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    Posted: 26 Dec. 2023 at 7:08pm
I got Fred’s excellent book as a Christmas gift and then read through this excellent thread again. Any updates on CJ2-26? 
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Fred46:

Thank you for explaining your shop's solution to your similar crank-not-fit problem.  I'll never know my shop's solution to my crank-not-fit problem, but imagine it is something very close to your similar crank-tankerous problem.  Appreciate the explanation.
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Was back reading Fred’s posts and saw where he had dificulty installing the crankshaft in his L4-134 MB engine. His shop mysteriously repaired it in 5 hrs with no explanation what was wrong. 
My experience just a couple weeks ago was similar. L6-226 crank wouldn’t drop in. But when I pulled it out #4 main came out with it. Here the thrust faces wouldn’t fit. New main w/thrust faces wouldn’t fit into the journal, neither shell. 
Took crank & bearing back to my shop who was throughly embarrassed. They checked, found thrust faces uneven by .002. They had me out in 30 mins. Using a flat block of granite, a sheet of fine emory cloth, they removed by hand the irregularities from the thrust faces, calipered, evening them out all around. 
Had the crank back in that evening, perfect. 
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Hi Todd:

The transmission linkage rods I have seen were all just painted black, not cad plated.
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Hi Fred.  Glad your back on the project!  I do have a question for you.  Can you tell what the plating was on the transmission linkage/rods to the steering column?  Do they look like they are any paint or was it cad plated?  Thanks!

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Originally posted by Joe Friday Joe Friday wrote:

Wow that's nice. Itsy was holding out on us... I never saw them down there.

Hi Joe:

Five years ago I traded the nicer of the 2 used MB inner windshields I purchased to Daron for some intellectual property.  But I'm very happy with the condition of the windshield I retained.

I found these 2 used MB windshields tucked away somewhere obscure, in the dark recesses at Itzys and knew they would be useful in the future. I was one happy blind squirrel that day as I stumbled across these two beautiful chestnuts at Big Four Auto Parts.  Tongue    


Edited by Fred Coldwell - 07 May 2023 at 9:18pm
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Joe Friday Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 May 2023 at 6:41pm
Wow that's nice. Itsy was holding out on us... I never saw them down there.
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Well, with the weather warming up in Denver from our winter freeze, I have begun slowly working on CJ2-26 again.  The first order of business this spring was to clear a space in my large garage next to my work bench.  That space has been occupied by my 1944 Dodge T233 Command Car, so I first had cut cut up a number of boxes in the adjacent space (to the right) next to my storage shelving to make room for the Dodge. Here is what my large garage looked like before cleaning up:



and here is what it looked like after I moved the Dodge to the right on car dollies:



Now, a guy has to keep some boxes around to pack sold goodies mailed to their happy new owners . . . but this clean up now gives me some room to work close to my tools.

I also brought down from the rafters a used MB inner windshield frame that I bought at Big Four Auto Parts in Pueblo, CO. around 25 years ago, knowing it would come in handy someday. That day has finally arrived for CJ2-26! It was quite dusty when retrieved from the rafters, but a quick dowsing with the hose cleaned it up for disassembly and painting:      



Now, let's see some progress here, Fred. Tongue


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Fred, did you ever get a chance to gtaft that column shift floor hole into place?
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Originally posted by Chicodave Chicodave wrote:

I had a slow day at work and read this post. Never knew of the early "Jeep" cj2a"s.  So what ever happened to that cool old 1968 Dodge W300?

Hi Chicodave:

I sold the 1968 W300 fifteen or more years ago to buy a 1992 Dodge 3/4-ton 4X4 Cummins turbo diesel pickup truck that now has an 8' Alaskan non-cabover camper on it. The newer Dodge get 18 mpg while the 1968 Dodge with a 318 cu. in V-8 got 8 mpg empty or loaded.  Love my 30 year old Dodge Cummins!
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I had a slow day at work and read this post. Never knew of the early "Jeep" cj2a"s.  So what ever happened to that cool old 1968 Dodge W300?


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Mike:  Yes, I will take that column shift rod steering hole and ask Lou to graft it in while the floorboard is very accessible. Thank you so much! Big smile
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Fred, I have a nice column shift steering hole piece here if you want it to graft in now before moving forward.... Mike
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My body and paint guy, Lou Ferra, is also making progress on restoring the body.  I bought CJ2A/3A/3B front floor patch panels from Carl Walck. Lou has installed the drivers side one with a little modification. I will be using a floor shift instead of a column shift transmission in CJ2-26, so the lack of a slot in the floorboard for the column shift mechanism is not a problem but a positive feature. The hat channels are for an M38 but fit the CJ-2 nicely.

  


The welds will be cleaned up soon.  Here is a better view of the original factory welds enlarging the transmission hump for the T90A transmission and the drivers side patch panel attached to it. Enjoy!



 





Edited by Fred Coldwell - 24 Aug. 2022 at 9:18am
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Assembly of engine MB-504693

My good friend Chuck Chapman of Detroit, Michigan, visits his son in Colorado a few times each year. Chuck restores MB and GPW engines as a hobby and know how to rebuild them. Two weekends ago he came over to my house to help me get started assembling engine MB-504693 for CJ2-26.  We got the cam and valves installed and adjusted on Friday, then looked forward to installing the crankshaft and pistons on Saturday. But the crankshaft would not drop into the lubricated bearings, and we could not see why. 




So the next week I dropped off the block, bearings, caps and crankshaft at my machine shop to get it fixed. Five hours later they called and said the engine was fixed and pick it up, which I did. They explained the crankshaft fit when they installed 90 degrees from our attempt, but it would not fully rotate. So they kept working it until it did. They also could not see what prevented the crankshaft from rotating initially, but said they fixed that problem nonetheless. So my next task is to install the pistons and proceed from there. Progress might not be smooth but at least is forward in direction. 


Edited by Fred Coldwell - 24 Aug. 2022 at 8:55am
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Keep going Fred. Your post are educational and perfect as usual.
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Originally posted by Todd Paisley Todd Paisley wrote:

Looks great Fred!  I have a couple speedos I need to get rebuilt. I would be curious as to how you rebuild the temperature gauge.  I have been collecting nice face temperature gauges with bad bulbs on them hoping to find someone who can rebuild these! Don't forget the E-38308 experimental head!  (This is what is on CJ2-37.)


Hi Todd:

Better get those speedos rebuilt sooner than later.  The craftsmen who can do this work are retiring or becoming a dying breed.

I have two NOS temperature gauges acquired decades ago that don't need new bulbs, so will use those.  However, a few Europeans have posted on G-503 lengthy instructions for repairing bulb type temperature gauges.  I'm lucky I don't presently need to follow them. :) 

That E-numbered Experimental cylinder head is a real treasure and right at home on CJ2-37. 

Muley: I'll try to check in more often as my progress improves.  :)
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Todd Paisley Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jan. 2022 at 8:51pm
Looks great Fred!  I have a couple speedos I need to get rebuilt.

I would be curious as to how you rebuild the temperature gauge.  I have been collecting nice face temperature gauges with bad bulbs on them hoping to find someone who can rebuild these!

Don't forget the E-38308 experimental head!  (This is what is on CJ2-37.)


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