CJ2A floor pan

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   Our CJ2A has a bit of cancer on the floor pan and the floor braces underneath are half eaten up.  2 Floor braces ($300) plus the labor to replace half the floor pan with sheet metal, weld, etc will probably run $1K at least.  K-W and Walck's both sell a complete floor pan including the floor braces for $750 with Walck's throwing in free shipping.  Anyone have any experience with either vendor's floor pans regarding fit and finish? The catalog photos are not definitive.

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CJbuilder Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 12 July 2017 Location: Ft Collins Status: Offline Points: 65	Post Options Post Reply Quote CJbuilder Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: CJ2A floor pan Posted: 16 Jan. 2019 at 2:07am
	Our CJ2A has a bit of cancer on the floor pan and the floor braces underneath are half eaten up. 2 Floor braces ($300) plus the labor to replace half the floor pan with sheet metal, weld, etc will probably run $1K at least. K-W and Walck's both sell a complete floor pan including the floor braces for $750 with Walck's throwing in free shipping. Anyone have any experience with either vendor's floor pans regarding fit and finish? The catalog photos are not definitive.
	Ron

Bruce W Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 29 July 2005 Location: Northeast Colorado Status: Offline Points: 9652	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bruce W Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jan. 2019 at 3:49am
	Ron, Tiny (Wellington) and I put a new complete floor pan in his CJ2-A when we built it. I'm not sure where he got it from, but it went in pretty well. It was definitely the way to go for that one. It goes all the way up to the pinch weld where the toeboard meets the firewall. We separated them at that joint, and the new floor did not match up with the firewall real well, we had to massage both parts a bit to get it together. I think if I was to do another one I would cut both the old and the new a little below there where I could deal with mostly a straight line across a flat surface. If you'd like, PM me your phone number and I'll forward it to Tiny and see if he would give you a call. Or, PM Tiny and ask him to give you a call. BW
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Mark W. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Sponsor Member Joined: 09 Nov. 2014 Location: Silverton, OR Status: Offline Points: 7986	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mark W. Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jan. 2019 at 4:15am
	You can also check out Classic Enterprises if you want USA Made sheet metal parts they do the floor and hat channels Hat channels are $90 a side and the flat floor sections (you have to cut around the tunnel and just up the toe boards a bit. are just $70.00 a side. so for $320 in new USA made pieces you can replace your floor. If you need to replace the Joiner section of the hat channel (where it passes under the tunnel you have to add another $35.00 https://www.classicent.com/jeep/mb-cj2a-3a-3b-m38/Floor
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Unkamonkey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 23 Mar. 2016 Location: Greeley CO Status: Offline Points: 2093	Post Options Post Reply Quote Unkamonkey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jan. 2019 at 5:36am
	I built my own and welded them in. It depends on your tools and skill. Don't put your hand down where you just got done welding.
	uncamonkey

Rus Curtis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 25 Mar. 2010 Location: Alabama Status: Offline Points: 1733	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rus Curtis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jan. 2019 at 3:29pm
	I'll bet the available floors aren't any different from the one I used. The gauge is thinner than original and the hat channels had wood inside. I neither had the tools nor the skill so had to hire it out. The floor I used was the only one available; the hump creases were too sharp and the transmission cover hardware was wrong. But needing a hump, I had little choice (I'd already gone the route of requesting a hump section from PanelsPlus - when Sheldon Green was still cranking out parts). That didn't work either. I believe the floor will be braced well enough that the thinner gauge won't be an issue but didn't like the hat channels that came with the floor. I opted for heavier hat channels from Classic Enterprise. I had to change out one crush sleeve for a captured nut under the fuel tank and also elected to cut aft of the toe-board/floor seam, around the side step mount holes and around the transmission cover hole to preserve all the factory holes. I did have to add the captured nuts for the seat and tank strap.
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