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Decided to move on to replacing the cowl seal, which has leaked since I reassembled the Jeep. The original seal I installed was most probably a Crown or Omix part. It fit well enough, just leaked. I probably should have put some goop between the outer seal lip and the face of the windshield...

Bolted the roll bar back into place this morning. Since three of the four panels are replacement pieces, and the original fourth panel was damaged by previous owner rollbar removal, I have to use nuts on all 16 bolts. No nice welded in place nuts on the underbody parts. Not the end of the world...

Might be helpful. https://www.cj-8.com/threads/meyer-st-78-snow-plow-w-monarch-hydraulic-controls-sold.52916/ I crated one up and shipped it from MS to WI. Use an online freight broker. Ship right after Christmas for best price.

Had the same thing happen to one of those cables. I used a HD electric wire crimp in a hydraulic press to fix it

Cleaned out/organized the plastic shed today, added two more plastic shelves inside in anticipation of finally getting back to work on this one in a couple of weeks.

Got the first coat of white on the inside of the hard top today. Might be the only coat needed, the gloss white covered the flat white primer easily. It will make you blind trying to paint white over white. Paint is center slot, primer on either side of the slot. Primer looks yellowish compared...

I third TIMMAY!!!!. And you know he's correct since he used ITALICS :geek:

Had one of my nephews come over and help me put the factory roll bar back in the bed. I left the single coat of paint on the floor at the rollbar feet locations. One coat is plenty, it is really only covering up stains, not rust. The bed paint and the feet bottom paint felt cured. While my...

I was going to go to my old job's shop and dig out the one plate packer that we kept. It ran 2 years ago when I drained the gas tank. Instead, went to Home Depot 10 minutes away and rented one for $80 for about 3 hours. Probably the wise choice, I'm sure I would have spent more time trying to...

No vibration BUT I should have made the tire guy rotate the tire on the wheel to get a better balance. It's an act of Congress to get them to do that!!! Went through this on my green Scrambler, finally got a tire guy to spin the tires on the wheels, night and day difference!!

The rain did not hurt the rock hard clay ramp. We hadn't had rain for awhile, well we caught up last night!! Will grab a plate packer and go over all the disturbed dirt before the next rain on Sunday. Car port people MIGHT be here the week of December 16 🤞

Doesn't look too bad without the factory roll bar installed?????

Actually, since I'm feeling cheap AND I won't be repeatedly driving up and down this ramp area until the Jeep is fully rebuilt, I might just buy four 4'x6'x3/4" thick rubber stall mats from Tractor Supply to place over the packed dirt. This should keep it from washing away.

Took a break from the red Scrambler hard top work, decided to pay a visit to Shovel University. I had the concrete guys wreck the forms last week, but I wanted to do all the finish grading and backfill work. Just now getting around to finish grading and back filling the front ramp area. The...

Bought a small can of this paint for touch up around all the drain holes I drilled, matches good enough for this purpose. Put a first coat on the bed floor at the rollbar feet locations. Not as good of a match on larger areas but it will be hidden. First coat applied with a brush...

Caulked the two vertical joints and touched up the main bottom joint with this stuff this morning. It is the same type of material as the 3M product so should be compatible. I liked this material more, longer cure time and a bit more stiff. These vertical corner joints are a PIA to get to...

I thought about sealing between the two painted surfaces but decided against it. I have had great luck with painted surface against painted surface on this Jeep. I just wish the bottom of the roll bar feet would have been painted with the same red paint as the rest of the Jeep, the red paint is...

Just a quick correction: the 3M 4200 is NOT neutral cure. It is a polyurethane sealant. But, it does not attack painted surfaces. Boaters down here swear by this stuff, if it was eating paint off of hulls it would be common knowledge. Just make sure whatever you use is safe for painted...

Do you have a hard time removing the strip caulk? Does it keep all the water out?

Happy with how the interior side turned out, not too much excess goop squeezed out. The exterior is OK at best. It took me about 20 minutes to install all the bulkhead bolts, I wanted to insure it was in the right place before the goop set up. The seven lower bolts are easy enough to...