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What Did You Do To Your Jeep Today?

Well, Fireball’s flex test got me thinking that I have never actually tested my flex on anything but the lift, so today was the day for a real world test. Since my property is in the mountains, the driveway to the house is cut out of the side of a little hill and has a couple of large rocks, so a perfect place for a flex test.

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I left the front sway bar connected, so don’t have as much flex up front. However, I wasn’t able to get ANY of my tires off the ground crawling up this rock at an angle, which means all four tires will be helping pull the load.

IMG_3386 by Rick , on Flickr

The rear had me a little concerned at full stuff since I’m not running a sway bar, but I was able to get my hand between the tire and the fender all the way around, so it’s OK. In the rear, I added 1/4” thick spring retainer plates top and bottom to make sure the spring couldn’t come out a full droop, which is a good thing, as the rear springs were pressed hard against the retainer plates at full droop.

The next test will be in Moab on March 15th, but I think I’m ready for some flexy action…
 
Just really killing time in my shop.
I had a little oil leak at the valve covers on my 3B so I changed gaskets
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Also needed to top off the D18 (surprise,surprise) so I devised a little helper. My tcase has a glass eye to easily see oil level
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So I used the breather hose and a homemade cup to make it easier add oil
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Cup is made from a piece of exhaust pipe with a bottom welded on and a fitting threaded in. Only holds maybe 3-4oz of oil.
 
ZachG said:
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I have to finish welding out the links but it's nice to have the 7 off of blocks. Next is steering.
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I used a lot of Barnes 4WD fab parts as well, good stuff at a reasonable price. You might want to consider spring retainer plates top and bottom to keep your rear springs in place. You can see in the picture below that when the rear of the 47 is articulated (I don’t have a sway bar), the springs are pressing hard on the retainer plates and would pop out otherwise.

IMG_3385 by Rick, on Flickr
 
3b a runnin said:
Just really killing time in my shop.
I had a little oil leak at the valve covers on my 3B so I changed gaskets
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Also needed to top off the D18 (surprise,surprise) so I devised a little helper. My tcase has a glass eye to easily see oil level
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So I used the breather hose and a homemade cup to make it easier add oil
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Cup is made from a piece of exhaust pipe with a bottom welded on and a fitting threaded in. Only holds maybe 3-4oz of oil.
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You will want to seperate the vent from the fill.
 
cj2atruck said:
I used a lot of Barnes 4WD fab parts as well, good stuff at a reasonable price. You might want to consider spring retainer plates top and bottom to keep your rear springs in place. You can see in the picture below that when the rear of the 47 is articulated (I don’t have a sway bar), the springs are pressing hard on the retainer plates and would pop out otherwise.

IMG_3385 by Rick, on Flickr
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I have the plates and still need to build the bump stops. Just have it sitting on the springs to push around now. It will be coming apart and going back together about a dozen more times.
 
I found a correct NOS GM carburetor dashpot (I think) for my Dauntless V6. I haven't had a dashpot installed for 20+ years, thinking it wasn't doing anything for the engine.


The retainer spring on the push rod interfered with the throttle linkage so I removed the spring. Its only function seems to be to keep the parts together before it is installed. Also the throttle linkage bolt interfered with the gray rubber dust cover, so I sanded the bolt head down a bit.



I adjusted the dashpot in accordance with section E-44 in the service manual. The dashpot does make a noticeable difference when letting off the throttle. The engine used to jerk back when the power was removed, but now it settles back softly. So time will tell if it is really helpful.

https://oljeep.com/53CjDj/53-71JeepCjDjServiceManual.pdf
 
Took the 64 A1 to the Denton Military Vehicle Show. Had a real Blast!1964 USMC M38A1 at 2026 Denton MV Show.jpg

Drove all over and looked at a lot of military vehicles and talked to a lot of Jeep friends.
 

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I've been real discouraged with my Commando project, I simply don't have time to work on it and it's been sitting for months. We'll I took this morning and spent a few hours working on it and got it back on all 4 wheels. Still has no steering, brakes, or driveshaft but just having it off the jack stands is a huge visual difference and gives me a little encouragement.
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I lowered the float in my 2G carb (1/8") in hopes of making it more stable on hills (not as likely to stall).
This clip shows a typical hill that would have normally caused a stall. This is just a testing area; nothing extreme.
Traction became the problem, so this is an improvement.

I will take the Lion's Loop trail this weekend which Trails Offroad rates as difficult. I hope to get some more video.
 
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