Post by rsmith on Jan 23, 2005 22:34:43 GMT -5
Alright guys I need some psychological help. Just walking around my yard will tell you that - Bronco, 11' 4x4 shopping cart, 80 CJ7, and now a new project. I messed around and bought a late 40's Willys CJ2A this weekend for $150. It has been sitting in a barn for 15 years with lumber stacked on it. The body is rough, but the floorboards are not rotten. Someone has tried to modify it in several ways for example, the hood was cut to put a hood scoop on it - don't ask my why, a spring over axle conversion was done to it in a very sloppy way, and the steering has been rigged beyond the imagination.
After I got it home I started evaluating the situation. I found that and axle shaft in the back was snapped and the pinion bearings in the front were shot. I figure that this is the reason the Jeep was put up to rest in the first place. I moved onto the motor - poured some transmission fluid in the cylinders and let it sit for a few hours. The starter was under a bunch of leaves on the back of the Jeep. After installing a new solenoid, starter and battery it was the moment of truth. She turned over just as pretty as you please. It even has enough compression that I could not hold my finger in the spark plug hole. I pulled the distributor cap to see if the rotor was turning and it was not. I found out the the distributor was siezed and when I turned the motor over it broke the little tab that sticks into the oil pump. I have an old spare distrubutor that I am going to rebuild to stick in its place. So that is where it sits. I will post progress as it goes along.
This Jeep is going to make its way down to the farm in Kemper county to replace some atvs that we are just throwing money in the wind over. I am going to put the axles back in their original locations (over the springs) and rework the steering, paint it olive drab and give the old thing a chance to live another 60 years. These things are so much fun.
After I got it home I started evaluating the situation. I found that and axle shaft in the back was snapped and the pinion bearings in the front were shot. I figure that this is the reason the Jeep was put up to rest in the first place. I moved onto the motor - poured some transmission fluid in the cylinders and let it sit for a few hours. The starter was under a bunch of leaves on the back of the Jeep. After installing a new solenoid, starter and battery it was the moment of truth. She turned over just as pretty as you please. It even has enough compression that I could not hold my finger in the spark plug hole. I pulled the distributor cap to see if the rotor was turning and it was not. I found out the the distributor was siezed and when I turned the motor over it broke the little tab that sticks into the oil pump. I have an old spare distrubutor that I am going to rebuild to stick in its place. So that is where it sits. I will post progress as it goes along.
This Jeep is going to make its way down to the farm in Kemper county to replace some atvs that we are just throwing money in the wind over. I am going to put the axles back in their original locations (over the springs) and rework the steering, paint it olive drab and give the old thing a chance to live another 60 years. These things are so much fun.
A mile down the road today with no top or windshield is enough to make you relapse. ;D 