Jessie The Jeep Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) Once cured, it was dry and then wet sanded to form the original shape. The small cast foot for each lamp was also cracked, so after a clean up, they were both filled with a mixture of polyester resin and milled carbon fibre to reinforce them. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) The sheared mounting bolt was ground off, a replacement found, drilled and then refitted into the good lamp bowl.. The glazing from both lamps had been painted over a number of times, but a good sand with some fine wet & dry got all the paint off, after which they were polished with a mini mop in the drill and T-cut paint restorer. Here's the front casting after sand blasting. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) Here's the repaired bowl, all painted and looking as good as new. Both 'f' marked castings awaiting their glazing again.. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty2 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 haha we could call the JEEP F desease, well done. I have the Dingo desease. Peter http://www.milmarket.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike65 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Fantastic job on the light. You were brave to try beating a metal egg in the first place. Final solution looks great. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 great work steve has said before you have great patience ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) The tail lights were in a poor state, with both the main bowls very rotten, all the bulb contacts corroded and sheared mounting bolts. There was only one elyptical red lens and one half round light, rusted and painted over. The covers were in better condition, but no 'f' marks on them, though I'm not sure if these parts were ever stamped. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) The push pull ligh switch was quite rusty, but I figured with a good strip down and clean, it could be brought back to life. Firstly, the switch before work started, and then with the contacts removed. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) There's a lot of bits in there once it is taken apart! Everything was carefully cleaned, lubricated and reassembled.. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) The switch knob is quite chewed and the locking button is missing, but I have feelers out for some replacements. The coil was also cleaned and repainted, then fitted to the Jeep. I still need to get some new HT leads. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) While three of the four hood/screen clamps were in fairly good condition, the base of the last one was badly corroded and looks like it has been repaired before. It now needed to be replaced. out came the steel sheet, a piece of 1/2 inch plywood and a big hammer! Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) After using the steel bar ( suitably rounded ) to punch a depression into the steel, I then used a steel tube hammered down to tidy up the rounded edge of the bulge. The piece was then cut to size. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) The piece was screwed back to the wood in order to drill the central hole for the clamp. This was then opened up with a file to the required length. The end of the clamp was then filed just enough to allow the centre spiggot to pass through the hole in the base. Once inserted and turned 90 degrees, it wouldn't come out again. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) I also recently started stripping the hood in order to make repairs. The reinforcing hat channel around the rear, including the hinge was in a poor state. I phoned around some of the Jeep part suppliers but nobody had any ( anyone know of some? ). All the spot welds were drilled out and the three pieces were separated and treated with electrolysis to remove the rust in case I need to repair them. The hood itself is quite pitted under the hat channel and also along the front edge where it sits on the top of the grill. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) The hood is seen here in the electrolysis bath as my rotary wire brush couldn't reach right into the lip at the front edge of the hood. It also got deep into the pitting along the front edge. Both side lips were treated the same way. Moving on to the black out lamp, it is a composite made from a number of parts. The original base was in good condition, but missing the hoop lamp protector. The lamp and shroud is an original Ford part while the bowl for the lamp is a NOS part. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) The hoop was made from a strip of steel cut down from a larger flat bar, and welded to the base. After a quick sand blast, it was primed and painted along with the lamp bowl. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) The blackout lamp finished and assembled. Also arrived recently was the last of the instruments. The old ones were in a poor condition and I've no idea whether they work or can be made to work. They are something to look at at leisure and can be sold on if they can be brought back to life. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) What seems like many months ago, in the early stages of stripping the Jeep, I was pulling the trailer socket to bits and the cover hinge was broken. I got a private message from Dave ( jeepfinger ) saying he had a spare, and he kindly sent it to me. It has been sitting around with all the other bits since then until a few days ago when I had a go at stripping the hinge pin out of the cover/hinge bracket. The end of the pin was hollow and had been flared out to retain it. Carefully using pliers, I was able to squeeze the flared part of the end and tidy it up with a diamond needle file until it was free enough for the pin to come out. The new spring was fitted and the hinge re-assembled and the end re-flared using a small centre punch. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 We have purchased a nice new (Old stock) white halftrack engine............. pics to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gas 44 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 We have purchased a nice new (Old stock) white halftrack engine............. pics to follow. Mmmm not sure where that comment fits into this thread :nut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Probably a senior moment for Ray .... sorry what was I saying .... Who am I ...???????? any way looking the dog at the mo, should have her finished by the weekend at this rate . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 That Jeep is coming along nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 It is indeed, what an amazing amount of work goes into it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Must get around to adding some more pics shortly, but the latest is the tub is going to the blasters on Monday and should be back primed by the end of the week. It's going to take a bit of shuffling things around to get both Jeeps out of the garage, the trailer converted back to a flat bed and the tub out of the workshop and onto the trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) So what's been going on recently? I've finished work repairing the tub, much of which was filling holes with brazing rod. At around £1.00 per metre, it gets expensive. My local welding supplies split a 2.5Kg pack when they discovered a full pack was £70.00. The holes were the stretcher supports had been had a levelling with brazing rod, plus a number of holes in the rear body panel. Another job that took a while was fixing the captive nuts. A number of nuts had the stumps of sheared bolts in them. The only way to get them out was to heat the captive bracket with the gas torch, until soft, bend it open and remove the nut. This was usually hot enough to help free the broken bolt which was clamped in a vice while hot, while I used a spanner to twist off the nut. The bracket was then re-heated, the nut inserted and the bracket closed up again. Edited October 21, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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