GAS TANK

October 20, 2009: dropped off the gas tank with George Williams with Midwest radiator service in Piqua for a complete renovation. I tried to fix this myself but realize that this was a bigger undertaking than I had imagined. Mr. Williams was referred to me by his daughter Jessica Baltus that I was a Cub Scout leader with. He informed me that he could rebuild it and as a token of his gratitude for me being a Soldier, he would charge me nothing to do it. 

ENGINE TEARDOWN

18 October 2009: Today we successfully removed the engine and did a completely disassembly.  We then began transferring the parts from the military block to the donor engine that I purchased on eBay.  Overall a pretty successful weekend and I was sad to see Mr. Nettles have to leave.  His knowledge of this project is priceless and I’m not sure how I could have done it without him. 

ENGINE REMOVAL

17 October 2009: With the help of Mr. Nettles we determine the engine was seized and would require a complete rebuild.   This is bittersweet because I really want to use the original engine for this rebuild, but I also don’t want to have to do a complete rebuild if I don’t have to.  This took the entire day of trying everything we could come up with.  He also brought the passenger and rear seat frames, the original canvas top and bows, spare tire mount, rear bumperettes, gas cans and spare tires.  This guy is pretty awesome.

 

RADIATOR

October 15, 2009:  Today I dropped off the radiator for repair with Dale at Piqua radiator. Radiator was pressure tested, power flushed and repaired.  Picked it up on October 23, 2009. The bill was $48.04.  Trying to get everything ready for a visit from my buddy Leonard who is driving down from Chicago for the weekend to help work on the engine.  Pretty excited about this.