The Henry J was a small post war car by Kaiser. sort of cute. They had the
same engine as the Jeep. I worked for a repair shop in the mid 60's and I
seem to remember that the engines were prone to crack valve seats also. I
do remember the boss always looked for a GPW block as the Ford engines
supposedly had a better alloy in the block and they'd hold a set of rings
better.----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn" <glenntaylor@hotpop.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] I agree with most you said - except
> Have you still got your Dad's Jeep Ken ?
> Sorry - what's a hanry j car ?
>
> Glenn
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ken uhrick <kuhrick@home.com>
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 10:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] I agree with most you said - except
>
>
> > my dad buyed a hanry j car for the motor for his willys Jeep
> > dont know what year ether was too long a go
> >
> > At 01:22 PM 5/14/2001 -0500, Everett Doyle wrote:
> > >Among my vehicles - military and otherwise I have a 46 model CJ with
the
> > >original engine in it -- when I got it was bored .60 -=- when came time
> for
> > >repair I had it sleeved back to standard and put a new crank in --
spent
> > >more than it was worth after repairs were made -- but old jeep had
been
> > >faithful and I was not willing to put it on scrap pile.
> > >
> > > It has/was been my experience that usable flat head Willys engines
are
> > >very scarce in US. This was done some 20 years ago and has held up
> really
> > >well.
> > >
> > > > 6. Finally, I read another posting about boring out the block to
> plus
> > >.60
> > > > thou. This can certainly be done and all the bits are available to
> this
> > > > size but you can sometimes suffer from overheating problems at this
> > >oversize
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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