oldscot3
09-23-2019, 11:38 PM
I bought a '48 cj2a today. It's not in terrible shape, it's had what I call a "hobbyist" restoration (looks good in a picture). It was a sort of therapy project for gentleman with health issues. I've had it home only a few hours and have identified several repair jobs that need to be done though, nothing too major but tasks that need to be taken care of before I can enjoy driving it much.
Leaky master cylinder is number one; I'm switching it to the dual piston cylinder conversion, hope that it installs clean. Second is steering slop. The bellcrank jumps up and down, I ordered the repair kit... hope that's all it needs. Third is a persistent exhaust leak, poor little thing sounds like a tractor that left its muffler in the hay field. I took one stab at a quick fix today. I cut a head pipe gasket out of a sheet of soft copper; thought that might fix it as the tin foil and paper one was burned up pretty good. No luck... I guess I'll pull the manifolds and get a good look at what ails it. I kind of hate to though because the head pipe flange might be the problem. It's not too thick and looks like it could be bent. I noticed a flat spot on the pipe, perhaps someone jumped a stump. Maybe I ought to look at it a little closer first.
I'm looking forward to learning from you guys, it's been a good long while since I had an early Jeep. Twenty five years or more; I hardly know my way around one. Time to get re-schooled.
Leaky master cylinder is number one; I'm switching it to the dual piston cylinder conversion, hope that it installs clean. Second is steering slop. The bellcrank jumps up and down, I ordered the repair kit... hope that's all it needs. Third is a persistent exhaust leak, poor little thing sounds like a tractor that left its muffler in the hay field. I took one stab at a quick fix today. I cut a head pipe gasket out of a sheet of soft copper; thought that might fix it as the tin foil and paper one was burned up pretty good. No luck... I guess I'll pull the manifolds and get a good look at what ails it. I kind of hate to though because the head pipe flange might be the problem. It's not too thick and looks like it could be bent. I noticed a flat spot on the pipe, perhaps someone jumped a stump. Maybe I ought to look at it a little closer first.
I'm looking forward to learning from you guys, it's been a good long while since I had an early Jeep. Twenty five years or more; I hardly know my way around one. Time to get re-schooled.