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How To Join => Once You've Joined => Topic started by: Doug1953 on January 25, 2017, 06:36:41 PM

Title: Hello from an old retread member
Post by: Doug1953 on January 25, 2017, 06:36:41 PM: I just renewed my membership.ï¿½ I was a very active member starting about 12 years ago on the old site.ï¿½ ï¿½I have not been on the site for about seven to ten years.ï¿½ ï¿½I am going to be building a couple of engines and have some extra parts so I thought I might check back in.ï¿½

I have a website and a engine rebuild manual online at flatfenderfever.com ï¿½A few of you may have seen it before.ï¿½ ï¿½Hello to all.ï¿½ ï¿½:)
Title: Re: Hello from an old retread member
Post by: athawk11 on January 25, 2017, 08:54:21 PM: Doug,
Welcome back!

I'm a huge fan of the Willys L-134 Engine Rebuild on your page. Very nice instructional and photography. I have visited it often.

That said, I couldn't open your link above. Might be the www. Verses the http://

http://flatfenderfever.com/index.html

http://flatfenderfever.com/id8.html

I posted it again to see if my link works.

Tim
Title: Re: Hello from an old retread member
Post by: Doug1953 on January 26, 2017, 08:45:57 AM: Thanks Athawk.ï¿½ I changed the link.ï¿½ I am glad you found some use of the site.ï¿½ ï¿½I have become quite an accomplished mechanic in the last 15 years.ï¿½ ï¿½I took some time off the jeeps and built a 1960 corvette and a 327 Chevy and just finished a 1967 Chevelle SS with a 4 spd Muncie and a 489 CID BBC.ï¿½ ï¿½But I always like the jeeps the best.ï¿½ ï¿½If I can ever assist someone with any mechanical questions, I would be happy to help out.ï¿½ ï¿½ I also have a few jeep engine parts I will give away or sell real cheap if anyone is interested.ï¿½ ï¿½

I always wanted to build the perfect L Head rebuild but I could never find a great block. I have bought several blocks over the recent years, sight unseen, only to discover that they were cracked on the outside by the distributor, had stripped bolt holes, had cracks between exhaust valves and water jackets or worn out cylinders. I thought I had found one perfect block with a factory size bore until I got it home and saw that the seller had smeared grease in the bores to hide the fact that two of the cylinders were pitted. All of these blocks would be usable with some special preparations from a machine shop, but not what I was looking for. I am very excited because I just came across an awesome find. I just bought a block of the internet from Wisconsin. I knew nothing about it. I paid $99.00. It cost my five times that to have it shipped to Florida. Anyway, I just disassembled it last Saturday. This block looks like new inside. There is not a stripped bolt hole anywhere, no cracks, never rebuilt, no rust other than normal scale in water jacket, it still has its original pistons, and the cylinder bores are factory 3.125" and it may be possible after I finish measuring it out to reuse the standard bores with only a light honing. Fingers crossed. So I am really excited about rebuilding this motor. It happens to be a later replacement engine from the serial numbers which means that it has the stronger reinforcing at the rear bell housing mounts.
Title: Re: Hello from an old retread member
Post by: athawk11 on January 26, 2017, 01:50:45 PM: Sounds like what I've been looking for. Is it late enough to have the hardened valve seats?

If you build it, document your progress. I would enjoy seeing that.

Tim
Title: Re: Hello from an old retread member
Post by: aboyandhisdog on January 26, 2017, 02:05:44 PM: Welcome back, Doug! Shortly after buying my 3A I found your posts and website and it was very helpful to me in understanding what the heck I had just bought. I knew absolutely nothing about these old CJ's until I viewed a lot of the information you presented. And I loved the look of your 3A.

Is your new engine going into this Luzon red 3A or are you building another one?
Title: Re: Hello from an old retread member
Post by: Doug1953 on January 27, 2017, 12:37:27 AM: I think I will put it in my Red 53 3A.ï¿½ I am not sure if it has the hardened seats. I will have to clean some carbon off before I can see. A lot of the later replacement blocks did have the hardened valve seats, so it is possible. ï¿½I will document the progress with a lot of photos but I am not going to write another book.ï¿½ That was a lot of work.ï¿½ ï¿½I saw the other day that it had been viewed 17,500 times.ï¿½ I thought that was pretty neat.ï¿½