I sell bare WOF (Willys Overland France) jeep blocks new with pistons for
£400.
Regards
Dennis Schneider
Belgium
>From: "Mike S" <tankcity@globalnet.co.uk>
>To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
>Subject: Re: [MV] Cracked MB Block - any suggestions ?
>Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 07:00:28 +0100
>
>Glenn
>
>With respect to Gordon, it depends where the crack is. The block usually
>cracks in the region of the distributer drive housing.
>
>If the crack is below the drive housing and you can see the water exiting
>from the outside, you can groove it with a hand grinder and patch it with
>fibreglass. This will provide a pretty permanent repair.
>
>If the crack is above the drive orifice or worse still somewhere inside the
>shaft housing, in my opinion the block is scrap. I know this remark will
>bring a blizzard of replies from people who have successfully stitch welded
>or used Wonderweld but in my opinion once you have the problem and use one
>of these fixes, you are driving the jeep with a sword of damocles hanging
>over your head waiting for that miserable morning when, on a long trip, you
>dip the oil and find Mayonaise on the end of the dipstick! I shall be
>interested to see if Gordon's fix works at all and if so for how long.
>
>Less frequently, blocks also crack between the cylinders or round the
>cylinder head stud holes (caused by over tightening). In this case, some
>cracks can be stitch welded and remachined while others send the block to
>the scrapyard. You have to show it to the experts.
>
>Over the years we have purchased several Jeeps with repaired blocks which
>fail in the hands of our purchaser, thus landing us in expensive gurantee
>work. In this case it's my practice to put a sledgehammer through the side
>to prevent some enthusuiast from 'rescuing' the faulty block at the scrap
>yard and passing his bodged repair onto someone else.
>
>We have new unused blocks for £600 and guaranteed seconhand ones from £300
>
>Cheers. Mike S. RR Services Ltd. UK
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Glenn" <glenntaylor@hotpop.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 9:24 PM
>Subject: [MV] Cracked MB Block - any suggestions ?
>
>
> > Hi all
> > New to list - '42 MB owner since 1987
> > It has always lost a little water. Then it started getting water in the
> > oil - not much, but oily emulsion on the dipstick.
> > Changed the head gasket 3 times in 3 years. Didn't fix the problem.
>Couldn't
> > see anything wrong with the head/gasket/block surfaces.
> > Recently I drained the sump for the annual oil change. The first thing
>to
> > come out was a litre of water !!
> > Ouch !!.
> > Are there any sealer compounds worth trying or is it a strip down and
>stitch
> > (or weld ?) job ?
> >
> > Any advice appreciated.
> > Glenn (UK)
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jim Webster <jimweb@simonides.org>
> > To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 9:09 PM
> > Subject: [MV] [Fwd: Can you assist]
> >
> >
> > > Anyone help this guy out?
> > >
> > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > Subject: Can you assist
> > > Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 21:12:52 +0100
> > > From: Evers Pearce <EPearce@rycote.ac.uk>
> > > To: "'JEDed@simonides.prestel.co.uk'" <JEDed@simonides.prestel.co.uk>
> > >
> > > Would you have any information on forces serving in Greece 63 onwards.
>I
> > > have just found a 63 Willys m151 jeep from Greece and would be
> > > interested to know if it was Greek Army, US Personnell, NATO or UN.
> > >
> > > In addition do you have any information on the various colour otions
> > > used for jeeps, eg olive drab, carac, desert, arctic etc, but what are
> > > paints and colourings and markings? Is there a good source of such
> > > information?
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > >
> > > Evers
> > >
> > >
> > >
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