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    Re: 1948 Jeepster coming up for sale

    Speaking of Buick 215 V8....this looks like a good deal!
    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/933235031835675/
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    Re: 1948 Jeepster coming up for sale

    Our snowpack is still way below normal....dry fire summer is looking probable. Skiing at resort has gotten better since presidents day, but it's going to take a record march to get us anywhere near...
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    Re: 1948 Jeepster coming up for sale

    It's a 2wd VJ Jeepster...cool looking early phaeton body style, but OEM engines were pretty anemic. I always thought one of those with an sbc283 or early Buick 215 V8 and 4 or 5 speed w would be a...
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    Re: Any skiers/snowboarders in the group?

    Yes, I work on snow at big sky.....you are not missing much this year so far....very limited snowfall so far.
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    Re: Any skiers/snowboarders in the group?

    I put about 120-140 days on snow each winter - but not many of them in Colorado anymore. If you make it up to MT, drop me a line.....
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    CJ3b in Eaton

    https://fortcollins.craigslist.org/cto/d/eaton-1954-willys-cj3b/7700289743.html
    I like this one....a bit pricey maybe, but very authentic with all the options like OD and PTO winch
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    Re: HITR 2023 ecj5 and Jim

    No longer have mine....without parking brake entirely....my intent is to eventually replace the rear bearing cap and yoke with ones designed to be without the brake when I do the 4 speed swap. It'll...
  8. Thread: 58 Willys Wagon

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    Re: 58 Willys Wagon

    Well, its getting close....buttoned up the carrier yesterday with the limited slip power lock case, and finished up the axle install and new upgraded 11" drum brakes - upgrade because these are self...
  9. Thread: The Campfire.

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    Re: The Campfire.

    Happy T-giving Jim, and the rest of the FR4x4 membership. Lots of jeep working going on around here, but paid job work starts tomorrow on T-giving (after 3 days of professional organizational...
  10. Thread: 58 Willys Wagon

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    Re: 58 Willys Wagon

    Decided to fight it a bit more and see if I can get it better....Tore it all apart again, removed a .010 shim from the inner pinon stack (from .030 to .020)....As expected, the backlash increased so...
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    Re: 58 Willys Wagon

    Next was getting the pinon preload set...put in the exact .071 outer pinon shim stack and rotational torque came out just a bit too low at 10inch-lbs.....looking for something around 15in-lbs...
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    Re: 58 Willys Wagon

    Making a bit of progress on the D44 PL install etc....got the housing cleaned up enough to get new zircs installed for the wheel bearing cavity and welded up the axle tube vent:...
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    Re: 58 Willys Wagon

    No....these are traditional 2-piece axles where the outer end of the axle shaft rides on a bearing that is set inside the outer end of the housing. The axle connects to the hub via a machined taper...
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    Re: 58 Willys Wagon

    Next project on the 58 has begun....time to install the vintage powr-lok limited slip differential that I built this past spring....going to do a full rebuild of the 19spline D44 as well. Unlike a...
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    Re: Last wheeling trip 2023....Idaho

    Correct...it's both. The hydraulic piston is power in both directions.... the owner used it mostly for plowing, but has a wood splitter for it as well. He used to heat his house solely with wood and...
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    Re: HITR 2023 ecj5 and Jim

    And if you watch them pull the rig out, one of the first tough spots they have to negotiate is the tight turn with ledge that is out on south end going to the joint trail....this spot:...
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    Re: Last wheeling trip 2023....Idaho

    Last set....
    Everyone showed up by 10 and we hit the trail.

    https://i.imgur.com/tEQBcjo.jpg

    https://i.imgur.com/vihqzyp.jpg

    https://i.imgur.com/JcQYEC9.jpg
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    Re: Last wheeling trip 2023....Idaho

    A few more....
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    Last wheeling trip 2023....Idaho

    Went to northern Idaho at the last minute for a quick wheeling trip....Everyone in the group is associated through old CJs, although Roy brought is TJ. Trail is Denver Creek near Pinehurst, ID....
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    Is it still wheeling season?

    After spending last week in the unseasonably hot weather of southern UT, I am heading to Idaho panhandle with CJ this weekend.....When I was loading up today, something seemed different but hard to...
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    Re: General/Misc 4x4 pictures & vids

    Never know where you'll find a willys....my wife is home in western PA visiting family .... going through a photo album and found these old photos. Photos are marked 1962. The family is her paternal...
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    Re: HITR 2023 ecj5 and Jim

    When we ran elephant hill, on the way south towards the joint trail, there was a deep, sharp washout that the trail crossed that kind of came out of nowhere.....I think Jim cam across the radio and...
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    Re: HITR 2023 ecj5 and Jim

    Not as oily as I expected it to be - maybe all the dust caked up the oil. The very liquid gear oil is from having to pull the yoke off the D18 output before you can remove the drum and backing plate....
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    Re: HITR 2023 ecj5 and Jim

    What's left of my brake drum after rich took the cut-off wheel to it. I don't see any reason to keep running the D18 drum....this is the third one I've seen get smashed. They are not easy to field...
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    Re: HITR 2023 ecj5 and Jim

    So Kenton in the blue cj had the most 'original', least built jeep along...it is a 1962, and thus before the v6 that Doug and I run in our 1970 cj's. Also, Doug and I run modern e-locker in the rear...
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