So, where do you work on your FSJ?

[Poley]

lets see your work area.....
I hope to have a new shop soon but here it is for now in the dirt....sux!!!!

http://www.fullsizejeeps.com/jeeps/files/AZ_FSJers/workarea.JPG

[goldhammer]

Usually in the bosses shop if I can head off failure, otherwise wherever it decides to bite me.

[shadowjeep]

no pics but in the driveway (gravel)

[Gambler68]

http://pictures.greatestjournal.com/userimg/2177474/273469

Can't really see the work area, but its basically all the dirt within 10' of the truck

New house we're moving to has a 20'x8ft' level cement pad which abuts the side of the brick house. Looking forward to dripping some oil on *that* badboy ;)

[fulsizjeep]

you go Ryan! yeah, we do it in the dirt a lot... :D

http://www.frontier.net/~mystkblu/401part1/images/401part114_JPG.jpg

[Gambler68]

lol, can I borrow that lift?

hey, still on for tomorrow? I drove the beast around today, she's riding good, I'd like to see how she runs going up the mountain (at least it's all downhill coming back..which may be scarier)

[Bob Barry]

Here's where I work; you can't really tell from this picture, but it's got two concrete tracks for the vehicle wheels to roll on, with dirt in the middle and both sides. I have the top flat section of a Blazer fiberglass top that I cut up and use as a portable floor wherever I need to use my creeper, and for the engine-hoist, I have some 8' lengths of heavy vinyl used as the scuff-boards in a hockey-rink to lay down as tracks for the casters to roll on. You can also see the puny garage in the background, which usually functions as a staging-area/storage-booth for whatever I'm working on.

http://www.drbob.tqhosting.com/cherokee/big05.jpg

The plan is to build a larger garage on the site of the existing one, and have a flat concrete pad in front for exterior work.

[bigun]

Black Bart's four wheel drive emporium, Redneck refuge and parts yard. Sorry no pics are allowed to be taken there,becase of securety concerns. I do think the 50 foot gun tower is abit much though.

[tomd]

Well, sometimes on the concrete pad in the driveway, assuming i feel like moving the loads of cars around...otherwise on the gravel driveway or for small stuff i do it at work sometimes (Lube Shop w/ a pit)

[backroadin']

In the woods behind my buddy's house. Soon though, we'll take it to his work place to do the big stuff. Y'know, the air tools, welders, lifts and cranes, the good stuff!!!

[ October 17, 2004, 06:42 PM: Message edited by: backroadin' ]

[Earl&Mary]

Behind our house at the edge of the field.
Notice the shade tree!

http://www.fsjworld.com/gallery/earlmary/82288.jpg

[ October 18, 2004, 12:24 PM: Message edited by: Earl&Mary ]

[ironroad29]

just cleaned mine this weekend
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/ironroad9c1/P1010117.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/ironroad9c1/P1010118.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/ironroad9c1/P1010119.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/ironroad9c1/P1010120.jpg

[uglyjeepling]

ironroad29;
Wow you have Richard Petty to help you!! Notice you also have calander motivation too! :D

I have a 4 bay garage with 2 lifts, standing parts cleaner, sandblasting bay, paint booth, epoxy floors, 5000 watt stereo system, big screen tv, lazy boy, bathroom, shower, snap on tool set, fully heated/air conditioned, 80 gal compressor, tire changer, balancer, and 3 asian massuses. Haha. And my partents bought it for me.
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Yeah right. If I had that it wouldn't take a month to change a tranny shaft. What I do need is calander motivation.

[ironroad29]

i can send you some of mine ,i have spares..lol

[uglyjeepling]

A garage is not a garage without your Snap-on girlie calender. Just having one in the garage while rebuilding an engine will give you 5 extra hp. And it adds up, for every calender you can add 5 more. You must get a bunch of Hp out of your jeep. LOL

[Torque]

Under a large ceder tree...and unless it's really raining stays dry underneath at which point out comes the tarp.I see this as practice for having to wrench on the trails.Not that I wouldn't jump at a heated garage

[thejum57]

My 2 car garage, but I have to take the cap off. Otherwise, the driveway!

[Poley]

ironroad29- you are spoiled to be about to work inside a shop, sweet

[War Wagon]

I work in the driveway. Pulled the transfer case Tuesday and it started raining and has just stopped 30 minutes ago. Got to love it.

Jim

[2nd Day]

Your supposed to work on these things?

I usally end up at a friends house, sucks living on base.

