Never Doing Another Project !!

Did the dash bezel have that red paint in the W or did you add that?

 

That was original. Not sure if someone else changed it tho

 

So for the choke cable I made my own clip





It slides in thru the ashtray





Then the clip is secured thru the screw that holds the tray





Nice and tight now





Then it was steering wheel time. It was in sad shape but I need to spend on better parts than a new wheel right now




I tried the epoxy thing in the bigger cracks but I'm too impatient to wait that long for it to dry so I used bondo glass




It worked real good. After sanding that smooth I primed it and saw all the spots I missed. I spread finishing glaze on it with my finger and sanded that nice and smooth








Some more primer





Came out good nuff

 

Nice save of an original part.

 

X2. Very nice

 

Sa-weet! Super job.

 

Not to shabby





Tail lights came in today

 

Been waiting for the exhaust from Jeepster man, it came today. Notice anything ??? The flange is welded on 90 degrees from the manifold ....only me

 

Got some parts and PC's blasted and painted today








Needed a change of pace so I started playing with the interior making the door panels

 

Looks great as usual. May be a dumb question but what is the door panel made out of?

 

Waterproof cardboard made for door panels

 

Maybe turned 90 to accommodate a thermostatic flapper valve? I dont have a valve, but if I designed one Id offset inlet flange and outlet flange so the fasteners didnt interfere with each other. Total guess.

 

Is that door

Will that cardboard be covered with something else?

 

Yes, doing whole interior in a buckskin

 

Oooooh! Looking forward to seeing this.

 

They sent pipe for a 230 engine. They sent me the proper one but I just cut the wrong one turned it and welded so now I have a spare

 

Cyl 1 - 80 lbs

2 - 100 lbs

3 - 85 lbs

4 - 25 lbs

5 - 85 lbs

6 - 85 lbs


So # 4 is the issue

Engine smokes bad

You hear a popping from exhaust

Oh hum

 

Burnt exhaust valve or broken valve spring on the low cylinder is my guess.

 

Well that stinks. I can attest that it does smoke pretty bad. Thanks for letting us hang out with ya the other day! I can’t wait to put the seats in my Jeep To all on here, this truck and Johns CJ5 are IMMACULATE in person and his attention to detail is amazing. Keep up the great work, John! Think you’ll try new rings or work on the other motor? Maybe some NO SMOKE in a bottle lol

 

I would like to get this motor drivable for summer, no money to rebuild the other one yet. Too bad you weren't closer, that would have been a lot of pizza and beer nights in the shop I think