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. 
  

 
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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