[gwinn]

Routine work is done in my driveway or a friend's garage. A large portion of the work is done wherever I am when it breaks down. smile.gif

[Casey]

This is a pic of the house I just moved from. My buddy is looking for a can of beer he set down! http://www.fullsizejeeps.com/jeeps/files/Users/casey/joes1.jpgwe had to let the air out of the 31's to roll it into the bay(7'door)the driveway is steep, the house is on Paris Mtn.. The garage is full of crap to re-model the house with and a staging area for every project I have going on and my re-loading bench.

My new house has a carport that is unfortunately well below the average high water mark during the hurricane season. So I have to build up a platform to put my tool box on and alot of shelving to get the other tools off the floor. But it is 2 car and has a 10x20 shop area at the back. I'm going to close it in and hang an 18' door. The best part is my Jeeps can sit in the driveway in neutral and they wont roll.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/rcasey/DorisDrive003.jpg
You can see the water standing in the driveway, thats just from a hard rain! Last year hurricane Isabelle brought water to the bottom of our floor joists :eek: I am going to cut the driveway and install a drain to help with the rain water and just hope for the best during hurricane season. Got lucky this year!

[VA Beachboy]

I work on my GW in the shop on my dad's farm. When I was a teen I soon learned that if I left it in dad's shop long enough, it usually got fixed...by dad. Later, he would usually mumble something like, "I had to fix your blankety, blank, POS Jeep so I could get that bucket of rust outta my shop so I could work on the combine." Dad once worked in a garage, and he could fix whatever was wrong with that old Jeep while I was trying to figure out which tools I needed. I actually think he liked working on it because somtimes if he didn't have anything better to do, he would pull it in his shop and fix stuff that he thought "needed fixin" even though I didn't know there was anything wrong with it.

Finally I had to sell "DA Beast" when Dad evicted the old tub of rust and bondo from his equipment shed to make room for a new John Deere. There was so much oil on the cement floor where it dad been parked for years that Dad said it looked like the Exxon Valdez had been drydocked in there.

If Dad ever sells the farm, and gets rid of his tools and the farm business account at the NAPA store my Grand Wagoneer will have to go!

[ November 04, 2004, 01:35 PM: Message edited by: VA Beachboy ]

[Allen78J20]

The driveway as usual. But after years of wrenching in any weather, either on a tank in the army or on the family vehicles, the Jeeps Gods smiled at me, and with my first new to me house there is a detached 2 car garage with a 75000 BTU natural gas heater. Tonight was the first night getting organized enough to get something in there!

[ November 04, 2004, 08:51 PM: Message edited by: Allen ]

[paddyp]

For now, I have a 2 car garage. But soon, after a 4" lift, 33s, and a Tadrack, I will be forced to use the driveway.

[Rande]

You can get a look at "the shop" here: http://f2.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/zingflap

The photos were taken over the span of a couple of months. We still need to insulate and install a heater for these cold Minnesota winter months. We put up plastic sheeting to at least help hold some of the heat in. We are currently, carefully, using Knipco style heaters.

[mudslider]

I got a nice narrow ditch beside my trailer. I push or drive it in and level my rig out then I have all the room I need underneath. It doesnt leave much room for weather though. So that is where the weather channel helps out for my more than a day projects. And ants are vicious so watch where ya park.

[jeepzilla47]

i use my buddies shop, (he happens to love jeeps also)...it was/is his dad. he runs alot of heavy equipment, so we got some good tools....car lifts, welders, plasma....ect..

[flyboy]

I've been working on this for a couple of weeks now with the help of my son. Hope to have it closed in by the end of the month. Gonna be a big change from the 24x24 I'm working out of now.

http://www.fullsizejeeps.com/jeeps/files/Misc-Pictures/shop.JPG

[Gambler68]

Nice pole barn!

[79_Limited]

The driveway which sucks because it is on an incline. I have not had the nerve to put it on jackstands on the flat part. Luckily it sits high enough that I can get to everything I need.

My Kraut rocket is a different story.

[Chris Barry]

In a 30'X80' shop(heated of corse).

[bigun]

Originally posted by flyboy:
I've been working on this for a couple of weeks now with the help of my son. Hope to have it closed in by the end of the month. Gonna be a big change from the 24x24 I'm working out of now.

http://www.fullsizejeeps.com/jeeps/files/Misc-Pictures/shop.JPGNice looks like you have a main work area then a section as a clean room for building engines

[TheBondoBandit]

i work on mine in my driveway , where i'm assured that anything i drop will roll into the grass and the yard will eat the part ....i swear i find tools and parts every time i mow the grass , evil yard !

[Canadian Redneck]

my shop has a cement floor...somewhere...may have to dig through dirt,oil,nuts,bolts but its there

[jeepnhal]

in my none to warm garage complete with leaky roof hilly dirt drivehttp://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL573/3196856/6521875/84489700.jpgway or out in dirt

[dragNwagon]

I work inside the truck bay at the fire department where I am employed. I have all the tools I need, plenty of light and a comfortable 70 degrees year round. I'm a bit spoiled. Installed a complete suspension lift at work. I wish I had pictures.

