Battery enhancements, blackout headlight covers, and Coca Cola Crate Part 2!

Posted on June 18, 2020March 30, 2021 by Britt

Battery enhancements, blackout headlight covers, and Coca Cola Crate Part 2!

This week’s update features quite a bit of work for this week. I added some enhancements to the battery to make it appear more vintage, made some custom headlight blackout covers, worked on fixing a hood clamp, and Part 2 of finishing a photo-accurate Coca Cola crate!

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Flushing the Coolant System Part 2, TRS Shackles, and Coca Cola project!

Posted on June 11, 2020March 31, 2021 by Britt

Flushing the Coolant System Part 2, TRS Shackles, and Coca Cola project!

This week’s update features Part 2 of a complete flush of the coolant system on the Jeep and the results, fitting bushings into the Torque Reaction Spring shackles, adding some more F bolts to the Jeep, adding the correct style valve caps to the tires, battery enhancements, and Part 1 of building a Coca Cola crate! Whew!

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Jeep goes topless!

Posted on May 1, 2020April 11, 2021 by Britt

Jeep goes topless!

A week of more projects, mostly smaller things like replacing more bolts with F stamped ones. I also continue work on the fuel sender/gas gauge issues. I show how to reset Jeep circuit breakers, repaint the voltage regulator, some cool discoveries, and more! Plus some shots of the Jeep without the top!

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Starter Issues

Posted on October 17, 2019June 2, 2021 by Britt

Starter Issues

All driving of the Jeep was halted last week when it was discovered my starter was sparking and smoking. Upon taking apart the starter it was pretty dirty and had what appeared to be several issues…

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Voltage Regulator and Pre-Painting

Posted on March 14, 2019March 18, 2022 by Britt

Voltage Regulator and Pre-Painting

I opened the voltage regulator I got on ebay to a wonderful surprise, and work continues on various items for the Jeep. Plus, there was a ‘less windy than usual’ day so I was able to pre-paint the frame with primer!

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