They can be a multi-tasker. I've used mine to pull stubborn shrubs and laurel hedge and lift a riding mower to clean-out the deck. Now I'm considering mods to convert it into a firewood splitter.

My Dad made a wood splitter using a floor jack and a thick low tree limb.

I found something similar to what my uncle used off his rear truck hub. Cannot believe I found this. This is 70s/80s redneck engineering. His name was "Uncle Luther". Miss him too.

 

I'm glad the Spanish Inquisition didn't have one of those. 

I wouldn't have expected that. That would have been quite the surprise!

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I'm impressed but I'll stick with a chainsaw for something that tough.

That's great redneck engineering!   Makes me wonder if Uncle Luther offered to hone Cliff's cylinder bores when he did his rebuild ....

Haha thats great

Some recent photos from the work I did over the week. As I mentioned before, I stripped that grimy wiring harness. Just did a quick electrical tape to get it back together. I forgot to take and after photo...oops!

 

And then I got around to some more floor pan cutting. Its ugly and theres still some pinhole rust, but I think the major cancer is out. I'll use the POR15 fiberfill for the small stuff and patch in a new sheet for the big cuts. The passenger pan near the firewall has another spot I may take out. But it is a bit more complex shape and curve. I dont want to go out of my abilities. And no, the floors arent fully surface rusted...I just didnt vacuum before I took the photo, hah!

 

 

Get it all out or you will be doing it again.

Its easier to buy some floor pans and make a big rectangular hole. Then take a patch piece from the appropriate section of the floor pan. Butt weld, grind, prime. Pretty much an invisible repair

You would be much better off replacing those entire pans, there really isn't much left.  A complete set of pans and rails are reasonably priced at around $300 I think.

Totally agreed with both comments above. But at this time (and with my current budget), my main focus is getting the car driving. I fully understand it is not the cure, but it should last me a couple years before I do a full strip down. Theres a couple other spots of rust (hatch lid corner, lower fender, for example) that I would want to tackle at the same time. Luckily Arizona is DRY, so fingers crossed no new spots come up