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Pavel,
I lack the machinery and talent to make a bearing, or bearings.? After actually looking, this size looks pretty close:?
I'd probably destroy the motor trying to get the old ones out, they appear to be pressed into sheet metal clips that are part of the
motor case.?? But, it wouldn't be a terrible experiment to try, I suppose.? Maybe I should have gone down this road first...oh the agonizing, life altering decisions we have to make.
I'm guessing on the year of the heater motor.? The heater has great styling, says Willys Overland on the front.? Someone from this list
came from Idaho to pick up the 226 engine from my "body donor" car, and handed me the heater in trade.? I have the original for 1953, a boring, non descript box.? I also have a boring one from the donor 56 wagon. assume that's 12 volt.?
Speaking of "stock", spent some time thinking about the firewall material - engine side, as in to replace what I did 25 years ago.?
I remember removing some cardboard.? In looking at the replacement stuff now available, one company described the original as cardboard,? just box material, with one layer of waterproof cardboard facing the engine.? My cardboard cutting skills are up to it,
but who'd want to put that back in!?? There's a board for sale, probably stained plywood, and a plastic panel backed with insulation too.? What I made all those years ago was made from vinyl flooring, with the backside painted gray, facing out, cut to fit
the space, painted, and backed by insulation.?
I decided to patch that up, it had delaminated in some areas, that's what wood glue is forl?? That way I didn't have to remove it.?
I'd spray painted it gray originally, with car paint I'd used on the wheels.?? Cleaned it up with 1/1 SimpleGreen. ? Went to Eugene hardware to have them computer match some paint for it; they don't do that for oil based paint anymore.? So, latex it is, certainly
easier to work with, used a foam brush, and it looks pretty good.? After all, it only has to look better than cardboard, that's a very low bar.
Dan
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Sent: Friday, January 12, 2024 12:58 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WillysTech] Archeology ?
Dan,?
Did the original motor still work only needing new bearings?? If so, can the bearings be replaced?? I've never seen the stock motor from a 50s Willys but you might be able to machine new bearings out of sintered bronze or Delrin.? This could make yet another project to drive you crazy... after all it is mid winter and still officially COVID times (12th wave now?) Cheers, Pavel up North. -- Dan 53 2wd Wagon Eugene, OR |
