Messages

1

Your CJ-3A Project / Re: Upside of COVID? Rebuild your Jeep!

« on: August 16, 2021, 01:17:50 PM »

A few more pic

2

Your CJ-3A Project / Re: Upside of COVID? Rebuild your Jeep!

« on: August 16, 2021, 01:15:17 PM »

It has been a while since I updated this thread. When the nice weather started progress on the Jeep slowed as other things took priority. I have been plugging away at it however and have it almost completed..

3

Your CJ-3A Project / Re: Upside of COVID? Rebuild your Jeep!

« on: February 22, 2021, 04:13:31 PM »

Over the past weekend I got her together minus the body. I had to play with the distributor a bit but finally she fired up after a few adjustments was purring nicely. ROAD TRIP!

4

Your CJ-3A Project / Re: Upside of COVID? Rebuild your Jeep!

« on: February 21, 2021, 09:35:24 PM »

By mid February I had gone through and painted the mechanical components. Some of the work I did:
- popped the covers off both pumpkins, washed them out and inspected, no damage.
- new kingpin bearings and seals on both steering knuckles.
- New bearings and seals on outer ends of both axles.
- complete new brake system.
- new tie rods and ends, draglink rebuild, new sector shaft, seals, bushings and bearings in steer ing box.
- new u-joints on both drive shafts.
- new secondary shaft bearings and thrust washers, seals and gaskets in t-case.
- new small parts kit, bearings, seals and gaskets in transmission.
- new head and oil pan gaskets.
- new seals on pto shifter and gear case.
- hours and hours if scraping and wire brushing to get ready to paint
- painted frame, axles, t-case, tranny and engine with 2 coats gray por15 rust coat
- paint frame and other part with 2 coats of chassis black por15 topcoat.

5

Your CJ-3A Project / Re: Upside of COVID? Rebuild your Jeep!

« on: February 19, 2021, 09:52:58 PM »

By early December I had it tore down and the frame sandblasted and ready to start going back together.

6

Your CJ-3A Project / Re: Upside of COVID? Rebuild your Jeep!

« on: February 19, 2021, 09:45:30 PM »

So at the beginning of October I drove it into the unseated garage and started to tear it down. I took a few pics when I first started but was not good at documenting the progress. I just kept my nose in it and took it apart piece by piece while trying to label or at at lest keep track of what went were. I was fortunate in the things came apart pretty well with only one bolt breaking off (fender to frame). The biggest problem was that red Idaho clay which is like concrete. There was actually a couple of times I used a hammer and chisel to chip it away so I could find hidden bolts.
     Pics just as I was beginning.

7

Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc... / Re: Testing, can’t post

« on: February 18, 2021, 10:31:35 PM »

I do now, maybe the issue was the size of the pics I was trying to post. Anyway I started a thread in the project thread titled the upside of COVID. I will be posting more soon.

8

Your CJ-3A Project / Re: Upside of COVID? Rebuild your Jeep!

« on: February 18, 2021, 10:28:28 PM »

     As fate would have it just a couple of weeks before my last day of work I found another flat fender for sale much closer to home. It wasn’t that I really wanted another Jeep but this one came with an extra bonus. It is a “47 2a in good restorable condition complete with a rear pto unit. On top of the the owner had accumulated a huge inventory of new parts. There was a carb, fuel pump, wiring harness, complete suspension, complete exhaust, complete steering, front and rear floor pans, all seals and bearings for both axles, transfer case and transmission and lots of other stuff. The price was more than fair so I brought it home too.
     A couple pics of the 2a.

9

Your CJ-3A Project / Upside of COVID? Rebuild your Jeep!

« on: February 18, 2021, 10:14:07 PM »

Way back in March of ‘14 my wife and I may the long trip to Boise, Idaho to pick up a Jeep I had purchased on EBay. The seller had provided lots of pics and video so while it was not really “sight unseen” it was a little risky. The trip was very nice and the Jeep turned out to be just what I was expecting. The ‘52 3A was in pretty good shape and came with a rear seat, 5 good original rims with tires in rough shape, and the original canvas top and complete bow set. The canvas is not useable but will make a good pattern.
     When I got home I took it to the car wash to clean it up a bit, did a little bit of brake work and put a new wiring harness on it. I have been driving it quite a bit during the warmer months just like that. The only issues I have had are the usual dropping out of second gear, e-brake seized, and worn carb. It had the wo carb which I put a rebuild kit
in with poor results. I concluded that the shaft and throttle body are worn to the point that too much air is sucked in there. I put a new solex on and it now runs great. I have the wo tucked away to have fixed sometime. It would be nice to have it back on as pretty much everything else is as original.
     At the end of last September I lost my job due to my employer closing the doors. Between Winter and COVID new job prospects were not good so I decided now was the perfect opportunity to do the frame off restoration I always intended to do.
    Here are a few pics from when I first got it.

