Groundhog
New member
Hi everyone, Long post - sorry.
This post isn't meant to send an "oh me oh my" vibe or to look for sympathy, but Christy and I have been hit with some really unbelievable issues these past couple of years, which is just one more reason no one in the club has seen much of me.
Last December, as a member of the 1st Company Governor's Horse Guard, I was kicked by one of the horses resulting in three tendons torn from my right arm. After not really being able to use my arm at all, I decided to have surgery to get the rotator cuff back in working order if I ever expected a halfway normal arm again. The pain was unbearable too.
Fast forward a bit and I had to have a second surgery three weeks ago because the first one didn't go so well - I needed the bicep reattached - again. I'm now looking at 12 months of physical therapy on top of all this.
So that's the sob story in a nutshell.
The reason I'm telling you this is because for the past two years, my Jeep has been having issues with timing despite multiple distributors, and cam and crank position sensors. Keep in mind this is a motor with under 5K and it was running flawlessly for five years, doing trails all over VT and New Hampshire. I simply can't trust it in the woods until I have a definitive fix for the stalling and dying issue. So it's sitting here doing nothing.
To top it off, while working under the Jeep, I found some rot that I do not have the welding talent to repair. And now with this injury, I cannot work on the truck at all.
What I'm looking for is a referral to someone who can do the welding repair because if I can't get the rot fixed, this Jeep isn't worth putting another dime into no matter what is wrong with it. I'm one of those guys that never asks for help - but this time I have no choice. I really don't want to get rid of this Jeep because it suits my needs for what I use it for. I figured I'd reach out here first to see if anyone is interested in a side job or knows anyone who is.
I had the Jeep checked out by a garage, known for welding, in Middlefield last week and he thinks it's repairable and recommended 1/8 in steel plating welding to the subframe. He no longer welds, however, as he officially retired.
Any guidance on this will be greatly appreciated.
This post isn't meant to send an "oh me oh my" vibe or to look for sympathy, but Christy and I have been hit with some really unbelievable issues these past couple of years, which is just one more reason no one in the club has seen much of me.
Last December, as a member of the 1st Company Governor's Horse Guard, I was kicked by one of the horses resulting in three tendons torn from my right arm. After not really being able to use my arm at all, I decided to have surgery to get the rotator cuff back in working order if I ever expected a halfway normal arm again. The pain was unbearable too.
Fast forward a bit and I had to have a second surgery three weeks ago because the first one didn't go so well - I needed the bicep reattached - again. I'm now looking at 12 months of physical therapy on top of all this.
So that's the sob story in a nutshell.
The reason I'm telling you this is because for the past two years, my Jeep has been having issues with timing despite multiple distributors, and cam and crank position sensors. Keep in mind this is a motor with under 5K and it was running flawlessly for five years, doing trails all over VT and New Hampshire. I simply can't trust it in the woods until I have a definitive fix for the stalling and dying issue. So it's sitting here doing nothing.
To top it off, while working under the Jeep, I found some rot that I do not have the welding talent to repair. And now with this injury, I cannot work on the truck at all.
What I'm looking for is a referral to someone who can do the welding repair because if I can't get the rot fixed, this Jeep isn't worth putting another dime into no matter what is wrong with it. I'm one of those guys that never asks for help - but this time I have no choice. I really don't want to get rid of this Jeep because it suits my needs for what I use it for. I figured I'd reach out here first to see if anyone is interested in a side job or knows anyone who is.
I had the Jeep checked out by a garage, known for welding, in Middlefield last week and he thinks it's repairable and recommended 1/8 in steel plating welding to the subframe. He no longer welds, however, as he officially retired.
Any guidance on this will be greatly appreciated.
