And the point was? /wwwthreads_images/icons/wink.gif Hehe, two fingers are still better then one when it comes to signs. Yeah, you're a jeeper now. Just don't let anybody point to parts on your truck. It might fall off...

'91 YJ,I-6,2.5" lift,Boomerangs,33s,D30,D35c,Lock-Rights F&R

 

Welcome to the wonderful world of jeep ownership my friend.

If I can help with anything, let me know.

I know it sounds corny and like a little kid, but make peace with your jeep. They do have personalities, and if you develop a working friendship, it won't leave you stranded. Those of you that have owned enough older jeeps know what I am talking about, jeeps do have personalities. While mine has had it's share of problems, it has always broken down either right in my driveway or at the best possible time and not the worst. I like to think it's greatful because I rescued it from the scrap heap.

JEEPN
Winter Harbor, Maine
'81 CJ-8 Scrambled, It's a Jeep, Chevy, IHC kinda thing!
'88.5 Zuki, 5" Calmini, Locked, Swamped, Rolled, and just generally broken in right!

 

great story... sonds like something that happens to me every time i put my jeep on the trailer and go somewhere with it.

~~Elusive~~
http://www.jeepgod.com

 

This was the condition after you got it from the garage? Haha.. what was it like before it was at the "garage"!!

Muddynut
/wwwthreads_images/icons/cool.gif 78 CJ7 "Issues" /wwwthreads_images/icons/cool.gif

 

Only one word comes into my mind while reading this: DUMBASS!

Sounds like you should have trailered the POS or had it flatbeded
home.

Wayne

 

evidently, WSB doesn't own a jeep. matt

 

He just doesn't understand that we always hope for the best. We know that things MIGHT go wrong, but we always hope for the best. Perhaps he has spent too much time driving rigs from Nippon, or too much time staring at a computer monitor, some of those programmers are really weird/wwwthreads_images/icons/tongue.gif.

Cage Up, Wheels Down
Jeepfiend
All my Jeeps are in pieces!

 

"Only one word comes into my mind while reading this: DUMBASS!"

... yeah, but at least one with a CJ6 .... ;o))))

Alfred

ps: I am not sure if i am the only one who sniffed too much gasoline ....hahaha!

 

what.. no flat tires? ahhhh jeeps.. they are a beautiful thing.. if i were you, i would consider myself fortunate. if it had been me, and i was sitting there in a puddle of gas, after all these events, my wife would have taken up smoking, just so she could throw a match in there with me. gotta love it.

J ust
E mpty
E very
P ocket

 

WSB and Alfred both own Zuki's and like to rib one another. I have driven with WSB, great guy, don't come down on him too hard, but it is a Jeep thing, he wouldn't understand...

...I'm sure Alfred understands though!

JEEPN
Winter Harbor, Maine
'81 CJ-8 Scrambled, It's a Jeep, Chevy, IHC kinda thing!
'88.5 Zuki, 5" Calmini, Locked, Swamped, Rolled, and just generally broken in right!

 

Used to own one until I Just Emptied Every Pocket trying to keep the unrelible thing going.
Personally, I don't see the big deal over a CJ6, I would rather have a CJ8

Jeepn- Thanks for the kind words

Wayne

 

It sounds like you got a good one, with character ! A few more trips and you're gonna know everything there is to know about it.
Most people couldn't have made it, they just arn't mechanically inclined, so they say [censored] like ol dumbass there... Nice work with the cop, ol dumbass would'a ended up in jail. (if he could have survived the trip up to that point) : )

 

My barely running, hard to stop '56 CJ-6 is just as much fun (maybe).
My most exciting event so far is when the big nut on the steering wheel loosen up enough to loose keyway to the shaft...
Thank heaven this happened at the end of a little jaunt around town (I try to run it around once a month) and I ended up on a sidewalk near home ... instead of out of control in the middle of a busy intesection /wwwthreads_images/icons/shocked.gif. Whew!!

