XJ Dreamin'
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Huntsville, Texas
Howdy,
I just joined, although I've been reading posts for a while. I'm also on the xj listserver at [email protected]. I'm an old Mopar muscle car motor head and this is my first Jeep. My previous rig was an '86 Dodge Ram Charger police special with a 360 Rochester Quadrajet, HP heads, dual roller cam drive, and a 12-bolt limited slip rear end. It was nice, but I LIKE my "new" Jeep.
I've got a stock '93 XJ with 4.0l HO, AW4, an open D-35c rear end, and, oddly, a "dead" pipe front axle out-fitted with 4WD parts. The Jeep is 2WD, but when I order brake pads I have to order 4WD.
Anyway, that's not a problem. This is: floor pan rust-through. It's only just starting, but I don't want to leave it too long. The best (not prettiest) solution we had for that on VW Beetles was to simply pop-rivet on galvanized sheet steel sealed with RTV. Without buying a welding outfit and doing it proper, I thought a treatment similar to the bug fix but prettier might be to attach some aluminum diamond plate. Granted it would have to be sealed up tight but it's something I could work on a little each day without tearing the rig apart.
What do ya' think?
Xj Dreamin'
'93 XJ, 4.0l HO, AW4, open D-35c rear end, "dead" pipe 4WD front
I just joined, although I've been reading posts for a while. I'm also on the xj listserver at [email protected]. I'm an old Mopar muscle car motor head and this is my first Jeep. My previous rig was an '86 Dodge Ram Charger police special with a 360 Rochester Quadrajet, HP heads, dual roller cam drive, and a 12-bolt limited slip rear end. It was nice, but I LIKE my "new" Jeep.
I've got a stock '93 XJ with 4.0l HO, AW4, an open D-35c rear end, and, oddly, a "dead" pipe front axle out-fitted with 4WD parts. The Jeep is 2WD, but when I order brake pads I have to order 4WD.
Anyway, that's not a problem. This is: floor pan rust-through. It's only just starting, but I don't want to leave it too long. The best (not prettiest) solution we had for that on VW Beetles was to simply pop-rivet on galvanized sheet steel sealed with RTV. Without buying a welding outfit and doing it proper, I thought a treatment similar to the bug fix but prettier might be to attach some aluminum diamond plate. Granted it would have to be sealed up tight but it's something I could work on a little each day without tearing the rig apart.
What do ya' think?
Xj Dreamin'
'93 XJ, 4.0l HO, AW4, open D-35c rear end, "dead" pipe 4WD front