Dirt Daily. Finally the Flat-Fender Frame Fix

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7 күн бұрын

When I bought this 1946 Willys CJ2A I knew I was going to have to address the broken frame eventually. I opted to get it running first and now that it purrs like a kitten its time to fight that crack epidemic in my 78 year old chassis. The frame is rusty and crusty, but it's time to make it as good as new, or at least not as broken as it is.
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@stepchildpolaris 4 күн бұрын

How long before Dirthead Dave is allowed to help you? You are very talented but when you and Dave play together it's Genius status

@justplain8793 4 күн бұрын

Wait, did MT shut the show down and not allow them to work together too?

@taunovalo2964 4 күн бұрын

Dave lives a few states over, it’s expensive for small KZfaq channels to collaborate when it requires travel.

@888johnmac 4 күн бұрын

@@justplain8793 .... yeah Dave Chappell said there was a clause in the contract so him & Fred ( and possibly Dave Frieburger / Mike Finnegan ) couldn't work together for a period ..... welcome to Big Corporation Lawyers

@brucea822 2 күн бұрын

@@taunovalo2964hmmmmmmmm. But het went and worked with Vice Grip….

@Rivetroad 4 күн бұрын

The best thing on KZfaq right now! Can’t get enough of this flat fender content.

@BrendanPerring 3 сағат бұрын

I have been watching since your first episode of Dirt Every Day. Thanks very much for all the entertainment, education and calming vibes over the years Fred. You are a legend 💪

@user-um2qe2ej6x 4 күн бұрын

These the videos that I truly love to watch. Repairing an old beat up 4x4 and getting it back in working order. Thanks

@kenthedenstrom3452 3 күн бұрын

Great video great information. Thank you very much

@danf4616 4 күн бұрын

Yikes, looks like the only thing holding that side of the frame together was the battery tray! Yep, might be time to fix that. 😁 Thanks for the videos! 👍👍

@orcrawler7387 3 күн бұрын

Can’t wait to go on my adventure next month that is fueled by years of watching D.e.d and roadkill. Bought a 46 Willy’s in Reno, gonna go work on it and drive it home to Midwest Oregon. These videos are great timing.

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

that sounds like a great adventure

@davidruppel1216 4 күн бұрын

I've had ARB air lockers in my dynatrac axles. They are about 11 years old and have never had a problem with them.

@mikeframe9852 4 күн бұрын

Nice work, it looks like belongs there. That song you sang was pretty awesome too 😂

@robertwells6454 4 күн бұрын

Good job there Fred. You could put some newer axels just something cheep that would take a locker and do some crazy wheeling with a mostly stock Flat fender. They just seem to surprise with the stuff they will hop over. 👌

@stepchildpolaris 4 күн бұрын

I watch Stan Fuller and his Grandpa jeep, would love to see you locker stocker crawling with him

@Grampas-jeep 3 күн бұрын

I’ve followed Fred’s GpW around on the trail before. He helped me with a oroblem on the trail. Thanks for the shout out.

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

stans the best, not sure I could keep up with him!

@marktadlock5428 4 күн бұрын

I have fixed a lot of those frames where jeeps were equipped with post hole diggers. I weld a block on each side of the Crack and then used a c clamp to pull the two parts together then welding it, grind it down and covering with a fish plate

@jasonscharf97tj 4 күн бұрын

Awesome job Fred! Won't be long you'll have back on the road 🤞

@JeremyMakesThings 4 күн бұрын

The dirt, sand, rust, paint, manure, etc can cause problems getting a good weld, but the worst contamination by far is….. ….ham water.

@VetJeeper 4 күн бұрын

Loving these videos your doing! Always wanted a flatty. Can't wait for the next episode! Thanks Fred!

@joshslackslack8115 4 күн бұрын

I enjoy the video I built a old Willy's on a cut down 81 Toyota 4x4 truck frame I called it the Toy-Willy's it was mostly tube with a jeep skin

@JeepnJeff 4 күн бұрын

Looking good! I love seeing the Flatfender since I have a similar project sitting in my driveway. Mine's only 72 year old.

@LukeEdward 4 күн бұрын

Fred, you should have one of those lightning tractor alternator gauges on that thing’s dashboard.

@bigbill709 4 күн бұрын

Nice work welding up the jeep frame .

@ShopJock 3 күн бұрын

Enjoy the low buck realistic content. Love the flattie.

@larryboy8821 2 күн бұрын

I had an M38 with a broken frame in the front. I was just a kid with a 110v flux core mig and no clue on how to fix it. So I didn't. I just drove the thing to death. It'd get death wobble so bad you had to just stop, that would reset the frame and off I'd go. 😂

@kurtreed1619 4 күн бұрын

Grinding away, in the background is the Jerry can that says Flammable. Almost Wiley Coyote like.

@andreasjennersjo400 4 күн бұрын

Thanks for the super nice video to start my day off, keep putting this kind of stuff out there. It makes me smile, it is sort of educational and makes me inspired to work on my own old junk.