10

Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc... / Re: Testing, can’t post

« on: February 18, 2021, 11:08:55 AM »

And there we go it magically worked. Hmm.

11

Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc... / Testing, can’t post

« on: February 18, 2021, 11:08:08 AM »

Mostly this is just a test. I have been trying to creat a new thread in the my project section but when I post it it never shows up on this board, don’t know why. I am trying to see if this post appears as it is much smaller.

12

"Original"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Observations / Re: Need some advice please

« on: June 02, 2015, 01:24:33 AM »

I finally got a chance to get back to the jeep yesterday and now I know why we pay scoutpilot the big bucks! Took the float off and shook it and sure enough there was fluid in it. I know I did that before but maybe I should have turned the tunes down a bit. Anyway I waited till the wife was busy in the garden and put a pot of water on the stove to boil. Adding a half cup of vinegar and boiling the float in it for a few minutes made it easy to shine it up real good with only a gentle brushing with a brass brush. I did not see a stream of bubbles but there was one spot which consistently formed a single bubble. The hole itself was to small to see but I knew where it was. I used a sharp awl to puncture a bigger whole no more than than the diameter of a thin needle. Then I held it with the hole down and heated the upper part of the float with a heat gun. In a few seconds the fuel streamed out nicely til it was all gone. Then I dried everything up and sealed the hole with a spot of solder and soldering iron, (no open flame). While that cooled I cleaned up the kitchen, opened a window and sprayed a little febreeze. I reassembled the carb and it fired up and ran better than ever. Problem solved. I know this is probably just a warning so now I am going to get the filter element and look for a new float as well. Thanks for the advice.

13

"Original"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Observations / Re: Need some advice please

« on: May 19, 2015, 10:31:41 AM »

I set the float without the gasket and used a 3/8" drill bit as a gauge..

14

"Original"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Observations / Need some advice please

« on: May 18, 2015, 11:21:24 PM »

I drove my jeep daily last summer ('52 3a) until the end of August when it started to develop some fuel related issues. I thought it was a stuck float so I parked it in the garage to get to this winter. Well this winter has come and gone and I want to get on the road again. It fired up fairly easily a no ran but started to gush fuel out of the carb, lots of it! I shut it down pulled top off the carb, the float was free and set at 3/8". I dug deeper into the carb and Sam a lot of crud and decided a rebuild was in order. I got the master kit from walk's ( not that impressed) and completely dismantled including all those little aluminum plugs soaked it in cleaner and blew it dry. I put it all back together being careful to properly set the float, plunger and metering rod (using a gauge I got from� Walck's). Again it started up and after a few seconds began to puke fuel. What's up with that? It sprays out with such force and volume that I am wondering if something could have gone wrong with the fuel pump and it is producing way more pressure than the carb can handle. Any suggestions? I will show you a few pics so you know what I have.

15

"Original"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Observations / Carb question

« on: August 14, 2014, 12:25:53 PM »

I have been driving my '52 3A I bought this spring all summer back and forth to work and around town. I am loving it and am making a list of things that I want to attend to this winter.
Something has come up however that I think I need to address before I drive it much more.
I have a carter WO carb that I was told was rebuilt just before I got it. It runs very nice, idles smoothly and no bogging or power problems. However I have been noticing the distinctive smell of gasoline. I have also noticed that the carb has slowly developed the look of fuel residue on the outside. When I take the air horn off the top of the carb ( it still has the original oil bath air cleaner which is clean) I can hear a spitting or small popping sound coming from inside the carb and can see fuel dripping down on top of the throttle plate. It still seems to run well, though not as nicely as when I put the horn back on. When I shut it down I can see fuel dripping out of the carb around the engine side of the throttle shaft. It has also developed a propensity to flood very easily when I start it, particularily when the engine is warm. I hold the accelerator to the floor and after cranking a few seconds it belches smoke and coughs to life and then clears and runs fine. (kind of like me in the morning)
I am pretty sure the carb needs a rebuild or at least a bushing put in for the throttle shaft. What does not seem right to me is that enough fuel would pool in the bottom of the throttle body to drip out of the carb.
Anyone have any thoughts? (feel free to jump in Scoutpilot)