Ongoing Work 2020
May 2020
May
23rd - Fuel Filter Gasket Set Replacement
After the VE Day drive, the GPW engine died
while pulling onto the drive and then wouldn't restart. It sounded like
fuel starvation, so after some investigation, I traced the problem to a
poor seal around the fuel filter. The gasket I made was meant to be a
petrol resistant gasket material, but inspection showed it had distorted
breaking the fuel tight seal. A new gasket set was ordered, along with a
spare for the other Jeep and also a spare fuel pump diaphragm kit for
use on either Jeep should they need one. As can be seen from the video
below, I gave the Jeep a quick run in the garage, but as it's blowing a
mega gale outside, I'll wait a few days for the weather to settle before
going for a test drive. |
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May 27th - Under Seat Locker Most Jeep owners know that the two rear wheel
arch lockers and the glove box aren't enough to carry all the stuff you
want to carry. Under the rear seat is plenty of usable space. However,
without making some changes, there's nothing to stop anythings from
sliding forwards each time the Jeep is slowed. On the M201, I built a
steel locker under the back seat, based on a wartime Canadian Army
modification. I didn't want to go to that much effort on the GPW, but
still have things I could do with storing. I didn't need it to be as
secure as on the M201, so just used a strip of 1/8 plywood, bolted across
the front of the seat supports. I can now put stuff under there and know
it won't move around. |
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