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Gearboxes and axles / Re: Dana 41 Issues - need help

« on: May 15, 2020, 12:38:39 PM »

I just went through everything you mentioned but with my dana 44. I had a annoying clunk when changing from forward to reverse. The axle splines were fine, back lash was fine, and the ring was tight. I decided to pull the case out and look closer. I removed the two case retainers and prepared to either spread the differential housing or slide hammer the case out. It almost fell out!!!!!!! The passenger side bearing on the case came off with my hand and the bearing shims were smashed looking which led me to believe the case was shifting side to side. I though that was it------------wrong. Look carefully at the side gear shims inside. One had the shim hanging out which rotated with the side gear and actually hit the case housing. The center of the shim had become enlarged and was shifting side to side. It had been hot too. So, new bearings and cups, new side gear shims, and all is now quiet and fine. I bought a shim kit from Ron Fitzpatrick and located side gear shims at my local transmission shop. I measured all the originals and replaced them with the same size/thickness shims. i sure hated that clunk. Drove me mad. When the clunk happened the nose of the pinion and yoke would shift up and down with the noise while my wife drove it forward and back . Crazy. All fixed now. John

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Non-Jeep Projects / Re: Cushman Scooter project

« on: May 03, 2020, 06:17:18 AM »

Jeep guys are supposed to get the Tote Goat Cushman!  That was the trail model. As a kid the newspaper guy at Fort Meade had a purple painted Cushman Truckster. The 3 wheeler pickup model. Mailmen in big cities used them also. Cusmans are part of American history. 

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Non-Jeep Projects / Re: If the Jeeps Dissapeared

« on: April 20, 2020, 08:16:37 AM »

I just finished it! A 1961 IH Scout. "Scout The America Others Pass By".  Scouts were popular up until Ford Broncos and Jeep Wagoneers out priced and performed it. I had my first ride in a Scout in 1965. My Dad bought a '66 Toyota Land cruiser. I learned to drive with it. My love however was a WW2 Jeep. I now have a MB and a GPW. The love still burns. LOL, John

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Non-Jeep Projects / Re: Cushman Scooter project

« on: April 20, 2020, 08:10:32 AM »

I have a friend who has his Dad's Cushman. A '51 step through or bath tub model like yours. We rode it at Fort Meade SD growing up. My first motorcycle ride. That thing went pretty good for it's age. It had a two bar rail around the bottom of the bath tub. Like a protector bumper. The throttle was backwards. You turned it forward. It had a kick pedal to start it in front of the engine. I liked it. His Dad dated his mother with it. They both have passed away now, but the Cushman is still around. I think Sturgis has a national Cushman meet every summer. Different strokes for different folks. Thanks for posting, John

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Your CJ-3A Project / Re: Hawk...CJ3A 36662

« 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

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"Original"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Observations / Re: A couple of nit-picking questions

« on: March 21, 2020, 03:59:38 PM »

Bill, just re-built 3 distributors and yes that little spring is a royal pain. I pinched mine to tighten it up before starting. I dropped it down the hole and then used two very small flat bladed screwdrivers. You get it up on top, and then push the ring of the clip down both sides of the post with the two screwdrivers on each side with the blades  toward the two upright ends. It seemed to not jump off the post as much by positioning them there. It will take a few tries. If you get it to go down the post and it doesn't snap in, I had success by just finishing it with one of the two screwdrivers. A good light over you helps huge. John

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Your CJ-3A Project / Re: project: crunchy roll (53 cj3a)

« on: February 20, 2020, 07:15:46 AM »

A good flusher is ATF. Automatic Transmission Fluid. Take it for about a 6 mile drive. Then drain it over night. Works very well in my stuff. When you ford water up to the headlights, it tends to get into things----LOL.

Wobbly front wheels that death wobble are almost always caused by worn out knuckle bearings and races. Lots more after that that creates play all the way up to the steering wheel can also cause the wobble.  Oilly

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Your CJ-3A Project / Re: Hawk...CJ3A 36662

« on: February 17, 2020, 05:58:41 PM »

Oh, by the way Hawky, I know where there is a red mud hill I can take you to---------------------AGAIN! 

