Member III
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- First Name
- Joshua
- Last Name
- Downs
- Member #
20468
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- KK6RBI / WQYH678
- Service Branch
- USMC 03-16, FIRE/EMS
This morning I got up and busted out a few hours of work getting the interior ripped out and a few other odds and ends removed like the home made roll bar and the rotting windshield frame. One of the POs did some "interesting" wiring on the Jeep. Should be a fun project and not too much effort to get back into decent shape. Biggest stuff I think is going to be the rust repair of the floor board and rocker panels.
End goal is to get it back pretty close to stock.
Last night when I shoehorned it into the garage.
Janky previous owner wiring
That's 3 self tappers in the frame to ground a set of LED podlights :(
Lift shackles. Those are going away and the suspension will get a full rebuild.
Previous owner wiring to make the LEDs work
Windshield frame rot
Most of the interior out. I pulled the roll bar and wheel well carpet right after this photo. Roll bar definitely looks home built/welded.
Passenger floorboard rot
Driver's side not as holey but still kind of bad.
Tried to salvage the windshield and botched the removal.
Shedding rust from messing with the windshield frame
It had some diamond plate rocker covers riveted in place. I drilled the rivets and found what I expected. Same spot on both sides.
Underhood the wiring is a bit of a mess and the airhorns are going bye bye. Powertrain is AMC 304 V8, T15 3 spd manual, Dana 20 Transfer case, Dana 44 rear axle and Dana 30 front. The transmission needs an overhaul, it won't stay in first gear unless you hold the shifter in place. And the Transfer case has a pretty stout leak from the rear output seal. I'll probably overhaul it as well while I have the transmission out.
Edit- Also noticed one of the previous owners not only welded a bullbar to the stock bumper but also welded supports from the bull bar DIRECTLY TO THE FRAME. Ugh. On top of that the winch mount is a piece of C channel welded to the crossmember then the winch was half assedly bolted to that piece of channel. I'm going to burn up a few cut off wheels getting this mess apart.
End goal is to get it back pretty close to stock.
Last night when I shoehorned it into the garage.
Janky previous owner wiring
That's 3 self tappers in the frame to ground a set of LED podlights :(
Lift shackles. Those are going away and the suspension will get a full rebuild.
Previous owner wiring to make the LEDs work
Windshield frame rot
Most of the interior out. I pulled the roll bar and wheel well carpet right after this photo. Roll bar definitely looks home built/welded.
Passenger floorboard rot
Driver's side not as holey but still kind of bad.
Tried to salvage the windshield and botched the removal.
Shedding rust from messing with the windshield frame
It had some diamond plate rocker covers riveted in place. I drilled the rivets and found what I expected. Same spot on both sides.
Underhood the wiring is a bit of a mess and the airhorns are going bye bye. Powertrain is AMC 304 V8, T15 3 spd manual, Dana 20 Transfer case, Dana 44 rear axle and Dana 30 front. The transmission needs an overhaul, it won't stay in first gear unless you hold the shifter in place. And the Transfer case has a pretty stout leak from the rear output seal. I'll probably overhaul it as well while I have the transmission out.
Edit- Also noticed one of the previous owners not only welded a bullbar to the stock bumper but also welded supports from the bull bar DIRECTLY TO THE FRAME. Ugh. On top of that the winch mount is a piece of C channel welded to the crossmember then the winch was half assedly bolted to that piece of channel. I'm going to burn up a few cut off wheels getting this mess apart.
