Ax Staining, Axles, Alternator, Fuel Lines, and more

Posted on May 21, 2020April 6, 2021 by Britt

Ax Staining, Axles, Alternator, Fuel Lines, and more

This week started slow, but lots of projects piled up! Starting off with trying to get my ax to stain darker, getting shock brackets and a torque reaction spring to restore, removing bearings and racers from the rear axle, new axle drums, and what started as making the fan belt tighter that turned into a huge multi-day project!

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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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Fuel Sender, F Bolts, Pintle Hook, First Aid Kit, & more!

Posted on April 23, 2020April 12, 2021 by Britt

Fuel Sender, F Bolts, Pintle Hook, First Aid Kit, & more!

Another stay-at-home week worked mostly on the Jeep! This is part 2 of my ongoing quest to fix the fuel sender and get a working gas gauge. I also finally replaced my post-war M38 pintle hook with a correct GPW one. More bolts were replaced to be F stamped, and I worked on restoring my First Aid kit for the Jeep. Finally, I start some work on the original body tub.

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Lots of little projects and two major ones!

Posted on April 17, 2020April 12, 2021 by Britt

Lots of little projects and two major ones!

After last week’s excitement with the hood numbers, this week was a lot of work on various projects. Starting with the painting of more axle parts, replacing some bolts with F bolts, fixing the horn wire, and figuring out issues with the fuel tank sender. Lots of ‘how tos’ in this update!

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E-Brake and Axle restoration continues!

Posted on March 19, 2020April 18, 2021 by Britt

E-Brake and Axle restoration continues!

This week was a bit slow, but lots of little things done including the continued restoration of the original e-brake system, lots of sandblasting, and painting/putting back together the very first part of the wartime axles!

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More axle work

Posted on March 5, 2020April 20, 2021 by Britt

More axle work

After last week’s excitement, this week was much more calm. This week I continued to clean/disassemble the wartime GPW axles and sandblast various parts documenting F stamps along the way. I also started to restore parts of the emergency brake and checked the PCV valve for carbon/fuel buildup.

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The Jeep goes public!

Posted on February 27, 2020March 18, 2021 by Britt

GPW #208102 at the Los Angeles Air Raid of 1942 event

The Jeep goes public!

This week the Jeep made the first public appearance at an event in San Pedro, CA for the LA Air Raid of 1942! Then the next day the Jeep went to Old Towne Orange, CA for a mini-photoshoot in the area. Overall a great outing with lots of photos! Restoration wise, I was only able to get a little bit of sandblasting in and fixing a broken panel light switch.

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Tire Pump, Floor Mats, and Axle work!

Posted on February 13, 2020April 21, 2021 by Britt

Tire Pump, Floor Mats, and Axle work!

Another week working on several Jeep projects! This week I finished the last steps in the Tire Pump restoration, it’s ready to mount. Also, I may have found the perfect solution to floor mats for the Jeep. Finally, I am almost finished taking apart the axles for their restoration and discover more F stamps along the way.

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Axle work, restoring the tire pump, and more!

Posted on February 6, 2020April 25, 2021 by Britt

Axle work, restoring the tire pump, and more!

Last week I was on vacation, so here’s a 2-week large update featuring the restoration of a WW2 tire pump for the Jeep and continuing work on taking apart the front wartime GPW axle! Lots of F stamps, grease, and neat discoveries!

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More Axle work, a tire pump, and more!

Posted on January 23, 2020April 27, 2021 by Britt

More Axle work, a tire pump, and more!

Looks like for the next few weeks I’m only going to be able to work on some weekend days and Mondays as weekdays have gotten busy! But even then, still got a lot of work done taking apart the axles this week. Follow along as I take apart various items on the front axle and hunt for Ford F stamps! Also prepping for a tire pump headed my way and a nice flea market find!

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