WJ tank carrier fun

[KJowner]

Rain finally stopped for a day so I took advantage and picked up a sheet of steel & then dropped the tank carrier off, annoyingly it has a towbar that has to come off too.
Weird the Italian KJ is all metric and the German WJ is mainly imperial.

Didn't look too bad on the car, just a hole.

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Doesn't look to healthy now though!

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Annoyingly I can't get in my garage / welding shop because there is a dead KJ blocking the door and another car in there so I'm going to be dodging the weather trying to get it welded up & the forecast is awful for the next few days.

 

[KJowner]

A dry morning so I've been able to clean it up a bit and tack some fresh steel in, it's so weak and flexible with all the rust I've had to weld random bits on to make a frame.

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[lfhoward]

Wow nice work. Will you drill holes in the new steel to let water drain out?

 

[KJowner]

Wow nice work. Will you drill holes in the new steel to let water drain out?

Yes and coat it in lots of epoxy primer and wax, it was almost in 2 bits!

 

[KJowner]

Ready for seam welding & cutting in the drop to clear the fuel takeoff pot. A friend let me use his workshop so I could get on in the rain.

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The curved bits are a PITA! But at least it's solid again, wish we had the cheap Jeep parts available here!
I've just ordered some Raptor, I'm going to epoxy prime then blast it inside and out with that. Good practice for my KJ's sills in the summer.

 

[KJowner]

Done at last

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Plenty of Mig wire in there!

 

[Luke]

My 2 cents … if you have access to Oshpo or similar, a couple coats to convert that rust into iron phosphate before you raptor it, will preserve all of your hard work.

 

[lfhoward]

My 2 cents … if you have access to Oshpo or similar, a couple coats to convert that rust into iron phosphate before you raptor it, will preserve all of your hard work.

X2 on the Ospho. That stuff works well.

Then I think you need to paint it green and name it Frankenstein.