46 CJ2A #69750

Dejavu all over again … much like the RMC genset engine was a parallel project until it got swapped into 69750, this is also a parallel that’s crossing over.  The RMC that replaced the “original” supersonic was always meant as a placeholder while the Kaiser engine got redone.  That hasn’t happened, lol.  The RMC is still coming out, to keep the hours/miles on it down, potentially to find a home in an M38 as yet undiscovered, to be replaced with this:

Or more specifically, this:

The welder started life in the Navy and let’s face it, the Navy buys stuff they don’t build stuff in a manufacturing sense.  The numbers on the Navy and Hobart tags agree with the ESN on the block, so I’m 99% the hour meter represents the engine, supported by the factory 3.125” bores.  It was eventually sold off as surplus, bought by a local college, and as parts to keep it going became less and less available it was then given to a college employee who wanted the L134 to repower his genset… which never happened.  The genset and welder sat outside beside his house for years... waiting… ya, waiting for me to stumble by .  The genset remains an uninvolved parallel…for now.

This block is a dedicated industrial, manufactured around 1968 towards the end of L134 production, possibly one of the last go devils ever cast.  The plan is to break this down, clean it up and verify bearings, bores etc., run out the decent fall weather on the RMC and swap these this winter.

May the Willys gods have mercy on my soul