@oliverohnemus5791 2 күн бұрын

For a minute I thought you were referring to Hamm’s beer 😂😂

@nealesmith1873 4 күн бұрын

Fun to watch! I did a frame-off low-buck restoration on a 1943 GPW in 1986. Very similar, but the battery platform was bolted on, not riveted and welded.

@MarkRayCalvin 3 күн бұрын

Nice looking frame repair. You'll have to wheel that flat fender really hard to break that one.

@adammcclendon431 4 күн бұрын

Looks great man! What a great project!

@qdusen 4 күн бұрын

Seems like it would be a good idea to do the same reinforcements to the driver side.

@bushnut8305 5 күн бұрын

Personal moto. "Never time to do it right, but always time to do it twice". Lol

@phillip.9524 3 күн бұрын

ARB is an Australian company with outlets all over the world …..🇦🇺

@bassettraceengines 4 күн бұрын

Good job Fred !!!!

@markpospichal1309 4 күн бұрын

Beautiful weld job! 👍👍

@eggdashure 4 күн бұрын

Am I the only one that thought Fred hit something electrical at 33:26? 😂

@dogpotter 4 күн бұрын

thanks for showing us how you fixed the frame rail on your jeep

@amx19733 4 күн бұрын

Always Great content!!!

@mattruth778 3 күн бұрын

You inspire me to go on living

@Mansfield_Motors 4 күн бұрын

Great project

@benjaminjonholman 4 күн бұрын

Fast forward past the ad spot only to hear the phrase " Ham Water" almost made me want to rewind and listen to all of the ad.

@OneManGarage 4 күн бұрын

Love your work and explanation too. Of course now prevention on other side ya need to make it match right ??? :)

@tammyspencer9786 4 күн бұрын

thanks man!

@mikechiodetti4482 4 күн бұрын

That looks like a good job Fred. Are you gonna paint the repair? Looking forward to the next Jeep video.

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

yep. primer and paint

@edwardfletcher7790 4 күн бұрын

Hey Fred, Aussie here. It's Old Man "Eee Mue" not "Eee Moo" lol (Very common mistake tho') Love your work, cheers mate 🍻

@aussiegonz 4 күн бұрын

lmao

@taunovalo2964 4 күн бұрын

On the other hand, a mountain lion is Pooma, not Peuma

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

thanks! ill remember that for next time

@johanbjork1650 4 күн бұрын

If you break a bone and it is a straight fracture the bone in that area will often be stronger than the rest of the bone after healing. Think that will apply to this fix.

@Kyle-ev4fk 4 күн бұрын

Okay, let me see if I got this right. You put a gusset, fish plate, a strap, and a shark fin.

@ThundersYTGarage 4 күн бұрын

I keep a supply of caged nuts on hand because they’re pretty handy

@jeepguy04 4 күн бұрын

I agree the fridge is nice but u can buy a yete cooler for 400 and the ice last for days with out it melting so u won’t get ham water lol

@anthonyanderson1479 4 күн бұрын

Better than factory

@Wheel_Horse 3 сағат бұрын

A lot of stress on that part of the frame. I would at least plate the other side as well. I know... can't fix it if it ain't broke... but an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Why wait for it to break?

@davidcurry9292 4 күн бұрын

Hamms beer, is better that hot horse piss, if the hamms is cold lol

@ReadMichaelParenti 3 күн бұрын

Ham water! 🤣🤣🤣

@crateball 3 күн бұрын

the wizard at work

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

definitely not a wizard, but I’ll keep working

@northmanlogging2769 4 күн бұрын

we have a radiator shop up here that can rod, clean, and test your radiator... got to be someone close to you though (but also, its not all that difficult to do yourself, if you can get the top and bottom off in one piece...)

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

yeah i flushed it and it seems pretty good. just needs a new cap

@mattruth778 3 күн бұрын

I love the videos

@karmafarbus160 4 күн бұрын

Great content, I hope you ended up with that samurai that you and Dave built . That was my favorite episode of DED . I dropped MT when they dropped DED

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

i didnt buy the samurai truck. i heard it ended up at an organization for troubled kids to teach them mechanics. i did buy the tracker

@bigbill709 4 күн бұрын

194th 😊

@petedholm 4 күн бұрын

Is ham water and hot dog water equally unpleasant?

@notoriouslopez1 4 күн бұрын

Hahahaha ham water 💧 man I hated that.

@JonStein-mu5eb 4 күн бұрын

You can cool the welds faster if use compressed air and blast it.

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

yeah thats a great tip for sheet metal. i wasnt in a rush on this repair

@i976scirocco3 4 күн бұрын

Hey Fred, is it a good idea to do the other side too? That way one side doesn't flex more then the other. Keep up the good work !

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

ill cross that broken frame rail when it happens

@michaelbohanon8137 3 күн бұрын

If anyone ever recorded anything like this in the 50s it would have been just like this.

