Salvaged 2005 GX470 Project - Now with Rebuilt Title & Plates!

Interesting

 

BOO!!!

 

Oh good call! At Orielly's they mentioned both and I was like Uhhhhh idk...

 

Auto zone doesn't carry it either. Back home to order it.

And some good news! My CO house has finally got rented out! Huge financial burden off my plate and I can actually start to save money again!

 

Ordered

+ $16

$15 Seymour 20-1675 PBE Professional Primer, Self Etching/Weld Through Gray

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088LVJTE?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

Since I have the day off and can't weld yet. Decided to finally put in for a warranty replacement for the leaky radiator on the JK. Been dealing with it for about a year now. Will be the third one. First had a cracked mount from shipping. Second lasted a little over two years. Luckily it has a lifetime warranty

https://www.extremeterrain.com/mishimoto-jeep-wrangler-oe-style-replacement-radiator-r2957-mt.html#

 

https://youtu.be/WnTKllDbu5o?feature=shared

 

lol

I think the weld through primer arrives today or tomorrow. The JK's radiator supposed to come today. Will be swapping that out asap

 

SOB! Removed the JK's radiator and then checked delivery status of the new one. Delivered...to the CO house, doh! Have a friend picking it up to send to me, but gonna be another 3-5 days before it arrives now.

The weld through primer arrived. Hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll have the qp support welded in

Edit: double damn it! free warrantied radiator cost me $102 to reship.

 

Hope that worked. Used the air belt sander to remove any rust that built up, wiped down with mineral spirits, then sprayed the zinc based weld through primer. Did short spray bursts but it was coming out pretty thick still

 

First couple of welds!

 

Not pretty. Had to redo a few welds because they didn't stick. But I think it's in the "good enough" area

 

seems like the smaller the hole is for the spot weld the easier it is to do.

 

It’s comin along,,,,,, Very nice! looks good from here

 

Nice! Great work!

 

Think it'll do!

 

Awesome!

 

For the QP, I think I'm going to cut out more of original so I have less stitch welding to do. And just going to go ahead and remove the spot welds and the strip of old QP that meets the roof. Still kinda wondering about that part though.

 

Getting there.

 

DANG!!!

 

More.mocking up, cutting, and fitting. Hesitant to cut the last QP away from the roof still. Thinking it would be hard to clamp the sheet metal there to get any good spot welds. Probably just line it up, cut, and stitch, then seam seal it.

 

I think you are past the halfway mark now!!! You are all up in it!! what a task, it has made for and enjoyable journey to watch!

 

Bottom qp cut flush with body.

 

Cut the top stip off. So spot welding the roof is no longer an option. Probably for the best

 

Need to get the top left part of the qp flush cut next. The bottom left a bigger gap that I was expecting but I think it's workable

 

OK, got all the cutting, and qp lines up nicely! Done for today.

 

I forgot to remove the gas cap door cover from the old qp before I tossed that section like 4 months ago!

 

That sucks, I feel your pain, I threw away a new $100 fan switch when I trashed the bad radiator I got from Rock Auto.