Monthly Archives: October 2008

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1951 CJ-3A Tacoma, Wa **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $6500.

“Need to sell husband’s project….a 1951 Willys. 252 Buick V-6 with high performance heads, T-90 A transmission, new 44 rear differential, 25 front differential, 538 gear ratio, new 33″ Wildcat EXT mud terrain tires and aluminum wheels, new paint, RCI bucket seats with new 5-point seat harnesses, tilt steering, all original body parts. Asking $6500 OBO, cash offers only please. Email with any questions.”

 
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1952 M-38 Graham, Wa **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $4250.

With only 26,000 miles, this M-38 should have plenty of miles left. Except for the winch, it looks pretty stock to me.

” 26K original miles! Always stored inside. Runs!!! Electric wipers, aux. battery, warn winch, spare tire. Sadly must sell”

 
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1952 M-38 Gold Hill, Or **SOLD**

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UPDATE:  **SOLD** Was $4200

There’s been a good deal of modifications to this M-38.

“52 willys flat fender, 350/th350/18, spooled D44 w/ dutchman axles, 5:38 gears, rancho spring lift, 33″ bias swampers, power steering, power brakes, on board air, alum radiator, MSD billet dist, 6al ign, approx 2200 miles since completed.”

 

 
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My Build — Wiring Harness

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Hurray!  My wiring harness arrived today, taking only 3 days to get here.  I pulled the harness out of the package and checked out the wiring.  It looks like the wiring is heavy duty enough for my needs.  The lengths appear reasonable and everything looks organized.

Painting update:  I just got an email that my paint has finally shipped.  I suspect that, unless it arrives by saturday, I’ll be delaying the painting I hoped to do this weekend.  I’ve got the hood, fenders and grille ready for paint.  The body is about 90% ready.  Everything should be ready by tomorrow.

You can learn more about this harness here

 
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My Build — Oil Pump Changes

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How to structure the Oil Pump in a buick v6 can be a bit of challenge if you read various web pages.  Should you use a high volume oil pump or not (the high volume oil pump is simply larger gears and a spacer to accommodate those gears)?  On the 225 v6 the general answer seems to be ‘no’ unless you drill out the oil holes for the middle two main bearing holes (these are smaller than the outer ones according to what I’ve read).

The 1980 and 1981 3.8L v6 engines that I have both came with the high volume pumps.  After doing research, I couldn’t get a clear answer on how good these pumps were for these later model engines.  So, I turned to TA Performance to see if I could get an answer.  They said using the high volume pump was fine, but recommended I use a variable pressure controller (in the pic above, you can see the old spring and nut sitting in front of the new double-nut & spring that’s already installed) and a hardened steel plate that sits underneath the gears to reduce wear (seen in the pic to the right).

I installed everything, but discovered that the gears are too tight, so they don’t spin properly (you can test this by taking out the distributor, sticking a screwdriver into the oil pump drive gear, and turning).  Therefore, I’m ordering a set of shims from TA Performance to fix the problem.

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