A Norwegian Scrambler project

[Jan-Erik]

Finally I'm done with the blasting and grinding on the frame... It's taken way too long, but I've been very well acquainted with good old Murphy on the way...

Anyway, had to do some cleaning in the garage, and now the body and frame is lined up on one side, and we have the other side to work on other cars.

Also I got the fenders back from paint. They turned out really nice.

 

[Panther]

Anything new happening?

 

[Jan-Erik]

Anything new happening?

Yeah, well.. The swine flue has struck Norway hard now... So, I've had a couple of weeks with other stuff on my mind.

Anyway, I've started some work on the rollcages. I'm stripping them down to the metal, the same way as I did with the frame. I'll post some photos the next time I've been down in the garage.

 

[Jan-Erik]

A little more progress yesterday. The rollcage was starting to rust since I started to "grind" it without putting any paint on it. So, I removed all the paint, og put a layer of zink on it.

The in-cab rollcage doesn't look very nice. It needs a bit of sanding, grinding and welding.

Photo of the finished fenders.

 

[Jan-Erik]

Alright, so Obama and Airforce One has just left Norwegian soil, and things are hopefully going back to normal here soon. Well, my dad phoned me up now, and he told me 85kg of Jeep goodness just arrived at his home (as I'm at work). Can't wait to get off work now... It's xmas eve for me tonight!!!

Photos will be posted later tonight...

 

[Jan-Erik]

Xmas eve a little early

Checked out the "Heavy box-o-parts", and here's some photos:

Heavy box-o-parts

Parts...

Bushings and stuff...

Gauges...

Harness...

Front driveshaft for my TJ...

So, I had to do something tonight, so I changed the seat cover one one of the seats. I forgot to take a before picture, but it was horrible. I'll shoot one of the other seat later. Anyway, I managed to get it changed even though it was a real pain to get the new cover to fit perfectly. I think it turned out alright, even though it's probably not 100% tight..

 

[Jan-Erik]

Yesterday I was doing some stuff with my TJ. It's not very relevant to this thread or forum, but one thing I did was to put ice spikes in my tires. It was a hell of a job. 400 spikes (100 in each tire), but it turned out great. Tonight it snowed pretty much (still snowing), and I think I got 1000% increased grip on the tires. It was like driving a new car.

 

[bigwalton]

Awesome! Those are great tires. Had a set of 33s on my Scrambler before I moved to 35s.

 

[Jan-Erik]

Awesome! Those are great tires. Had a set of 33s on my Scrambler before I moved to 35s.

Yeah, they're great! But, they get worn down pretty quick. After two years my tires are extremely slippery, even in summer when it's wet. So if I lived in the States, I would probably buy a new set... Unfortunately the price in Norway is about 4 times..

 

[Jan-Erik]

I was supposed to get some work done during xmas, but unfortunately my dad was sent to the hospital, and the whole xmas has been upside down... The situation is still not good, but fingers crossed..

Anyway, I'm on sickleave from work now as I've been stressed out for 2.5 weeks now, and during the daytime I'm having some garage time now.

So, today I welded the first frame plate to the frame. I had to do some cutting in it in order to make it fit my frame.

Here's some photos. DO NOT mock my welds It's my first time welding... It doesn't look that nice, but the plates won't fall off

To be continued tomorrow...

 

[Jan-Erik]

Welded on the plate on the other side today. But I think it was about -25 degrees inside the garage (at least it felt like it. The snow never melted on my TJ), so I didn't do anything else which I was hoping to.

Because of the cold the passenger door on my TJ has been stuck more or less the whole winter. Had to take it apart and grease the wires.

 

[sportsidedan]

hej jan-eric! nice build... where are you located in norway? my mother is swedish but i live in belgium. come to sweden quite often. maybe we can meet up sometimes this summer when your scrambler is finished...

also have a scrambler out here, not as off-road purposed as yours but more of a porsche killer...
its got a 475hp fuel injected 401... great fun...

talk to you later. dan

 

[Jan-Erik]

hej jan-eric! nice build... where are you located in norway? my mother is swedish but i live in belgium. come to sweden quite often. maybe we can meet up sometimes this summer when your scrambler is finished...

also have a scrambler out here, not as off-road purposed as yours but more of a porsche killer...
its got a 475hp fuel injected 401... great fun...

talk to you later. dan

Hey,

Sorry for the late reply. That's great. Where in Sweden do your mother live? I live just outside of Oslo.

I'm a member of JeepClub Norway. We team up as often as we can and go offroading. It's a place quite close to the Swedish border (about 20-30 min ride) where I've been quite often. Also there's a bunch of us who takes trips to Sweden and go offroading with those guys. You may wanna check out the Jeepclubnorway.no forum for info about trips we do.

Your Scrambler look absoluteley amazing! Would love to see it! Unfortunately my Scrambler won't be done this summer. I want to belive so, but I have to face the fact that my wife is due to have our second child this tuesday and also I have my TJ to worry about (which is my daily driver).

Anyway, it would be cool to keep in touch!

 

[Jan-Erik]

Another off topic post...

During xmas I started to hear some noises in my TJ. They got worse day by day, and finally I got help from a friend to find out where the noise was coming from. After some test driving and looking, it turned out that the yoke on the rear axle was loose.. I mean, really loose.. just hanging there... Of course this didn't look good, and we figured that we'll give it a shoot, and just tighten it up. Well, that didn't help. I phoned "my axel guy", and he wasn't too optimistic. So after some checking, I decided to go for a new Dana44 with arb instead of fixing my Dana35. I will fix the Dana35 at some point I guess, but I don't want to spend money on it now, and it may break after 2 years again. This sucks a bit, and now my TJ is parked

Luckly my brother is attending the olympics now, and he won't be back in about 5 weeks, so he let me use his car:

But it's not my Jeep

 

[Jan-Erik]

Proud father

Another off-topic...

"Today" at 02:39 am I got a son. 3714 grams and 50 cm long. This is me and my wifes second child. His sister is 3.5 year old and extremely proud

 

[jeffs396]

Congrats Jan-Erik!!!

Oh, & your Scrambler is looking good too!

 

[John N]

Big Congrats on your son...He'll be helping you in the shop before you know it....

Then taking your Jeep...Then your tools.....I speak from experience, but it's great.

 

[bigwalton]

CONGRATS!!! Give that boy a welder!

Sorry to hear about your TJ. Wish I could spend 5 weeks going to the winter Olympics!!!

 

[Randyzzz]

Congrats!

 

[Jan-Erik]

Thanks a lot guys!

We're home now, and I'm getting two weeks off from work (one more week left). So, I'm thinking about what parts I can bring home from the garage, to the livingroom / dining table to work on My wife just gave me a stupid look when I mentioned it.. hehe..