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Posted by: Kirkski
« on: July 02, 2020, 09:02:01 AM »

 Beautiful Jeep and the scenery is amazing. My wife and I hope to make a color tour sometime, won't be this year because of previous travel commitments but the plan is for 2021. Provided there is still a safe America to travel in... weird times.

 Any, I also hope to be on here more often, now that family life has settled... not too much going on with my build, just driving her around, get loads of attention, which I am sure you do as well. Enjoy!
Posted by: athawk11
« on: July 02, 2020, 08:19:00 AM »

Thanks Kirk.  It's been a fun ride. 

From a recent trip...

Posted by: Kirkski
« on: July 01, 2020, 02:43:17 PM »

Tim,

 Thanks for sharing, great reading up

Kirk
Posted by: athawk11
« on: April 28, 2020, 11:47:29 AM »

By early 2017, I had wrapped up another project and started fiddling with other stuff.  This is the 3A I fixed up for my wife.








My  46 CJ2A also started to get some attention.  I've had it for a while, but I didn't do much more than getting it started and getting it to stop...





Another Fall Colors Tour.  You get to see some amazing things at this event...








In 2018, I found a 1-1/4" intermediate shaft Dana 18 and rebuilt it to replace my existing whiny TC.  This was a fun project.









2019 I added an overdrive.




The ultimate millennial Anti-Theft device...





I continue to enjoy trail rides.  I brought home quite a bit of mud from this trip...





I hope you enjoyed this timeline.  I had fun putting it together.  It brought back lots of memories.


This little 3A changed the course of my life.  Because of it, I have met some incredible people that never cease to amaze me. There is true kindness throughout the Willys community.  The kind of folk that truly restore my faith in humanity.   
Posted by: athawk11
« on: April 01, 2020, 08:40:23 AM »

I miss the rides too, Oilly.  And I miss the Peeps just as much.
Posted by: Oilleaker1
« on: March 31, 2020, 06:34:46 PM »

Oh the pain. I miss it real bad. Now we got this new threat. I hope we all come out the other side---------ready to Jeep. Oilly
Posted by: athawk11
« on: March 31, 2020, 12:48:50 PM »

During the winter I got a little bored.  The projects moved indoors.  I rebuilt an original style fuel pump and a few Carter WO carburetors...













As springtime arrived, I was pretty busy on another Willys project, but still found time for this one.  Here it is tucked away in my temporary paint booth.







Another trip up north to the Black Hills Run...






Some very interesting conversations arise with this group of passionate Flat Fender folk.

 




Time to upgrade the old Leaf springs after finding a couple broken leafs...






2016 Fall Colors Tour.  The mountains were on fire this year.






Our FCT host, M38Mike.
























Posted by: 64CJ5
« on: March 25, 2020, 10:45:42 AM »

Tim,  You not only do good work on your Jeep's you take really good pictures.
Thanks for sharing.
Tom
Posted by: athawk11
« on: March 24, 2020, 04:46:39 PM »

Tom, good to know I didn't start some crazy trend.  Ya live, ya learn.

As time moved forward, there would be several mini projects performed between trail rides and parades.
 
I was always a little disappointed in the wheels on this 3A.  I finally found a complete set of original 15" Kelsey Hayes wheels.  I blasted, painted then mounted them up. . .







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In my never ending pursuit to slow the leaks and improve performance, I installed a sealed bearing on the T-90 transmission and sealed the leak points on the shift tower. . .
















While I had it all apart, I replaced the intermediate shaft in the Dana 18 transfer case.  You can see the side-by-side new and old parts comparison. . .












The stained handles on the tools weren't holding up very well so I ended up painting them green. . .





Another Memorial Day just before the parade. . .






Our first trip to the Black Hills area of South Dakota. . .














Following that trip, I pulled the engine and got serious about the rear main seal leak.  While out, I also cleaned up the top and replaced the broken piston rings.  I pulled the crank shaft this time and tried a whole new technique.  I got it to seal pretty good, but it still leaks a bit after really pushing the engine.  Such is life with an old engine and a rope style rear main seal...













2015 Fall Colors Tour...












Posted by: 64CJ5
« on: March 20, 2020, 06:14:19 PM »

Had the same thing happen to a '74 GMC 3/4t pickup with a 292 inline 6cyl..
That screw hammered so hard we thought the engine was shot.  Had a time getting the screw out of the piston, it was really stuck.  That was many years ago. It was a good ranch truck for many more years after we put the head back on. 
Posted by: athawk11
« on: March 20, 2020, 04:15:55 PM »

In 2014, my focus switched to another 3A project, but there were some things I did with this one.

