Assembly Begins! -- 1941 Willys MB Ep 13

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  • In this episode of John's Garage we finally start getting Bruce Willys put back together. This was all filmed in one night trying to get the Willys project ready for display at the Shreveport World of Wheels.
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  • @larrytampke7876
    @larrytampke7876 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    ratchet straps work wonders. You have already solved so many problems with them. Around the axle and the frame, the shock slides right on. Compress the leaf spring with the strap!

  • @JohnAdams-xc5yk
    @JohnAdams-xc5yk 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    They have a factory in the Philippines building 41 jeeps all parts are made and assembled in the Philippines

  • @davidjensen4490
    @davidjensen4490 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The reason you had to use the breaker bar on the spring shackle is you are using the wrong handed shackle. The threads are handed like the lug nuts ... sort of. They should wind in in a manner that friction opens the spring eye. The way you did it tightens the spring eye on the shackle jamming them. Conversely, the way you did it will make it easy for the shackle to undo when you are driving.
    Never weld a steering item. It's a good way to die from a failure.
    There should be a conical rubber for each side of the shock eyes.
    Manuals on assembly are readily available. Pays to read them.

  • @POPPASHANGO
    @POPPASHANGO 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Your shock dilema reminded me of a problem my dad and I had with an up- tilted bumper on a 65 Mustang we brought down level. So you all most had the plan when you used the racthet strap to pull the leaf spring over but you were probably a bit wonky a 3am. 😉 Place the floor jack under the leaf spring. Run the ratchet strap or a chain under the jack and and then up and over the frame and connect the ends. Now all you have to do is jack the leaf spring up, and the frame will come down due to the straps. Bobs, your uncle! 👍

    • @JohnsGarageProjects
      @JohnsGarageProjects  18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@POPPASHANGO You are a genius!!! Thank you for that tip. If I ever get in that situation again I’ll be ready 😀

    • @POPPASHANGO
      @POPPASHANGO 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @JohnsGarageProjects You are welcome! I enjoy the videos!

  • @billynunns
    @billynunns ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Ratchet straps help with the install of the shocks when the body is off.

    • @1925sk
      @1925sk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly. Why not just rachet the axle & frame closer?

  • @miksa4358
    @miksa4358 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    its really nice to see people restoring these old beasts i have a 1942 Willys MB and we are restoring it too! its nearly done and i really cant want to drive it again

    • @JohnsGarageProjects
      @JohnsGarageProjects  ปีที่แล้ว

      Congratulations on nearing completion! I’ve got a long way to go !!!

  • @jameshughes6639
    @jameshughes6639 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I helped a friend restore a 42 jeep. This was an old army jeep, had all the documentation. Lots of rust, took it all apart and had it sandblasted, then spent 6 months reworking and rewelding. This old jeep with its original 4 cylinder (rebuilt from the ground up with different pistons) but after all that grinding, sanding, welding, and painting, it looks like it was sent overseas with all the markings.

    • @JohnsGarageProjects
      @JohnsGarageProjects  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That’s so cool that you got to experience that! I love thinking about all of the history packed into each war Jeep.

  • @devinpier7029
    @devinpier7029 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s really coming together, thanks for sharing all the quirky problems you encounter along the way

  • @Javier_FH
    @Javier_FH ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your videos, being following you from beginning of this project. Thanks for sharing. It's so awesome seeing it coming together. What a beauty. Me jealous 😊 greetings from Spain.

  • @Mopar46
    @Mopar46 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I'd probably be grinding out those "birdshit" welds and re-doing them, in the interest of safety.
    [Hopefully this is taken as constructive criticism]

    • @JohnsGarageProjects
      @JohnsGarageProjects  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Constructive Criticism Accepted 👍🏻

  • @69Dartman
    @69Dartman ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My first car was a 42 Ford GPW Jeep, I thought it was a MB for a long time, no Ford script anywhere and a willys engine. Title said Ford and a expert looked it over when I was trying to sell it and said it was a GPW. Would love to have another one but most that are working are out of reach now. Been trying to follow your progress and learned a bunch about the really early Willys besides the grill👍

    • @JohnsGarageProjects
      @JohnsGarageProjects  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How cool to have a war Jeep as a first vehicle! Thank f for following the channel 😀

    • @69Dartman
      @69Dartman ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JohnsGarageProjects My second car was a 42 1/2 ton Dodge military closed cab pickup with a winch.
      Same front end as the Ambulance on Mash. Early truck, only made till 42, maybe 43. I sold it to buy my Dart in 79. I still have the Dart.

