Recent content by en480c4

I don’t have the Jeep any more, but I am running a newer, larger, high res Joying floating screen HU in my JK and love it. They are such a great value, especially for CarPlay or Android Auto, with excellent screens and certainly no issues for me with sound. And their forward and rear cameras are...

Willys axles are a mess. MB/GPW through CJ-3B’s had the D25 front. Some M38A1’s and CJ-5’s had a D25 front and some had a D27 through the intermediate 5’s. Then I think they went to the Dana 30 in ‘76. MB/GPW’s had a FF D27 rear. CJ-2A’s had a D41. And the 3A on had the Dana 44 rear until they went...

MB’s and GPW’s had 4.88’s stock.

Couldn’t agree more. Step back and it looks like a stocker locker, but the closer you get, the better it looks. Love this build!

This has been going nowhere fast. Took it out a few weeks ago and came home to oil on my feet. Figured it was a broken line to the mechanical gauge. Nope, far worse. It’s decided to pressurize the crank case to the point where it ejected oil out the vent on the fill tube and it came through the...

Love it. I always respect the decision to repaint. Patina often looks better in pictures. The tan looks amazing, and was a good call. But keeping the grille is a nice way to tie it back to where you started with it.

I really like the cage on Bam Bam. He went way outside the box and made his like MB soft top bows. He has a long thread on the 2A forum, but there are some decent shots here. He’s changed the front now to have an integrated windshield frame, but it gives you the idea...

It’s always hard to know for sure since parts get swapped over the years. But based on the 2A windshield and surface-mounted grille lights, it’s likely a 1947-1949 2A. 1945-mid-1947 have recessed lights.

So, the old battery was toast. The previous owner running it without it connected to a 6V generators and charging it with a jump pack took its toll. New battery is in and it’s working great with the alternator. I tried a new gear reduction starter. My 97-tooth ring gear usually mates with a...

Tried to address two things today. One successful, one not so much. The intermittent starter not starting issue is not a starter issue, but is damaged teeth on the ring gear. I knew this was a possibility going in, but I hoped I’d find an issue with the starter when I pulled it. I just went...

Trip 2 was considerably more successful. Not long, but out and back under its own power. I’ll call that a win.

Maine only requires a bill of sale to register something this old. I’ve been waiting on the weather more than anything!

It’s registered and insured. I picked up a spare tire for the extra rim I had, and got the side spare mount on. I also picked up a cover for the master cylinder access hole in the floor, and a rear view mirror. So it was time to take it for my first drive. Where it promptly died on me about...

Well, I’ve made a pretty big change of direction. With any luck, the ‘48 will be sold tomorrow morning. In its place, I’ve bought a ‘46 very early CJ-2A. It does three things the ‘48 doesn’t… It runs, drives and stops! It was Harvest Tan. Then it spent a lot of its life as a FD brush rig...

Looks great. I’m moving on from my current flat fender project and am picking up a running and driving early 2A this weekend. Looking forward to updates!