Surprisingly, I had some time this Friday to get a little work on the Jeep in. After removing the hood, I got to work on the items attached to the fenders. I was very surprised at how clean and nice the inside of the voltage regulator was. The outside was certainly deceiving. The horn was also removed and the bubba bracket I made for holding the glass fuel filter.
The driver side fender came off fairly easily. However, when I went to work on removing the passenger side fender, I realized I was parked far too close to the other stuff in the garage to get to the required bolts. Rather than call it a day, I decided that was a great time to put Ike up on his vehicle dollies. I got them so I can move Ike around the garage without having to back it down the garage and push it back up the driveway, a task that I can’t do myself. However, on the vehicle dollies, I can move it around the garage without needing someone to help me push it back up the driveway.
Once it was up on the dollies and I could get it moved over, I got to work trying to remove the passenger fender. Unfortunately, the bolts are fairly rusted on that side. After shearing off one bolt, and probably cross-threading another, I decided to call it a day and let it sit for a while. I would imagine that giving it some sitting time and coming back in a day or so would be a good idea at that point.
After deciding to stop work on the fender, I took off a few small bits. The VIN plate and the shift data plate came off, as well as my recently restored side view mirror. Before too long I’ll have to get what’s left of the gas removed from the tank so I can finish emptying the body in preparation for it’s removal. Before I get to that point, I need to figure out how to remove the windshield glass from the frame to make it a little lighter and more portable.
