What did you do to your jeep today?

[derekj]

It’s just hilarious that they called that a Mustang…. smells of desperation.

I refuse to call it a Mustang - Mustangs have loud V8’s and manual transmission’s

 

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[Johnny O]

I remember once upon a time, seeing a thread from someone (I think on LOST) that took RAM 2500 tow miirrors and grafted them on. I can't find the article, so I don't know what year(s) were appropriate. I also remember there being some electrical issues (directions didn't match) but I'd be able to sort that out eventually.
Problem is, that's a pretty hefty investment to make, and i'm not sure I can make work without a bunch of work.
these add-ons I ordered, i'm 99% confident I can make work well enough for a 1000 mile trip back from GA with a trailer.
I don't/won't need them

I refuse to call it a Mustang - Mustangs have loud V8’s and manual transmission’s

And dudes with skin tight T-shirts with the sleeves rolled up.

 

[Johnny O]

Sweeeet. But why no Bronco Raptor High Package?

Note: Dude on campus has one...was very hard to keep a straight face pulling him out of a big plow pile last week after the blizzard...

To clarify in the guy's defense: He gave into the urge to drive over stuff we all get.

 

[Johnny O]

Thanks to filthy road melt I noticed interesting things about Rubicon hood design. Sure the stock hood vents are non-functional plastic boxes but the filth demonstrates the hood was designed so they would work.

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Legit post as my neighbor's LIBERTY IS IN THE BACKGROUND.

 

[Deb'nKJ]

I refuse to call it a Mustang - Mustangs have loud V8’s and manual transmission’s

The marque survived the travesty that was Mustang II - but this might be a step too far.

There are a couple in the SE London suburb I'm holed up in during the week. There was a time when a Mustang round those parts would turn heads, now people just shake their heads (whether that in despair or just disbelief is difficult to tell)

 

[Johnny O]

The marque survived the travesty that was Mustang II - but this might be a step too far.

There are a couple in the SE London suburb I'm holed up in during the week. There was a time when a Mustang round those parts would turn heads, now people just shake their heads (whether that in despair or just disbelief is difficult to tell)

More despair and disbelief than a Ford Prefect?

 

[Johnny O]

Got a bunch of boxes of chemicals to treat and coat aluminum parts. Will report on that in the other thread.

Gonna get weather well above freezing next week so the crunch is on to get stuff ready for installation.

Also reverse engineered a well known and top rated chemical stripping solvent for an additional project requiring the removal lousy powder coat on some otherwise glorious stainless steel hood latches. Can’t say which one even thouh the formula is on the SDS.

Was laughing as the primary active ingredient is dichloromethane mixed with a bit of phenol, formic acid and hydrofluoric acid. the phenol acts as a thickener and the formic stabilizes the phenol. the hydrofluoric has no business being there as it causes surface damage to the metal which will also cause serious corrosion if not properly neutralized. I suspect that it is the key to the stuff stripping powder coatings as it will etch glass and ceramics too. I ain’t spending 90$ on 500ml of the stuff when I can mix my own with leftovers from student labs the knuckleheads contaminated.

 

[Noclutch]

Welp after doing further taking apart I saw that the pistons are kissed on the 04.Kj. I did some research and saw that if your pcm(ecm) has the 4 connectors plugged into, it’s a plug in play with any engine 3.7 up to 2012 with the exception of swapping over the throttle body(intake manifold) and other little components. I currently have a 07.KJ that has been sitting because it has a burnt clutch and bad pilot bearing. The engine has 198760 miles and it runs and sounds great. This is the donor engine I’m going to use. If anyone has any advice to offer it will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Johnny O]

Mwa ha ha haaaaaa!

Better living through hazardous materials recycling.

Mixed up some seriously ********* powder coat stripper. Skipped the hydrofluoric acid though- it's nasty all on its own.

I added toluene and acetone to the dichloromethane/phenol/formic acid mix and added just a touch of chromic acid.

Complete removal of powder coat in 15 minutes flat, plus the stuff added a magnificent golden etched surface prep. No scrubbing needed.

Now to neutralize with a nice 1 molar 1:1:1 hydroxide mix and an RODI rinse.

Was also able to reclaim 98% by volume of the solvent bath for later projects, so total hazardous waste is only 4 grams of dry residue. Converted the residual chromates to harmless chromium oxides.

 

[Deb'nKJ]

More despair and disbelief than a Ford Prefect?

