I bought the little starter kit. It will be waiting for me when I get back from the beach. Excited to use it.

 

That is how I started using it to. I had these little projects I wanted to do. That 4oz can goes pretty far. Always had some extra so I would just slap it around underneath the Jeep. No prep. What is the worst that can happen. So on clean metal it peeled off after a time. Rusty metal totally different. I slapped some on my gas tank heat shield. It was rusty. No prep. Got as far up there as I could. Well about 2 years later I hung a gas tank skid plate. When I pulled off the heat shield I swear it looked like I just did it. When I decided that I was going to use it more extensively I bought a qt can. Destroyed it opening it up. Figured I was hit. Used what I needed and put the rest in one of those Chinese won ton soup containers and put it in the fridge. Held up great. I just finished it off on this job. And of course I needed just a little more so I had to open up the qt can I bought just in case. This one I did not destroy so I closed it up and put it in the fridge. Hope it holds up as well in the can as it did in the won ton soup container.

 

I heard you have to becareful making sure the lid is clean before closing up the can. If you get any paint in the grooves of the lid the can will essentially weld itself closed.

 

That is correct. I had to destroy the lid to open can after it was 'welded' shut by POR-15. Be sure and use gloves, and eye protection if painting underside of vehicle.

 

Yes. Very important. That can I destroyed though was brand new. Could not get the lid off to save my life. Be aware that no matter what you do, OK maybe if you wear a long sleeve shirt, you will be wearing POR 15 for about 4 days.

 

I always use some saran wrap between the lid and the can when working with POR-15 and that seems to work well in keeping it from becoming permanently stuck.

You'll definitely be wearing the stuff for a while if any gets on you!

 

Haven't posted here in ages, mainly because working nights doesn't leave much time to do anything other than oil changes. Yesterday that all changed and I finally got rid of the AAL springs in the rear and put in a set of Pro Comp 53111s. What a difference in ride quality. It only took 12.5 hours to get the job done. No broken bolts or frozen bushings, and only had to break out the fire wrench a couple times. I took so long because I had been up since noon the day before then worked all night before diving in. A lot of that 12.5 hours was spent looking for the wrench I had just set down

Next up is more OT so I can either go with IRO's Critical Path long arm upgrade or just a simple set of adjustable control arms. I am only at 4" of level lift so the long arm might be over kill, but it is a touch of future proofing if I do go higher.

 

Cool guys, thanks for confirming!

 

One more detail regarding POR-15, paints, solvents, epoxies, and automotive fluids. It is best to not get this stuff on your skin at all. Many of these chemicals are absorbed into/through the skin and can enter the bloodstream.


As for what I did to my Cherokee, drove it to the tip of the island to access a new island/sandbar nicknamed Shelly Island. Located off the coast of Cape Hatteras, some may have seen it on national news. Saw two sharks this time. If you see the helicopter footage on the news, look for the naked person under the blue umbrella, that's me.

 

Yes! Safety number one priority.

That spot looks dreamy.

 

AAAAAAAND no more children in 3......2......1.......

Go CATS!!!!

I was JUST going to say this. Ya beat me to it, Rambler.

I know all about night shift and OT takin' up all your wheelin'/wrenchin' time. Glad to see ya around again man.

 

Did some bombing through the forest trails with this motley crew today....

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I'll post up more pics in my thread.

 

Yes. There were actually 2 jack stands. One beside the jack and one on the frame just behind the control arm. I will never work on things like that without jack stands. When I was just starting out working on cars, I had a jack collapse while I was standing beside the truck. That was 14 years ago, and since then, I will not even pull a wheel off without jack stands being in place.

 

I hope they weren't on gravel like the jack is, haha

Not trying to be an A-hole, but I personally have known more than one person who was killed by vehicles falling on them. Two of them were following the letter of the law, **** still happened. Whenever I'm under a ride on stands, I minimize as much as I can, the time under there. Get in, get out. I also have 4 12 ton stands, 4 6 tons, and 4 3 tons. I use them religiously.

Also, forget wood blocks or cinder blocks. Wood cracks, stone breaks. Get some good stands and be done. .02

 

failed at putting a/c in the dam thing for the third day in a row