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what has stalled your project?

craveman85

craveman85

CJ-8 Member
City
Dolgeville
State
ny
I bought my cj8 in October of 2011 with intentions of a complete rebuild. I immediately started disassembly and its still nowhere near being done. Its been a rough couple years And I keep having setback after setback but this ssummer looks like I'll be able to make some progress. I'll try to keep these in chronological order and as short as possible.
1. Controlling gf
2. Theft of tools
3. Dd truck burned.
4. Hurricane sandy
5. Moved
6. Found out someone put 1/4" sockets in sparkplug holes
7. 3 cases of pneumonia
8. Stayed with parents and worked for 3 days on weekends then commuted 243 miles to buffalo to spend week with controlling gf at our apartment then driving 243 miles back.
9. Hit cow with next daily driver
10. Made gf into ex gf
11. Moved again
12. Tennis elbow
13. Fell asleep and rolled next daily driver 2 days before Christmas. Also destroying 3 tvs in the bed
14. Massive flooding. Lost all tools and most personal belongings. I just added everything up the other day and I'd have to spend 8k just to replace tools :/ also lost all the chrome hinges, bolt kit, half doors, lift kit, newly reupholstered stock low back seats brand new wagon wheels with 235/85r16 tires, new bumpers, a rebuilt 258 long blockiI just bought. Daily driver had a foot of water above the floorboards and spent 1000 fixing that. Luckily the actual jeep itself was in a separate location.
15. Moved again with new and improved gf.
16. Bought another boat.
17. More tools stolen
18. Loss of ambition and the urge to carry on
19. Chrones disease.
20. Dad got annurisms in both legs and is having both femoral arteries removed.
21. Working on parents house. Moved them.
22. Moving myself again this weekend.

I almost sold it once too. The tub was finished with or paint and bed liner interior but now I'm going to strip it again .
23. Restarting project with planning phase.

I'm pretty sure I forgot something.
 
Life happens and it sure hasn't been easy for you. Sorry john :( Hopefully you still have a sense of moving forward even if its like 3 steps forward and 2 steps back.:banghead:

I saw you write " i've wanted a scrambler ever since i was a little kid " wow a lot of us can relate to that whether we are a little kid of 25 or a little kid of 95.:thumbsup: We are glad that you are going to lean into with alittle more bandwidth # 23. Restarting project with planning phase.
We look forward to joining you in the start of your dream and build thread.
Thanks for posting up.

I pray this will be a great year for you,
z2w
 
Ouch, makes mine seem more like excuses!

Got married, had baby, bought bigger house....now no money or time.
 
I'd be working on it currently but its been below zero lately and my garage where its going at my parents house has neither heat nor power at the moment.
 
Temperature is a big one... coldest winter in years here.
Life basiclally has a way of throwing you things.
Sometimes it seems lke it is more than you can handle and it seems unfair.

I always go by the old adage, how do you eat an elephant?
The answer is one bite at a time.

So, if I get an hour, I savor it and get what I can done.
If I get more, I am thankful.

I am very grateful for what I have these days.
My life is pretty good and I know the Jeep time will come once all the things going on now come to pass.

The biggest thing I had to learn and it was very very painful is

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PATIENCE

cb
 
My list not near as bad but still has stalled progress:
Divorce
House flooded
Went from salary to commission and never made more than bills for a year(Stretched tax return and credit cards)
Quit job and started a business

Have a new girl friend that loves the Jeep and has a very stong positive attitude that keeps pushing me!
 
This is a great thread, and sad but realistic. I can relate to many of your items. Never have lost anything tho due to Mother Nature like that other than a tree crushing my boat. I have a CJ7 I started restoring 13 years ago. Its even painted now but i just cant seem to get it back together. So I know what ya mean. :thumbsup:
 
ADD is mine. Buy a nice project then see something else I want, run out of money, build up money, see something else I want, deplete cash reserves, notice the project sitting there, make a plan to do something with it, see something else cool, buy it, and the list goes on. Doesn't help that I'm constantly jet-lagged from my overseas travel either. Oh yeah, bought some land in Montana and now I think about that more than my vehicles which I'm trying like hell to justify selling...... it's like breaking up though--you know you need to but you're not sure of the next time you'll get laid so you hang on......
 
Son of a B Craveman.... I m scared to work on my projects now for fear of your list.
I like Dave K's theory of hanging on. Change direction of this thread and send pics of your current girlfriends as well as ex's.
 
