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Originally posted by berettajeep berettajeep wrote:

Nice. Let me know when you drive it to the coast.
You busy Sunday. I’ll drive it around town tomorrow. If something don’t fall apart. I’ll head out once it gets to where I do t need a defroster to see out the windshield 
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This has been a very enjoyable Thread !

   Good lord, now I know I am not the only person who has to assemble and disassemble to get things right. Now at age 67, it seems I measure 4-times and cut 3-times then go get another new piece to start measuring again. hahaha.

   So, from reading through this thread, Mike, I have learned that the henry J L134 will work in a Willys. Very interesting because awhile back, I remember seeing a henry J motor for sale, but had no clue of what it was.

   Is there a significant horsepower difference of 20-hp with the Henry because of the higher compression head ?

   It is good to hear the new Solex is working. :)

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If it was a Henry J 134 you should have bought it.  They are somewhat desirable.  HP difference is i think +8. 60 for the Willys and 68 for the Henry J.  the biggest difference is in the head.  it has a smaller combustion chamber resulting in higher compression.  The same thing can be had by milling a standard Willys Head.  
4 cyl Henry j's will work in a Willys.  The front plate, pan, head, intake/carb, bell housing, and distributor are different.  only things you would have to change for a 2a would be the front plate and the bellhousing.  And possibly the ring gear on the fly wheel depending on your tooth count.   But, these parts will all swap off a Willys 134.
I found a Supersonic head In Nova Scotia.  UPS tracking says it will get here today.  Probably hang it on the wall for now.

Solex is working.  I'm gonna go through and make sure any screw i can get to is tight.  and i guess i should look at whether or not they are actually clamping anything.

Then i'm off to working on a heater.  Not so much for the heat but around here you gotta have a defroster.
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Originally posted by Mike F Mike F wrote:

Then i'm off to working on a heater.  Not so much for the heat but around here you gotta have a defroster.


So true! Although it is getting colder around these parts.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote WeeWilly Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Nov. 2018 at 6:02pm
Originally posted by Mike F Mike F wrote:

Originally posted by berettajeep berettajeep wrote:

Nice. Let me know when you drive it to the coast.

You busy Sunday. I’ll drive it around town tomorrow. If something don’t fall apart. I’ll head out once it gets to where I do t need a defroster to see out the windshield 


   Those 6 volt electric defrosters that attach to the windshield by rubber suction cups works really good. I used one back in the winters of the 70s and 80s in my jeep that had no heater.

    Jim
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   Mike,
   In our PM you mentioned having worked in Scotia on Co-Gen.

   I bought a home in Fortuna when I began my state job with the highway department back in 1998. There was an old-growth stump which measured 14-feet across, and it looked like a dance-floor. I had several acres of Redwood forest second and third growth, and it was a year-round job to rake redwood sprigs and trailer them to the Co-Gen plant in Scotia.
I froze-out on the Coast, and did get a transfer to the Sacto Valley in 2004, and back to the warm arid climate.

   Next time I stumble across a Henry J 4-banger I will take a look !

   I won't buy any Henry J blue paint quite yet :)

   Because of all the wildfires in the California north-state, we lost our Sun from July 23 through the middle of September.

   Speaking of Defroster - I have often thought of incorporating a late model heater / ac unit from a small compact auto and mounting it in the Willys, then we would have the benefit of the Evaporator to pull moisture out of the air.
   And you could power the A/C Compressor off of the PTO. snicker :)
And connect it with a coupler like we use on our Wood-Splitters.
    _ _ _ _ just teasing _ _

   So, if we were to install a late model htr / ac unit we could mount a manual switch to activate the compressor when needed. And too, the late model blower units have 5-speed squirrel-cage-blowers. Pretty cool stuff. I'm thinking the heater-box, evap-box and blower-box out of a 2014 Ford Fiesta and the plumbing. The next time I go to Pic-n-Pull, I am going to scruitinize the small cars to see just how small of a space they take-up.
And too, _ _ many of these units in small autos don't utilitze vacuum for the heater controls, but real nice poly enclosed control cables. I just removed the dash cover from my '95 Honda passport, and the 3-boxes line up together up against a flat firewall, so all self-contained and maybe better than a Vintage-Aire unit for size and $$$$. _ _ _ i'm letting my mind wander because it is a real nasty day outside and my shop is cold and clammy. Inside the cabin, the fire is warm and comfy so here I sit jabbering with you's-guy's.

   Over and Out !

   Len

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Well it’s been a while since the last update.
I finally got one of the heaters somewhat rebuilt and installed. Got it in last Saturday and finished it up Monday evening after the last fitting for the return line at the water pump came in. I wanted a 45 when I ordered the parts. After searching for a couple hours over several days I gave up and ended up getting a straight one. Thinking I would find a way to make it work. Turned out the only way it was going to work was to mangle up the oil filter mount. I really didn’t want to do that so I looked again. I found it on Amazon with a 2 week ship date. I really wasn’t in to waiting 2 weeks so I took the part number back to Summit and some how they had it to me in a day and a half.  Here it is. 

