just posting this to see if im going in the right path on fixin this problem, frame is ripped in half. im gonna post start to finish....

 

now the bad..

 

cutting out the bad

 

Is the whole unibody toast?

 

Damn, dude you got some work on you'er hand's! Hope all go's well!

 

Many will say what your doing is stupid and not worth it, but your learning and fixing something it will give you more ownership in it. I do say It might be a good time to look into plating the whole subframe. Get something from HD or someone else. Plate all the way from the rear bumper to the front bumper.

 

the only rotte on it is where im fixing the frame and the rocker. but im gonna cut out the rockers and build sliders

 

oh my.... Good luck hope it works out.

 

Any idea what caused the rot only in that spot?

 

what the hell happened to the poor jeep

 

i like the gas tank straps lol

 

X2 on the straps. the front of the unibody looks trashed too. poor little jeep is beat!

 

I'd go with winter salt on this. NY uses a lot of that stuff and everytime I cross the border I see a lot of rusted vehicles over there.
Must be their way of getting older vehicles off the road faster lol

 

You know after studying the picture it looks like it's been hit and repaired at one point before.
Maybe somebody pulled it out on a frame machine and used a torch to soften the metal during the repair and did not do a very good job sealing it from rusting.
Thats a body shop hack job my friend.

 

i think so also, that could be the reason the trailer hitch ripped out and thats why im at the point.. hope all goes well, cuz im itchin to hit the trails and some mud