It had a pretty good leak from the rear main seal.  I had a hard time accepting that a Willys Jeep inherently leaks.  I replaced the seal 4 times with both the rubber version and the rope version.  All attempts were failures with this engine.  I bought a lot of oil pan gaskets that year.  None of my attempts were successful.  It just seemed to get worse with every try.

The weirdest event from 2014 came in one of the most unlikely ways.  Just before the 2014 Fall Colors Tour, I was prepping the 3A for the trip.  Quite suddenly, the engine developed a knock.  I didn't want to cancel my trip, so I scrambled into action.  Day after day for a week, I worked toward figuring out what was happening.  I eliminated most simple possibilities, but I couldn't solve the issue.   It didn't knock on the lower side of the engine.  It was up high, so maybe a chunk of piston broke off or something.
 
I finally built up the courage to pull the head.

This is what I found. . .
















A little brass screw.  Where the %$&# did this come from?

This little brass screw was from the throttle plate on my Carter WO.  When you do a rebuild you are supposed to smash the treads on these screws so they don't back out.  I didn't know this.  Mine came loose then got sucked in through the intake and landed in combustion chamber number one.  Every up cycle of the piston would cause the thing to knock.
 
I removed it, cleaned up the top, checked the valve for damage, reset the head and all was back to normal.

Posted by: athawk11
« on: March 18, 2020, 11:04:32 AM »

Quote from: Bruce_W on March 17, 2020, 02:49:30 PM
   ;) I kept telling Tim that the Ford engine just was not happy in the Willys chassis, and that he should let me have it, but I was unable to convince him before he found the actual problem.  :'(   BW

I remember years back when you got on me for sending a newb with a "For Sale" G.P.W.  to the G503. :o    Never did that again.  Now I just give them your email. :)
Posted by: Bruce_W
« on: March 17, 2020, 02:49:30 PM »

   ;) I kept telling Tim that the Ford engine just was not happy in the Willys chassis, and that he should let me have it, but I was unable to convince him before he found the actual problem.  :'(   BW
Posted by: athawk11
« on: March 17, 2020, 12:32:23 PM »

The FCT exposed a weakness.  This was the first time I really got to see how my engine performed when compared to other Willys Flat Fender Jeeps.  To get to the trails, we were occasionally on paved roads and traveling 40-45MPH.
 
My Willys 3A was a DOG compared to the others in the group.  It was hard to keep up on even the slightest inclines.   I was frankly embarrassed to the point where I didn't want to go to this event ever again.

Once home, I started in on figuring out if my engine was warn out or if there were things I could do to maximize the engine power.
The PO included a box of parts when I bought this.  Inside was a Carter WO.  Time to learn how to rebuild a carburetor.  It was a little scary, but if I screwed it up, I could always reinstall the Solex.  The Carter ran really nice, but it didn't improve my engine performance.





Don't ask me why I polished the float.  I have a slight OCD issue.





I added a fuel filter and replaced the goofy PCV valve with the traditional version.  Still no power increase.








The Chain drive engine had a noisy sloppy chain.  I upgraded to the Richard Sanders timing chain system.  Nice and quiet, but it didn't improve my power performance.








I did some reading and learned how to check and adjust the timing.  Turns out, the distributor was not the original style.  It has an adjustment slot that didn't allow me to advance the timing enough.  Add on to tha, the prior owner didn't index the oil pump correctly.
 
Once the oil pump and timing were corrected, my 3A felt like a little speed racer.  I couldn't wait to go to the next Fall Color tour.


In the meantime, my Wife found this cool 'Fire Gun' extinguisher.  I cleaned it up and bolted it on.
 









I added a reinforcing plate on the back side of the fender.






We joined the local Memorial Day parade where I was lucky enough to ride with a Korean War Veteran and a WWII Veteran.


https://youtu.be/9xig3mMIasI

https://youtu.be/5N7OToBmxyg



The performance at the 2013 Fall Color Tour was like night and day.  We had a great time that year.







Posted by: Bruce_W
« on: March 10, 2020, 08:42:11 PM »

Quote from: aboyandhisdog on March 10, 2020, 01:49:00 PM
The guy in the red shirt looks like trouble.

  Yeah, you watch him. I’ve known him for a long time, and he’s gotten me into trouble more than once. BW