Rebuild of GPW 238336

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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by Fabrizio » Wed May 20, 2015 5:40 am

Navarre, here are some more pictures of my spare tub:
ACM2 style gussets
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Curved cowl reinforcements
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M201 style corner plate
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No slot:
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Serial on passenger side above fuel filter location:
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"110R" on driver's side, same location
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General views, if someone spots other significant details..
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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by Navarre » Wed May 20, 2015 12:41 pm

Interesting tub and seems to be a good donor.

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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by Fabrizio » Thu May 21, 2015 3:00 am

Still cleaning parts,

6 of the spring U-bolts are F marked, including the wide one (notice F mark is rotated 90 degrees on this one)
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Also found a F marked Gabriel shock, a KONI one, and a lot of armstrong ones, UK made I think.
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Steering connecting rod (from steering box) is also marked (Ford USA B GPW 3306)
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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by Fabrizio » Thu May 21, 2015 8:14 am

Both the short and long tie rod tubes are Ford (marked Ford USA, and a C a bit after)
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All 4 tie rods too (marked Ford USA C)
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If cleaned and regreased, is it OK to reuse these? They don't seem to have any excessive play, even with the dry grease

Any thoughts on the meaning of all these "B" and C"s? I've seen them (on jeepdraw) with both. Is that some kind of tooling number like the Ws on engine castings?

On the tie rod tubes I also have 4 identical "C" bolts, don't know if original or not, but they do look like.

Bell crank is I think the Willys one (WO1211).
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Nice bearing, looks OEM
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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by Fabrizio » Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:28 pm

Hi all!

I spent some time playing around my beloved wreck.
Bought a Purolator oil filter:
Out of the box:
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After sandblasting and phosphoric acid:
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First coat of paint: I used Restom 2 pack cold hardening epoxy, outstanding finish and toughness.
Actually, finish is a bit TOO good, too shiny, and ugly over these rust craters!
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Sanded it down to smooth it, and ordered same paint in semi-gloss, the first one will make a perfect filler!
I will also order decals from Ron, and a plating kit for the bolts.
And I will have the "INLET" and "PDblabla" lasercut in some rubber sheet, to make the stampings
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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by Fabrizio » Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:39 pm

Took some time to look at the fuel tank too.
It's OLACO marked, big mouth, with the indent, so probably original to the car.
Not that bad conditions, but dozens and dozens of pinholes. I don't like the price of a repro tank (and don't like repop anyway) so I'll try to save it.
I noticed that the 3 parts were soldered, so I began opening it.
Easy to say and a real PITA to do, but it works:
Heated the solder and opened the fold with a big screwdriver, then with some elbow grease and minor damage, it popped out!
Also took out the sender mounting ring and all the filler assy, these were really easy.
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No fuel filter inside, is it a normal thing?

Will do more when I get my TIG welder!
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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by Fabrizio » Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:57 pm

Took the two air cleaner brackets and the horn bracket off the tub.
I believe all original, including bolts and washers!

Air filter brackets both F marked:
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Horn bracket not marked but Ford style
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Very nice F marked clips
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"K" marked oil pressure line: does it refer to something?
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Also bought another F U-bolt for 2,5 euros! still miss one to have the full set, if someone has this...
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Found a strange screwed plate under the trailer socket, anyone knows what it is??
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Last but not least, I found a goldmine of informations 20mn from home at a Jeep dealer:
Dod is 4 months after mine, but very few differences.
The pictures speaks for itself, all original and untouched except tires, original paint,original engine, data plates, canvas, bolts,.. original everything!
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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by Navarre » Tue Jun 02, 2015 4:27 pm

You are on the way!

Very nice F parts.

That GPW looks great-.......
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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by ww11models » Wed Jun 03, 2015 2:27 am

Good luck take your time so far so good ,,,wow what a Jeep that's very impressive to see such a complete and original Jeep

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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by Fabrizio » Wed Jun 03, 2015 2:50 am

If you guys really want to cry, take a look at this MB:

http://www.jeepest.com/index.php?option ... &Itemid=29

100% untouched, tires and tubes included!

I think these two are among the nicest in the world.
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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by Boyso » Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:32 am

Such a beautiful jeep Fabrizio, you've got to do a photoshoot so we can all have nice wallpapers on our computers from now on :D

Es-tu sur le forum vehiculesmilitaires.com (anciennement Avem86?)

Beau travail :)
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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by ww11models » Wed Jun 03, 2015 6:29 am

Fabrizio wrote:If you guys really want to cry, take a look at this MB:

http://www.jeepest.com/index.php?option ... &Itemid=29

100% untouched, tires and tubes included!

I think these two are among the nicest in the world.

Fabrizio tell me is it for sale?

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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by horrocks » Thu Jun 04, 2015 6:43 am

The Jeepest one has been posted before, not least by me! I think they found it in the US.

Fabrizo, where is the Jeep that you show in the photo above? I love untouched originals.
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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by Fabrizio » Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:26 am

The MB pictures as you noted are from Jeepest,
The GPW is at Indian Cars (Coignères, FR) showroom.
Not for sale sadly! I think it comes from the US too, dod is april 19, 1945 if I remember well.
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Re: Rebuild of GPW 238336

Post by horrocks » Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:32 am

Ah, Indian Cars. They also had this beauty a while back

http://www.indiancars.fr/fr/pages/sousR ... =4&rsr=197

I don't know where this company dreams its prices up. Their asking prices are somewhat acute.
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