88SGTSlaughter Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 Project Sargent Slaughter is the build of my First MJ I wasnt looking for another jeep at the moment but a buddy of mine called and mentioned he saw one sitting outside of a house and it looked a bit dusty like it had been sitting awhile. I didnt think much of it the rest of the day until I got off of work. Then when me and the wife were leaving for dinner, I said hey lets go take a look at it just as a piece of mind. We pulled up, I thought it looked a little rough but after looking at it a bit I realized it was just minor stuff. The guy had 1000$ on the sign in the window, which I said that I honestly couldnt pay what he was asking, he was interested in my offer. I told him I could do 600$ And he accepted. So I went to dinner, stopped at home grabbed some cash and went and got it. I am thankful I listen to my stomach and went to look at it. I couldnt imagine someone else buying it. :) So I got it home, Decided to wash it off and get the filth off of it from sitting for almost 3 years. It looked a lot better then it did when I picked it up! I then decided to remove the front flares, start the work on the body. I got the d/s fender done, and about half the front end sanded down.
88SGTSlaughter Posted June 24, 2012 Author Posted June 24, 2012 Today I removed the bedliner and found nothing but a little surface rust! Then I went into the D/S Floors, they are bad but Ive sen worse! this is how they were when I got it, they tried to fix it. (did an awful job) Then after I cut out the bad on D/S Thats all I did so far, tomorrow ill clean it up a bit and start putting metal in.
mountainman Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 damn... these things DO rust pretty bad. reminds me of all the stuff i work on. But this stuff is twice the age of these jeeps. Thats pretty crazy for sure. I guess ill look at my floor one day. I live in vegas, so... doubt theres even a spec of rust. nothing here rusts. Its WAY too dry.
88SGTSlaughter Posted June 24, 2012 Author Posted June 24, 2012 They rust plus I live in a bad area for salt. :/ Today I got the metal molded for the front half of the floor. Little bit to get it prefect then time to weld it in.
88SGTSlaughter Posted June 25, 2012 Author Posted June 25, 2012 Today I finished the floor on the drivers side! Here it is welded and sealed And finished with primer Back two spots Large front section Tomorrow or sometime this week I'll finish the passenger side.
88SGTSlaughter Posted June 28, 2012 Author Posted June 28, 2012 Nice man. handled it. Thanks, I figured best way to get it done is just do it! This weeked will be two weeks Ive had it, I need to go finish the other side this weekend! Then start pulling motor, and trans maybe?
MancheKid86 Posted June 29, 2012 Posted June 29, 2012 looking good, did you remove all the surface rust before priming?
88SGTSlaughter Posted June 29, 2012 Author Posted June 29, 2012 Thanks! On the fender or floor? Either way yes I removed the rust before I primed. I also will be finishing a good part of the body this weekend. Atleast the cab, beds gonna take a bit more work.
88SGTSlaughter Posted August 13, 2012 Author Posted August 13, 2012 I picked up a 3m eraser wheel to remove the vinyl. It made my life easy, still took about an hour or two. I have some clean up but here are the pics.
88SGTSlaughter Posted August 16, 2012 Author Posted August 16, 2012 Got a bunch sanded today, I found a few more holes in the bed. :( not a big deal tho. Here is the front shot with the color on it for reference. Popped the window out of the rear, clean it up a bit, sanded the roof and got the rest of cab on DS done and ready for spot putty. The bed is the roughest part. Gonna have a bit of body work to do but it will ge there. I'm glad I got the stripes off as easy as I did.
88SGTSlaughter Posted August 16, 2012 Author Posted August 16, 2012 Its 2wd for now, I'm in the market for a trans/tcase to swap it over.
ExTrEmEmJ86 Posted August 16, 2012 Posted August 16, 2012 looking good what are your plans for a lift and tire size? :thumbsup:
88SGTSlaughter Posted August 16, 2012 Author Posted August 16, 2012 6.5-8" long arm not sure on which Ill get probably 6.5 tho, 33/35" tires, d44 rear, 4.56 gears, rear locker some bumpers and a warn 8000 if i can find a deal on one.
88SGTSlaughter Posted August 18, 2012 Author Posted August 18, 2012 Trimmed the fenders, and fit my 32km2s on stock height.
88SGTSlaughter Posted August 19, 2012 Author Posted August 19, 2012 More pics from both sides. I need to reweld the rears. I didnt cut and fold because the rust. So I just cut it off, ill fix it in the future.
88SGTSlaughter Posted November 11, 2012 Author Posted November 11, 2012 Still looking for a trans and tcase. of anyone knows local let me know! I did get mor done to him, but not as much as I hoped. I have had a busy life lately so its not got a lot of attention. I have been saving for a lift tho and I have my XJ up for sale so once that goes ill have some mod money and get a collection of part ready for spring. Ill try to get some pics up later on today.
88SGTSlaughter Posted November 12, 2012 Author Posted November 12, 2012 Here are some pics of the rocker patch, and the rest of cab in primer. the passenger rocker drivers side Some of the cab v
88SGTSlaughter Posted November 12, 2012 Author Posted November 12, 2012 Thanks, I'm trying! I got to get to the pass floor next
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