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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #450 on: February 08, 2017, 11:34:08 PM »
I have not checked in for a few months,  but perfect timing  -> caught the maiden voyage of your wife's "smile generator"  :)  . . It looks amazing!

Wishing you a speedy recovery from your surgery :-)

Is this really February, and no snow in CO? 
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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #451 on: February 23, 2017, 09:39:14 AM »
Great finish to the project Tim, it was a long time coming...
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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #452 on: February 23, 2017, 02:46:15 PM »
Looking good. You must have taken the shot before the crowd gathered around it. Summers coming! Oilly
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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #453 on: February 23, 2017, 02:52:52 PM »
So Tim, maybe I missed it but how is Rachel's jeep running?  Does it ride and run as strong as OD?  Are you having any issues or is it as solid as it looks?  You sure do beautiful work.
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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #454 on: February 24, 2017, 06:00:21 AM »
That jeep looks very nice !

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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #455 on: February 24, 2017, 04:43:19 PM »
You guys are all awesome!� Thanks for looking in.

Tom,
As of now, it's running nice, strong and tight.� I have some minor projects to finish up.� Battery hold down.� Gas gauge still acts like an ampmeter.� Maybe some other little things I can't recall right now.

Like all of them, I suspect other issues will flair up as we increase the shake down runs, but overall, I'm pretty happy with it.� The transmission is tighter and quieter than mine.� The brakes work better than mine.� Kinda makes me want to tear into ODie and make some improvements. [smiley=happy.gif]
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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #456 on: February 25, 2017, 12:05:41 PM »
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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #457 on: August 10, 2017, 10:57:35 AM »
Hi all,
Nothing new to report.  Well, a couple things.  After a long trip and a heated up engine, I noticed I was showing no oil pressure at idle.  It would bounce back up to 12psi while cruising.  Still a bit scary, so I removed the brand new gauge and installed an old original gauge.  It shows a minimum oil pressure of 7psi at idle and 24 psi while cruising.  I feel better about these readings, but have still decided to replace the old oil pump.  I'll do this fairly soon and report my findings.

The main reason I chimed in was to move this build thread back to the top.  I am slowly replacing the Photobucket links and it's a pain in the *rear end to go back and find this thread.  Bringing it back to the top will make the transition a bit less annoying for me. >:(

I hope everyone is having a great summer! :)
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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #458 on: August 10, 2017, 11:02:35 AM »
Works for me, Hawky!  What are your compression readings? 
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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #459 on: August 10, 2017, 11:08:38 AM »
Hi Tim, RFJP has a made in USA Melling for $149...
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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #460 on: August 10, 2017, 03:40:07 PM »
Tom,
It's been a while since I did the minor rebuild on this.  They were high 90s across the board at that time.  I haven't checked it recently, but the engine runs strong...and doesn't smoke. ;)

Rick,
Thanks!  Already got the Melling (USA) on the way.

Tim
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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #461 on: August 11, 2017, 09:07:34 AM »
Tim,
It's awesome you're replacing the image links. Lots of work, and you're doing it the nice way so that it flows with the text.
Thanks for that!
Gotta keep the '3A site vibrant!
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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #462 on: August 11, 2017, 09:48:08 AM »
Hey Tim, hope all is well - sorry about butt dialing you again! Dang you must be on my favorite list!

George..........
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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #463 on: August 11, 2017, 10:12:28 AM »
Thanks Dave.
I too prefer the photo following some verbiage.  As you say, it seems to flow a little nicer.

GEORGE!
Didn't even realize you butt dialed until I looked at my missed calls.  How about you call sometime...on purpose! :)

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Re: Hawk's 1949 CJ3A
« Reply #464 on: November 05, 2017, 04:25:33 PM »
I finally got all the photobucket links replaced.� What a pain.� Took hours over weeks, but I wasn't going to let Photobucket win. Bastards!!!!



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