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Originally Posted by 90503
The roof of all places has rust issues, around the windshield as well. Get some drips and puddling on the inside with a heavy rain. Passenger side, so not too much of a worry...lol...Its too pricey to fix, so I'll just deal with it as long as I can. Arizona and California all its life, so no salt issues, though.
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I had a '99 Jeep Cherokee that had rust issues around the windshield channel, that is a complicated repair. Keep her going as long as you can man!
Speaking of rust, I am at a complete standstill on everything engine related, all my parts required to keep going are still in transit. So, I moved back over to the bumper which is one step away from disintegration.
I pulled it out of my garage and moved it down into my basement next to the replacement unit to swap everything over. I picked up a bumper stand from harbor freight and started teardown. As before, I knew the bumper brackets were shot, I am researching my cheapest way to get OEM GM replacement brackets, either through work or online sources.
What I was mainly concerned about these very specific retainers and clips that hold the lower valence to the chrome face bar. These are not cheap and there's a lot of them, the probability of them breaking from 25 years of service was high. Worked them slow and steady, managed to save every single one. Still kind of sad to say out of this whole assembly, the only thing worth saving was the hardware.
There's more to that story as well. There are additional bumper brackets welded onto the end of the frame rail, unfortunately the passenger side is shot. This is a problem, I do not have the capability to repair this here at my house and my shop is 45 minutes away. A little far to drive with no front bumper. Stuck yet again, I'll have to work a plan on that.
On the driver side I found the grounding point for the battery and gave it the same treatment as I did for the fuel pump ground. Cleaned the frame with my dremel, cleaned the wire eyelets and then ran my 0 gauge from the battery with a new bolt. I also ran a short cable to the radiator support, probably do one more to the fender and I think that should be good. Upgrading the power side will be next, I have my eye on a Mechman replacement 240 Amp alternator but that may have to wait for now unless I find a screaming deal.