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It was early September 2021 that
"Hope" was last out on the road. At the Beamish 2021 event, towards
the end, the engine was running rough, particularly at pickup from idle. We'd
towed the Jeep there, so getting home wasn't a problem. Since then, the Jeep
has been sitting on axle stands while work on the new house and garden took
priority. All of a sudden, it was September 2022 and the Jeep was still there.
Every so often, I'd turned the engine over on the starter to oil the engine
and exercised the brakes and clutch to stop things seizing up.
After Beamish 2022, I finally had time to
pull the Jeep apart and investigate things. There were several things that all
seemed to add up to cause the problem, including this horrible modern eco
petrol soaking up gallons of water ( even though I use E5 ). The full write up
of the work can be found in the September 2022 Ongoing Work section. The last
small job this morning, was fitting two new brass fuel pipe unions to the fuel
pump and carburetor. Despite very light rain starting, I took the GPW out for
a local test drive. "Jessie" had to be brought out of the garage
first, to get "Hope" out from the middle of the garage. |
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The whole drive was only two and a half miles around the village lanes, stopping at a couple of places to check for fuel leaks at the new unions and to take a few pictures. |
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I called in to the local church yard before heading home, as it has a nice view over the fields. From there, I returned through the village and back home, getting "Hope" and "Jessie" back in the garage before the heavy rain came. I still need a longer test drive while Lynne is around, in case I need recovery, but initial signs are all is well again. |
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