'49 CJ3A "HONDO"

[Shark49]

wow this is awesome I think I figured it out

[Bruce_W]

  I wired two wires per Walcks wire harness.  One for park lights and one for the blinkers.

  Two wires, both soldered to the same location on a single-contact light socket?  Thats not going to work.
BW

[Shark49]

you're right Bruce. I just need to put in a 5 pin relay to operate the flashers.

[Shark49]

another question.  When I fold my windshield down the center vent bolts just barely touch the hood.  I have the bracket up as high as it can go. Is the windshield supposed to be slightly angled or level when laying down?

[Bruce_W]

  Do you have the correct wood blocks on the hood?  CJ2-A windshields lay flat, but it seems ive seen some CJ3A and M38 hoods higher at the front. Of course, I’ve seen some 2A windshields high at the front too. Wrong blocks.
BW

[Rus Curtis]

another question.  When I fold my windshield down the center vent bolts just barely touch the hood.  I have the bracket up as high as it can go. Is the windshield supposed to be slightly angled or level when laying down?

Looking at your first post, I don't see any blocks on your hood.  You can buy them or as some do, make your own.

https://cj3b.info/RedmondHood.html

I bought some and they are a little bit different but close to the posted dimensions for the 3B.  Since you have a 3A/M38 style w/s, I wonder if they'd be similar. 

[Shark49]

sorry yes I have the blocks on the hood now. I even added extra welting I had left over for padding.   I need like another 1/2" max.  In reading other threads I wonder if the old windshield has been bent backwards over the years.  Id take a photo but raining like hell here in Charlotte.

[Rus Curtis]

My first pair, I made (just wood screws up from underneath) made high enough to keep the non-stock w/s wiper arm from resting on the hood when down.  Will have to wait and see what the correct w/s wipers look like with these blocks I bought that "were correct for your jeep" otherwise I'll make another set.

Use something to shim with until you get it to set the way you want. 


The w/s frames can be adjusted.  Yours may be a transplant and will be stiffer than a CJ-2A frame (not to mention will sit higher too).  However, yours can still be bent.  The only measurements I've seen are for the CJ3B.

W/S angle:
https://cj3b.info/Drawings.html

I can't recall seeing that published for the 2A or the 3A w/s.    I'm not sure if If the clamps and seals are doing okay, but it may not be worth the effort to loosen the pivot brackets and move it around.  It may be easier to cut some different blocks for it to rest on. 

[Shark49]

I should have made my own but the local oak supply was pricier than just buying the blocks from KW.  Id love to do rubber blocks if I could find a source where I could cut my own out.

[Rus Curtis]

I should have made my own but the local oak supply was pricier than just buying the blocks from KW.  Id love to do rubber blocks if I could find a source where I could cut my own out.

FANCY      No need to unless you want to.  My first set was a pine 2x4 cut down to what TLAR'd by eyeballing it - they looked just fine painted black.  You can still add some rubber even to the ones you purchased.  I'm thinking a short strip of junk tread that came off a tire (or floor mat section like from a tractor supply place).  Or, cut a shim to fit under the blocks (matching the drilled holes) to raise them up.  Oh, and another idea:  You've checked on oak boards.  Not sure what you have there, but here you can get custom cuts at the big box stores and pay for that.  I wonder if you could sell it as a house project and only need a foot of oak and would they charge you just for that.  Couldn't hurt to ask.

All this is to just get it to work for driving.  Later on, you can get into details on how you want it set up.

[binthere]

Being a carpenter for over 40 years tells me that all you have to do is use a hardwood of some kind!! It doesn't matter what you use! Just make sure that the blocks are high enough to keep any projections from outside windshield above the hood!! I care more about the protection of the hood paint that I do for any perfectionalist attitude!! I have a couple vehicles that I take to car shows and no one has ever commented on the size of the wooden hood blocks, or a lot of other subjects brought up on these sites. It's your vehicle, do as you please!! MHO!

[Shark49]

Yes this jeep is definitely not show quality by any means.  I am a wood worker as well but the wood I do have in stock is set aside for projects.  Im sure I can figure something out. 

Got it running and went for a spin around the block.  Just need to finish wiring the blinkers and horn up.  Loved it and some neighbors came out to see what was going to see me with a big *crap eating grin as I drove by.  I got back home to adjust the idle and I realized the alternator nut was loose and almost ran the battery dead.  Shut it off to tighten it down and charged it for a while but then now won't start.  Just clicking.  I am not sure if the starter finally went out or the solenoid is bad.  Maybe heat soak?  Brand New battery.  Ran out of light last night but this morning Im going to try again.   Im going to try touching the starter cable to the positiver side of solenoid to see if it works.  Otherwise I got drop another couple hundred on a dang starter. argh.  Just about everything on this beast is new lol.

[PercyUK]

Hopefully the battery just needs a decent charge.

[Rus Curtis]

Yes this jeep is definitely not show quality by any means.  I am a wood worker as well but the wood I do have in stock is set aside for projects.  Im sure I can figure something out. 

Got it running and went for a spin around the block.  Just need to finish wiring the blinkers and horn up.  Loved it and some neighbors came out to see what was going to see me with a big *crap eating grin as I drove by.  I got back home to adjust the idle and I realized the alternator nut was loose and almost ran the battery dead.  Shut it off to tighten it down and charged it for a while but then now won't start.  Just clicking.  I am not sure if the starter finally went out or the solenoid is bad.  Maybe heat soak?  Brand New battery.  Ran out of light last night but this morning Im going to try again.   Im going to try touching the starter cable to the positiver side of solenoid to see if it works.  Otherwise I got drop another couple hundred on a dang starter. argh.  Just about everything on this beast is new lol.

Congrats!!!!

A single click usually indicates a starter problem vs. battery.  Shorting the solenoid is "shade tree 101" to isolate whether it's the starter or the solenoid.  Also try tapping the starter a bit with a hammer (another shade tree thing) in case there's a bad spot the brushes are sitting on.  Check and see if you can get a cheaper quote on a rebuild.

[Shark49]

starter is shot.  I took it out and it has definitely come apart inside.  New one(12V) ordered from KW.  Luckily they are 2 hours away from me so I get stuff quickly.  I can push start it for now.  I have a steep driveway.