Cincy ‘53 Willys Wagon 4x4 F134 Warn OD

Just about to drop in another motor, this is hopefully the end of my bad motor mojo
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Maybe today is the day to pump some air, nos flywheel, really just need a startup assistant, it’s nerve wracking on your own
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Cosmoline in freezing temps is a real bear
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Hey Scott - your wagon is looking great ! Got a glimpse of your wheels and I was wondering what color they are? Look like some sort of a burnt orange. I'm planning on painting my rims and I really like that color! Ken
 
Going to start her up today, oil pressure spun right up on dry fire.

I do desperately need the attached transfer case cross member insulator mount for a 4 wagon, apparently it’s about an inch shorter than the 6, I have at least 3 of these and none of them are short enough
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Found the correct snubber mount, it’s shorter for an 4 vs 6, motor fired on first attempt, got a few loose ends and leaky manifold bolts, no big deal except now it’s arctic cold
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I’ve always wanted one of these, since rick aka scout pilot had one on our Alaska trip. It makes short work of the carb manifold bolts on fheads
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My new motor is fine but having the carb gone through again, but with some warm weather I decided it was time to do the autopsy on the rebuilt motor that only lasted 1880 miles before rod knock and oiling issues ended our journey.

Finally got around to tearing down the Alaska motor, I think it’s obvious that something went horribly wrong on the rod bearings as 1-2 are down to copper but crank surface is ok, 3 is gone smushed and blued on backside including the crank and 4 is untouched. I did notice that the new .40 pistons and rods weren’t installed as they were stamped on the rods. 4-1 2-3 were swapped. Otherwise I checked the oil pump and ran a wire through the galleys and didn’t see any obvious problems there.

The head, block and cylinders look perfect and the oil pan was full of bearing glitter.

I’m thinking there were debris from the hardened exhaust valve seats we had to do in estevan, SK it’s hard to believe the rod bearings could get this bad in about 100 miles?

I guess the good news is this motor shouldn’t need much machine work, other than the crank, if it ever had to be used again.

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My new motor developed some odd misfires and then the telltale dampness around the head. I used an all copper head gasket from the military suppliers, but I had a bad feeling it just wasn’t torquing down correctly. I have a 350 mile drive to the Spring Willys Reunion next month and don’t want anymore issues on the road.

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Glad I tore into it, obviously the head gasket failed between 2-3 pushrod openings.

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Scrub the block up, drop the head off at machine shop and they verified it’s flat. Back to the standard fiber metal hybrid Felpro

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All buttoned up and running much better, tomorrow I’ll drive it, retorque, change the oil and dial it in.


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Head was perfect, checked within .002, in retrospect I’m thinking the all copper gasket just needs multiple, as in 3 or more heat cycle retorques, possibly due to the uneven annealing of the copper? I did notice allot of discoloration out of the box.

Doesn’t help when there were no instructions whatsoever. That’s what happens when I try to get cute with things.


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Logging more miles and the rebuild, runs like a top and actually rolls down the road 58-60 without too much effort.

Alignment and some balanced road tires and we’re just about ready for the 250 miles to the willys Spring reunion May 18-19.

I’m slowly getting my confidence back and driving it whenever possible.
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My road trip to the willys reunion went very well, i am so relieved to finally have some confidence again.

650 miles total no issues or adjustments except a minor choke cable tweak. Got 22 mpg, we took country roads and about 7 hours on the way up so we took the freeway most of the way back. Honestly I’m still amazed at how well she cruised down the freeway at 55-60, climbed every freeway grade in 3rd gear and never had to use anything other than OD on stretches. I just wish I could have had this much done before Alaska. We will be ready for the next adventure.

We built the Allied l134 Live at the show, with the help of Merlin Hanson and Joe B, with Kaiser Willys sponsoring the build. An online ticket won it and it will head to Colorado after it gets reassembled one more time, just to make sure we’re not giving someone a problem motor.

https://www.facebook.com/jeephunters/videos/2073692589572884/
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