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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote rocnroll Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Feb. 2023 at 10:00am
I agree with the oil approach.....lay it in a pan of used motor oil and let it marinade for awhile.


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Good Afternoon Everyone:
In addition to Jeep CJ2A fever I also suffer from a severe case of Dodge WC fever as well.  I have done 2 Dodges and one Ben Hur steel trailer in which I used a high quality marine grade polyurethane spar varnish on the wood that was easily seen and a good quality, tinted wood primer and a Gillespie paint for the top coat where the wood was exposed underneath.  I did not use the water based formulation of either the spar varnish nor the paint primer.  I am a bit old fashioned that way. 

One of the two dodges was a WC 53 Carryall and the oak was used on the rear floor area.  The tops of the three wooden panels were done in the spar varnish and the bottoms were painted.  I would partially discount the performance of the spar varnish due to its being in an enclosed cab.  However, it is not a hangar queen having made the 2012 Alcan Convoy and last years Great Smoky Mountain Convoy.  It also makes it into the Pennsylvania central mountains for a weekend or so each year.

The other one, a 1945 WC-52, has even more wood on it as well as being a convoy veteran of both the 2012 Alcan and the 2015 Bankhead Convoys.  It too makes it to the PA mountains on a regular basis.  After 11 years, the wear and tare on it is more of the mechanical nature due to dragging gear and other stuff in and out of the truck.  While it could certainly use a new top coat it is only needed to smoothe out the scratches that have accumulated over time.  The '45 models were the ones with the composite beds where the outer sides were made of steel, but the inner sides and the tops of the rear fenders, grenade box lids, all serving as troop seats, were all wood.  My reasoning for doing the the exposed tops as wood is that the clear finish automatically tells the story -- its wood!  In short the story tells itself.

The reason I suggested the Spar Varnish as a reasonable substitute is that I suspect that yes, they will be out there in the mud, the blood, and the beer when we are out and about with the jeeps, but I cant help but think that the majority of our jeeps are kept at least out of the weather, under some sort of roof when not in use and would then expect a similar performance out of the spar varnish.
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Wally - 670504 is an outsourced kit and does not seem to have individual parts for each component. (no separate part number for the board)

but:

Most wooden willys spacers specify:
Oak
Yellow Birch
Beech
Hard Maple
Soft Maple
Pecan
Hickory
Elm
Ash

Preservatives specified:
Dipping for 5 minutes in wood preservative and grain sealer
Preservative to contain a minimum 5% Pentochlorophenol
or minuimum 1% phenolmercuric oleate by weight
in accordance with US ARMY SPec 3-186 type 1

I usually use copper napthanate.

Or another option:






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Good Afternoon Joe:

Bingo!  That is exactly what I was looking for.  As I mentioned I am a wood treater and am very familiar with the various preservatives that might have been used back in the day.

Both Pentochlorophenol (Penta for short) and creosote will leave the wood looking dark to black in color after it is treated, particularly in that era.  I was suspicious that it might have been Penta.  As a wood preservative Penta is on its way out the door.  Since the mid 80's or so it has been classified as a restricted use pesticide and was available only to commercial plants.  It was used primarily for treating utility poles and their associated cross arms.  Over the next year or so all of the remaining stocks of Penta will be exhausted.

Copper napthanate, that you mentioned is about the only true wood preservative that is available to the regular consumer.  The wood will turn green in color due to the copper that is in it.  The copper is the primary biocide that spoils the milk as it were, so that the fungi and other decay organisms wont eat it.  Although the species of hardwoods that you listed may have had Willys blessings, my recommendation would be to either use red oak or "white soft maple" as they have the best chance of getting meaningful penetration with the copper napth.  The reason you want to use red oak and not white oak is the same reason that they make whisky barrels out of white oak.  The red oak would leak, hence getting better penetration in red oak than the white oak, which doesnt leak.  White soft maple is the sap wood portion of soft maple.  We have actually done some research on white maple and can get decent penetration and retention on it with another water based preservative.  The longer you soak it the better.

The copper napth wont actually seal the wood, so you might want to paint it with either a good acrylic enamel or the spar varnish.

From the pictures of the kit that  I saw on the link that was provided, ya, it looks like a dark board, some nuts bolts washers and some spacers, not all that difficult to put together.

Thanks again for the information.

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Walter
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WillysWally,

Since you are in Western PA perhaps you are close to me, I am near Monticello, NY. That is my kit in the photo on the CJ-3B Page. Stop by sometime and take a look at it.

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does the access panel above the left tail light move sides on leftys?
my body has big holes on both sides and i'm wondering which is correct.
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The hole is only on the drivers side just like the rest of the CJ2As.
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thanks :-)
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hey Lefties Smile
here's another one

Pat. Tag 177739

ACM Number 167812

new tub converted to lefty

this one has one 10 leaf spring on the left side in the rear.
not sure if that was factory or not, but it's staying that way


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Originally posted by Willy Wonka Willy Wonka wrote:

hey Lefties Smile
here's another one

Pat. Tag 177739

Did it have a Body Tag below the Patent Plate? If not were there 2 drilled holes for a body tag?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Willy Wonka Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Feb. 2024 at 5:26pm
unfortunately, i can't answer that for you as the original tub has been replaced. the front gusset w/ ACM number was removed from the original and grafted onto the replacement. 
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