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Well, the Jeep is coming along, albeit slowly. I have done a bit of work with removing rust from the frame, and found a product called Naval Jelly, which is basicly an acidic jelly that eats rust. It worked kinda ok, but not really perfect. It was also time consuming, involved alot of work with the grinder, and wasn't all that great for the many nooks and crannys I have to deal with. Parallel to that effort, I realized that searching google for sandblasting was the wrong approach, as well as paint & body. The right terms were "auto restoration", pop that into google and BAM! tons of folks who were familiar and capable of sandblasting my frame and hitting it with a base coat of primer. I found one outfit about 5 miles from my house who can do the whole damned thing for less than $600. Sold!
I really like that the project seems to have alot of $500 incriments.
- New rebuilt transmission, $595 delivered.
- New rebuilt transfer case $675 delivered
- Entirely new braking system $600 delivered.
- New stearing wheel, $400.
- Sandblasting and priming of the frame $600.
- 3.3 volt 200ah LiFo battery $499 (25 needed)
Doing things in $500-$700 chunks will make it very painless. Bigger chunks, like the new body tub at $3400, or the motor at $1800, or the controller at around $3000 will have momentary impact, but in the end, it will all be well worth it. The biggest jump in my initial estimate of $13,000 has been a $10,000 increase in the battery pack, but the added money spent there will bring my range up from ~40 miles to around 150 miles, which puts me in range of work. Very important milestone, being able to commute with this thing.
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By Hank on 22. June 2008 07:53 | Comments (3)
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