M38Cdn Refurbishment

[Lynn Eades]

Copper should be copper. Has anyone tried annealing the washers?
Copper work hardens pretty quickly and heating them to red hot softens them again.
In theory, should last for ever.

[Peter Phillips]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Copper should be copper. Has anyone tried annealing the washers?
Copper work hardens pretty quickly and heating them to red hot softens them again.
In theory, should last for ever.

Actually I did follow advice and annealed the new washers with success. Lots of instances on the inter-web around the same issues....you'd think it wouldn't be an issue but...

[Grant Bowker]

There are internet claims the same can be done with aluminum sealing washers (as used on BMW motorcycles and other applications) that have work hardened .

[Peter Phillips]

Took advantage of the nice weather to power wash and degrease the jeep tub in preparation for body and paint. What I didn't expect is for it to fall on my right foot. Luckily it was a glancing blow and not the full weight which I guess is around 300#. I don't think anything is broken as I can move around with minor discomfort, it's just swollen, even more this morning. I still might get an x-ray today to please the wife as my ears are bleeding from the nagging
And for the record there is only minor damage to the one tab under the tub that attaches to the frame, easy fix...tough old things they are!

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Ouch!! Safety first, although in my younger days it wasn't always and I'm now surprised I didn't get more banged up than I did.

Now, if I stop making noise in the garage in pops the wife to ask if I'm still alive. Not sure if that's affection or getting the life insurance guy on the phone faster.

[Peter Phillips]

That's a good one Bruce, I guess time will tell which way she's leaning, lol. After the wife gave me poo poo, she said I should use an engine lift or something to lift it.....I said like the one that's folded up right there. Why is the obvious so out of reach sometimes

[Peter Phillips]

Took the Jeep down to Fort Saskatchewan for a start up at the engine builders place on Friday. I'm happy to report the start up went well and it's running nice and smooth. At normal running temperature, I have 25# of oil pressure at idle and 42# around 2000 rpm which I think is good. We did confirm that I need to do a carb rebuild to sort out a lean idle and hesitant acceleration. I was sorry to see that my interim gauge set-up didn't work so we stabbed on remote gauges to monitor the engine vitals. Maybe my wooden dash board is the cause of this as all the wires are hooked up correctly? I'm going to run remove the wheels and run this through all the gears and transfer case option to ensure I put everything back together correctly.