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CJ2A-NOOB
Member Joined: 11 Oct. 2018 Location: So Cal Status: Offline Points: 66 |
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Posted: 11 Oct. 2018 at 8:02am |
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Hello all,
My name is Ron. I live in So Calif. I have joined your forum in hopes of learning about a 1947 Willys CJ2A that a friend has recently acquired. We intend to use it as a camping / hunting rig. It is pretty much stock / original, other than the generator has been replaced with an alternator (6V positive grounded) and the normal parts replacements. It does have a few small oil leaks that I would consider fairly normal for a 70+ year old jeep. I am sure I will have several questions and ask for your recommendations as I work on it to bring it up to standards. Thanks for your time and patience with this CJ2A Newbie Cheers, Ron |
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jeeper50
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Welcome to the mix. Ask any and all questions bet we have the answer or how to fix it. Learn how to post pics we love them
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Belleview ol skool winch soon. '48 CJ2A 283 V8 sm 420 granny low, tera low D18, overdrive,lockers Texan at heart,Alabama by retirement |
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nofender
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Welcome aboard. The knowledge base here is most impressive! Good luck with the project. Just be warned......these little rigs are addictive.
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46 CJ2a rockcrawler
46 CJ2a - 26819 46 Bantam T3c "4366" 47 Bantam T3C - 11800 68-ish CJ5 |
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ndnchf
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Positive ground? That's odd since CJ2As are normally negative ground. Welcome aboard, we look for ward to seeing photos, we like photos!
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1948 CJ2A - It goes nowhere fast, but anywhere slow.
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mbullism
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Welcome!... but be warned. I give it six months before you buy one of your own
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Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it... Welcome to 1930's Germany
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cpt logger
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Welcome aboard! A positive ground 6 volt alternator is very odd. I would be very surprised at that. Please double check that. IMHO, It is unobtainium. I did not find anyone who made a 6 volt positive ground alternator when I was looking for one. I had a Caterpillar D-2 with a positive ground system that I wanted to keep as stock as possible. I thought that an upgrade to an alternator was the ticket to fix my charging system problems. I could not even find someone who would take a negative ground alternator & swap the diodes to make it positive ground. This was in 1978. I ended up rebuilding the generator, & replacing almost all of the wiring. Close attention was paid to getting the grounds clean & tight. That fixed my issues, but if a positive ground alternator was available at that time, I would have installed it. These days, anything is possible. The internet has made finding oddball parts much easier. Oh, on another note we love pictures! Send us a bunch of them. Please & Thank you. Again, welcome to the madness, Cpt Logger.
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Ol' Unreliable
Member Joined: 25 Sep. 2016 Location: CO Springs CO Status: Offline Points: 4226 |
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Welcome to the page, CJ2A-NOOB! Are you going to change your name when you're not a noob any more?
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There's a reason it's called Ol' Unreliable
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CJ2A-NOOB
Member Joined: 11 Oct. 2018 Location: So Cal Status: Offline Points: 66 |
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Thanks for the warm welcome fellas.
I am pretty familiar with forums of various interests and I know how we all like to see pics. Haha. I am a member/moderator on a forum of my other hobby, and we have a saying there,... No pics, didn't happen. Lol. Anyway, I will try to get some pics posted up soon. Do they first need to be hosted on a public pic sharing site like photobucket ? , or can I attach them to a post directly from my phone ?
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CJ2A-NOOB
Member Joined: 11 Oct. 2018 Location: So Cal Status: Offline Points: 66 |
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OK,so as promised, here's some pics of the '47 Willys
This was purchased last week from a 82 year old neighbor who has owned it for about 8 or 9 years. I do not know any of the history on it prior to that. It has a newer fuel pump, coil, wires, cap, rotor, points, condenser Generator has been replaced with an alternator, fan belt, hoses, New tires, Plastic fuel tank, Seat covers. Hope all these pics come out where you can see them.
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JeepSaffer
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Jeeper50, that's a male kudu in the passenger seat! As Cpt Logger would say, pretty much unobtainium in the USA unless you hunt in the local zoo, but not so rare here in South Africa... The bush in the background is classic Southern Africa (Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe....)? Care to share the story of the pic and where it was taken?
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1948 CJ2A #204853 in South Africa
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cpt logger
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Those are great pictures of a fine Jeep. Thank you. It looks like a fairly unmolested example of one. Others much more knowledgeable than I will now post what they see about your CJ. It will be interesting to see what they observe. If I may ask, could you post a few pictures of your alternator? I really would like to at least see a picture of one in captivity. TIA, Cpt Logger.
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jbjeeps
Member Joined: 01 June 2013 Location: Idaho Status: Offline Points: 294 |
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Welcome.
Wow, very nice looking Jeep. Doesn't appear to need much: check and rebuild steering and brakes if needed, add some tail lights and clean up any wiring issues and fix the leaks. Basically, just get it starting, running, driving and stopping in a safe and reliable manner and you are good to go. Ubolt skidders, nice!
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1970 CJ5 Dauntless, 4.88 (His)
1948 CJ2A Dauntless, 3.54 (Hers) 1948 CJ2A "Targhee", yup, still under construction but getting closer Instagram: old_money_2a   |
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Ol' Unreliable
Member Joined: 25 Sep. 2016 Location: CO Springs CO Status: Offline Points: 4226 |
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Wow, this is a very nice Jeep!! Not much needs fixing. I see missing rear axle bump stops. Well, the rubber part is missing. Very common. Possibly missing the body mount rubber pieces, too. Did you get top bows and hardware?
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There's a reason it's called Ol' Unreliable
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Rick G
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Yeah x2 And how in the heck did you get that 700lb beast loaded into that little jeep???😳
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CJ2A-NOOB
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here's some pics of the Alternator. I suppose it is quite possible that this was wired wrong. If that is the case (?), maybe someone here can confirm ? This is the way it was when we got it. and yes, it does start and run. Notice that the battery cable is grounded to the engine bracket, AND the Alternator wire is connected to the battery clamp. battery cable was connected to the Positive battery post. Here is the other battery cable that goes to the solenoid. this was connected to the Negative battery post. So if this IS in fact Wrong, And I was to swap the alternator cable over to the solenoid, connect that cable to the positive battery post, and connect the other cable to the negative battery post, Then wouldn't that spin the starter/engine backwards ?
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48willys
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The starter will only turn one direction, the brush orientation in the starter defines that.
The problem you may have is that alternator, if it has been converted to negative ground the regulator diode may burn up when you reverse it. |
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1946 cj2a #28680
1948 chevy 3800 thriftmaster 1946-50's cj2a-3a farm jeep 1993 yj, aka the yj7 |
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rocnroll
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Trying to think backwards here ( positive ground).....that wire going to the alternator 'normally' would go to positive so I'm not sure it SHOULD go to positive on your system ( that would be ground wouldn't it)?
I would suggest go ahead now, bite the bullet, and switch back to a negative ground system. (either 6 or 12) you will be money ahead in ruined components due to improper diagnosis. Mechanics in this country aren't likely to want to fool with it the way it is now......just a suggestion. |
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'48 CJ2A Lefty "Common sense is not that common" |
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athawk11
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This is in remarkably good condition. Almost too good. That said, I don't see anything that would suggest that the sheet metal is reproduction. Great find. Congratulations.
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