What did you do to your Cherokee today?
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Wasn't ALL today but the CB Antenna install was…
I use to have a short magnetic cb antenna until it got bucked of the hood and ran over upon my entry into this rut a few weekends back… lmao
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I have never liked how CB antennas looked on rigs thats why I ran with the magnetic base style so I could remove it when not using the CB. But I decided to go with a fixed antenna this time and I found a pretty clean way to install it.
Pretty happy with how it looks. I attached it behind the fender and drilled a hole for it to come thru the fender on.
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I use to have a short magnetic cb antenna until it got bucked of the hood and ran over upon my entry into this rut a few weekends back… lmao
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I have never liked how CB antennas looked on rigs thats why I ran with the magnetic base style so I could remove it when not using the CB. But I decided to go with a fixed antenna this time and I found a pretty clean way to install it.
Pretty happy with how it looks. I attached it behind the fender and drilled a hole for it to come thru the fender on.
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Still trying to get the rust off my front bumper for the second day. Wire brush, scotch pad and naval jelly just isn't getting it done. Maybe it's the cold temperature. I'll work on it tomorrow for the last day, then no matter how much rust is left, it's getting POR15 and paint.
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Still trying to get the rust off my front bumper for the second day. Wire brush, scotch pad and naval jelly just isn't getting it done. Maybe it's the cold temperature. I'll work on it tomorrow for the last day, then no matter how much rust is left, it's getting POR15 and paint.
Naval Jelly? I thought that only works on paint.
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This thread supports my idea that the low temperature was my problem. I don't have a good way of keeping it warm without bringing it inside, but I'll try heating it up before putting on some naval jelly. If that works, I'll put off the rest of the rust removal until warm weather returns.
I'd feel a lot more certain that the rust was really stopped if there was none to start with. Haha, I bet that sucked, I'll be taking those bolts off first before painting!
Maybe it's not a Scotch pad. It's for taking paint off and working the naval jelly slowly into the rust instead of flinging it around like I would with a rotary wire brush. I used a wire brush a couple times, but didn't take it down to bare metal because I wanted to see what it would take to make the naval jelly work...if it got a little help. At least now I can see a couple bright spots in the rust.
I was really wanting to see the naval jelly work because there's some rust on the wheels that would be impossible to reach with a brush.
What's funny is that naval jelly says it'll remove paint as a side effect, but if it's having any effect, I can't tell. I was hoping for more of the side effect.
I'd feel a lot more certain that the rust was really stopped if there was none to start with. Haha, I bet that sucked, I'll be taking those bolts off first before painting!
What's funny is that naval jelly says it'll remove paint as a side effect, but if it's having any effect, I can't tell. I was hoping for more of the side effect.
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This thread supports my idea that the low temperature was my problem. I don't have a good way of keeping it warm without bringing it inside, but I'll try heating it up before putting on some naval jelly. If that works, I'll put off the rest of the rust removal until warm weather returns.
I'd feel a lot more certain that the rust was really stopped if there was none to start with. Haha, I bet that sucked, I'll be taking those bolts off first before painting!
Maybe it's not a Scotch pad. It's for taking paint off and working the naval jelly slowly into the rust instead of flinging it around like I would with a rotary wire brush. I used a wire brush a couple times, but didn't take it down to bare metal because I wanted to see what it would take to make the naval jelly work...if it got a little help. At least now I can see a couple bright spots in the rust.
I was really wanting to see the naval jelly work because there's some rust on the wheels that would be impossible to reach with a brush.
What's funny is that naval jelly says it'll remove paint as a side effect, but if it's having any effect, I can't tell. I was hoping for more of the side effect.
I'd feel a lot more certain that the rust was really stopped if there was none to start with. Haha, I bet that sucked, I'll be taking those bolts off first before painting!
Maybe it's not a Scotch pad. It's for taking paint off and working the naval jelly slowly into the rust instead of flinging it around like I would with a rotary wire brush. I used a wire brush a couple times, but didn't take it down to bare metal because I wanted to see what it would take to make the naval jelly work...if it got a little help. At least now I can see a couple bright spots in the rust.
I was really wanting to see the naval jelly work because there's some rust on the wheels that would be impossible to reach with a brush.
What's funny is that naval jelly says it'll remove paint as a side effect, but if it's having any effect, I can't tell. I was hoping for more of the side effect.
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I was given an old Realistic TRC-465. Now to try find a decent antenna and cable for it, all they seem to sell in stores around here are magnet mount shorties. I would like a bumper mount whip
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Day 3 of trying to get rust off the bumper with naval jelly. I tried getting the temperature up with a heat gun, and that helped, but it also dried out naval jelly really fast even when spraying it occasionally with water. That's the end of that. I started putting on POR-15 half an hour ago. If it continues to rust, that just guarantees it getting replaced with a nice bumper. Unfortunately it means I won't be doing the wheels this winter, except maybe simply cleaning it and covering it up with POR-15 and paint to make them pretty until I replace them.
I hit the rub strips and flares with the heat gun. Now they're black again.
That would work great on light rust, but this stuff is tough as hell. It doesn't even make sense.
I hit the rub strips and flares with the heat gun. Now they're black again.
That would work great on light rust, but this stuff is tough as hell. It doesn't even make sense.
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