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Your CJ-3A Project / Re: Hawk...CJ3A 36662

« on: February 17, 2020, 05:49:45 PM »

Looking at all your dolly work in between the floor hat channels is giving me pain.  Oilly

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BODY and trim / Re: Hard Top vs Soft Top

« on: January 26, 2020, 05:59:55 PM »

I bought two Koenig hardtops and love them. Try and find a new hard top. I insulated the roofs and covered them with panel board. Yes they all are noisy! The soft tops are colder, the snaps get dirty and won't unlatch, so until you learn to use a screwdriver to pop them, you pull the snaps out of the fabric. Never even think of rubbing the soft top windows. They scratch like crazy and if you don't like the Koenig glass windows, wait for the yellowed crap with scratches the soft top will have. Hard tops are heavy, but frankly I take them off in the summer. In the winter, I only drive when the roads are dry. The salt is suicide for your Jeep. I think the half cab is much easier to work with. The full cab usually gets left on and I put a 20,000 btu heater in it. Wow is that nice! Roll down windows is huge. Zippered soft top windows suck. Branches will pin stripe to death a soft top, windows included. The cost is actually more for a soft top than a used hard top. Lots of pluses to a hard top. So, there you have my opinion, and you may do as you like too! That said, windshield down, and drive it like a back woods sports car in the summer!!!!!

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BODY and trim / Re: Floor Mats?

« on: January 26, 2020, 05:44:16 PM »

Walmart sells exercise mats for treadmills etc. for 20 bucks. I used one for the rear floor and made patterns with cardboard and then cut front ones from the mat roll. They are pretty soft. I then just bought universal black mats from Walmart's floor mat section and fit them over the top of the soft mats in front. You have to shop to find mats that don't have football spike bottoms!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate those. They were made to grip carpet, not paint.

If you want sound deadener, ebay sells closed cell black foam you can cut into needed shapes also.

John

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Your CJ-3A Project / Re: Hawk...1949 CJ3A

« on: January 24, 2020, 06:36:42 AM »

Hawky, when you get into it, you go all the way. Love your style. You also can do just about anything you put your mind to. I appreciate that. Oilly

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Engine compartment / Re: head stud removal

« on: October 20, 2019, 09:03:19 AM »

Those are not fun. They will rust/corrode where the bottom is in the water and act as a stop as they turn up. If you get them to move, keep soaking and turn them up and down trying to get a bit more of them each time. If they stop , that's when they break if you turn more. New ones should be just hand installed before you put the head on. I put permatex #2 in the threads of the hole and stud both. They like to leak antifreeze up the threads and out on top of the head. Tapping with a hammer on top of the stud can help to break them loose.

Do they need to come out? You might check the block for flatness with a straight edge. If good, maybe leave them alone. You said you painted the block so I'm assuming you are not having the surface milled.

I would not tap the threads out with a tap unless you have to. It tends to seat the new stud deeper in the block and you only get half the nut threads engaged. Ask me how I know this. Maybe just chase the threads with a thread chaser.

Another tip is to use two nuts locked together and then a air wrench to turn on them. It puts a straight on torque on the stud like a T hand wrench does. Off to one side with a ratchet puts a side force on them which isn't helpful.

Fingers crossed clear around for you Tom!

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Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc... / Re: Trail Closures

« on: October 10, 2019, 09:03:08 AM »

I have a degree in Forest Resource Management from U of M Missoula. I'm in the middle on this . I see the damage from too much water flow, and ATV's. I also see not much in the way of maintenance. I've worked campground maintenance and Timber Inventory for the Forest Service and got to see their methods from the inside. The way the agencies work, politics, Gov't waste, environmentalists, etc. A tough push/pull situation. Multiple use is no longer their method like it used to be because of rising population and new policies coming down out of Washington DC and the Dept. of Agriculture. Same thing with the Dept. of the Interior/BLM. Well organized special interest groups that have unlimited lobbying funds are influencing policy.

After watching the you Tube video on "Access Denied", it seems there is very little we can do to change things. Even with volunteers doing trail maintenance, it's just too large a area. I'm afraid there isn't a way to fix things except closure.  Rising sales of ATV's and the fad of flying through the woods is only hastening more closures. Enjoy what you can, and respect the natural resources.

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Announcements / Re: What remains to be done for the coming of the 3B people.

« on: October 02, 2019, 07:20:55 PM »

it leaks oil!!!!!!!!!