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[hellbent40]

thank you for the info... i am not looking for a smooth finish... something that will seal the frame ... and this sounds like it...
will try my luck and see if there is a place on the island that sells this stuff...

thanks again...

 

[fjbj40]

little bit here little bit there.......wish I could get more time at this thing.
Anyways pulled out the glove box cause it was all rusted due to no gasket under the hood hinge. Got it painted up and painted the rear sill to see what the color looks like. I REALLY like the Nebula green

Daryl

 

[island45]

Very nice cruiser, and nice workmanship. I have a 17' '66 boston whaler. Just built new mahogany seats, windshield etc from the original plans available on their website. To quote Frank Sinatra 'It was a very good year'....

 

[84BJ42]

Daryl,

Good to see your project is still progressing. I don't think I've touched mine in close to two years.

Cheers
Robert

 

[BeratE]

Looks like this had the makings for a good build. Where has it gotten to in a year?

 

[fjbj40]

Not much has happened to the body it seems like everytime I am about to do something , something more important comes up! Not to mention wife cooked the engine in my other cruiser in December, so that has taken priority over this one!

Just started a new job teaching at a college , before that contract work was busy yadayadayada!

I did manage to get a bunch of the wiring harness cleaned up, PO was a butcher and managed to melt some wires in the bundle.

SOOOOON I HOPE !

Daryl

 

[dargreg]

Nice job thats hard to do without warping, where did you get the klikos?

 

[fjbj40]

I am a licensed aircraft mechanic by trade and also do aircraft sheet metal work so I have lots of tooling for sheet metal work. Now that I am teaching at a college I have lots more

Daryl

 

[fjbj40]

finally started back! Moved the 40 to an auto club I joined. It is signed in as a long term project at only $200 a month for space rental and tool use Plan is to have her finished by the New Year
Disk conversion from the 60 series has been POR'd. Frame has been completely painted outside and inside. Front axle has been glass beaded and primed and painted. BJ70 rear axle has been stripped down to get bead blasted and will be painted and rebuilt. I am using a BJ70 rear axle because I need park brake set-up. Reason for that is the h42 tranny is comming out and spare h55f I have kicking around is going in.

Daryl

 

[fjbj40]

more for the eyes

 

[fjbj40]

1 more

 

[fjbj40]

finished the tranny cover. Also removed the spring perches from the 40 rear axle housing and added them to the 70 rear axle housing. Seperated the rear spring assemblies bead blasted them and POR'd them.

Daryl

 

[fjbj40]

more again

 

[ElliottB]

Nice work, it will definitely pay off!

 

[fjbj40]

I Have put quite a few hours on the 40 in the past few months. But when you tear everthing apart, bead blast, epoxy prime and color coat, it takes a long time to accomplish anything!

Both axles and suspension are back on the frame, the front diff is installed and the axle housing opened up for the bj60 disk set-up. Waitng for the knuckle alignment tool from Cruiserguy.

I have been focusing on the engine and the power steering pump/bracket and alt. mount set-up for the past week. I had a complete power steering set-up from a 3b that I was installing on the b. BUT there are so many differences in the b and 3b that the only thing I could use was the pump itself! Harmonic balancer/pulle, pump mount and idler pulley will not work.

Lucky I had a pump mount from the 3fe to check and see if it would fit. With a few chops and grinds and 1 hole to drill a 3fe mount works perfect! Also the 3fe pully for the power steering pump bolted to the 3b pump lines up perfect with crank pulley. I will end up using just 1 belt to power everything, I hope it will work but it looks like it will.

Anyways here are some pics

 

[fjbj40]

some more

 

[fjbj40]

more again

 

[fjbj40]

more once more

 

[fjbj40]

thats it for tonight

 

[fjbj40]

It has been some time since I posted, I have put lots of hours on and the is still being patient

So that power steering idea did not work, once I put the thermostat housing on the belt was rubbing . So i moved the pump down under the alt by modifying the fj62 bracket some more.