At least that's what my 4 year old calls it, I think of it more as my outlet for tinkering. I just wanted to start a thread to document updates I am making to my wagon since I haven't posted anything since
this thread.
I will get some pictures up soon but so far:
- New driver's side fender skin.
- Fuel pump/sending unit.
- 4 springs
- 4 shocks
- Lower ball joints
- All new steering parts
- Sway bar end links
- Performance upper and lower rear control arms.
- Intake gasket
- A/C Delete (Compressor, Condenser are out)
- Mechanical fan delete
- Clear corner lenses
My next to-dos include replacing the o-ring under the oil cooler line adapter on the block and some frame repair. It looks like in the wide area of the frame next to the lower control arm brackets, someone either put a lift or some jack stands or something through the frame. It is not rusted out, it looks like the seam down the middle of the frame just separated there. This seems to have happened some time ago because the frame was filled up with sand which started to cause some small rust areas where it collected on the sides. I plan to clean out the frame and spray it with rust reformer on the inside then bend the deformed pieces back into place and re-weld the seam. Then I can cut out the couple of rust spots and patch in some 1/8" material. Then I plan to weld a plate over the bottom of the frame to keep that from happening again. Has anyone else seen this? At first I thought it was rust damage and the frame was toast but the metal is all really solid, I banged on it with a body hammer and I can even flex the metal back into place with no cracking or crumbling. I will get some pics up tomorrow when I clean it up for welding.
Here's a picture of the fender skin installed in the fall:
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