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

except with stick welders

@TerinasAdventures 5 күн бұрын

Second. Dammit.

@scottgalyk8970 5 күн бұрын

There's an awful lot of structure in one fender, does it hold the whole front end on😂

@ezranobles1528 4 күн бұрын

How was it for you to transfer from writer to you tube video by the way love your stuff from the magazine days clampy and all your builds what happened to the military ambulance

@tinkerjeeppublications9823 2 күн бұрын

Next time V-groove your butted ends. then fill the V-groove from end to end. It's a frame rail not a piece of thin body sheet metal.

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

its actually a very thin material and pocked from years of rust. even at full thickness i was concerned with overheating the base metal

@TheMrhick92 2 күн бұрын

Is there any reason you didn't drill holes in your fish plate for rosette welds

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

i considered that and probably would if it was a larger plate or thicker frame

@sethrussell5649 3 күн бұрын

I wonder if the battery acid over the years has weakened an already under engineered section of the frame. 🤔

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

thats a very good possibility I hadn’t considered.

@WelshMXhooligan 4 күн бұрын

I liked because ham water

@davesbroncogarage 3 күн бұрын

What happened to the engine you poured diesel into to free it up from being stuck?

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

its still frozen solid

@TheJonwilder 4 күн бұрын

What are those shackles? Please explain those!

@upscaleshack 4 күн бұрын

Stock flatfender C-shackles. What more explanation is there?

@mattruth778 3 күн бұрын

Sad to say but the frame next to all that reinforcement is now compromised

@welndmn 4 күн бұрын

All the flex is gone from the flatty, I mainly use my frame cracks for all my suspension flex. lol

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

there is plenty of flex left in the frame

@michealgiron9340 4 күн бұрын

Are you and Dave still friends? Was your release friendly?

@scottgalyk8970 5 күн бұрын

Are you going to do the other side or you trust it?

@4xFredWilliams 4 күн бұрын

I'm not touching the other side until it breaks

@scottgalyk8970 4 күн бұрын

@@4xFredWilliams ok

@31terikennedy 4 күн бұрын

Oil the underbody.

@GunSmoke098 5 күн бұрын

First. Love this series.

@monette44 5 күн бұрын

😮😅😊

@jrally 3 күн бұрын

Should all this work be repeated on the driver's side as well? Seems like it's going to be the next weak link.

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

it could be, but I’ll fix that when it breaks

@mattruth778 3 күн бұрын

We need Dave ???!!!!! Help

@Beat98TJ 5 күн бұрын

Third! 😢

@jscheu71 4 күн бұрын

Fred Please please PLEASE cut the ugly tow bar brackets off the frame.

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

thats part of the character. its not a show jeep

@Beat98TJ 4 күн бұрын

Period correct is dumb

@6226superhurricane 4 күн бұрын

there's no such thing as an emoo.

@scottgalyk8970 5 күн бұрын

Not for 1500 dollars 😅

@edwardfletcher7790 4 күн бұрын

Off road fridge/freezers are crazy expensive because they need to have a huge amount of vibration resistance. The ARB ones are designed to withstand days of high speed driving on stoney corrugated desert tracks in Australia. If they can handle that, they'll cope with the US 👍 The last thing you want is to be 500 miles from the nearest Pub and have your fridge die and end up with 100deg beer 🍻 !! 🫤

@scottgalyk8970 4 күн бұрын

@edwardfletcher7790 still not worth 1500 bucks to me

@edwardfletcher7790 4 күн бұрын

@@scottgalyk8970 Me either. But I know how much car camping freezers cost and there's no such thing as cheap quality....

@scottgalyk8970 4 күн бұрын

@@edwardfletcher7790 I still wouldn't pay that much for a cooler

@NorWis744 20 сағат бұрын

@@scottgalyk8970 I purchased an ARB frig/freezer about five years ago from REI. It cost about $700 with a 10% off coupon. It works very well. It has a Dan Foss dc brushless compressor. Dan Foss is a German company. Very energy efficient. Less battery capacity is required to run overnight, etc. Expensive , but worth it to me. Wife and daughters love it.

@kenfrazier616 4 күн бұрын

Fred step it up some, way to long explaining

@mblake0420 4 күн бұрын

If its welded proper, the weld will be stronger than the frame, fish plates unnecessary as you where saying to start. Should have ground out the crack. I guess you are not a professional welder.

@upscaleshack 4 күн бұрын

I'll bet you a trillion dollars it won't break in that spot again. So what's your issue with it?

@mblake0420 3 күн бұрын

@@upscaleshack no it just made things more likely to break right in front of it or right behind it, maybe the other rail.

@jeepguy04 4 күн бұрын

I agree the fridge is nice but u can buy a yete cooler for 400 and the ice last for days with out it melting so u won’t get ham water lol

@4xFredWilliams 9 сағат бұрын

i have one in mexico on a trip and the ice still melted. but they are less expensive