Jessie The Jeep Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 (edited) The last job of today was making some washers for the pedal shaft. These are quite big. I started off chain drilling the central hole, followed by filing until the hole was large enough that the shaft would fit through. The piece was then gripped internally through the hole in my lathe chuck jaws, followed by turning down the outer diameter of the washer. They were painted just before I came in for the night, and left to dry. That brings the thread up to date. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) I haven't done anything on the Jeep for the last couple of days. Instead I've been giving the workshop a massive clean, tidy and chuck out of junk and rubbish. You've probably noticed in my pictures that it gets quite messy/untidy in there, and I can quite happily work in what appears to be chaos. It's usually when I tidy that I can't find things! Anyway, work on the tub will start shortly and I needed floor space, hence the big clear up. Two days of non-stop cleaning and sorting resulted in a clear floor and a bit more empty cupboard space. I sent a message earlier today to my local muscle, forumite 'Skint George', and he came round tonight and helped me lift the tub into the workshop so I can start the repairs. Two people can lift a Jeep tub, just, but it was still a bit of an effort lifting it up the step to the workshop and turning it once inside. Still, no injuries to us or the tub! Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I showed this photo to Mrs. N.O.S. as proof that other people get away with it, but it hasn't make any difference - she still won't let me bring anything into the kitchen to work on...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 When we first bought the house, we made sure it came with planning permission for a large garage and workshop ( 12 x 4.2 metres ) so that all my stuff and mess could stay out of the house. In the main, it worked, with my stuff only occasionally leaking out into the house or onto the patio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 When we first bought the house, we made sure it came with planning permission for a large garage and workshop ( 12 x 4.2 metres ) so that all my stuff and mess could stay out of the house. In the main, it worked, with my stuff only occasionally leaking out into the house or onto the patio. I like the phrase 'occasionally leaking' :rotfl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike65 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Making great progress. Enjoying seeing it comeback together. Like the workshop, I have to make do with the garage, 2.5m x 6m. Living at home was better a very large single garage and a kitchen. A sympathetic mother helped (mind you I think she had given in) carb rebuild on the kitchen table, chain grease heating on the cooker. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripesamighty3rd Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 steve,.what did you do with the wheels & tyres that were on the ford when you bought it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 The original wheels and tyres ( CJ rims I think ), were sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) Since bringing the tub into the workshop, I've made a start on rebuilding the rotten areas. To start with, here's a photo of the tank well from the rear, showing the rot in the bottom and rear panel. The front of the tank well was even worse. Here's the left step and hat channel, also showing significant rot to the hat channel. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) With the hat channel cut away, it revealed the rot in the step and floor.. With parts of the floor and side cut away, it also showed the bottom of the door pillar to be rotten. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) Steel sheet was formed into a new bottom to the pillar and welded in. A new piece of floor was formed and is seen here tacked in place. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) A new piece of hat channel was bolted to the floor to hold it tight to the floor panel, and it was then welded. The step is shown in place for a trial fit to check the hat channel isn't too long. Moving over to the footwell area ahead of the transmission cover, the hole for the throttle linkage had been chain drilled and crudely opened up into a larger hole, leaving jaggered and twisted edges. The twisted areas were heated and hammered flat again, before the edges of the hole were trimmed, and a new piece of steel welded in. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) The next step was going to be the side of the tub where the axe mounts. To access this area more easily, I cut away the tank well leaving a huge hole. This picture shows the rot along the sill and under the axe head. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) Up until this point, all the welding I'd been doing was gas. I looked at the price of spot welders and almost fell over. This alternative single side spot welder for £36 seemed worth a chance. It is an attachment for an arc welder, requiring only a 50AH welder to work. I'd made my first successful spot weld 5 minutes after the parcel arrived. It takes a little getting used to the method of operation, but seems to work reasonably well, so long as the two surfaces are clamped firmly together. The new welder allowed me to spot a strip along the back of the rotten area of the sill, and this would be followed up by filling the front with the gas welder. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) Here's the sill after filling with weld and a new piece of steel welded in under the axe head location. There's still a little wrinkling/hollows in the weld which will need filling after the tub has been blasted clean. It doesn't feel right using polyester filler on a 69 year old vehicle, so I'm considering having a go at lead seam filler the old fashioned way. While waiting for a new sheet metal folder to arrive which I need for work on the tank well, I moved further back on the tub. Just behind the front seats and in the rear corners, there are four steel tubes welded into the tub. When purchasing the tub, I was told these were part of a stretcher support system. Whether that is true or not I don't know. The tube wall thickness is about 1/8 inch, but the mounting methods and thickness doesn't suggest it was a roll cage. This is the front tube. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) This is the rear tube. It is brazed into the top rim of the tub, brazed where it passes through the top of the locker, passes through the bottom of the locker floor and is bolted to the tub skin near the light cluster. This is the hole in the bottom of the locker. You can see it is just a crude punched hole with the torn metal exiting downwards from the locker floor. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) It took much cutting, grinding and belting with a large hammer to break the rear tube free from the tub. The torn bottom of the locker was heated with the gas torch and the 'petals' of metal tapped back into place with a small hammer. The remaining cracks and gaps were then welded up. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) The half round hole in the top edge of the tub where the front tube was mounted, was cut out leaving square edges. A piece of the top lip from the old tub was cut out, cleaned up and welded into the opening. It still needs a final fettle with the grinder. For the rear hole, a quadrant of steel was cut to back up the hole in the top of the locker. The plan was to weld this in place on the back of the opening, and then once the tub is the right way up, fill in the hole flush with the top skin of the locker. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) The quadrant was clamped in place and gas welded around the curved edge where it could be seen, and a few spots around the front and inner edge. The top lip of the tub was repaired in two stages. Firstly a flat sheet was welded on forming the top edge of the lip. This was ground down to match the tub shape on the outside, followed by a radius added on the inside. The second step was to cut a strip and hammer it into a curve to match the inside radius. It was then clamped and welded, followed by filing a radius on both edges to match the rest of the lip. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) Here's the finished ( for now ) repairs to the holes. Moving back to the transmission cover for one last job of the day, the floor around the captive nut in the centre of the picture was badly twisted. After much heating and tapping with a small hammer, the floor was pretty much flush with the rest of the floor again and the nut was once more perpendicular to the floor. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripesamighty3rd Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 (edited) looking good steve.,.,any idear what markings it will wear.,.,heres my ratty mb.,was never into the factory fresh look,.im running the larger 700 16,.,.its also now got 352 FG on the bumpers,....did all army airforce jeeps have painted rear bumperetts & white tips in the front.,,.as im sure ive seen some in pics without that.,,.? i might be wrong.,.,.ive also added on the dash,. U.S.A.A.F PERSONEL ONLY. & on the inside of the windscreen frame where the rifle rack would of been it says DO NOT PARK OR LEAVE ON HARDSTANDS ,RETURN TO MOTOR POOL Edited September 8, 2012 by cripesamighty3rd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Where did you get the spot welder from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 Where did you get the spot welder from? It was from Ebay. About £36, plus about £5 for a set of extra carbon rods. It works especially well if you use the earth clamp to hold another carbon rod on the rear of the spot weld, heating the metal from both sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 looking good steve.,.,any idear what markings it will wear..... Yes, I've got another 100th Bomb Group scheme in mind. More info nearer the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.