Boilermaker Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 A friend went and viewed an MJ this morning. Everything looked pretty good except for this. The pics are of the looking backwards at underside of the truck, near the passenger door. My guess is that its the drain hole furthest back in the cab. Didn't have tools around to take apart enough of the interior to see the entire floor pan (live and learn i guess). What we could see had only minor surface in a few areas. Aside very small spot here and there, the rest of the underside of the truck is in really good shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Out of curiosity, have you pulled up the carpet yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilermaker Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 No, not much of it. They pulled some of the trim off and pulled the carpet back to the seats on both sides and found only some minor surface rust. The owner was going to take some more pics and send them to me so i could post them here. He said something about needing a torx bit. Doing a search now for seat removal. The passenger side door has some damage and its probably where the water is getting in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confedneck Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 need a t47 for the seatbelts and a 13mm for the seat nuts... my floor looked 10 times worse than that underneath and i need both pans replaced, thats an easy patch job though, just por15 or something the inside and outside of the rest of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilermaker Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 yea, i think i'm going to be waiting on the owner to pick up the right torx bit and take everything apart. The area of rust was soft, had lots of give; basically it seems to be rusted almost thru in that 4"x3" area. At what point is it better to cut and replace then use a rust converter? The truck is in good condition otherwise; it would make a great DD if it wasn't for that one spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 if you're complaining about that one spot, then you're sorely misguided in the world of comanches. you replace the entire soft section. to do that you remove the seat, lower interior trim, center console, and carpet. use a rust converter/dissolver/preventative AFTER you replace the bad section. if the rest of the truck is in great shape, you have absolutely nothing to worry about...that's not structural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilermaker Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 defiantly not complaining; just double checking with those who have more experience with MJs. After searching thru threads for floor pan and floor rust, i haven't yet found a picture that showed rust repair that far back in the cab floor. Didn't know if there was a reason for it or it. As long as its not structural, i'm too concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confedneck Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 possibly caused by a rear window leak, leak check the rear window just to be sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilermaker Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 thanks for the suggestion; making a list of what look for when one of us goes back. Owner has already agreed to drop the price some to offset any repair. Pretty optimistic at this point something will get done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 .. I don't think I have any pics of it, but I haven't found an MJ yet that didn't need rust repair in that section. not even the 3800. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Be glad that you just have one little spot to replace... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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