Build Thread $600 CJ5!

[Serdich77CJ5]

Tim seems like you and I are doing the same build. Except you are a little further along than I am and have a lot more experience than me. This is my first attempt at something this extreme. I have to admit I'm excited to do it, but also nervous that I am going to something wrong and mess it all up. Wish you lived closer so I could come over or you could come here.

 

[Serdich77CJ5]

Oh and I got mine for $500. everything except the Tub.

 

[Tim_Coble]

Tim seems like you and I are doing the same build. Except you are a little further along than I am and have a lot more experience than me. This is my first attempt at something this extreme. I have to admit I'm excited to do it, but also nervous that I am going to something wrong and mess it all up. Wish you lived closer so I could come over or you could come here.

Oh, I have no idea what I'm doing!

 

[Serdich77CJ5]

OH good then maybe the two of us can limp our way through this together to the finish line.

 

[Tim_Coble]

Not much progress but I took advantage of the first sunny and DRY day to get as much rust removed as possible and added a coat of "rusty metal" primer to the frame. I still have some welding to do but this will at least protect the bare metal as I work around the weather.

 

[Jeep Soup]

Looking Great !!
Been watching theses two similar Post.
Keep going, you will be sitting on it making Varoom Varoom noises soon

 

[Serdich77CJ5]

Looking good Tim.

 

[Tim_Coble]

Looking good Tim.

Thanks! Looking like nice weather this weekend, hoping to make some more progress as I wait for my OME spring kit to arrive.

 

[CJ]

Thanks! Looking like nice weather this weekend, hoping to make some more progress as I wait for my OME spring kit to arrive.

You will like the OME ride.

 

[Tim_Coble]

The weather is downright arctic in north Alabama but good news - my OME YJ conversion kit should be delivered Saturday. It will be above freezing Sunday afternoon, maybe I can prep the frame for the new spring hangers.

 

[Serdich77CJ5]

The weather is the same here frigid, and my garage isn't heated, so work has been at a standstill. I have parts coming in Friday. New fuel tank, new fuel tank skid plate and straps, and the sending unit. I can't install anything until I can put on my rust encapsulater and I think it has to be at least 45 to even paint it on.