That’s cool! In about 1994 I bought what I thought was a 49 Willy’s for 500$ and turned out to mostly a 45 GPW with lots of Willy’s parts on it. Got it fixed up and drove it for a few years and then sold. Was a fun experience tho.
It's amazing how they never get the year right on the titles of old jeeps. Very cool way to get a GPW, you must have been pretty stoked when you discovered it.
i would say tear it down, there are still plenty of usable parts on it...if the crankshaft is still viable, you can use it in the older L-Head motors that don't have the large counterweights...using the F-Head crank will give you more low end torque...it's a popular swap.
It will only be that engine that's numbers matching so strip it clean it hone it I've seen worse run but I'd be interested to see if the timing chain has let go
Forget the old engine, get a "new" flathead appropriate for the year and just get it running and driving on the road. Don't worry about the full restore.
There could be a valve head broken off and jamming the piston against the head you need to double nut the head studs and extract the studs i think you have butchers the head studs they will now bw bent
It was part of the cylinder wall that was wedged between the top of the piston & the head. You can just about see it in one of the borescope shots. Yep, you are entirely correct those head studs are scrap, but no real loss we wouldn’t reuse those.
Camera needs to focus closer, so we can view what you are actually doing. Right now, we like neighbors peaking over the fence, trying to see what is cooking in your pot....but unable to
Agree dont waste time fiddling with reparing junk motor.better time spent throwing in slighty refreshed block maybe can use some parts off that junk one if worthy.,as far as resto or just functional thats ur call..i wouldnt go all apeshit on full resto maybe a twenty foot resto nice thing is at least all body off frame is possible to maybe sand blast or just wire wheel refresh with por15coat and some black or grey paint.then just a hand roller coat of fresh red or other color on it,since its just a jeep not a cali-cruiser.iether ill be watching.happy wrenching!!😊😊😊😊😊😊
But regarding the build. I think your time is best spent putting another motor in it and use the old one as a boat anchor. Regarding my the crack in the bore? Frost damage??
Yes, exactly that. I just realised we recorded a segment where Lexie explained how the damage was done & it must have got lost while editing. That intake valve was open, filled up the cylinder in the autumn through the carb, winter came & boom..
Absolutely, that would have been the more sensible way to go for sure. I was planning to cut the rear two studs off with a sawzall one inch up once I had it separated so they could still be extracted later, but when I saw that cylinder damage I knew that engine was toast & would end up bolting the head back on to pull it. I did try to fit my stud extractor on one of those rear ones in between takes, but there just wasn’t enough room, so I abandoned the idea. In hindsight, the induction heater & two nuts locked together would have probably worked fine. I just didn’t engage brain at the time.
If it was the right engine for the jeep, I would in a heartbeat. But it seems a waste of time with an engine I will pull anyway to put an L134 in. Although part of me wants to do it just for the challenge 😂
That’s cool! In about 1994 I bought what I thought was a 49 Willy’s for 500$ and turned out to mostly a 45 GPW with lots of Willy’s parts on it. Got it fixed up and drove it for a few years and then sold. Was a fun experience tho.
It's amazing how they never get the year right on the titles of old jeeps. Very cool way to get a GPW, you must have been pretty stoked when you discovered it.
i would say tear it down, there are still plenty of usable parts on it...if the crankshaft is still viable, you can use it in the older L-Head motors that don't have the large counterweights...using the F-Head crank will give you more low end torque...it's a popular swap.
I love your snap off valve punch 😂😂
It will only be that engine that's numbers matching so strip it clean it hone it I've seen worse run but I'd be interested to see if the timing chain has let go
Forget the old engine, get a "new" flathead appropriate for the year and just get it running and driving on the road. Don't worry about the full restore.
You’re right buddy that looks pretty bad. Heck I’ll give you 125 for right now. As. Is!!!!!
There could be a valve head broken off and jamming the piston against the head you need to double nut the head studs and extract the studs i think you have butchers the head studs they will now bw bent
It was part of the cylinder wall that was wedged between the top of the piston & the head.
You can just about see it in one of the borescope shots.
Yep, you are entirely correct those head studs are scrap, but no real loss we wouldn’t reuse those.
Camera needs to focus closer, so we can view what you are actually doing. Right now, we like neighbors peaking over the fence, trying to see what is cooking in your pot....but unable to
@@sunilphalakdhari3869 That makes sense, I will add a close up camera to future videos, thanks for the feedback.
Agree dont waste time fiddling with reparing junk motor.better time spent throwing in slighty refreshed block maybe can use some parts off that junk one if worthy.,as far as resto or just functional thats ur call..i wouldnt go all apeshit on full resto maybe a twenty foot resto nice thing is at least all body off frame is possible to maybe sand blast or just wire wheel refresh with por15coat and some black or grey paint.then just a hand roller coat of fresh red or other color on it,since its just a jeep not a cali-cruiser.iether ill be watching.happy wrenching!!😊😊😊😊😊😊
I like your thinking!
Just pull the engine, and drop the oil pan.
But regarding the build. I think your time is best spent putting another motor in it and use the old one as a boat anchor.
Regarding my the crack in the bore? Frost damage??
Yes, exactly that. I just realised we recorded a segment where Lexie explained how the damage was done & it must have got lost while editing.
That intake valve was open, filled up the cylinder in the autumn through the carb, winter came & boom..
Hey buddy, might be over thinking a little bit probably big old mouse stuck in that hole
Do a full tare down and sleeve the cylinders
Think i would have tried pulling studs out
Absolutely, that would have been the more sensible way to go for sure. I was planning to cut the rear two studs off with a sawzall one inch up once I had it separated so they could still be extracted later, but when I saw that cylinder damage I knew that engine was toast & would end up bolting the head back on to pull it.
I did try to fit my stud extractor on one of those rear ones in between takes, but there just wasn’t enough room, so I abandoned the idea.
In hindsight, the induction heater & two nuts locked together would have probably worked fine. I just didn’t engage brain at the time.
Just replace and restore the whole thing.
Yeah, do a restomod with putting in a flathead V8!
Save it sleeve it !!!!!!!
If it was the right engine for the jeep, I would in a heartbeat. But it seems a waste of time with an engine I will pull anyway to put an L134 in.
Although part of me wants to do it just for the challenge 😂
take the engine mounts off
Take out the motor !!!!!!!
@@juanmauricioneira7864 Oh, we did. You can see it in the other videos on our channel.
Yes turn it down let's see the carnage
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