The86manche

Small update. Went and got my seat. Pulled the brackets off and soaked them in evaporust. One mount needs to be replaced but was still very usable for mock up. Floor braces mocked up. And would you look at that, it fits! Sharpied witness lines for the brace, pulled everything back out and taped over the sharpie. Next will be scuff and some enamel before I weld the brace in

I have a set.. somewhere.. Ill have to search for them but I know I have a set

I will say, that one patch was the biggest pain in my @ss.. Used metal too thin and it kept warping and blowing through and splitting. So I ended up having to do it again. With thicker metal. It was a struggle of chasing little pinhole. Quite frustrating. But its good. Its done. Seam sealer will finish the rest up. I cleaned up and brushed some epoxy on. I still have to clean up the underside before I can treat it. But now.. I can finally get ready for the floor brace. I need to get my seat so I can mock up the brace in the correct spot for welding. Once that is done I can wrap up the driver side completely, rocker and cab corner.

So much welding.. so much grinding.. So I finished up welding the floor. Made a small patch for the area i cut too short. What a mess.. Addressed the burn spots on the inside of the rocker too.

Coming back to this, done some loose thinking and checking out prices for used ones and I was thinking setting the prices somewhere around 60 plus the old module as a "core" or 70 or so without a core. What are your thoughts

1990 yj fresh in yhe yard. 2.5. Has the amc air filter box, and I'm sure the throttle body is worth something. I wasn't going to grab unless someone wants something from it.

Back from a bachelor party that was up in Vermont! Beautiful area. Had a good time and enjoyed the views. Fought through my exhaustion for some motivation and did some more floor work. Ground down all the spot welds and coated in zinc primer and then started on the seam for the trans tunnel. I can't wait to be done with all this floor pan welding and grinding lol

Its been a while since ive seen the harness on the back of an mj but I believe they were secured to the left inner unirail and the bed?

I actually have an air powered one! It does make grinding less of a hassle, especially on angles spots like against the rocker.

And some more motivation! I am so not looking forward to all the grinding I'm going to have to do. I also still need to weld around the trans tunnel but i cut a spot a little short so i may have to trim more and make a patch. the floor brace will be going to work tomorrow so i can epoxy it and from there... more drilling..

Would you just look at it! The key parts full floor section was a pretty damn good fit. There were a few areas that needed some persuasion but we got it there. All in all.. 10/10 would buy again. key parts floors are pretty damn good.

I was feeling really motivated tonight!

I wouldn't necessarily say its required. But a lot of people, when they end up doing major unibody repairs on these trucks, do stuffeners for extra support, bracing, and peace of mind. So even though you are only doing overlanding it might not hurt to do. Even if its just the front half of the truck.

So much closer to the floor being a permanent feature! Spent tonight wrapping up small jobs that needed to get done. Seat belt brace! Burned in both ends. I was not impressed with amcs quality here. The brace is only welded to the floor. So I added a few tacs to the unibody for a more solid and permanent fit. Previous owner had put an online fuel pump in the truck way back when the 2.8 died and put in a 3.4. It worked. But also looked like he went through several online pumps over the years. And left several holes. Didn't need to weld them up because they were blasted and epoxied but I wasn't a fan of them. Cleaned. Filled. Ground. And touched up.. no wonder this project is taking so long... Final touches here. Sanded. Cleaned. And black enamel. If this truck ever rusts again.. it won't be in my lifetime. From here, ive got some seam seal to scrape. Some spots to clean for weld. And a few spots to address on the floor pan and then its getting welded in. Hopefully this week.

Yeah i know you're right. I just don't want to rip down ALL that thick seam sealer lol.. such a mess and a hassle. But I will. The plan will be I will weld in the new floor pan and then rip doen the seam sealer. Just so I can keep the crap out of the unibody rail, cause I'm tired of cleaning that out too haha