Not much compared to the original poster:

1. Dog passed away and was always my garage partner
Havent been down there much at all since

2. This winter has been kinda brutal

3. Money / Kids

4. Keeping the other Cj running for work

5. 12 days on 2 days off work schedule
 
Whats the rush?

I took over 6yrs to build one, and once "finished" I just started on the next one.

Get out and go to the events to keep up motivation. There is always someone who needs a spot, pull a winch cable, hold backup on a nut.

Its not really about money, if there is no deadline. You can always save up enough money, find a good deal, etc. Its only about time to commit to working on it.

https://www.cj-8.com/forum/showthread.php?41005-Dr-Jones-and-the-Quest-for-the-Holy-Scrambler
 
These are some tough reasons in here.

I am so far very fortunate as I have few reasons, though they stop me in my tracks all the time.

1) Money - kids are really really really expensive. 24 year olds and 2 year olds - both really expensive

2) Time - Kids take up a lot of time! Lots and lots and lots of time. However, unlike the money, I do not mind spending the time and would spend triple if there was such a thing as being able to live the same moment three times.

3) Lack of a garage and the weather. Man, I really hate winter, and ours is not nearly as bad as anywhere else north of me.

Pete - I hope you get back down to the garage again. I hear you on the partner though. My two boxers are getting on in age and one has pancratic cancer. I thought she was a gonner a month ago and I was suprised by how effected I was by it. She is in "remission", if that is possible, and I try to value the time with her as well. When it does happen it is going to be very hard and I will need to be very sensitive to my other Boxer which is a year or two younger. He is going to be crushed.

Craveman - 1) I am glad you got on with a new gf. Life is too short to be treated badly. There is someone for everyone and that didn't sound like you were the one for each other...just by your accounting. ;)
2) I agree with JJonesee here. I have four people from this forum within 70 miles of me and I intend to meet every one of them this summer, if they will go for it. I have zero real life friends who will hold a wrench or talk shop so it would be nice to meet some actual Jeep owners. Them maybe my wife will giving me sh!t for my "online relationships" (its good natured ribbing at least). She might have to deal with more than 1 greasy person in the driveway cussing a bolt or digging for bandaids for busted knuckles. Of course, I might actually get that keg I just made drunk as well. That would be nice. Then I can make another keg!
 
Is your name Job? Wow! It can only get better. Once you have the right gf, the Scramber will happen.
 
mine is easy and short....

my ny house being built = no money left
my ny wedding this year = no money left
o and its cold = no money to build a garage.
i say ny cuz its 10 times what anyone else would pay in a different state..... :(
 
Looks like the reasons are getting shorter so it's time for mine : snow. Well and money and time etc but I'll blame the snow. Today, shoveled fifty feet 6' wide 3' deep (with the greatest wife ever doing her part) and gave up on the other 300' to go to the neighbor's garage where the project is after getting a good look of all those drifts. Pretty tame I know... :) been slowed down by those other reasons, just not at the moment. I'm thankful.

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LAZY - Job gets in tbe way - Garage 1,500 sq ft not yet finished. Needs insulation, sheetrock, electrical and compressor plumbrd in.

333 days till I retire. That might help.
 
The Scrambler is getting in the way of finishing a few little details on my Chevelle. However, I justify it since the Scrambler is in the driveway behind my Chevelle.... Work is a big one, traveling a lot lately, kids sports on the weekend too. But I get to the projects when I get to them.
 
Can't exactly mine stalled.... haven't even been able to really start. Too many other projects dragging out that have to finish first. Started the teardown on my 98 TJ motor rebuild in Oct. Still haven't gotten it finished. Too many issues there. Latest is that I can't find the power steering pump bracket!!! Then I spent this whole weekend (friday afternoon/Saturday) of good weather having to replace the Cats and O2 sensors on my LJ. Got the new pipe/Cats in last week so took off early Friday to get started. Got it all off and decided to replace the downstream O2 sensors also. Between wrong parts/stripped studs that had to be press out and replaced/one stubborn Manifold bolt, I didn't get finished till 3pm Sat!!! Thought in a couple of hours I could start the bracket work on the TJ only to find the first bracket I took off and went to put on was missing.
 
I stopped due to building a fourth bedroom and then the birth of my second daughter. I plan to get back on track in March to get her painted so i can start assembly of the driveline.
 
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