[Mud Menace]

http://image22.webshots.com/22/8/50/30/233285030HtYmuu_ph.jpg This is where the work gets done. Either the two car garage or in the dirt in front. :D

[cincyjeeprs]

...wherever it breaks down, naturally.

[mechanical man]

I have been around a while and now have a 24x24x10hi garage with air in the walls on both sides, pull down lights, water hose, and air hose, heat and air conditioning, several Craftsman cabinets, and overhead crane on an I-beam spanning the garage where the engine sits when pull in, several work benches along the walls, a lot of tools stashed everywhere, and most importantly a beer 'fridge. I all too well remember working outside in heat, cold, rain, and snow. No more of that for this old guy. The biggest problem is that the Avanti has to sit outside when the Jeep in being worked on-was out for 5 1/2 months this spring thru summer-but what the h***, it's just a car!

[DerekTJeep]

http://fsjworld.tenmagazines.com/showownerpic.ten-u-3541-n-83768-pos-1

http://fsjworld.tenmagazines.com/showownerpic.ten-u-3541-n-83640-pos-2

Derek

[moabm715]

I hope to pour a pad to work on this summer, but for now as I live in the desert its the sand. Anyone want to loan me some dirt.

[rampagefsj]

Beleive it or not but I work on an old tennis court(cracks,stickers,and all :mad: )

[ February 19, 2005, 08:11 PM: Message edited by: rampagefsj ]

[ohioj20]

I have a two car garage and a gravel drive way. So the J20 gets the gravel work and the GW is in the Garage now in pieces! The wife's VW Jetta TDI takes the other garage spot

[yeep74]

Right here! :eek:
http://www.fsjworld.com/gallery/yeap74/84015.jpg

[91G-Dub]

The last place I worked on my FSJ was just before exit 8 on the New Jersey Turnpike where it blew a radiator hose. Most of the time I work on wherever it breaks down

[Wart Hawg]

I get to take mine to the auto skills center on base I got threatened with getting kicked out of base housing when I was checking my oil. The auto skills center has 4 lifts, 8 bays and all the tools I could ever possibly think of. Then again if I'm not there 45minutes before they open I end up having to wait 4 to 5 hours for a bay.

[grand_wag_85]

No FSJ for now but I have a 401 sitting in a friend of mine's barn...

[bertus]

shade tree mechanic here too. we changed my motor in the back yard. laid down plywood for the engine jack.

[Frank in Norway]

http://www.fullsizejeep.com/1024/pics/wag2.jpg

I have all this space to work in :)

[OldGrayGhost]

Used to be able to use the carport where my toolbox and junk is, but the wife's 75 clubcab longbox powerwagon just fills that sucker completely up now, now I work in the driveway, half way to the street cause her busted van is parked behind the power wagon. We're supposed to rectify all of this this weekend so we'll see how that goes.

[my88wgn]

where ever the POS breaks down at

[24tesla]

In the garage, or in the driveway. No room to build a shop. Miss the one I had in La., was 3400 sq foot, heated with bathroom, and walkin shower. The man that had the house there before us worked on farm tractors. The one car shop to the side was for his small engine repairs, not enough for a FSJ but the S-10 would fit. Man I miss that house. (Becuase of the shop)

[80Laredo]

In the driveway or sometimes in my buddys garage.
Heat is nice when your used to being numb

[J10Truken]

Ditto gwinn. however, I've noticed the truck likes to wait until it starts raining or is over the tires in a stream before it breaks. I'm sure it is just to help me out with clean-up.....don't ya think?

[tufkiller]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid161/p8571b7e077661ecdbd431d83ef9fad5f/f4c35313.jpg
This is my first house that i bought. The garage has a loft on the short side.

[Sycho15]

In my driveway, in the parking lot of my mechanic's shop (we're on good terms and he'd rather me work on my truck than do it himself!), or in the AutoZone parking lot ('cause I can borrow their tools, and it saves a lot of runs to the part store)!

[jorg0370]

I used to use my 1 stall garage, nice with propane heater in Upstate NY winters... but now that the remains of the Wag's are in the garage, most wrenches are turned in the driveway. That's unless the part can be pulled, then it's in the unfinished basement along, oh, 20 feet of workbench. smile.gif

[UKJeeper]

I guess i'm lucky in that a family friend has a whole farm full of empty barns and empty buildings available (bottom fell out of the livestock market after foor and mouth 3 years ago). Right now she's "resting" in an old piggery. At least i have plenty of room to work in. In winter she can go in a fully enclosed barn.

http://www.ukjeeper.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jeep/fsj/barn.jpg

http://www.ukjeeper.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jeep/fsj/barn2.jpg

When she's running better, and the YJ's back on 4 wheels (rear axle rebuild), she'll be paying weekend visits to my driveway.

