Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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That should work well, Steve! Curious what the flow rate might be on the water pump, not familiar with them at all!

Hi Dave, the flow rate is 1822 gal (US)/hr, They are Australian but very popular with the race guys in england, ive used them quite a few times over the years and they have a good reputation for reliability.

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Awesome work guy!!! That water pump looks like a turbo with an electric motor on the back! Haha Those would work great on water pumps for water to air intercoolers I bet. Nice machine work for the lower pulley too.

Managed to get another pesky job off the list

My mate Allan milled my spacer plate for me which saved a bundle of time, cheers Allan.








Once I had the spacer plate it enabled me to setup the blower drive, The bottom pulley had already been sorted which just left the top puley, a straight edge was put on the bottom pulley and I found that the top pulley was 2.250" away from the existing snout flange, the solution was to turn up a 2.250" aluminium hub spacer on the lathe, While i was there I drilled and tapped a centre hole to accept an old 1/2" UNF 12 point ARP bolt to make turning it over easier.
I then drilled and tapped 6 holes 3/8" UNC as I intended to bolt the hub to the flange and then bolt the pulley to the hub, changed my mind in the end and finally used 6 x 3/8" x 3.5" UNC bolts through the complete assembly. The hub is a press fit into the pulley, Pics explain it better than I can write :whistle:



















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Looks like plenty of clearance for the cap and wires now

Finally got my blower drive completely sorted. I wanted a nostalgia idler pulley arm, the type that clamps around the snout, The original bracket type idler arm was real ugly, had a look around the net and was horrified at the prices upwards of $140 for a decent one !!! There were lots of thinner ones for cheap money but I wanted a minimum of 1 inch thick.
Luckily my mate Paul found some 1" aluminium plate at work so I decided to make my own, found a website with dimensions on it so marked out the plate and popped to my mates to use the Bridgeport mill.
Took about 3 hrs to make up but well worth the effort.








Once home again I sparked up the polisher and gave it a good going over, luckily the aluminium plate was real good quality so it only took about 45 mins to get a nice shine on it.








All I need now is a belt and that's another job struck off the list











My electronic speedo turned up so finish wiring the dash could be ticked off the list too
I only had mechanical speedo kits in stock so had to wait for one to arrive.
The dash is easily removed by undoing 5 x 6mm button head bolts, the dash is wired through 3 x 6 way waterproof plugs & sockets so can be pulled out in a few minutes.







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Thought sure you'd make that arm out of stainless

Originally Posted by cffisher

Thought sure you'd make that arm out of stainless

Too heavy Charlie

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With that polish job it almost looks like stainless.

Jack.

Originally Posted by Jack F

With that polish job it almost looks like stainless.

Jack.

Jack it was a real nice piece of aluminium, came out of the local Ejector seat testing plant

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Steve, that dash panel looks amazing, can I ask please, what grade flake is that and is it the same you used on your '32 ? I was going to ask how you tighten the blower belt too but as I'm typing this the answer came to me so save you having to explain to this old fart how it works. hey it is 10.30am and I'm still have asleep so that is my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Steve, that dash panel looks amazing, can I ask please, what grade flake is that and is it the same you used on your '32 ? I was going to ask how you tighten the blower belt too but as I'm typing this the answer came to me so save you having to explain to this old fart how it works. hey it is 10.30am and I'm still have asleep so that is my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Yes Whip it's the same mini flake as my 32, belt is tensioned by moving the idler arm and tightening the pinch bolt.


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This looks like an awesome build from the little it Ive seen! I havent gotten through all 89 pages just yet, I have to ask where did you or where are you going to purchase your headlight trim, glass, buckets and the rest of that good stuff at? I need a good recomendation, I myself am putting the finishing touches on my 41 Willys truck.

Upon further reading into the thread somewhere around the 50ish page mark you fit your trim up I see, that really does help finish it off. I totally agree that the Willys needs the trim pieces to finish it off. Looks like you dealt with Mike at Willys replacement parts? I talked to him earlier in the week, havent dealt with them yet but he seems to be a good guy. Theres not too many people around that sell these parts ive found.

Originally Posted by 1923tbucket

This looks like an awesome build from the little it Ive seen! I havent gotten through all 89 pages just yet, I have to ask where did you or where are you going to purchase your headlight trim, glass, buckets and the rest of that good stuff at? I need a good recomendation, I myself am putting the finishing touches on my 41 Willys truck.

Upon further reading into the thread somewhere around the 50ish page mark you fit your trim up I see, that really does help finish it off. I totally agree that the Willys needs the trim pieces to finish it off. Looks like you dealt with Mike at Willys replacement parts? I talked to him earlier in the week, havent dealt with them yet but he seems to be a good guy. Theres not too many people around that sell these parts ive found.

Hi,yes i got my Willys bits from Mike at Willys Replacement Parts, I'm happy with the general quality but i do have a gripe, the chrome on first inspection is good but i've had to have the rear lights rechromed already and it hasnt been on the road yet !!!
Its the same old problem of no copper has been used, also I noticed my door handles are going off slightly too, Not really impressed as these parts were definitely not cheap !!!


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Yea I hear that, 635 for the whole light assembly. That's somewhat concerning with the chrome for the price. I haven't found anyone else with the whole assembly yet with the h4 reflectors like I want.

Thanks for the response! Looks like your motor is going to be lots of fun!