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Posted by: Trenton
« on: May 06, 2016, 08:50:25 PM »

Well I met up with Chuck, he's on the 2A page. Forget his username there but in July he's planning a flat fender get together near where I live. So we went to pre-run some trails and really it was the ol' girls first actual off-road shake down. Did great! Met good guys and ran some nice trails with amazing scenery. Looking forward to the run July 17-24. Camping on site at Chucks place and I just live 45km away. Probably camp as I plan a few after trail beers :D

On with the pics
Posted by: Trenton
« on: May 06, 2016, 08:33:38 AM »

yet another example of the quality of person drawn to flatties... after i posted that i was in need of a speedo cable one of our amazing members took it upon himself to send me one. he said he had a spare and if i needed it i could have it. he wouldn't take any payment even for shipping. THANK YOU!!! it arrived in the mail a week later, last night I got the new speedo cable in and for the first time in i guess at least 35 years she has a working speedo. i pulled the old cable and it is pretty obvious why it wasn't working. took it for a drive and compared it to my GPS, speedo said 40MPH and GPS said 35. i think my tires are a bit bigger than stock so should that make up for the difference of 5mph?

also a pic of the completed painted tool box floor.

Posted by: Trenton
« on: May 04, 2016, 05:51:22 PM »

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Where did you find that filter?� I was looking for one a few years ago and couldn't find one anywhere.

I ordered from eBay. Just search 'gano filters'. Make sure you check ID of your hose, there's a few sizes.
Posted by: Chip
« on: May 03, 2016, 03:03:45 PM »

Where did you find that filter?  I was looking for one a few years ago and couldn't find one anywhere.
Posted by: JeepFever
« on: May 02, 2016, 02:37:41 PM »

Wow . . .   yeah that might have clogged up a few cores of radiator.   :o   :)
Posted by: Trenton
« on: May 02, 2016, 12:46:18 PM »

The most expensive part of this build was the re-cored rad at $500 so I put in a coolant filter after the thermostat in the top hose to prevent any 30 year old gunk getting into it. Well today I cleared it out... I'm glad I put it in.

Posted by: Trenton
« on: May 02, 2016, 01:23:48 AM »

Well I know I've been slacking. Not much happened to the little Willys lately. Today I finally replaced the floor in the tool box, it's been bugging me that I had left it undone so I got to it. Not a lot of pics but I cut out the rust, fit new pieces that had to go through the opening so needed three, welded them in then the old seam sealer trick and tomorrow is paint. I did bend up the edges on the rear and out side edges so it could be welded up the sides but unable to flange it due to fitment so its butt welded.
Posted by: Ryan_M
« on: April 24, 2016, 07:09:11 AM »

Pretty amazing project for something that started 5 months ago. Some of your custom work is stuff I wouldn't be able to do in a lifetime.
Posted by: athawk11
« on: April 20, 2016, 12:53:47 PM »

It looks great.  Nice work.

I wish I could put one together that fast.

Tim
Posted by: Trenton
« on: April 20, 2016, 10:43:12 AM »

Just wanted to post some "finished" pics... ok ok, i know its not finished. working on small things lately. needs speedo cable, fuel tank sender, hand throttle needs some fine tuning...etc
Posted by: JeepFever
« on: April 17, 2016, 11:30:34 PM »

Nice work!   Keep us updated.
Posted by: Trenton
« on: April 17, 2016, 09:54:03 PM »

painted the wheels today, the silver just wasn't doing it for me. who ever on here posted that "card trick", thank you. so easy! and here is the diff cover installed. still need to sort out the brake line brackets.



Posted by: Trenton
« on: April 16, 2016, 06:35:22 PM »

finished up the diff cover. used the fill plug from the original cover. mounted it and filled it with fluid and took it on a road trip to camp overnight. drove her about 100km (60miles) roundtrip on highway and 50km through the bush on gravel road and then some easy trails. she did well, seems to have a slight t-case output leak but everything else functioned well. using GPS i got her to 97kph on the highway or about 58mph. tracks nice and straight and works good but i can say i don't think i plan many long on road trips. next time i'll trailer it.
 


Posted by: Trenton
« on: April 15, 2016, 01:39:34 AM »





it looks a lot deeper than the original but its only .5 inch deeper. it will hold a lot more fluid due to shape. still gotta add fill plug and do the final welding without warping that base flange.
Posted by: Trenton
« on: April 15, 2016, 01:37:03 AM »

also i have been working on the rear diff cover. i asked around and can't find a beefier one on the market (or any one for that matter) and so what the heck, lets make one. so ill just let the pics do the talking. 1/4" base flange and 1/8" for the rest of it. haven't done the final welding yet but i plan that for the morning, supposed to take the Willys camping for the weekend and kinda need some diff fluid in it i figure.