Assembly Begins! -- 1941 Willys MB Ep 13
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2023
- In this episode of John's Garage we finally start getting Bruce Willys put back together. This was all filmed in one night trying to get the Willys project ready for display at the Shreveport World of Wheels.
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ratchet straps work wonders. You have already solved so many problems with them. Around the axle and the frame, the shock slides right on. Compress the leaf spring with the strap!
They have a factory in the Philippines building 41 jeeps all parts are made and assembled in the Philippines
Ratchet straps help with the install of the shocks when the body is off.
Exactly. Why not just rachet the axle & frame closer?
I helped a friend restore a 42 jeep. This was an old army jeep, had all the documentation. Lots of rust, took it all apart and had it sandblasted, then spent 6 months reworking and rewelding. This old jeep with its original 4 cylinder (rebuilt from the ground up with different pistons) but after all that grinding, sanding, welding, and painting, it looks like it was sent overseas with all the markings.
That’s so cool that you got to experience that! I love thinking about all of the history packed into each war Jeep.
The reason you had to use the breaker bar on the spring shackle is you are using the wrong handed shackle. The threads are handed like the lug nuts ... sort of. They should wind in in a manner that friction opens the spring eye. The way you did it tightens the spring eye on the shackle jamming them. Conversely, the way you did it will make it easy for the shackle to undo when you are driving.
Never weld a steering item. It's a good way to die from a failure.
There should be a conical rubber for each side of the shock eyes.
Manuals on assembly are readily available. Pays to read them.
It’s really coming together, thanks for sharing all the quirky problems you encounter along the way
Thanks for watching!
its really nice to see people restoring these old beasts i have a 1942 Willys MB and we are restoring it too! its nearly done and i really cant want to drive it again
Congratulations on nearing completion! I’ve got a long way to go !!!
I love your videos, being following you from beginning of this project. Thanks for sharing. It's so awesome seeing it coming together. What a beauty. Me jealous 😊 greetings from Spain.
Thank you for watching!!!
My first car was a 42 Ford GPW Jeep, I thought it was a MB for a long time, no Ford script anywhere and a willys engine. Title said Ford and a expert looked it over when I was trying to sell it and said it was a GPW. Would love to have another one but most that are working are out of reach now. Been trying to follow your progress and learned a bunch about the really early Willys besides the grill👍
How cool to have a war Jeep as a first vehicle! Thank f for following the channel 😀
@@JohnsGarageProjects My second car was a 42 1/2 ton Dodge military closed cab pickup with a winch.
Same front end as the Ambulance on Mash. Early truck, only made till 42, maybe 43. I sold it to buy my Dart in 79. I still have the Dart.
@@69Dartman Interesting you would mention 1979 and still having the car…we still have my first car, a 1970 Chevelle convertible that we too bought in ‘79
L or R wheel nuts - Mopars were like that years ago. More than a few tire shops twisted off studs.
You are so right! I had a ‘67 Coronet that had em
Hey John. I have quite a few Surplus parts. Let me know . I'll be more than have to work out a deal for you. I rebuilt a Ford from the ground up just as yourself 4- 5 years ago.
Ratchet strap the spring and frame. Pull it together
I'd probably be grinding out those "birdshit" welds and re-doing them, in the interest of safety.
[Hopefully this is taken as constructive criticism]
Constructive Criticism Accepted 👍🏻
Looks to be missing the back pintel plate?
You are correct! The older gentleman that owned it cut all of that out to make room for a homemade tow boom. He used the vehicle as a tow truck for his junkyard 😀
Real nice shop to be doing projects. Have you the wooden infill for the front bumper ?
I do not. Might add that later in the build …
you used ratchet straps on the leaf spring and you could have used a racket strap to compress the springs.
You are so right …I guess my brain wasn’t firing right at 2am 😛
wondered if those rear leaf springs were stuck and stiff from being painted-??
Perhaps???
Superb he sir
👍👍👍!
Looks nice. Rear shocks, did the ratchet strap break?
Great question on the Rachet Strap…never crossed my mind that night to try it again. I guess I was too tired to think 😛
@@JohnsGarageProjects Great find.
Where did you get those nice axels etc!?😊
Original to the Jeep
Those are some janky welds on the chassis...
All I can say is we are learning as we go 😛
😂😂😂😂 I also feel abit more can be done
Bonjour à vous, mettez une sangle et un cliquet...
Ratchet strap?
Rachet Strap Solves All Issues!
ratchet strap or straps....compress it...
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Can u arrange 5 wheel
Those are perhaps the worst welds I have ever seen in my entire life! I would not trust them for they will probably fail.
I agree absolutely
No penetration.