Then all I needed to do was wire the blower motor and I’d be good to go. I really didn’t like the clamp to the dash switch I ordered. I also wasn’t interested in drilling a hole in the dash. And I need a place to mount the pull cable for the heater valve. Getting out to open and close a valve for the heater just seems so inconvenient. So I made up a bracket to hold them both. 

The PO put a fused panel in at some point and there was a spare spot so the wiring went pretty easy. The heater is installed. 
As long as I was at it and it wasn’t raining. I figured I’d just continue along and put in the some of the other stuff I’ve been collecting. So I kept going and put all the grommets in the firewall. Then the little boot for the throttle shaft through the floor. Finishing up with replacing the hand throttle and choke cables. Ended up removing the speedometer to get to them. Still a job better suited to a 90 pound kid than an old fat guy. Still I got it done. They are both now long enough and work a lot better.
Then I was down to getting the last fitting mentioned above. 



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The final fitting came in Monday and I installed it and got the hose hooked up.  By the time I got the coolant back in it was dark. Still I needed to go for a ride and see how this new heater works.  Well it’s kinda noisy as is everything thing else in this Jeep so it fits right in. Yet it does throw off some heat. 
During my short heater shakedown cruise the engine is missing or cutting out or something. Not wanting to walk home I turned around and headed back. When I got back to the gravel road the headlights quit.  It was fully dark by then. I couldn’t see a thing through the fogged up windshield so I opened the side window, stuck my head out and drove it home. When I got there the headlights came back on. And looking things over I noticed the ammeter is saying it’s discharging. It was supper time and starting to rain so disgusted I gave up.
So this morning I get back to figuring out what got messed up during the heater install.
Joe Friday suggested the dimmer switch for the headlights. I’m going with that for now since they are currently working. At some point I will mess with. Switch to see if I can recreate the problem. If so I’ll replace it.  Right now the wiring is a cobbled up mess.  Still there are more serious things that need attention. 
The cutting out / stalling turned out to be a bad connector on the coil wire. The insulator. Had slipped back and it was grounding out to the coil body. 

I removed the nut and picked up on the wire and the crimped connector just fell off. I fixed it then went on to the alternator problem. First thought was the connector at the regulator. But every time I’d move it a little the engine would die. I finally shook the wires enough that a connector fell off this block

Seems like this is a resistor. Anyway I replaced both of the connectors going to it. Once done a check of the ammeter says A ok. So I’m back to having a running Jeep now with a working heater. Why the connections on a resistor that seems to be in the circuit for the points would effect the charge circuit is a mystery to me. Yet I’m not going to argue with success. Now on to using up all the Ross steering box parts I’ve been collecting 


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 Great looking jeep. 
 Keep an eye on that copper oil filter line there’s a lot of vibration on that oil filter that’s why the brackets are always broke and those copper lines are known to split out it’s better to have a rubber hose on there. 
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Originally posted by Flatfender Ben Flatfender Ben wrote:

 Great looking jeep. 
 Keep an eye on that copper oil filter line there’s a lot of vibration on that oil filter that’s why the brackets are always broke and those copper lines are known to split out it’s better to have a rubber hose on there. 

Your absolutely right about that Ben. Need to replace it with a flex line. It you notice the black on the mount is shiny. It’s wet with oil. 
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Solved my carburetor issues
 

should be installed by the weekend. 
So long Solex. 


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Spent what time I had on the weekend putting a new alternator in. I’ve been having charging problems. Don’t know if it was the alternator, regulator, or wiring. Rather than trying to figure it out i simply went to a one wire system. Ammeter is still in place.  I still need to figure out what is going on with the wiring.  As I go through it I’ll change over to a volt meter. For some reason the PO has got 4 grounds coming off the battery. To the block, frame, and (2) 12 gauge running through the firewall to lord knows where. While I’m at it I’m thinking I’m gonna change out the foot pedal starter for an electrically actuated. From watching Stan on the trail the foot pedal one might not work out so good. 
Then this evening I got to putting the new scout pilot Carter on.  Got it on plumbed in and running then it got dark. Next chance I get I’ll get it tuned up. Then circle back and fix the wiring.  Probably should look in to a new harness. 
And because I know you all like pictures here another one of the new running gear that all needs rebuilt 


