JENSSEN Posted January 11, 2011 Author Posted January 11, 2011 Going to have to tap the brakes this week,.. Off to the centre of the universe for a few days (Toronto), more progress to come next week :)
87Warrior Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 I like where you are going with this rig. Should be right at home with your other Jeeps :brows:
JENSSEN Posted January 16, 2011 Author Posted January 16, 2011 Well I am back from my conference and ready to play with the manche again,... May need some help from the members here to figure out how much coil I need to stuff in the front to level the old beast out. May be a new post in the tech question area later,..
JENSSEN Posted January 16, 2011 Author Posted January 16, 2011 After a quick clean up I started ion the drivers side floor pan after some investigation it was deemed the "spine" of the floor was not even remotely salvageable,.. faaack so I started on a new one :)
stewbrew1 Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 After a quick clean up I started ion the drivers side floor pan after some investigation it was deemed the "spine" of the floor was not even remotely salvageable,.. faaack so I started on a new one :) how much if you build another one of those supports?? :D
JENSSEN Posted January 17, 2011 Author Posted January 17, 2011 18 gauge $75 + shipping 16 gauge $100 + shipping (16 is a PITA in my little break) Will need to be fitted on the rear a bit as I make them a bit long Measurements are guesses as my was rotten that sound fair? EDIT: I see your in the same boat,...
JENSSEN Posted January 18, 2011 Author Posted January 18, 2011 It always looks worse before it gets better,... Now the new inner rockers are ready, last of the rusty needs to be removed and then the healing can begin,...
MancheKid86 Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 :bowdown: subscribed :drool: lookin good man, you do great work, you did exactly what i wanted to do to my last manche, just didnt have the material or tools
JENSSEN Posted January 19, 2011 Author Posted January 19, 2011 Got the inner rockers rebuilt tonight :) Inner looks gross still I have some cleaning and finishing to do yet
mjfever Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 lookin' good man...........I'm doing pretty much the same thing i'll get some more pics up today,it feels good to know i'm not the only person who'll undertake such a project.keep up the good work! :cheers:
JENSSEN Posted January 19, 2011 Author Posted January 19, 2011 lookin' good man...........I'm doing pretty much the same thing i'll get some more pics up today,it feels good to know i'm not the only person who'll undertake such a project.keep up the good work! :cheers: It didn't seem like "such a project" when I started! LMFAO!
buxmj Posted January 20, 2011 Posted January 20, 2011 I am very impressed with the work you have done. Keep up the great work and keep the pics coming.
JENSSEN Posted January 20, 2011 Author Posted January 20, 2011 Thanks man! I am waiting on a few parts to finish the drivers floor pan, but if time allows I will work on the drivers side rockers and cab corners today or tomm :)
JENSSEN Posted January 20, 2011 Author Posted January 20, 2011 Scored this up for $30.00 because it won't eject disks,.. LOL it's got rubber rollers and when they get dusty they won't eject,.. just have to clean it up inside and it will be GTG
JENSSEN Posted January 26, 2011 Author Posted January 26, 2011 Scored up some new rims from a '98 Grand at the Junk yard and a couple of new B-Pillar lights at the Edmonton PYP :) Now just to find some bigger tires :$
ryno56 Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 I saw the pick-n-pull had a couple MJ's but I haven't been able to get out there. Any good stuff left on them when you were there? Taillights?
MancheKid86 Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 might wana pull the rest of that frame rail off, :thumbsup: looks like that part of the sheetmetal is rusted all the way down. don't want all the great work go to waste 8) can't wait for more
thayer03 Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 Looks great Jennsen! Nice to see ya here. A fellow Calgarian! Wish i had the time and resourses to get the rockers done on my 90 comanche. Sometime when it warms up. Randy
JENSSEN Posted January 27, 2011 Author Posted January 27, 2011 I saw the pick-n-pull had a couple MJ's but I haven't been able to get out there. Any good stuff left on them when you were there? Taillights? Some good bits, there were some tail lamps, one rear bumper, decent tail gates,.. one is hit really hard of the front,...
JENSSEN Posted January 27, 2011 Author Posted January 27, 2011 Looks great Jennsen! Nice to see ya here. A fellow Calgarian!Wish i had the time and resourses to get the rockers done on my 90 comanche. Sometime when it warms up. Randy Where are you in the City? how bad are the rockers? I have a few others that have read my posts that my be employing my services to do some work on theirs,.. maybe stop by sometime.
MancheKid86 Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 Looks great Jennsen! Nice to see ya here. A fellow Calgarian!Wish i had the time and resourses to get the rockers done on my 90 comanche. Sometime when it warms up. Randy Where are you in the City? how bad are the rockers? I have a few others that have read my posts that my be employing my services to do some work on theirs,.. maybe stop by sometime. and those right there are the words of a true jeeper
thayer03 Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 Looks great Jennsen! Nice to see ya here. A fellow Calgarian!Wish i had the time and resourses to get the rockers done on my 90 comanche. Sometime when it warms up. Randy Where are you in the City? how bad are the rockers? I have a few others that have read my posts that my be employing my services to do some work on theirs,.. maybe stop by sometime. I live in Acadia. One house off the corner of Southland and Acadia. It would be great to get together. Send me your digits and we get together sometime. I am off to a friends shop this weekend to take care of the signal stat. The drivers rocker is not bad but the passenger side is rough. I will get some pics for ya.
JENSSEN Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 Looks great Jennsen! Nice to see ya here. A fellow Calgarian!Wish i had the time and resourses to get the rockers done on my 90 comanche. Sometime when it warms up. Randy Where are you in the City? how bad are the rockers? I have a few others that have read my posts that my be employing my services to do some work on theirs,.. maybe stop by sometime. I live in Acadia. One house off the corner of Southland and Acadia. It would be great to get together. Send me your digits and we get together sometime. I am off to a friends shop this weekend to take care of the signal stat. The drivers rocker is not bad but the passenger side is rough. I will get some pics for ya. You have a PM! Now a few quick updates,.. Found an AX-15 from a 99 XJ $123.00 :) Jucked up the nose to try and figure out coils for the front,.. :wall: :smiley-scared002: Drivers pan came in this week,...
JENSSEN Posted January 31, 2011 Author Posted January 31, 2011 Well I plugged away and fitted the floor,... faaaawk! Then I called the Wifey out to get some good smooth welds in on the floor Now the new pan didn't cover 100% of the rust so I have a few more small pieces to make up,.. progress pics up soon :)
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