Hi All... I am retired in Arizona and working on an old rusty Jeep, a 1950 CJ-3A that probably spent a good part of it's life alternately freezing and thawing in a recurring Colorado snowdrift, or so I imagine. I'm not sure what the plan is, other than to just spend a lot of time banging on it. Hopefully after a few more years it might look like it has been restored/rebuilt. Who says an old dog can't learn new tricks? Before I retired the only mechanical car work I ever did was entirely out of desperate necessity. Occasionally, I was successful (mostly) and that experience, unfortunately, stirred me to take on this insane project. Keep an old mind and body distracted with a project like this and you might add (or subtract?) a year or two to your life. I'm hoping of course for the positive result. Anyway, I expect to post a few possibly naive questions here from time to time, maybe even a tough question or two, because I already know I'll be needing help. And if any of you should find one of those magic questions I happen to have an answer for I'll be sure to try to help you too.
The Jeep is mostly disassembled. The axles are still on the frame because I need to move roll it out of the garage in the near future. The engine is almost ready for the engine stand, just need to evict the flywheel - it stupidly resists my efforts. I'm pretty sure that might be a candidate for my first help request in the near future (have already seen the very good posts on that topic).
Bruce Covell
