Tarting up and Carpet fitting
Discussion
Had been thinking about selling the Jago and looking for a new project - but a little common sense must prevail.
The jeep is complete and great fun to drive on and off road, so if keeping it I'll have to do a little more tidying.
Number 1 is the electrics, all in hand and hopefully done next weekend. Imobiliser fitting is part of that job.
Second will have to be the chassis, repainted as part of the rebuild after write off - waxoil, another coat of underseal on the floor underside and nice thick black to cover all the overspray under the arches and on the suspension.
Then come carpets, the old stuff was rotten and I have kept enough to use as templates for new, question is what to use and how to stick it in? First inclination is to get hold of fully synthetic cord - opinions and tips please.
Then a radio would be nice touch - is there a bracket that can be bought for under the dash, passenger side? more thoughts and experiences welcome, had thought of a box behind the seats, to house radio, CB and speakers.
Still have not sorted the legal side of fitting musical air horns - was a time when every mini and anglia had em - so can I fit em to a "K" plated jago?
Then with the brighter weather, completing my mods to the soft top rails, replacing the fixing bolts with dowels has worked perfectly - nothing fallen off all winter so next job is to cut em in half and dowel the joints, so I can stow em in the jeep, together with the folded soft top - on or off in less than 5 minutes and a one man job with not a bolt in sight!
The jeep is complete and great fun to drive on and off road, so if keeping it I'll have to do a little more tidying.
Number 1 is the electrics, all in hand and hopefully done next weekend. Imobiliser fitting is part of that job.
Second will have to be the chassis, repainted as part of the rebuild after write off - waxoil, another coat of underseal on the floor underside and nice thick black to cover all the overspray under the arches and on the suspension.
Then come carpets, the old stuff was rotten and I have kept enough to use as templates for new, question is what to use and how to stick it in? First inclination is to get hold of fully synthetic cord - opinions and tips please.
Then a radio would be nice touch - is there a bracket that can be bought for under the dash, passenger side? more thoughts and experiences welcome, had thought of a box behind the seats, to house radio, CB and speakers.
Still have not sorted the legal side of fitting musical air horns - was a time when every mini and anglia had em - so can I fit em to a "K" plated jago?
Then with the brighter weather, completing my mods to the soft top rails, replacing the fixing bolts with dowels has worked perfectly - nothing fallen off all winter so next job is to cut em in half and dowel the joints, so I can stow em in the jeep, together with the folded soft top - on or off in less than 5 minutes and a one man job with not a bolt in sight!
Not 100% sure on the musical horns.
In theory as the vehicle has the old K reg should be OK but at the end of the day may be down to what the boys and girls in blue think at the time. Possible solution is to have that set plus a standard unit with a switch on the dashboard to allow for selection of which one is powered up when the horn button is pressed.
Re the carpet as you are already thinking of there is a "rotproof" carpet which is a loop pile polypropylene with a synthetic backing.
Regarding the fixing of it would you want to lift it for any reason (floor maintainence)?
If so the velcro sewn to the carpet and bonded to the floor with a waterproof/heat proof glue such as AF178 is a good option. If you do not think it will need lifting then just use the AF178 straight on the back of the carpet and floor. It is a contact type adhesive so make sure it is lined up right first time as it sticks very well.
Glad to hear you are planning on keeping the Geep as it is all to common for folks to have them a short time then either because it does not offer all the creature comforts modern cars have or because they are under the impression it costs more in time and money to run them they give up and try selling them on.
You may be able to still get the small "gearbox tunnel" consuls that were popular at one time.
This unit fits in well in most Jago Geeps and often the Samuri as well.
It will allow the fitting of a reasonable radio and possibly (depending on the size of CB) the CB as well as a few of them had adequate room for a graphic equaliser (boy remember them
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>> Edited by techsec on Thursday 4th March 17:44
>> Edited by techsec on Thursday 4th March 17:44
In theory as the vehicle has the old K reg should be OK but at the end of the day may be down to what the boys and girls in blue think at the time. Possible solution is to have that set plus a standard unit with a switch on the dashboard to allow for selection of which one is powered up when the horn button is pressed.
Re the carpet as you are already thinking of there is a "rotproof" carpet which is a loop pile polypropylene with a synthetic backing.
Regarding the fixing of it would you want to lift it for any reason (floor maintainence)?
If so the velcro sewn to the carpet and bonded to the floor with a waterproof/heat proof glue such as AF178 is a good option. If you do not think it will need lifting then just use the AF178 straight on the back of the carpet and floor. It is a contact type adhesive so make sure it is lined up right first time as it sticks very well.
Glad to hear you are planning on keeping the Geep as it is all to common for folks to have them a short time then either because it does not offer all the creature comforts modern cars have or because they are under the impression it costs more in time and money to run them they give up and try selling them on.
You may be able to still get the small "gearbox tunnel" consuls that were popular at one time.
This unit fits in well in most Jago Geeps and often the Samuri as well.
It will allow the fitting of a reasonable radio and possibly (depending on the size of CB) the CB as well as a few of them had adequate room for a graphic equaliser (boy remember them
) >> Edited by techsec on Thursday 4th March 17:44
>> Edited by techsec on Thursday 4th March 17:44
Carpets - the floor covering will remain loose as it is now, but thanks to you, it will not be so loose - I have a big roll of velcro, knew it would come in handy one day, only the walls will be glued.
Radio, had a brainwave today, folded up a piece of 18G steel to create a carrier, sides left slightly long - fits a dream over the gearbox tunnel, forward of the gear stick, so there it shall live, speakers as planned under the seats.
I am not that keen to let this jeep go - it was purchased for spares, everthing under and behind the seats having been ripped off in an accident, but comparing the jeep I had on the road and the wreck, I thought that the wreck had more potential, so the other jeep went and what I have now I can truly say I built most of it - including the chassis! (or at least the back half)
I do still have the hard top going spare, headlining needed and some TLC - collector can buy me a couple of pints!
Radio, had a brainwave today, folded up a piece of 18G steel to create a carrier, sides left slightly long - fits a dream over the gearbox tunnel, forward of the gear stick, so there it shall live, speakers as planned under the seats.
I am not that keen to let this jeep go - it was purchased for spares, everthing under and behind the seats having been ripped off in an accident, but comparing the jeep I had on the road and the wreck, I thought that the wreck had more potential, so the other jeep went and what I have now I can truly say I built most of it - including the chassis! (or at least the back half)
I do still have the hard top going spare, headlining needed and some TLC - collector can buy me a couple of pints!
Have you put the hard top on the for sale adverts page on www.transmissionsonline.org.uk as it is one of the things that is usually in demand?
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