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| 1946 Willys CJ2A Jeep Project Start Page Serial Number 71781 |
| What I've Done So Far |
| 1. Purchased approx. 1994 running good but very noisy rearend. 2. Approx. 1994 removed and disassembled rearend. 3. June 2004. Started back with goal of getting Jeep back to moveable condition so it can be loaded on trailer to be steam cleaned and or pressure washed and moved to a better place to be worked on. Where it is now I expect to be carried off either by Brown Recluse spiders or Copperhead snakes! I took rearend of Jeep to a local Jeep Specialist to have completely rebuilt including new ring and pinion, all new bearings and seals, and while they have it new brake cylinders and riveted shoes on rear axle. 4. June 2004. Cranked Jeep after about 2 year sit without running. Found two loose connections on electrical system. Got Jeep to firing then no gas to carburator. Fixed cracked fuel hose near fuel pump. Jeep cranked and ran good. 5. July 2004. Replaced right side rear spring U-bolt shackle with new one. Will also need to replace right rear bracket that U-bolt shackle connects to due to it being wallowed out.. 6. July 2004. Removed brake master cylinder (the kind that has mounting bolt that goes all the way through the rear but the two front ones are threaded in) and ordered new one including new brake light switch. 7. July 2004. Sanded wheel in attempt to find out what the origional color was but was unable to determine. 8. July 2004. Removed serial number plates located behind air filter on firewall to clean up, get serial number and determine origional color of jeep. Serial number 71781 and origional body color Normandy Blue.. 9. July 2004. Determined that steering must be aftermarket. Steering box is located just behind front bumper mounted to frame with a horizonal shaft that runs throught engine compartment to universal joint near firewall and then from universal joint connects to steering column. Updated July 18, 2004. 10. 7/04 Disassembled Rear Springs, sanded, primed, painted, reassembled, and installed new bushings. 11.8/04 Picked up rebuild rear axle and installed springs and axle on Jeep. 12. 8/04 Drove Jeep for the first time in 10 years! ......no brakes yet. 13. 8/04 Installed new master cylinder, new brakeline from master cylinder to rubber hose on rear axle, new rubber hose, new rear wheel cylinders, and new shoes on rear. Finally have rear brakes....first time since Ive owned it! Temporarly plugged front brake outlet on master cylinder until I have time to redo the fronts. 14. 8/04 Murpheys Law the Jeep was now drivable at slow speeds but the fuel pump diaphram gave up and started leaking so have new fuel pump to install now. 15. 8/04 Replaced fuel pump with new one. Changed front Differential fluid. Checked electrical system still has 6 volt starter, 6 volt generator, and 6 volt coil. A dropping resistor has been installed in series with the wire going to the coil to allow use of a 12 volt battery. 16. 8/04 With wires from generator removed, grounded field of generator per service manual and checked voltage on armature and only measured about 1.5 volts at approximately 2000 rpms. Generator needs rebuilt I suspect. 17. 8/04 Jeep goes very good in woods. Have some very steep hills on my property and it idles right up in 4wd low. 18. 12/05 Bought 1948 CJ2A. Will continue to work on 46 for now and swap some parts around keeping both complete as possible. 19. 12/05 Generator. Started on electrical system again. Took both generators to a rebuilder and both were good. He ordered me a new 6 Volt regulator and that fixed the charging system problems. The Jeep cranks over a lot slower on 6 volts but still does fine. Continues at the bottom of this Page |
| 20. 1/06 Ammeter. The ammeter didn't appear to be working and the wires on the back were not tight so I removed the meter to check it out. The meter was not the origonal but was pretty old. I took it apart and it was full of a white power substance. Cleaned meter and needle appeared have free movement. Tested meter by pulling off positive battery terminal turing lights on high and placing meter between cable clamp and battery. Ammeter worked good. Reinstalled meter, relugged wires and ammeter is working fine. 21. 1/06 Light Switch. I started on lighting by pulling the light switch out of instrument panel and letting it dangle. Using a voltmeter I check for voltage on all points. There is a 30 amp breaker mounted on the back of the switch and both terminals on it were hot. When I pulled the lightswitch halfway parking light position or the all the way out headlight position nothing worked and the switch had a very rough feel. I then used a jumper from the load side of the breaker and jumped it to the other connections on the switch. One position was the one going to the dimmer switch and the headlights worked on low and high beam. Another was the tail lights which after some grounding problems I also got to work with jumper. 