Gonna be a T90C/Dana18 Teralow 5.38 axles with lockers on both ends. Don’t know about the Winch yet. 
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Spent the day cleaning up some of the wiring after putting in a one wire alternator. Put in a volt meter. Got rid of the four ground wires going to the battery if favor of one to the frame. With jumpers to the engine and tub. Ran the leads from the alternator and battery to the stud on the starter. From there I ran a 10 gauge main to the battery side of the switch. Then I swapped out the 18 gauge to the fuse panel the PO installed for a 10 gauge and moved it to the acc terminal. Then an 18 gauge from the acc terminal of the switch to the volt meter. I also ran a new wire from the ignition terminal of the switch to a new internally resisted coil. Hit the switch and everythings working except the lights. Searched around up under the dash and found the lost wire. Most of you probably know what that was like. I hooked it up and everything was working. I mounted the switch back in and started her up. Volt meter says 14 volts. Everything is working as it should except the fuel gauge. It worked before I put the switch back in. I guess she’s not done with me. And since the lighting is not on the fuse panel I wonder what the six fuses are for. 

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Its been a while since my last update. Life gets in the way and then things don’t go as planned.I got the new (Scout Pilot rebuilt) Carter WO carburetor installed.  Replaced the alternator, changed out the ammeter for a volt meter, replaced the coil, and rewired the ignition circuit.  Everything was working fine, and then it weren’t.  Although, I’m still not certain where things went wrong, everything is working fine again.  I've been driving it daily for more than a week without issue.

They symptom was that I would have a good running tuned motor at an idle in the driveway. In test driving it lacked power.  And, it would spit, sputter, and backfire until it would eventually foul out and quit. Sometimes, after a while it would start back up and run fine at idle again. First, I thought it was that I hadn’t installed a fuel filter.  I put a fuel filter on and cleaned the carburetor.  Then, I figured  it must be something in the ignition system.  And so on.

Finally, after changing everything in the ignition system and going back to the Solex carburetor I have a running jeep again.  With the ignition system working right (and spark plugs that aren’t fouled) I put the Carter back on.  Unfortunately, after taking it apart to clean it, something is not right.  However, the idle is fantastic.  Guess, I’m going to have to buy it a round trip ride to North Carolina.  As for now, the Solex runs rich no matter what I do.  Advancing the timing helped.  Cutting back on the fuel pressure helped. Still running rich. But it’s running pretty good. That little motor will drive the jeep up to 62 miles an hour.  Then I get scared and back off.  So now, I’m going to move on to the steering box.  Oh, after I finish the Wife’s vanity.

 

And because you like pictures here’s Mt St Helen's from the East.





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Nice view of the mountain, where’s the top?😊
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Originally posted by otto otto wrote:

Nice view of the mountain, where’s the top?😊

its all over the country.  
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Again it’s been a while. All I’ve been doing over the last months is driving it.
Until yesterday.
I decided I would change the oil. While I was at it, I decided to change out the copper oil lines that flat fender Ben warned me about. I ordered them about 4 months ago. Just haven’t stopped long enough to swap them out. But swing as I had a free Saturday afternoon it seemed like a good time to git r done.
So, Friday after work I stopped off at NAPA and picked up some oil, a filter, and a fuel pump gasket. Along with some stuff to fix a leak in the power steering system on the truck.
I was up early Saturday and finished up grading and rolling the driveway. Then I fixed the truck. Had it all done by noon and started on the Willy’s. Got everything tore down. All went well until I went to putting things back together. I had 2 new hoses both were male 1/8th pipe on one end and male 1/8th flare on the other. The fitting on the timing cover was female 1/8th and the block was female 1/8th pipe. Between the original fittings and the new ones I bought with the hoses I didn’t have a combination that would work. I should not have been surprised. After all this is a plumbing job. So, I head out in search of a couple of fittings to make this work. All I needed was a 45 or a 90 for the bottom of the filter housing and a 90 at the block. By the time I got it all figured out every place that would have had it was closed except Lowe’s. Turns out Lowe’s don’t stock a lot of 1/8 brass fittings. I got what they had that I thought would work and headed home. Put it all back together and went to put the oil filter in. It doesn’t fit. Then I remembered having this trouble before. Same as last time I needed a 1080. And they gave me a 1010. That’s when I noticed I hadn’t put the belt back on the alternator. While putting it back on I noticed I couldn’t come straight down out of the filter with the alternator in its proper position. It’s hitting the hose. So, this morning it was off to NAPA to get the right filter and a 45 degree fitting. Got home about 4:00 after crawling under a house all day then went back to working on finishing my 2 hour job on the Jeep. Changed out the fitting, put the filter in, filled it with oil, and fired it up. Purrs like a kitten. Seems to like clean oil and new hoses. 


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looks goodClap
I’ve done the same thing with the oil filters. On my 3B I wrote the filter # on the outside of the canister so I would get the correct one... hopefully the first time. 
Glad to hear you’ve been driving it. 
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