Well, the rust on the floors of my jeep that I bought when I lived in Chicago finally caught up with me!
EricsXJ and I were out wheeling a new trail right near Reno and on the way home after a few hours of wheeling, then airing up, then driving...I started to smell something burning. At first I thought that maybe there were some people burning leaves in the area...but it definitely got stronger, then started to burn my eyes, and finally filled the cabin with smoke. So I pulled over and grabbed the fire extinguisher...but there were no flames only stinking, smoldering carpet and insulation on the passenger rear floor above my muffler! So I grabbed a gallon of water, soaked the carpet and drove another 15 minutes home.
So I pulled the carpet and found what so many others have shown here before, and I knew it was there...but I chose to ignore it because it was out of sight out of mind ya know? Anyway, here is a write-up of my floor replacement and while I was cutting, I cut out my old 2x4 rockers and put in 2x6 just like EricsXJ's set-up.
Here are some before pics...
My old rock rails...
Rust on the PS cut out, frame is still in good shape though.
New Front and rear PS panel welded in. I used Classic2Customs floor pans that I bought through RockAuto. They are alright, I still had to work them a lot to get them to fit right, but better than starting with a flat sheet of steel.
EricsXJ and I were out wheeling a new trail right near Reno and on the way home after a few hours of wheeling, then airing up, then driving...I started to smell something burning. At first I thought that maybe there were some people burning leaves in the area...but it definitely got stronger, then started to burn my eyes, and finally filled the cabin with smoke. So I pulled over and grabbed the fire extinguisher...but there were no flames only stinking, smoldering carpet and insulation on the passenger rear floor above my muffler! So I grabbed a gallon of water, soaked the carpet and drove another 15 minutes home.
So I pulled the carpet and found what so many others have shown here before, and I knew it was there...but I chose to ignore it because it was out of sight out of mind ya know? Anyway, here is a write-up of my floor replacement and while I was cutting, I cut out my old 2x4 rockers and put in 2x6 just like EricsXJ's set-up.
Here are some before pics...
My old rock rails...
Rust on the PS cut out, frame is still in good shape though.
New Front and rear PS panel welded in. I used Classic2Customs floor pans that I bought through RockAuto. They are alright, I still had to work them a lot to get them to fit right, but better than starting with a flat sheet of steel.
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