22. 1/06 Brake Lights. The breakliight wire was the one on the load side of the 30 amp breaker. I found the correct wire going to the back and ran it to one side of the breaklight switch on the break master cylinder and ran the wire from the breaker to the other side of the breaklight switch. I then jammed a metal bar between the break peddle and the front seat leg to hold the breaks on until I could get both bulbs to working. 23. 1/06 Parking Lights. The parking lights were next. The wire going to those connected to the terminal on the light switch that only makes connection when the switch is pulled half way out. Both parking lights worked fine. 24. 1/06 Insturment Panel Light. I then had to place an order for a new light switch and a new instrument panel light which I discovered had no guts inside. I installed the new switch which was a little different than the one that was installed because it had no built in dimmer. I then attempted to remove the instrument panel lamp. It is located above the speedometer and it really hard to get to. After working for a while I got a bright idea and slid the guts (wire bulb base and spring out of the new light and slid it into the old light and it worked fine. This was a big time saver. all the lights worked now but the Tell-Tale light (High Beam Indicator). 26. 1/06 Tag Light. My tailights are not original. Someone cut round holes and put recessed lights in the rear. This means no tag light. I bought a 12 volt one and replaced the bulb with a 6 volt. I mounted it under a tag mounting bolt and connected the wire to the tail light wire and it seems to work good until I get the rear of the Jeep redone. 25. 1/06 Front Brake Lines. I ordered all new brake lines for the front. This consisted of a line from the master cylinder to a rubber line on drivers side fender. That rubber line connected to a tee mounted on the left side of the front axle. From the left of the tee a rubber hose to a short metal line which then connect to the new front wheel cylinder. From the right of the tee a preformed line goes across the top of the front axle to the passenger side rubber hose then short crooked metal hose then right wheel cylinder. 26. 1/06 Front Brake Shoes. To replace the shoes I had to just dig in and start taking things apart on the front hub and wheel assembly. It was pretty straight forward. the drivers side front bearings were very dry and a little rough. I did put new a new seal in though. I replaced the wheel cylinder and shoes. The big holes in the bottom of the shoes that fits around the cams did not quite fit around the cams. I had to take a radus file and make the big holes about 1/1000 bigger on all four shoes. I also found out I evidently have a newer front axle becuause it used a bigger front seal that the one used in 1946. 27. 1/06 Front Windshield. Hadn't been cranked out it years. Had two small bolts bolting the bottom of the frame. Removed the bolts and all origonal stuff seemed to work. The gasket around the windshield had turned into goo at least what was left in the groove. Ordered new gasket but need to sand and paint frame before installation of gasket. 28. 1/06 Tale-Tale Light I removed it, cleaned it up, finally figured out how it came apart, and re soldered a new wire to the bulb base. The bulb appears to be a small flashlight sized 6 volt bulb. See all my pictures of the Tell-Tale light on my CJ2-A link page. Installed Tale-Tale light after sanding back of mounting hole to provide good connection for ground. Installed a 12 volt bayonette type bulb and light seems to work fine on 12 volts until I order the correct 6 volt one.. 29. 1/06 Horn Installed horn and found hot wire near horn in wiring harness. Ran a new wire through firewall to provide ground through switch to blow horn. Installed a pushbutton switch which will mount near switch. Probably won't attempt to run horn through steering column like orginal because of aftermarket steering system.. Horn works good and sounds neat on 6 volts. Kids like to blow the horn at everyone we pass. 30. 1/06 Cooling System Jeep overheats after an extended run. Ordered new waterpump. Removed water inlet from head and no thermostat was installed. Swapped radiator out with the one off of the 48 and installed new waterpump. This has fixed cooling problem with temp staying below 180 deg. F. Suspect the problem was the radiator. Have not installed thermostat yet. 31. 1/06 First Long Trip Drove Jeep to work for the first time. Trip was approximately 30 miles round trip. Jeep did fine but after extended run oil pressure dropped to approximately 20 lbs. Hope changing the oil might help this. 46 does not have an oil filter so I may swap the one off of the 48 to see if that cools the oil a little better. |