Yup she's got rust in all the usual places, and 2 owners ago there were some crappy bondo repairs. That will certainly need some work. The tailgate is pretty ugly too.DustinLangston wrote:I see a rust hole in the rocker. When you go to cut that out spend your time and do it right. If not you will be making that repair every 2 years.
Will do, thanks.SJTD wrote:There are drains in the rockers and behind the rear wheels. Make sure they're all clear and flush with fresh water. Bottoms of doors too. Should be plugs in the ends of the rockers in the front of the rear wheels.
I had a 62 willys wagon and I kick myself every day for selling it, but now I smile when I open the garage door againbbuenger71 wrote:Beautiful! I had an identical 76! My wife and I were just talking earlier about how stupid it was to sell it and this pops up on the feed. Ugh. I thinks it’s a sign to get back into the FSJ game.
You have excellent tastes.bbuenger71 wrote:This was mine. I still have all the original hubcaps laying around somewhere.
I think that sounds like the right way to do it. Thanks!ShagWagon wrote:I would take out the instrument panel and give a good inspection noting what works well and what doesn't before you do. Replac all the lights, check the circuit board for burns or corrosion, clean corrosions, check for broken or loose pins for the plugs and re solder the ones that are loose, check gauges with voltmeter, inspect wires for hacks and crappy previous repairs, check controls for heater, lube wiper mechanism, inspect firewall for leaks and overall check around for other problems between the instrument panel and the fuse box while your in there and give it a hundred year fix.
Everything else you do later will have the piece of mind that it isn't in the dash.
superdave wrote:Also had this trunk mount tire carrier and spare cover. Does anyone know if this is a factory piece?
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Thanks for the info- maybe there will be something about the tire holder in the special equipment book. That's a good idea about the parts book- I'll start a thread when I get home so people can request pics of pages in the parts book. Might help someone out.letank wrote:superdave wrote:Also had this trunk mount tire carrier and spare cover. Does anyone know if this is a factory piece?
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not too sure if it was factory installed, it was a tri valley product or something similar, but it has been in a few FSJ, sometimes when a dual fuel tank system was present. it is sitting on the driver's side cargo area... I have pict somewhere
Otherwide the parts manual from AMC seems like a gold mine, may be you can get a readable pict of the bookmarks...
Thank you! I was flipping it around trying to figure out how it's supposed to go in there. I'm not sure I would've figured that one out.letank wrote:Here we go from the depth of the back up disk
and
a quick and dirty burning for the top mount
and the mouse nest behind the quarter panel