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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Electronic work, axle work, and canvas dying!

Posted on May 15, 2020April 10, 2021 by Britt

Electronic work, axle work, and canvas dying!

This week progress slowed a bit down on the Jeep, but still a lot of work done. I worked on replacing the dimmer switch, fixing the ammeter gauge, more wartime axle work, and dying my super faded canvas water bucket back to OD Green!

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All about the Top Bows!

Posted on May 7, 2020April 10, 2021 by Britt

All about the Top Bows!

This week saw several more projects finished on the Jeep including the addition of footman loops on the top bows along with the top bow straps, the addition of the top bow storage straps under the passenger seat, a complete tutorial on how to fold the canvas top and also how to put a canvas top on a Jeep, more GPW axle work, and much more!

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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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Axle painting and Jeep Hood History!

Posted on April 10, 2020March 13, 2021 by Britt

Axle painting and Jeep Hood History!

This week more work was done to the front wartime axle including painting, disassembling the steering rods, etc. Then it started to rain in SoCal, so I shifted my focus to something I’ve been meaning to do for a while… wet sand the hood to find if there were any original markings from WW2 on the Jeep! This yielded some amazing and surprising results on the Jeep’s history. But, I need some help to decipher the numbers! This is a big update!

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Adding Glass Stencils, Axle work, and a Jeep model!

Posted on April 4, 2020April 12, 2021 by Britt

Adding Glass Stencils, Axle work, and a Jeep model!

This week didn’t see as much done as last week, and had it’s share of ups and downs with the axles, but still much done! I added the Ford Safety Glass markings to my windshield glass (full tutorial), continues working on the axles and drums, and then took a day to restore a ‘different’ kind of Jeep!

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Quarantine work!

Posted on March 26, 2020April 12, 2021 by Britt

Quarantine work!

This week was one of the busiest weeks I’ve had in a long time during this restoration, mostly because of the current stay-at-home quarantine. The e-brake project was mostly finished, I sandblasted and finished all four brake assemblies for the new axles, and wire wheeled other items!

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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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