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Offline Trenton

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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #75 on: April 03, 2016, 02:31:23 AM »
finished cleaning up and painting tie rod/drag link and got them installed permanently. did the re-engineering and re-fab work to the bumper, even got it painted and installed. i have decided to narrow the Warn M8000 winch I have instead of try to buy of find another one (budget build). also installed and wired up the lights in the grill. on with pics...





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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #76 on: April 03, 2016, 02:34:50 AM »
the finished front end. i have since swapped in correct length bolts and tightened the pitman arm nut. now if only the rest of the jeep was painted...



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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #77 on: April 03, 2016, 10:59:30 AM »
Moving right along... Dang looks good
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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #78 on: April 03, 2016, 07:22:21 PM »
Definitely looking good.
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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #79 on: April 03, 2016, 11:45:03 PM »
Will the winch fit if you offset it?

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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #80 on: April 04, 2016, 10:26:32 AM »
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Will the winch fit if you offset it?

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no the remaining gap from passenger frame rail to steering box is 20", the Warn M8000 i have is 21". i will be doing this modification today, it is fairly easy to narrow the drum on these winches so i plan to take 4" out of it and then it will be 17" and fit just fine. the drum originally is 9" and is rated to hold 100' of wire rope and i have synthetic rope for mine so i should still fit about 60' of 3/8" rope on the drum and i carry a 50' extension so that should be plenty of length... not to mention they look cool when they are narrowed ;D

and in other news, i ran the engine a bit yesterday and checked things over. the 'new to me' power steering pump has a slight leak. seams to be from the actual body and not a hose connection...bummer. will do more looking into that. the coolant filter i put into the top rad hose is definitely doing its job and needs to be cleaned out before much more running as its completely full, i put it in to prevent rust/scale of sitting for 35 years from getting into my very costly re-cored rad and I'm very happy it appears to be doing its job. and finally someone asked about oil pressure and so i monitored that from cold start up until warm. 40psi at cold start up, drops down to 25psi at idle when warm and can get as high as 60psi when revved up. i hope that sounds alright.
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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #81 on: April 05, 2016, 12:19:25 AM »
today i didn't have alot of time but i started the hood. at first i was planning to just grind down the old repairs that are lead, brass and weld... and then re-do the welds and maybe smear on some bondo and hit it with paint but after I started the grinding i realized how far gone the hood was. so after some quick measurements and cutting heres what we have left. i had to go grab my bead roller from a buddies house this evening so tomorrow I'll flange both sides of the new piece and weld it in.

the old piece i cut out. you can see some of the brass. the lead on the centre seam was almost 1/4" thick


whats left of the original hood, i left the back end hat channel intact and the hinge.


and finally the new piece, i will also weld a solid 3/16 round bar across the front to replicate the rolled front edge.
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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #82 on: April 07, 2016, 12:25:25 AM »
busy again today. finished hood, narrowed winch, started body work on cowel that turns out to be full of bondo >:(



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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #83 on: April 07, 2016, 12:28:40 AM »
everything worked out great, very happy with how it came out. i left some of the imperfections as the rest of the Willys is slightly less than perfect...just slightly ;)


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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #84 on: April 07, 2016, 11:33:58 AM »
heres the winch prior to cutting. you can see the 4 pieces that had to be shortened. the side plate on the drum had to be moved so it was carefully cut off and welded back on after shortening.



finished product. just needs clean up and paint. 4" narrower.
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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #85 on: April 08, 2016, 12:35:34 AM »
well i managed to paint the rest of the tub and a lot of small parts that i'll need for assembly.





i also found a used set of 5, 6.50 x 16 michelin bias ply tires. i like them and the price is right. need to organize a ride for the tires from a town about 500km away.
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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #86 on: April 09, 2016, 12:34:29 AM »
And more sanding/painting. I'd rather do anything else... Just have the front fenders left to do and assembly. I got my tires arriving tomorrow too. Should be on the trail in a few days[ch128513]



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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #87 on: April 10, 2016, 08:01:21 PM »
Wow, its looking really good!
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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #88 on: April 11, 2016, 03:40:04 AM »
ok, today was a long day. had some family obligations but i also had Jeep progress to make. so in the morning i sanded, welded, repaired and painted the remaining front fenders. came back in the late afternoon and mounted fenders, mounted hood, windshield frame, installed many of the accessory parts and pieces, made some dash progress, swapped out the tires...etc. so here she sits! i tried the power steering with weight sitting on the wheels and it works great. engine is running good. theres a few small things to tidy up but she should be street and trail ready tomorrow.

still need to sandblast and paint the winch body, going to swap the tires from the rims they are on (chevy tracker 7") to the original Willys 5", finish VHF instal...and i'm sure I will come up with many other things to do.



the tires were sold to me as 30" but at 16 psi measure out closer to 28". :( very interesting and fortunate that the tracker wheels bolt up.

 

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Re: 1950 CJ3A budget build
« Reply #89 on: April 11, 2016, 11:30:33 PM »
its ALIVE!!!!

moved under its own power for the first time since november 2015. I'm not going to say finished but its a lot closer than it has been in a long while. couldn't resist 'flexing' her out on the front yard.





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