Gazzo's Down-under CJ thread

[jerseyjeeps]

Mine shows up 11th that way, but leaving out the "cj8" it shows up number one



Also down in the other search is this very cool image

 

[gazzo]

Hubert Cossard went to a lot of trouble drawing that.

 

[gazzo]

What's missing in this picture? %#^*¥€£<!!!!

 

[mysunnshine]

Nice missing main cap bolt-

 

[gazzo]

Don't know what happened with that last post. Words aren't there but picture is anyways I got a broken bolt and some other little bit
The little bit is hardened, a file barely touches it. The drilled indent makes me think it been blown out the back of something like a big end cap bolt hole by a bolt being too long. Bloody hell I didn't need this.

So I pulled the sump on another engine here. Man the beef in there! Everything looks bigger. The cap bolts are 1/2" where the ones in the current engine are 7/16". What's up with that? The only difference I can see on the engine is H2 versus H3 on the beefed up one? I didn't know there were different versions of this 258.

 

[gazzo]

So 6 hours later I'm all buttoned up with new RMS and gaskets with a mix of Permatex Aviation sealant and Ultra Black RTV. The upper half of the seal looked like it was going to be a PITA so I ground the end of a skinny screwdriver flat and gave it a decent tap and POP out she came. Nice. New one went in just about as easy.
That broken bolt is a mystery. No chance of getting one of those around here on a Saturday before Christmas so I went with a UNF/UNC stud and funky race engine nut. That shouldn't go anywhere. New speedo cable installed whilst I was under there.
Tomorrow I'll install new filter, oil and kick it in the guts. Fingers crossed I'll have no leaks.
Hey you know there's a jeep guy here I get parts off sometimes. I called him this morning hoping to get the bolt I needed. I asked him and he said "No I'd have to go looking" I said what about an oil pump? To which he replied " no I'm here early to work on cars, I'd have to go looking for that too, sorry not doing that today". How about that? And they wonder why we'd just as well buy our stuff on the line. All I wanted to do was give him some of my money.

 

[gazzo]

Belated Merry Christmas to you all. In the lottery of life where our jeeps all ended up (so far) once they left the production line is something I think about a lot. 30 years ago these two came out of Toledo I think and here they are at the beach together
7 digits apart. They went to anyone knows where and did all kinds of things but then decided it was time to hang out some. I find this amazing. I also got to speak with the guy a few days ago who bought my truck new. He is living 25 minutes down the road from where I am now. I said I'd pay him a visit and we'd talk jeep a bit and hopefully he will be able to dig up some old photos and tell some stories. I'll let you know. He did do a lot of traveling in it hence the 290+ kilometers.

 

[Pman]

Wow! Amazing the PO lives so close. Definitely post pics if he has any!

 

[Bad Karma]

its funny how something so simple and insignificant can be so freaking awesome!!

 

[jerseyjeeps]

That's really cool and those are many more vehicles off the line "newer" than mine. Are both 84s I assume and what are the export dates ??

 

[gazzo]

Build dates are both April 85.

 

[gazzo]

So I have secured the two CJ10s. That means two sets of 60/40 seats, full original and working dashes, engines, gearboxes and pointy doors, well three doors, one is dinged up. Picking them up Monday so will have some pics to post up

 

[BRKLYNZ28]

Nice find. Stock pile for future use...

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[wm69]

Nice. Pics!

 

[gazzo]

Getting excited, got the trailer all ready to go get some CJ10s!!! Woot woot!! Tomorrow can't come soon enough.

 

[MrBeep]

Looking forward to pictures.

 

[gazzo]

Well here we go
10 slots following me home for the 2nd time today
Couple of crusty old blokes hangin out obviously discussing the bar fight in which Cream copped a shiner. Green thinks its a big joke

They are both Jeeps not Joops
They were made in different places, one starts with a 1 and the other a 3. I'm going to have to consult the manual for decoding the vin

and here's the one from my green machine

Both sets of 60/40 seats near attention but are basically ok

Damage to the most important parts makes me
Got a set of these awesome hooks

All original under here, preserved with a healthy coating of oil and dust

Have the original air clear in a box with air injection stuff
Dash looks good and 115k kms. Nice and new.....ish. Engine and drive train should all be pristine......ish.
Newly replaced timing gear so all I gotta do is thermostat housing and coolant and I'm in bidniss, hopefully
More random shots for you jeep junkies
A beautifully restored Shorty Forty on the way out there
And my shop looking more like one of JJs sheds than a water treatment factory
Work ahead of me now
The plan is:
Get Cream's 258 running to validate further use (maybe recondition for the Overlander at a later date).
Strip both to parts
Blast and por15 cream's chassis making any repairs necessary before paint
Throw away Green's chassis
Throw away Creams roof, windscreen frame and front right fender
Swap all that is in current good frame into newly done Cream's frame
Shelve Commando Green's frame
Finishing building Commando Green hereafter referred to as Ugly Old Man
More later I just got visitors.

 

[scramble1983]

Too Cool!! I'm envious of the pair and your storage

 

[Cpittman428]

Looks like fun! And I can only assume that the bit of tucker in that one shot was kangaroo short ribs on the barbie! Hahaha just kidding.... But if it was they looked good! I'll be watching...

 

[gazzo]

So a brief update (and somewhat Cj8 related). Today I brought in Cream to clean up the engine bay before teardown. This thing is better than I had at first thought. Completely ridgy didge. I've not seen one of these air cleaner assembly in the flesh before. Pretty cool. Every tube, pipe, hose and vac switch is there. It was all preserved under what I think was a coating of diesel which was deliberately allowed to gather farm dust over its 115,000 kilometres. Everything is so nice. There is only one perished hose and that's the skinny PCV hose.
Every clip and clamp is connected and is intact, all the braided cable wraps are clean and intact and the wiring is unadulterated.

I'm understandably excited about this and have decided all of this will make it into my Overlander birthday this year sometime. I thought my OL was all pretty good as I got it but this thing takes the cake.
So tomorrow I'll bolt the tstat housing back on, starter motor and see if it runs. I know it will. Such a shame about this

By the way all the air injection stuff is in a box. Would've looked even more impressive with that gear bolted on too, yuk.