Bodger Baz

John we ran SAE10 in the transmisson, anything heavier and you will knacker the gearbox. SAE 10 is vital due to the fluid flywheel, it has a lock out system for over run and for when engine revs hit a certain speed so the transmission becomes a full manual, then if the revs drop down, like climbing a short hill, the fluid flywheel will unlock allowing the engine revs to pick up without chaging gear, alomst like a splitter box. if the oil is too viscous it will not work properly and you can burn out the fluid flywheel. We had no problem getting hold of the oil from a local "76 lubricants" shop in Azerbaijan, but they did have to import it for us. i attached the gearbox pages from the english manaul. :-D Baz

Some more pics :-D

Certainly not! :whistle: :tongue:

Pah!!! INDIANS are real mans bikes! left hand throttle rules :tup:

Wow, that is sad! :-D :-D

you bunch of saddo's!!! :whistle: i have several 1943 british jerrycans! and some 44 and 45, couldn't help myself :dunno: Baz :-D

Very nice vehicle you have there. :tup: Baz

Brits had stars on thiers as well later on, officially they should have had the butler type sidelights on the wings, but it didn't always happen. many british vehicles still had yank markings on them, guess thay were long term :-Dborrowed and dont forget the most complicated markings ever imagined!! :shake: Baz

From experience, unless you know the history of it, strip it down. if it has been sat up for a while condensation gets it and rusts the bearings a treat. i have also seen plenty that have been run dry, as they tend to leak (a bit!) On a good note, they are easy to rebuild and the bearings are readily available, You will need shims for the main shaft bearings which come in a handy kit from TS Autos. Baz

water was deeper than expected! went in too fast, sucked in the air intake, (probably some in the dipstick hole?) by the time it was recovered some had drained to the sump! :shake: the rest is history!!

Never had a problem with dodge engine either, apart the time a mate took his through the water obstacle at Beltring and filled sump with water :n00b: unfortunately he tried to get home when the big ends siezed to the crank! didn't mind too much i got a load of jeep parts for rebuilding it :-D

I'll give it a whirl :-D I'm guessing in Word is ok? Baz

personally im not suprised, thats why have never bothered with the additives ;-). But it does make me wonder about all the hype for the need to use adiitives and all the gimics that have come along as a result. some people splash out huge amounts having hardened seats fitted to jeeps and so called "harder" valves. my own feeling is that a lot of valve problems are down to poor maintenance rather than the type of fuel used, altough im sure there are a few delicate engines out there? :dunno: Baz

progress is sweet :tup:, pooped the valves out for a quick clean up. Now concidering she's done over 12,000 miles and i have never used any lead additives and have always run on unleaded the valves and seats are immaculate......................who needs additives? :dunno:

there are loads of cylinder heads for the jeep engines, during ww2 they made several minor changes until very late on they had the strengthening ribs, as usual willys and ford are different! if you have any spare heads without ribs let me know, could do with one ;-) for more info have a look here http://ww2jeeps.com/htm/heads.htm and here http://ww2jeeps.com/htm/Lheadmain.htm and here http://www.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=106901 Baz

Thats on my christmas list :-D

well things are looking up :-D :tup: firstly my gas heater is working a treat :rofl: The engine came out with ease, the four broken manifold studs were as soft as butter to drill and the original threads were chased out and are as good as new :tup: :banana: :banana: :yay: Overall the engine is in very good condition even with 12,000 miles under the belt :-D going to clean the valves up and lap in the seats for the fun whilst i'm inside :-) Three of the four manifold joining bolts came out thanks to a lot of copper grease :bow: Now the expensive part! guess what i have asked Santa to bring this year? Baz

yep thats the ones, not sure about the calvados though, yuk :lipsrsealed: Baz

I have a 1952 M100 trialer for my MB, got it cheap in need of restoration. But if i had a pound for everytime someone has come up to me and said "thats the wrong trailer for your Jeep..............bla bla bla". I could probably buy a nice ww2 trailer! :rofl: :tup: Baz P.S. anyone want to swap a ww2 trailer for my M100?

Fixing bleedin trucks! :n00b: :tup:

Come on now, catch up with the humuor :rofl: we were working on an oil pipeline in Republic of Georgia, it would take ages with a shovel :rofl:

Health and Safety.........................Not aloud to use shovels!

tony's number is 01474 703131

Yep, Tony is No.1 for Jeep parts, very clever and very helpful.

Yep, had a fleet of them too :-D