE said:
Great job.
I was wondering why you decide to paint the blister with gloss black paint instead of flat black like RII's were originally?
Mike
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Thanks!
Good Q :
I opted for a satin finish (~between flat & gloss) as it seemed closer to what the factory used on my CJ. I never thought my blister paint to be flat, especially compared to the RII stripes.
A flat finish is very unforgiving of surface defects. I did NOT sand down to bare metal. Even if I did, there would have been small defects in the bare metal. I wasn't about to fill anything with Bondo. This was a Saturday morning only project.
I used a flat primer, and it really looked rough on the existing metal. The satin paint filled in some of the imperfections to my liking. (y)
I am NOT a pro-painter but understand some of the challenges within.
And, c'mon, with a rattle can, what can you expect?! ;)
 
dnb71R2 said:
Thanks!
Good Q :
I opted for a satin finish (~between flat & gloss) as it seemed closer to what the factory used on my CJ. I never thought my blister paint to be flat, especially compared to the RII stripes.
A flat finish is very unforgiving of surface defects. I did NOT sand down to bare metal. Even if I did, there would have been small defects in the bare metal. I wasn't about to fill anything with Bondo. This was a Saturday morning only project.
I used a flat primer, and it really looked rough on the existing metal. The satin paint filled in some of the imperfections to my liking. (y)
I am NOT a pro-painter but understand some of the challenges within.
And, c'mon, with a rattle can, what can you expect?! ;)
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I like it. Good job!
 
dnb71R2 said:
And, c'mon, with a rattle can, what can you expect?! ;)
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Wow for a rattle can that turned out great!! What brand fo rattle can did you use Dave? I have never had much luck using them but yours looks like a body shop did it(y).

To be honest I am not really sure just what type of paint was on the blister. When mine was new it seemed like the paint was too dull for even sim-gloss and yet smoother and more glossy than flat black. I went through all my old pictures looking for one when it was new and good only find one that showed the blister good. This pic was taken about 4 months after I bought it. You can see that it shines almost as much and the decal.

Mike

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