Surprised you picked on the Prefect 'cos (apart from the fact I thought we only sent you Anglias & vans) it was quite advanced in its day - if you overlook the pre-war flathead & 3-speed they all inherited from the previous model. It served its purpose and despair would be reserved for those who pedaled them up 25% hills. Of course now they are less often than Mustangs, in any of its iterations, so, disbelief possibly (although that should be reserved for the weird & wonderful Consul Classic). Fortunately, English Ford name plates don't tend to be stuck on later, inappropriate, models. Escort being the obvious exception - although Mercury stole back "Zephyr" after Dagenham borrowed it from Lincoln &, for some reason, "you" decided that "Granada" would look good on something completely different & dragged it out of the '70's were it belonged.

 

[Johnny O]

Surprised you picked on the Prefect 'cos (apart from the fact I thought we only sent you Anglias & vans) it was quite advanced in its day - if you overlook the pre-war flathead & 3-speed they all inherited from the previous model. It served its purpose and despair would be reserved for those who pedaled them up 25% hills. Of course now they are less often than Mustangs, in any of its iterations, so, disbelief possibly (although that should be reserved for the weird & wonderful Consul Classic). Fortunately, English Ford name plates don't tend to be stuck on later, inappropriate, models. Escort being the obvious exception - although Mercury stole back "Zephyr" after Dagenham borrowed it from Lincoln &, for some reason, "you" decided that "Granada" would look good on something completely different & dragged it out of the '70's were it belonged.

Yeah...thank Douglas Adams for the Prefect joke. Most on this side of the pond never got the joke. I never understood the design, particularly when the Prefect is like the only car more underpowered that the VW 1200cc flat fours of the slightly later era.

Never was a Prefect here, but always wished the old school Defenders were available here without an act of Congress, or Parliament as the case may be.

 

[Johnny O]

WTF.

LocTite Blue 242 comes in a red tube!?!?!

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[klc]

Surprised you picked on the Prefect 'cos (apart from the fact I thought we only sent you Anglias & vans) it was quite advanced in its day - if you overlook the pre-war flathead & 3-speed they all inherited from the previous model. It served its purpose and despair would be reserved for those who pedaled them up 25% hills. Of course now they are less often than Mustangs, in any of its iterations, so, disbelief possibly (although that should be reserved for the weird & wonderful Consul Classic). Fortunately, English Ford name plates don't tend to be stuck on later, inappropriate, models. Escort being the obvious exception - although Mercury stole back "Zephyr" after Dagenham borrowed it from Lincoln &, for some reason, "you" decided that "Granada" would look good on something completely different & dragged it out of the '70's were it belonged.

I was stuck driving a Mercury Zephyr wagon for a couple of years, fortunately my wife-to-be did not hold that against me.

 

[sota]

got the tow mirrors in. as expected, they don't fit at all.
I can see exactly what needs done, so I contacted Thorn Engineering (dude who makes adapters for various other jeeps to mount these tow mirrors on) to see if he's interested in making the adapters.
Asking here... IF he's interested, would anyone else want these? And I mean SERIOUSLY interested.

Looking at some of the "knockoff" ones on fleabay, I'm pretty sure I could buy one of those and modify them to work, or at least get close. But I'd rather support the person that had the idea initially, if I can.

 

[lfhoward]

Looking forward to a day at the DIY garage tomorrow. I will be sure to report back on how things go with the Jeep. Praying for no seized bolts.

This is my second time renting a space like this to do vehicle work in the winter, and I hope it works out as well as the first time. (The first time I built the interior to my camping trailer.)

 

[Johnny O]

Looking forward to a day at the DIY garage tomorrow. I will be sure to report back on how things go with the Jeep. Praying for no seized bolts.

This is my second time renting a space like this to do vehicle work in the winter, and I hope it works out as well as the first time. (The first time I built the interior to my camping trailer.)

DIY Garage is a great franchise. I miss military base auto hobby though. Free!

 

[sota]

no DIY garages around here any more.
lawyers and liability insurance killed them.
in fact, lawyers and liability is killing damn near every biz around here.

 

[Johnny O]

Had a little "help" today while troubleshooting a door lock actuator. The Warpug is out with wifey so Lupe claimed his doggy bed in the workshop.

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Looks like the actuator has water damage, so going to have to replace.

 

[profdlp]

And dudes with skin tight T-shirts with the sleeves rolled up.

I have a bunch of shirts like that. They weren't skin tight when I bought them, but...

(I have been hitting the gym like a maniac for seven weeks now so that is slowly getting corrected.)