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“Around the block.” Nice pun.
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Originally posted by 19Cargo42 19Cargo42 wrote:

“Around the block.” Nice pun.


Unintended, but I'll take credit anyway. Nice catch!
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Just got the crank back from the machinist, waiting for gaskets and seals.


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The holidays are over and I'm back to work on the Jeep. I took advantage of the holiday lull to send the block and rotating assembly out to Buck for a once-over. It probably would be OK with a quick hone, but as long as it was out I figured it's worth doing. For $150 he hot washed the block, installed the crank, honed and installed pistons with new rings and cut new valve seats, can't complain.
Hope to have it all back together tomorrow.

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Congrats. That's gotta be a nice feeling to make that step.

Also, either it's the angle of this photo or you have a really large sized garage. I'm looking forward to the day later this year when I have a work space again.

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Good day today, got a couple hours this afternoon to hang goodies on the block. At this point, it's close to a running engine...except for oil, gas and spark.



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With the assistance of my lovely assistant, the engine and tranny went home today. Surprising how easy it is when there's no body work in the way.


Note the clean electrical runs - just enough to get her to turn over and fire. Still have to rig up a temp "gas tank" before I can fire her up.


Ok, I'm stumped. The inverted bow attached to the frame seems to terminate in mid air behind the tranny. I know it was attached to something when I took everything apart, but can't imagine what that was. Anybody care to clue me in?

Stay tuned, hope to have some noise for you in the next couple days.
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I don't recognize that as a 2A part. 
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Originally posted by Joe DeYoung Joe DeYoung wrote:

I don't recognize that as a 2A part. 

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I thought I took pictures of everything as I disassembled, but I missed this one. I'm going to flip it over and see if it makes more sense that way. It appears to be a cast or forged item so unlikely that someone fabbed it up in their shop as a one-off.
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Something to do with the clutch, master cylinder linkage?

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Or skid plate?

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I think I see it upside down in your earlier pic of the dirty frame. Shape and location might make it a home made e-brake guard/skid plate mount. I know my '49 doesn't have one. 'Course I don't have an e-brake either.
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Originally posted by Joe DeYoung Joe DeYoung wrote:

I don't recognize that as a 2A part. 

Me neither.  BW
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The second picture you posted on page 1 that piece is visible and as already mentioned is no doubt a home made e-brake skid plate. The same pic also shows the original skid plate is bent really bad, so this jeep must of drug it’s belly a lot. 
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Good catch Ben, it indeed does look like some kind of skid plate for the e-brake, once it's turned over. However, not sure how much protection it would provide in a hard hit, especially since the free end attaches to a bolt on the transfer case. It might save the e-brake at the expense of the TC, not a good trade.

I have to say, whoever fabbed this thing up did a very nice job, despite it being a bad concept. I'm pretty sure one of the PO's worked at a local shipyard and this was a "government" project.
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almost looks like a tire removal tools.....takes the tie off the wheel. but it's not.


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First start today and it runs great! Actually, I tried starting it yesterday, but all it did was pop and die. Finally figured out I was flooding the crap out of it. I pulled the carb and there was a pool of gas sitting in the intake manifold. Soaked it up and blew some hot air into it, replace the carb and it fired right up and purred like a kitten.

That pretty much covers everything I could do on a bare chassis, so now it's on to bigger and better things, namely the body. WooHoo!
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