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Got the flares removed off of the Jeep. Drilled out the seized bolts and used a cut off wheel on some of them too. All is well in that department. Cleaned and sanded new fenders, ready for primer.
Introducing....Ghetto Paint Shed! Shed is wired for power but it doesn't work. I have owned the house about 6 months. So, I'm not sure where the power coming from the house is located. I did noticed the PO used standard Romex cable as direct burial cable, LOL. Anyways, I just need to run an LED light bulb and a small heater. So I just wired an extension cord into the shed wiring. Good enough for now, until spring when I can dig up he ground.
Further, I'm starting to feel this fender flare project is getting long in the tooth. My life is a series of what I call "micro delays" (I'm trademarking that!). The kind of delays where your walking out to the garage and the wife calls from upstairs to change a light bulb or something. A series of 15 minute delays and you end up having the whole afternoon shot in the faney. I really hope to have this done soon. But I am working in sort of snapshots. If you had this project laid out on paper, each step is becoming a weekly goal. This coming weekly goal is to finish painting and finally putting them on. Hopefully, I can get this done soon.
Parenting has turned my life into something very similar to your "micro delays". Wife steps outside for a second, so I stay inside with the kids to keep them from destroying the house while we're both outside. Next thing you know its getting dark and I haven't done anything. And on and on.
Parenting has turned my life into something very similar to your "micro delays". Wife steps outside for a second, so I stay inside with the kids to keep them from destroying the house while we're both outside. Next thing you know its getting dark and I haven't done anything. And on and on.
dude, you have nailed it!
edit: I also have children as well, the main cause of the delays. Wouldnt change it for the world though. He is my little buddy.
Well, that's done. Putting on the flares that is. I basically spent tid-bits of time all week running back and forth to the Ghetto Paint Shed. There where six total parts to paint:
two tube flares
two braces that go behind the fender to make the whole operation more solid
two "L" brackets that stop the fender from caving in during impact (possibly a tree)
Everything was primed with Rustoleum self-etching primer and then coated with Rustoleum satin black. I finished painting on Thursday and gave the parts a few days to harden indoors.
I did some final grinding to the fender wells to get them at the proper trimm-age (is that a word?). After, I used the primer to seal the exposed metal. I sprayed some paint in a lid and used a small junk craft brush to paint holes drilled in the fender.
I had my brother-in-law help me install the flares back on the Jeep, since the are heavy and cumbersome. He was midway in to a wife-fight anyways and need an outlet for his frustrations. He also needed a beer, LOL. After that, we put painters tape where the flare meets the fender and caulked some black RTV to fill in the slight gap between the two. After the RTV had about 10 minutes to firm up a bit, we removed the painters tape for a nice clean line of RTV.
Went to our local county park, Rocky Ridge, to snap a few pics. Now I just need to get the rears.
I would you guys to meet Fred, my new Fel-Pro gasket. Say "Hi", Fred.
Fred: "Hi, Fred"
Me: "No, you BLITHERING IDIOT just say "hi"
Fred: "Just say hi"
Me: "Nevermind"
Fred is really good at being a gasket, but not much else. Especially not making small talk. I think for punishment, I will smash him in between my valve cover and cylinder head.
Valve cover off
This is Fred's older cousin, Nathan, and he is a real slack-***. He used to be great when they hired him back in '01. But over the years he started letting stuff "slip through". Nathan, your fired.
Goodbye, Nathan. Your next job is pushing daisies at the landfill.
Got the cover cleaned up and new grommets inserted
Fred in his new office
Everything back together
Another project in the books. Hopefully, Fred will perform well. I'm really pulling for him. Stay tuned for more shenanigans...
Last edited by CurrySoSpicy; Mar 11, 2017 at 05:38 PM.
How long did it take you? I've had mine sitting in the garage for months, but I've had too many other projects to get to it.
About 2 hours, but I take my time and get distracted. The hardest part was getting the damn valve cover free after the bolts were out. It gets hung up in a few places and you have to fight with it a bit.
The part people complain about the most, the bolt in the back of the engine bay, was a breeze for me. I used a 1/4" ratchet with 10" wobble extension. Nice little project.
The key is not to overtighten, 7ft/lbs on them bolts. I don't have a torque wrench that goes that low. So I just tightened the bolts came until they came to a mechanical stop and then gave them a small tweak past that. Cheers my friend.
Ordered the DEI 4.0 heat soak insulation kit. Comes with new heat shield for space below injectors, injector wraps, and fuel rail wrap. I will install this kit along with my new 784 injectors.
