Curing cancer, 76 FJ40

[tweek99]

I got the patch welded in and drilled. Started to place the diagonals when I decided I had better do the ends of the frame rails and rear spring perches first. Only got the DS perch out tonight and its pretty much toast and the shackles are throwaways too. I will make new perches out of some 3/8" I have laying around.

 

[Dagha Boy]

Wow. Great job. I get so embarrassed at how I wailed and gnashed my teeth on my thread about all the "terrible rust" I had to deal with, when I see what you guys have to deal with ito rust.

I nearly ran away when I saw all the muck lying in my frame. (It was right to the top of the cut outs.) At first sight I thought the frame must be a goner for sure. Fortunately for me no harm had been done other than a bit of really minor pitting. It seems to me that this is a common problem as there is just no way for water etc to drain out of the frame other than seeping out slowly through the seams, and obviously has plenty time to deposit really solid layers of sediment.

I did think of drilling two 1/2 " drain holes at both ends of the flat part to speed up draining, but for some reason I didn't do it. I really regret that now. The next one will definitely get that.

where I got really lucky on this was that there was a lot of diesel mixed in with all the muck which must have offered some protection.

 

[tweek99]

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Wow. Great job. I get so embarrassed at how I wailed and gnashed my teeth on my thread about all the "terrible rust" I had to deal with, when I see what you guys have to deal with ito rust.

I nearly ran away when I saw all the muck lying in my frame. (It was right to the top of the cut outs.) At first sight I thought the frame must be a goner for sure. Fortunately for me no harm had been done other than a bit of really minor pitting. It seems to me that this is a common problem as there is just no way for water etc to drain out of the frame other than seeping out slowly through the seams, and obviously has plenty time to deposit really solid layers of sediment.

I did think of drilling two 1/2 " drain holes at both ends of the flat part to speed up draining, but for some reason I didn't do it. I really regret that now. The next one will definitely get that.

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where I got really lucky on this was that there was a lot of diesel mixed in with all the muck which must have offered some protection.

That is alot of gunk. The problem mine had was never doing much but winter driving in the last 30 years. There wasn't much sediment just piles of rust and scale.

Most of my friends make their fjs or heeps into river machines. Lots of water and sand and not much else. Makes for nice bodies and chassis but very hard on seals. Engines can get drowned too.

 

[tweek99]

Got started on the perch plates and frame patches. I will reuse the perches because they aren't erroded like the plates. A torch and hammer can make most anything a person needs. In the words of my uncle "if you can't fix it with a blue wrench and a hammer it can't be fixed."

 

[AdamKFarmer]

Wow, this is intense! Great job!

 

[Phatty]

Awesome work!

 

[tweek99]

Thanks guys

 

[tweek99]

Finally making more progress. Taxes are over with and my butt only hurts a little bit. DS corner is done and i am started on the PS. The PS isn't nearly as bad as the DS. Hopefully I can get the frame ready for blasting by the end of the weekend.

 

[tweek99]

More progress tonight. I have the passenger side done and just need to drill holes for the taillight shield. I also need to cut the "C" notch out of the rear of both sides of the frame and smooth out some of the welds.

I think I should have just tapped the holes for the taillight shield right into the frame, but I did nuts on the DS. Now I need to do nuts on the PS so it's even. Now I just need to have a few hours where I can blast the frame. Once that's done I can haul it in for galvanizing. Needless to say, i am getting pretty jacked.

 

[tweek99]

Spent a few hours grinding and grinding and grinding on my welds. I am glad I am done with that. I also removed the old steering box pedestal and cut the over length lip from the patch I put in the center of the rear bumper.

All I have left to do is weld in the rear cross braces I made which I just set in for pictures. I need to grind the surface rust away before I weld them in so I don't have anything to worry about when I have the frame hot dipped.

 

[White Stripe]

Spent a few hours grinding and grinding and grinding on my welds. I am glad I am done with that. I also removed the old steering box pedestal and cut the over length lip from the patch I put in the center of the rear bumper.

All I have left to do is weld in the rear cross braces I made which I just set in for pictures. I need to grind the surface rust away before I weld them in so I don't have anything to worry about when I have the frame hot dipped.

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I think your shock studs are pointed the wrong way aren't they?

 

[tweek99]

I think your shock studs are pointed the wrong way aren't they?

I put them back the way they came off, pointing forward. You had me sweating for a minute, but that is the reason I took a lot of pictures. Wheew!

 

[White Stripe]

Oh OK. I could swore they go the other way. Sorry.

 

[tweek99]

If anyone is interested to know, sandblasting sucks. I should have paid the few hundred dollars, but I'm cheap.

 

[mtnbiker4evr13]

Great work on the frame and body and everything else! I'm about to start in on a very rusty 40 as well so seeing your work helps with the "misery loves company" side of things. That frame looks rather original, once painted you would have to know the work was done to notice it. Great job!

 

[tweek99]

[QUOTE! ="mtnbiker4evr13, post: 10353906, member: 70047"]Great work on the frame and body and everything else! I'm about to start in on a very rusty 40 as well so seeing your work helps with the "misery loves company" side of things. That frame looks rather original, once painted you would have to know the work was done to notice it. Great job![/QUOTE]
Thanks! It's been fun for the most part but sandblasting is not very enjoyable.

 

[oldschool4wheeling]

Great Work!!

 

[tweek99]

I finally have a tub ready for primer and bed liner. Hooray!! Have more blasting to do on the frame. It is a tedious process.

 

[tweek99]

Well, at least there's no bed-liner to scrape off...Welcome!!

There wasn't much. The little bit that was there was a PIA when I was sandblasting.

 

[pistonpete]

Real nice work !