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Posted by: stony
« on: November 09, 2018, 01:50:31 PM »

Wiper update, well it does not work as well as I thought it did, way too slow.  The paddle is about shot.  I did manage to find a NOS rebuild kit on eBay, so that will be going in when I get it.
Posted by: stony
« on: November 03, 2018, 11:34:14 PM »

Update on my progress I finally figured it out and got it working just fine.  Turns out that it works best if you remember to cut all of the vacuum holes in the gasket  ::).  So the result is that I have a working vacuum wiper and I can disassemble and put it back together in about five minutes, and have a pretty good idea how it works.  Thanks Mike, once it was cleaned oiled and put back together CORRECTLY the shop vac ran it just fine.
Posted by: MikeB
« on: November 03, 2018, 07:06:20 PM »

You can make a cheap vacuum pump from an inexpensive fish tank air pump, should be enough to test the wipers.
Posted by: stony
« on: November 03, 2018, 06:37:56 PM »

Well that took all day, but it was raining and I did not have anything better to do.  The results were shall we say unsatisfying.  Got the gaskets made and the insides cleaned up, took it apart and put it together a dozen times, got pretty good at it.  Kinda figured out how it works.  It seemed kind of tight, but after a while it loosened up a bit.  Only had a shop vac to try it with, but it sort of worked.  Hoping when I get it on a better vacuum source it will be ok.
Posted by: stony
« on: November 03, 2018, 12:43:27 AM »

Well �Plain Jane� (yeah I named her, �My Plain Jane never ware no lipstick or paint.� You know she�ll never try to be what she ain�t.�� Bobby Darin 1959).� Has been put to bed for the winter, but lots of little things to do to get her ready for the road.� Windshield wiper motor for one.� Got it out and took it apart.� Not too bad.� Inside is not pitted and the paddle seems to be OK.� Had a lot of stickey grease in it I think I can just clean it out and oil it and it should run.� Needs new gaskets, interesting that it uses two gaskets that are exactly alike.� Can buy them for $20 but I am WAY too cheap, so will make them, some brown paper and a little Permitex #3 should do it.� I have a vacuum boost fuel pump so that should help.
Posted by: aboyandhisdog
« on: October 12, 2018, 06:50:11 PM »

Now you can look forward to driving it and sorting out the little details here and there.  It looks great, nice work.
Posted by: stony
« on: October 12, 2018, 12:28:28 PM »

Well just about time to wrap it up for this year.  Got her running and driving, no leaks except maybe a drop or two out of the rear main, but nothing I am going to worry about.  Got to start working on my combine to get it ready for harvest, so time to put her away till April.  Made HUGE progress this summer so I thought I would include a few photos that show you can fix almost anything if you are stubborn enough.
Posted by: athawk11
« on: October 11, 2018, 03:52:07 PM »

Quote
Now my seat is not bolted down and when I plopped my fat butt into the seat, the back bar pinched the line cutting off the fuel.�

That's a new one.   Glad you found the problem.  We could have all gone done a rabbit hole on this one. :)
Posted by: stony
« on: October 11, 2018, 03:31:33 PM »

I AM A FREEKIN IDIOT!  Wait till you hear this one.  So I thought it was time to take a little test spin down my street.  Hopped in started her up, took off down the street, running like a champ.  Then all of a sudden she dies, out of gas I think.  Push and coast black to the driveway.  Add gas, hop in....nothing.  Must be the fuel pump again.  Took it off, made sure it was OK.  Put it back in.  Hopped in, wham started right up.  Took off down the street and EXACTLY THE SAME THING HAPPENS AGAIN WTF!  Coast back, get out, check everything again.  Hmmm better check the gas line.  Now I had put in a 1/4 inch neoprene line, and had some extra so I just looped it on top of the tank.  Now my seat is not bolted down and when I plopped my fat butt into the seat, the back bar pinched the line cutting off the fuel.  Duhhhhhh!!!  :D. Rerouted the Line and she runs perfect!  The speedometer even works! [ch128077]
Posted by: aboyandhisdog
« on: October 11, 2018, 02:32:51 PM »

Nice...excellent work!
Posted by: stony
« on: October 11, 2018, 12:49:27 PM »

OK she starts and runs fine.  No water leaks (except a loose plug in the water pump), one tiny oil leak at the filter that a 1/4 turn fixed.  No water in the oil (whew) and my block repair looks just fine (whew again).  Got it timed, going to run it at 8 degrees btdc.  Retorqued the head (hot) to 70 ft lb.  Got a little movement on each of the nuts which I was not expecting.  Clutch feels great.  Time to put the body back together and take her for a spin. :)
Posted by: stony
« on: October 10, 2018, 07:31:26 PM »

Agggggggg!!!� Today was one of those days.� Started out OK, made up a set of plug wires, turned her over and checked with timing light, looks good.� Time to hook up the gas lines, no problem.� Put a couple of gallons in the tank, turned her over to fill the lines and filter...... nothing!� OK checked the pump, there is a undrilled casting that says �in� and right next to it a threaded hole, should be inlet, wrong!� Looked at the valves, it was the outlet.� Took the top casting off and turned it 180 degrees, put it back in, hooked the lines back up.....nothing!� Screwed around with it for about an hour, then finally looked inside and saw that the shaft on the diaphragm� had disconnected fron the arm.� Only took about another hour to get that hooked and pumping gas.� Time to see if she will run!� Turn on the key, hit the starter....nothing!� Little backfire through the carb, timing must be off.� Checked the firing order, OK, checked the timing again, OK.� i am absolutely sure that it is not 180 off.� Counterclockwise right? Right!� Swapped the #2 and 3 wires and got a little pop.� Uh oh, move #1 wire from 5 o�clock to 11 and moved all the wires.� Hit the starter, she is purring like a kitten :D.� It WAS 180 degrees off.� I can not for the life of me figure out how I did that.� Anyway she runs great, no water in it, so only ran it for about 45 seconds at ldle, but is showing 20 pounds of oil pressure so she is good to go.
Posted by: stony
« on: October 09, 2018, 11:46:46 PM »

So another chore today.  Got a oil filter from KayservWillys, listed for CJ3A. And as I said in an earlier post the gasket does not fit the Purolater canister (the filter fits fine), so needed to make one.  Got some gasket material, used double sided tape to hold it on a faceplate on my wood lathe.  After a couple of failures, finally used a razor blade to cut one that fits.  Fun!
Posted by: stony
« on: October 08, 2018, 06:39:28 PM »

Plugging away, doing some small stuff.� Made a starter plunger block.� Glued two pieces of 1/8 inch aircraft ply together and coated with spar varnish.� Modified A spring to work to retract the plunger.� Hooked up the cables (24�, #1 gauge) to the starter.� left the plugs out and gave it a try.� Works just fine, pumping oil into the canister.� With any luck, should have it running this week.
Posted by: stony
« on: October 07, 2018, 03:30:09 PM »

From the why did I throw that away dept.  So went to put the oil filter in today, and guess what?  The gaskets that came with the filter do not fit.  The filter fits OK, but the gaskets are too small.  Seems I have a Purolator canister, and the gaskets are for a Fram.  Of course I tossed the old one out.  I can make one, but just one more thing. :(