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I cleaned it up did a commet wash and did some shine juice yesterday - DUDE the patina on this thing is amazing! Ill keep it land cruiser on here but I needed to share! and this is in bad lighting! 74 years in the making!
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I will be doing my m38a1 build thread on theoldwillysforum.com. Just so I have a reccord of everything. and for fun! Here is a link for anyone wanting to follow along. M38A1 "penrose" build thread - https://www.oldwillysforum.com/forum/index.php?threads/m38a1-penrose-build-thread.33986/
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I really need to get a shot in good light. It blew me away how many colors came through. I genuinely was going to replace the body to save time now I am going to do the patches welding and what not. The patina is just too good to remove.
I would love a flat fender. I think it would be pretty tight for me though. I have sat in one before though. I have only driven my m38a1 10 feet in the yard back and fourth but I can tell this thing is a tank. I cant wait to daily it some this summer.
Wow was there any color it wasn't over it's life?
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i think i counted 4 different military style greens in addition to the yellow green, red, primer grey in spots and the rust haha.
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here you go. here is a mud build thread of my m38a1 - Jeep - M38A1 "penrose" build thread - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/m38a1-penrose-build-thread.1381950/
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Its been about month! Not a lot to update on the fj55! been using it as the family beach wagon still! as you can tell I still need to do some painting and have yet to get some paint match. here are some shots from this summer this far!
One thing I want to address is I am still having issues with slight bogging when driving 20 or 25mph with I was so fed up I rebuilt another weber that I got for free and I am having the same issue. the new rebuilt carb came off a 4.2L jeep I6 so I figured the jets would be correct. (I did double check that the same jets were used on the 2f) Long story short I am fed up. its not a tuning thing, not. valve thing, not a ignition thing. I rebuilt my asin 2f carb that I think we determined was a 1976. I just need to find my fuel cut solenoid or buy a new one. IDK if Ill use this carb becuse it has smog stuff on it making it taller. I might try and take that spacer out. not sure yet. So this will be carb #4 on this engine haha.
I am planning on trying to figure out how to adapt the throttle cable that i have now factory on 1971 fj55. does anybody have any ideas there? I know they had a special bell crank.
I also still need a air cleaner unfortunately. my buddy could not find the one he had on the cruiser originally.
missing a C clip on the choke lingage too for the fast idle. the story behind this carb is I bought it for the fj40 rebuilt it with a keyster kit, and I was using strter fluid to start the 2f on the 40 for the 1st time and the starter fluid ate up the accelerator pump. sent rubber through the carb. so Instead of spending more time rebuilding it a 2nd time, I put a chinesium one on it. I finally ended up taking it apart and cleaning it out this winter. found a new accelerator pump too. this one is made of leather.
some shots from summer so far!
One thing I want to address is I am still having issues with slight bogging when driving 20 or 25mph with I was so fed up I rebuilt another weber that I got for free and I am having the same issue. the new rebuilt carb came off a 4.2L jeep I6 so I figured the jets would be correct. (I did double check that the same jets were used on the 2f) Long story short I am fed up. its not a tuning thing, not. valve thing, not a ignition thing. I rebuilt my asin 2f carb that I think we determined was a 1976. I just need to find my fuel cut solenoid or buy a new one. IDK if Ill use this carb becuse it has smog stuff on it making it taller. I might try and take that spacer out. not sure yet. So this will be carb #4 on this engine haha.
I am planning on trying to figure out how to adapt the throttle cable that i have now factory on 1971 fj55. does anybody have any ideas there? I know they had a special bell crank.
I also still need a air cleaner unfortunately. my buddy could not find the one he had on the cruiser originally.
missing a C clip on the choke lingage too for the fast idle. the story behind this carb is I bought it for the fj40 rebuilt it with a keyster kit, and I was using strter fluid to start the 2f on the 40 for the 1st time and the starter fluid ate up the accelerator pump. sent rubber through the carb. so Instead of spending more time rebuilding it a 2nd time, I put a chinesium one on it. I finally ended up taking it apart and cleaning it out this winter. found a new accelerator pump too. this one is made of leather.
some shots from summer so far!
Coolest driveway lineup on the island!
That spacer, and it's tube, were for the EGR and in the early years was a "Ca. only" thing. The Fed. carbs didn't have it. I thought about removing the block but figured I'd need different fasteners and linkage rods so I just cut that big tube off flush with the block and filled the hole with JB weld.
