October 7, 2017
Willys Jeep: Porkchop’s Body Damage
A video showing Porkchop’s chassis and body damage due to a rear-end collision I had not been aware of.
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Tag Archives : Porkchop
October 7, 2017
May 30, 2017
Willys Jeep: Porkchop and Badger’s New Workshop
A pictorial of the workshop for Porkchop and Badger.
May 6, 2017
Willys Jeep: Porkchop Emergency Brake and Body Mount Surprises
Trying to do some work on Porkchop reveals surprises. Which, of course, is no surprise.
March 22, 2016
Willys Jeep: Operation Porkchop
You ever see those makeover shows where a team of highly capable people come and work on a project that turn out to be real before-and-after showstoppers? Shows like Overhaulin’, and such. This past weekend, I had my own version of the “A-Team” show up and put Porkchop into working order. And it was jaw-dropping – not to mention humbling…
March 17, 2016
Willys Jeep: Engine Bay Paint (Pictorial)
Quick and dirty pictorial of the painting of Porkchop’s Engine Bay. With the issues surrounding the electrical, I figured I’d take the opportunity to repaint while the wires and several other pieces were out of the way.
February 11, 2016
Willys Jeep: Porkchop on Fire?
Wait, is that smoke? It looks like smoke. Good grief, is Porkchop on fire!?
Willys Jeep: Porkchop’s Undercarriage Makeover
Some before and after picks of Porkchop’s makeover, starting with the undercarriage.
Willys Jeep: Porkchop Suspension and Trailer (pictorial)
I’ve been falling behind in my reports of progress. The good news is that instead of writing about working on the Jeeps, I’ve actually been working on the Jeeps. Here is a pictorial of some of the progress that I’ve made most recently (given the lack of updates, some additional progress may be visible in the photos). Less commentary, more pictures!
Willys Jeep: Porkchop’s Clutch Arm Problem
This is a quick and dirty post to describe a particular problem that I’m having. Part of what I have to do when replacing the master cylinder (that is, converting it to a dual master cylinder (MC) from the original single reservoir, making it safer) on the M38A1 (affectionately named Porkchop) is disassemble the pedal assembly bracket and modify it…
Willys Jeep: Calm Before The Storm
It all started so well this morning. A beautiful day, sunny and cool. I had finally gotten the right tools (after my third trip to Home Depot and another one to Sears) to fix the problems that I couldn’t get to last week. I started off working on Honey Badger, trying my hand at my first-ever tap in order to…