[ April 08, 2005, 03:37 PM: Message edited by: UKJeeper ]

[Qudawg]

I have a 2 bay cement pad but its full of FSJ, so im stuck in the rocks and the dirt, some stickers too..

[steven79]

two car garadge and a nice long flat driveway, can fit a total of six cars infront.

[TimK]

Currently, I'm in an apartment...
So, any nasty soft spot out of the way in a pasture or under a tree (see pics) at my folks place...
The dirt/ gravel driveway is off limits until it's a reliable daily driver.

http://www.fullsizejeeps.com/jeeps/files/Users/TimK/swap_1.JPG

http://www.fullsizejeeps.com/jeeps/files/Users/TimK/swap_6.JPG

[rockingon24_7]

well i usually work on cars in the garage but my jeep is on our farm so i have to work out in the dirt for now

[FSJ-Earl]

I work in the dirt (since I killed all the grass) at the side of my house. I formerly used the maintenance building for the school district that I work at, but we have a new director of building and grounds and due to liability reasons, he won't allow anybody to work there anymore! I also frequent a good friends shop. Zack from Z & M Jeeps (zmjeeps.com) lets me use his shop just about whenever I need to. As long as I move his jeep out of the way and put them back where they were!

[CR]

car port of a trailor park

yes im white trash lol

http://img174.echo.cx/img174/4206/wagoneer16nf.jpg

[Big Blue]

How many months is a "Topic of the Month" supposed to stay the topic of the month? just curious smile.gif

[annette]

In the backyard or where ever it brakes.

[annette]

Did a post wanted to add pic. dont know how.

[J10Mike]

my two car garage complete with compressor, a full compliment of tools, a fridge (for beer), and am/fm/cd. it will do for now.
http://12.29.16.230/mmimages/weekend1.jpg

[mudslider]

Originally posted by Big Blue:
How many months is a "Topic of the Month" supposed to stay the topic of the month? just curious smile.gif LOL

[fulsizjeep]

as long as it takes to beat this topic into the dirt... :D

[Tow God]

normally right here the only freinds i have with garages either use them for there stuff all the time or use it for storage http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/bulldawg5150/78CHERO.jpg

[ultimatejb]

I work on my 83 wagoneer in the garage/workshop that my dad, the guy that itroduced me to fsj's, and I built. I'm 16, and this is my first vehicle.
http://www.fullsizejeeps.com/jeeps/files//Jeep_Garage.jpg

--Jonathan

[Faktory_Flaws]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/vicksboo/KennyandtheJeep1.jpg
^_____^______^______^______^
RIGHT HERE

[MetalClaws]

All these pictures of Waggies are bringing a tear to my eye.

[FSJnovice]

driveway.

[mikel12979]

in the back yard
http://www.fullsizejeeps.com/jeeps/files/1963-1983-Wagoneers/DSCF0044.JPG

[Woody Long]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid169/p96a5bab26e3e3a3961e1192e4888ebe0/f411fc57.jpg
Big Pic (http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid169/p96a5bab26e3e3a3961e1192e4888ebe0/f411fc57.jpg.orig.jpg)

[Spectre]

http://www.dallasdrivers.org/albums/album62/IM001537.sized.jpg

Yes, that is a Sun engine diagnostic/analyzer computer. It's amazing what you can pick up at service stations that are going out of business.

http://www.dallasdrivers.org/albums/album62/IM001557.jpg

If it looks like a storage unit, it must *be* a storage unit!

[xsonmyeyes]

I lay in the large oil spill in the driveway.

[nsanebiker]

Where ever my Waggie wants its belly rubbed.

Unless it is planned work which is usually in a bud's shop.

[French]

I have a 10x8 tin shed for tools, welders etc, and a two car car port.

[uglyjeepling]

In a tiny *** suburban hell two car. With my classic in the other bay. Why the hell do they build new track houses with such small garages? I mean doesnt anyone else like to constantly work on there vehicles!? Oh wait...thats just FSJ owners. tongue.gif :D

[Chief Stompzall]

In the plume of Carbon Monoxide from the reddy heater in the winter, and the deafening buzz of the chicken house fan during the summer.

[KaiserMan]

In my dirt drive-way, less I can coax my dads 65 Impala SS out of our nice, abet unheated, 45'x 20' garage. That don't happen to often though, replacing the rear channel on my bed in the dirt right now.