Today is February 16th.

The head is back on, and I am very hopeful that it's going to run when I go to fire it up which is still a ways a way.  I took a look at the starter, and it's model number appears to make it an original for 1950.  It's an Autolite MZ and it's been repaired with a nice weld........................I hooked it up to a 12v battery charger, and I get some buzzing from it, and it starts to spin ever so slowly.  I've got to hook it up to a real battery to see if I can get it to really spin!  If I can't get it to spin on the battery, I'll look into rebuilding it myself, or have someone else rebuild it. I called around, and there is a place in town that rebuilds alternators/starters and they quoted me a rebuild for it starting at $120, and up to about $200 depending on what needs to be done.  For the upper end, I believe they can convert it to work on 12v, and supposedly it will be as good as new.   Same for the generator, about $200 to rebuild it, and convert it to 12v.  He says they're like "artists" and they specialize in rebuilding antiques, "as a matter of fact, I've got a Model T unit on the bench right now...".  I love salespeople.............not.  I'm not sure if I'm going to go with a modern alternator and the bracket Willy's Works sells, or if I'll keep the original, and have it rebuilt.  It's one of the last things I'm worried about right now, since it's not essential to get the engine running.

Here's the generator and starter.

I've got to figure out which carburetor I'm going to use.  The Jeep came with two.  One, which I'm sure is the original WO Carter, was still hooked up to the gas cable linkage on the Jeep, and was laying on top of the replacement motor that had been installed.  The replacement motor already has a Carter YF carburetor on it that looks to be in much better condition than the original WO.  By sight alone, the YF would be my choice to reuse. It's probably at least ten years newer since the motor that it's on was  probably produced in the sixties, and I'm guessing so was the carb.  I'll ask the CJ3A page what they think.

The carbs, and the manifolds.  (The orangish more rusty stuff is original to the Jeep, whereas the better looking cleaner stuff is from the newer L134 engine that is probably mid sixties?????)

Today's project.  Broken exhaust manifold bolt in the block, and of course, it's broken INSIDE with nothing to grab on the outside.  It is the EXACT same problem this guy had, http://mightymo.org/Proj_BrokenStudRepair.htm

Here's the engine with the broken stud.

I'll try to follow what he did, but it's unlikely I'm going to be brave enough to tap the block.  I'm more likely going to drill a hole through the middle of the existing bolt, and then work on getting it out with some heat, some oil, and some time.  At some point a hammer is going to come into play as well.  :)  Maybe it'll get videotaped.