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I believe i made it on my old phone and didn't save it haha. But pretty much going to work at 11pm I had the lovely idea of using a picture of a big turd in a nasty toilet and posted saying something like "just went to the bathroom at the local gas station, looks like someone left a D35 in there."
So after consulting with Neal a little bit, I think I might already have MOST of what I need to make my bumper mounts for this big honkin' bumper!
I'm planning on making mounts similar to this:
With this that I forgot I already had in my garage:
It's about half the thickness of my bumper which, as Neal said will be fine except for side pulls. I plan on combating THAT with gusseting unless I happen to run across some 3/16" or 1/4" wall 2x4 between now and then. Saving every penny I can for a better welder right now... among other things (classes for promotion at work, newer vehicle for my wife, house, etc)
Thickness of my bumper... good GAWD I love this thing lol.
Also did some work to my garage to clean things up a bit, make things more organized... ya know... make my garage great again The above is what I started with
Replaced the 1/2" OSB top with 2 sheets of 5/8" plywood one on top of the other.... for effectively a 1 1/4" total thickness. Solid work surface now.
Also finally caved in and added the obligatory Pegboard and hooks. I bucked it for a while, but finally decided it would be a good idea. Very glad I did.
man everyone is cleaning up their garages these days, mine just keeps getting worse and worse...
The cleanliness of mine goes up and down more than stock market trends. At one point in time, it was organized enough that I could actually fit the Jeep or the car in it.... I wouldn't even try it right now - but I'm still trying to get it organized little by little. Big difference now is, I'm doing a purge of about 10 years worth of built up CRAP and organizing it at the same time.
I believe that the purging was the idea behind cleaning up my garage. Yes, I wanted to bring the jeep in to work on but my wife and I live a very simple life. We have come to realize all the materialistic items we owned were not all necessary. We have been slowly purging it to teach our kids the same ways. That and the money we have been making off it has been put away because we plan to take th ekids on a family getwaway in a couple months.
The cleanliness of mine goes up and down more than stock market trends. At one point in time, it was organized enough that I could actually fit the Jeep or the car in it.... I wouldn't even try it right now - but I'm still trying to get it organized little by little. Big difference now is, I'm doing a purge of about 10 years worth of built up CRAP and organizing it at the same time.
Mine tends to do the exact same thing. Less then a year ago I actually had the Bug and the Jeep parked in there. Now the Bug barely fits by itself haha. I will be purging mine soon enough with the help of a nice big dumpster. Would be nice to have everything organized again.
I believe that the purging was the idea behind cleaning up my garage. Yes, I wanted to bring the jeep in to work on but my wife and I live a very simple life. We have come to realize all the materialistic items we owned were not all necessary. We have been slowly purging it to teach our kids the same ways. That and the money we have been making off it has been put away because we plan to take th ekids on a family getwaway in a couple months.
Yeah the original plan was to do a garage sale... but we didn't clean things up like we intended in time to get it done, and I don't feel like storing things in the garage until we can do one, or wait until it's sold on CL, or Ebay or wherever.... so it's getting pitched.
I've already had a bunch of spare parts leftover from that green XJ sitting around since before I cut it up and scrapped it... the wife's getting tired of seeing it and I don't want it taking up room in the garage.
Originally Posted by XJwonders
Anything u wanna donate to me before u toss in the trash? Haha
Whatcha need? I probably don't have it... but if you need/want something I have, it's yours.
Originally Posted by 5-Speed
I got a few mummified hookers in one of the cabinets that would go well with your ZJ project. I can save them for you if you would like.
Ya know.... normally it's the guy that's supposed to be stiff.
01-27-2018, 03:56 AM
The above is what I started with