    • @JohnsGarageProjects
      @JohnsGarageProjects  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@69Dartman Interesting you would mention 1979 and still having the car…we still have my first car, a 1970 Chevelle convertible that we too bought in ‘79

  • @carlosgiangrasso8505
    @carlosgiangrasso8505 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey John. I have quite a few Surplus parts. Let me know . I'll be more than have to work out a deal for you. I rebuilt a Ford from the ground up just as yourself 4- 5 years ago.

  • @rickychowning4039
    @rickychowning4039 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I want one

  • @stephendukes
    @stephendukes 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ratchet strap the spring and frame. Pull it together

  • @saxmusicmail
    @saxmusicmail 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    L or R wheel nuts - Mopars were like that years ago. More than a few tire shops twisted off studs.

    • @JohnsGarageProjects
      @JohnsGarageProjects  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are so right! I had a ‘67 Coronet that had em

  • @rameshkumarsuthar4163
    @rameshkumarsuthar4163 ปีที่แล้ว

    Superb he sir

  • @glennpham2763
    @glennpham2763 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Those are some janky welds on the chassis...

    • @JohnsGarageProjects
      @JohnsGarageProjects  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      All I can say is we are learning as we go 😛

    • @Izzy_B241
      @Izzy_B241 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂😂 I also feel abit more can be done

  • @richardashley6312
    @richardashley6312 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you used ratchet straps on the leaf spring and you could have used a racket strap to compress the springs.

    • @JohnsGarageProjects
      @JohnsGarageProjects  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are so right …I guess my brain wasn’t firing right at 2am 😛

  • @vrosi1963
    @vrosi1963 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Looks to be missing the back pintel plate?

    • @JohnsGarageProjects
      @JohnsGarageProjects  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are correct! The older gentleman that owned it cut all of that out to make room for a homemade tow boom. He used the vehicle as a tow truck for his junkyard 😀

  • @yambo59
    @yambo59 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wondered if those rear leaf springs were stuck and stiff from being painted-??

  • @dhscts
    @dhscts ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks nice. Rear shocks, did the ratchet strap break?

    • @JohnsGarageProjects
      @JohnsGarageProjects  ปีที่แล้ว

      Great question on the Rachet Strap…never crossed my mind that night to try it again. I guess I was too tired to think 😛

    • @dhscts
      @dhscts ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JohnsGarageProjects Great find.

  • @samhalsey5051
    @samhalsey5051 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where did you get those nice axels etc!?😊

  • @marksimmons9359
    @marksimmons9359 ปีที่แล้ว

    Real nice shop to be doing projects. Have you the wooden infill for the front bumper ?

  • @BIBIWCICC
    @BIBIWCICC 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ratchet strap?

  • @markjackson4385
    @markjackson4385 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ratchet strap or straps....compress it...

  • @rameshkumarsuthar4163
    @rameshkumarsuthar4163 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can u arrange 5 wheel

  • @conceptalfa
    @conceptalfa 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍👍👍!

  • @thierrylerouesnier6341
    @thierrylerouesnier6341 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bonjour à vous, mettez une sangle et un cliquet...

  • @BillHuntley
    @BillHuntley 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ú hy z

  • @bryandale7125
    @bryandale7125 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Those are perhaps the worst welds I have ever seen in my entire life! I would not trust them for they will probably fail.

    • @pisstinpete4700
      @pisstinpete4700 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree absolutely

    • @unclexeres
      @unclexeres 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No penetration.