62 Cj5. The Miami Project.

I might turn a rod to the inner diameter and with a lot of heat and hammering, while holding it on a vise try to reproduce the curvature of that bottom piece. But trying with thinner steel first is definitively a great idea. Thanks!

 

The easy part is done. All the holes have been plugged and whatever is left of the gate has been primed. As soon as I go back to work I will try the bottom part.

 

Please, raise your hand if this has happened to you. The more holes/patches you do, the more there are. When I think I'm about to finish, a few more holes that I was sure weren't there yesterday show up!

 

there are rust/hole genies that infect jeeps, and they do it.

 

If anyone was waiting for some members of the forum to try the tailgate repair sections, wait no more! The short section I purchased was amazing! Very straight and fits the pins very snug. I had some concerns about the width of the part, since my tailgate was rusted all the way to the begining of the rib centered on the Willy's sign. I actually had to trim it a little, which it was what I wanted so I could fit it properly. It was probably the easiest sheet metal repair I had done on my tub. And that is saying a lot! After spot welding the section I tinned it to fill all the holes
and then I smoothed it with a flap disc.
Since we have a saying here: " pics or it didn't happen", here they are...

 

Are these holes supposed to be here or those are another creation of the PO?

 

Mine have weird fuzzy ripped felt or something attached there if I remember correctly, maybe to separate from the radiator?

 

Great job on the tailgate!

 

i thiunk it's rubber backed canvas, to separate the grille from the radiator.

 

Where do I get it?

 

dunnno, maybe kaiserwillys?

 

Thanks!

 

Walacks has it. it’s a felt spacer to seal the air gap between the radiator and grill

 

Thanks! I can probably make my own. When I got the jeep it was missing a bunch of stuff, that is why sometimes I have no clue what goes where.

 

Hahaha, mine too, but it was because it returned to the earth...

 

First try...

 

To those who succesfuly completed the fuel tank relocation I have an issue I might need help solving. Now the part of the tank where the fuel sender is, touches one of the ribs of the bed, lifting the tub about an inch. I am inclined to cut it but I would like to hear how other people have addressed this issue. Is this something that would self adjust with the rubber mounts? I plan to put the 1/4 thick ones, but if I need to go thicker I would.