I don't like those '75 and later carbs because of the vacuum secondary. I like my '74 carb with the mechanical secondary and the simpler fuel cut-off solenoid (it's really an idle-air cut-off but that's for another thread). The height of the carb also depends on the intake manifold. I use an F manifold which, I think, sits the carb lower under the hood. I can't run a stock air cleaner because power steering pump so i found a K&N on the rice racer rack that's better than nothing.
Those tiny little hairpin clips for the fast idle linkage come in a Keyster kit. I got the special stainless steel SST for those clips that I carry in my center console just in case...
Helpful info. I didn't know the difference between the carbs for the different years.
Is that an F155, @Pighead ? What are your summer and winter oil blends?
Is that an F155, @Pighead ? What are your summer and winter oil blends?
It started as a F155 and the head still is but it's a '76 2F block.
"Summer blend" is just my last oil change where I cleaned out all the extra quarts of oil that I had stored and been carrying around in the Pig for years and found I had enough to fill the crankcase...
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yeah good to know about the egr tube. I think I only have this carb because it was a cheep rebuildable one that was left over from my fj40 project. But yeah I thought about the linkage if I took that egr spacer out.. I just have a rubber cap on it now but I may plug it up like you did. I think my main concern is the fitmit under the hood and the air cleaner fitment. then also mocking somthing up for the throttle cable. I also might just use this as a test carb just to see if i can get the slight bogging to stop at slower speeds. I think like everyone says webers are really too small for 2f engine.
But the mechanical secondary earlier carb would be better to get. and it would fit the earlier style air cleaner better. I did find one of the little c clips at the hardware store at least for the fast idle linkage.
Is the advance on your dizzy working?
any vac leaks?
how does it idle? idle RPMs?
Have you adjusted the timing a bit by rotating the dizzy?
Does it ping/knock in 3rd when you floor it?
any vac leaks?
how does it idle? idle RPMs?
Have you adjusted the timing a bit by rotating the dizzy?
Does it ping/knock in 3rd when you floor it?
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Ohh yeah all that I have done that. no pinging. I cant remember how much advance but I think it was 12 degrees. 750-780 rpm idle, idles nice. no vac leaks. I am going to do a deep dive here soon. I am going to install this factory carb and see if that solves it. and I really want to put a new oem style carb. The carb is solid and I have been through it using that pinhead guide. Think I am buying a earlier F155 style air cleaner to run some sort of toyota carb in the 55. I might need to find an early style carb and rebuild it at some point I guess if this carb does not work out.
How does it do at speed? Have you gotten it up to speed on the 55mph zone?
Can you accelerate while in high gear or does it bog then too?
Can you accelerate while in high gear or does it bog then too?
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its really just at that 15-30mph idle circuit speed. Once you get into the throttle a little its fine. at 30 - 55 it runs normal. But also I think the carb could be tuned a little better but the previous weber 38 was tuned as perfectly as I could get it and it was the same. The only other thing would be a valve is out of adjustment. But I did go through and adjust all the valves 2 times. Pretty confident I have that good. the other thing I thought were the points maybe where not adjusted good enough but it was in spec.
Either way I did buy a carb air cleaner and I am planning on swapping in some sort of factory style carb. I might do a city racer one. or Ill find one with a mechanical secondary like @Pighead was saying he has.
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Do any of you have any solutions to adding a cable to a non cable linkage carb? my 1971 fj55 originally had a cable and I no longer have the original carb. I have a oem one that I am trying to rig up. and I have one of those ball adapters on the end of my cable. and it hooks to the ball of my carb. I have a new carb cable coming from cruiser teq I got the aftermarket carb one.
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Also Randomness but I am selling my suzuki samurai.... I thought I learned my lesson about isuzu but I am trying to find an Isuzu Trooper. With the willys, The FJ55 and the samurai, I really have only used the Willys and land cruiser this summer because Piling my wife, Margot and all our beach stuff is pretty tuff in the little sammy. And I kinda needed somthing I didnt feel bad about driving when its pouring rain. So my next quest might be a isuzu trooper 5speed v6 that I have found! best part is it has working AC! pretty cool. Plus its one of those vehicles I have always wanted and who knows the next time I have the OK from my wife!
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