JAF
http://www.monsterslayer.com/jeep

 

What happened to the Jeepster? /wwwthreads_images/icons/shocked.gif You are only at the start of the adventure, have fun. I would have liked to see the explaining to the police, it is a whole different story speaking spanish, I would have started laughing. /wwwthreads_images/icons/smile.gif

John
48 CJ-2A, 49 Willys truck, 70 Jeepster Commando, 89 Wrangler, 98 4x4 Tacoma

 

hey, hurcules:

good to bump into you again... quite some time... The reason why i decided for the cj6-thingy was the rear overhang (or shall we call it balcony ;-) and that i got a killer deal on the cj6 (still not sure if it was a good deal or no....jejeje)

... about the police thing... fortunately i was already pi$$ed enough about the whole thing ... i didn´t really care... lots of bystanders, too... just needed a tent to open up a ferry... but fortunately things worked out nicely... will have the tank welded (.... if i'd do it myself, this could be another funny story

heard a good tip from my "2finger" mecanic that i'd like to pass on... you have to route the exhaust-fumes into the empty tank before welding... the hot air w/o oxigen will burn/evaporate all fuel particles that might still be in there... than you can weld it up...

plan to take it wheeling this weekend.... so watch out for new stories on monday... (at a newstand near you)

good talking to you again!

alfred

 

I just want you to remember... I had NOTHING to do with you buying that Jeep!

Missing you're GF's Sister's Church Wedding? Wow, are you in trouble! I'll pray for you because you're gonna need it!

 

Well really the tank should be boiled before welding, but the exhaust trick does work, that is how they weld on the big gas tanks at filling stations. If the motor backfired though, oxygen would get in the tank and..... boom...... /wwwthreads_images/icons/frown.gif Well, at least you got a Jeep, a CJ-6 is great, but a Jeepster is still better......./wwwthreads_images/icons/smile.gif Good luck with the project, I want to plan another trip down there, but all my $$ is pouring into the Jeeps......./wwwthreads_images/icons/frown.gif Keep in touch.

John
48 CJ-2A, 49 Willys truck, 70 Jeepster Commando, 89 Wrangler, 98 4x4 Tacoma

 

Hurc, you got a website? I have a '71 SC-1 I'll be building in a year or so, and yours looks about right. I'm keeping the 225/TH400/D20 and was thinking of adding some HD axles and SOA. You got a website?

JEEPN
Winter Harbor, Maine
'81 CJ-8 Scrambled, It's a Jeep, Chevy, IHC kinda thing!
'88.5 Zuki, 5" Calmini, Locked, Swamped, Rolled, and just generally broken in right!

 

hey HERCULES....nice parking brake on the Jeepster....gotta respect the rock...just watch some a-hole doesnt steal it on you!


mike

Give me Jeep or Give me Death!!!

(Will trade functioning organs for CJ-7 or flatfender)

 

That is a standard Jeepster parking brake. /wwwthreads_images/icons/smile.gif No website, but I got some more pics if you want them. Mine is a 70 mando, 225 V-6, SM420, D18 with overdrive, wagoneer D44's, SOA on 2" lift springs, and 36" TSL's. I also have 4.88 gears, fozzy locked rear, 4 wheel discs, fuel cell, full cage, HS9500i. Lots of trick stuff. I am finishing up the steering this week, hopefully I can wheel it this weekend.

John
48 CJ-2A, 49 Willys truck, 70 Jeepster Commando, 56 willys wagon, 98 4x4 Tacoma

 

hurc,

sounds like you are one step ahead of me... )

the latest news:

i got offered a Mitsubishi V6 3000 engine out of a montero (160+/-hp) EFI engine, w/ only 50kMiles, 1992 w/ a shot tranny and a good transfer and the computer...I will have it in the garage next thursday (remember the 2 finger guy ;o))... but for the price of 800 bucks you can´t go wrong if it works...

keep your fingers crossed...

oh. yeah.... there is also a reasonably working 1980 Ford 351 in a ecoline that would change owner for 200 bucks (you can get those rather cheap down here, as gas is a fortune) and a chevy 350 from a camaro for 150 bucks (running)

alfred