Oct 4, 1998- I came home and put the carburetor back together, but I was unsure how the gas linkage went back together. I wire brushed the oil filter case and cleaned it with gasoline. Gray material came out of the bottom, which I thought was engine wear dust. I put the carburetor linkage and the carburetor in a small box and wrapped the stick shifter so that it wouldn't scratch. I removed five of the cylinder head bolts with a tap-tap-tap back and fourth method. (I really need a set of box wrenches or a six-point socket set.) I removed the ignition coil. I didn't do anything to the radiator. There is good news. I can buy an overdrive from Advanced Adapters for $999.95 with a shifter for $27.41. That's a lot!! That just means it will take longer to save up.
Oct 10-11, 1998- I came home for the weekend. Daniel, my brother, had been spraying the head bolts with WD-40 all week. After an hour of tapping with an open-end socket, I switched to a 12-point socket. I hoped they wouldn't round off. They didn't. I was torqueing on them with a 1/2-inch ratchet with a foot and a half pipe extension, and with a loud CRACK, they all broke loose, one by one the head was removed. While removing the head bolts, I found that one was a replacement, a 3/4 for an 11/16.
Inside the explosions chambers, there is a black film almost like paper soaked in WD-40. The intake/exhaust manifold followed. Most of those nuts came off easy except one. I ground and ground with a Dremel tool. With much ado and pounding with a chisel (and a can of mountain dew) the bolt came off. The valve cover plate followed with little effort. The overall condition of the engine isn't bad so far. All pistons but one let WD-40 drain through them. The springs look healthy; they are just covered with greasy junk. The engine hasn't been turned over yet because of the lack of a 1 �-inch socket. Dan, my brother, also took off the generator. (This week I get to write a report on this jeep at college. Won't that be fun.) Other things: I painted the oil filter cap, fan blades, dipstick cap, and the air feed through tube. I also removed the water pump.
Oct 15-16, 1998- I removed the oil pan and the oil pan pulley guard. When I drained the oil out, it looked more like kerosene and in the bottom of the oil pan was 3/4-inch of grease like sludge. Nasty! I didn't paint anything because I ran out of paint. I took some pictures, but didn't do much more this weekend.
Nov 15, 1998- I pulled out the pistons, valves, and distributor from the cam gear. Yesterday, I painted the fan, the over-tube, and the oil filter housing.
Nov 25, 1998- This was a very productive day. I removed the transmission, hoisted the engine, removed that camshaft, shined up the fuel pump, and cleaned and painted the clamps for the drive shafts. I detached the starter and the oil fill tube.
Nov 28, 1998- I moved the engine to the left in the garage. It really took some work! I removed the springs and broke a Craftsman ratchet in the process. The jeep has been stripped down to the frame. I took some pictures and I wonder if I will ever be able to put it back together. I lowered the engine into a wheelbarrow.
Dec 23, 1998- I painted some items including: the oil spout, overload bumpers, clutches swivel tube, and the coil clamp. Yesterday, I moved the body tub into a vertical position, and it made more room. I checked on sandblasting places, and they wanted a minimum of $100 to begin sandblasting the frame and would charge by the hour after that 100.
Dec 24, 1998- I shined and painted the distributor, the generator mount, the oil fill tube, and the overload bumpers. I started to take apart the front brakes but was stopped because I needed a large socket.
