Jeep in its Natural Habitat - Off-Road ..Somewhere off Pearl Valley Bangalore

Creature Comfort !!! - Pioneer - DEH - P8050

195 Finally Music. Just removed the unit from my car and plugged it into the JEEP. Now we are rocking ....

Electronic Ignition - Coil with the Unit

194 The entire unit is is from the Contessa Classic car. Needless to say it is a used piece.

Electronic Ignition - Delco

193 The electronic unit replaces the traditional points type unit.

Working Hard....

192 Hussein at work late into the evening, as the vehicle was to be delivered for the 9th off-road session. However the vehicle was finished only by Sunday evening.

All Jacked Up

191 The vehicle jacked up for the full float conversion and installation of 540 Drums.

6 Blade Fan

190 The old4 blade metal fan has been replaced with a 6 blade plastic one.

Radiator Coolant Tank

189 Coolant tank for the radiator.

Full Float and MM540 Discs

188 Another View of the drums

Full Float Conversion with MM540 Drums

187 Mahindra MM 540 drums with axles / spindles / hubs .

Dual Reservoir Master Cylinder

186 Going in for Dual Reservoir Master Cylinder setup, for better braking. Planning on MM540's disc's also.

Electric Fuel Pump

185 Going in for an Electric Fuel Pump. This will be activated on a need only basis. A separate switch for the same has been provided in the Jeep.

Carter Carburetor Packing Kit

184 Part of the Carter Carburetor Kit. Again these are old "New" Parts. These are for my cousin's JEEP. My JEEP has a Solex Carburetor.

Solex Carburetor Kit Contents

183 Different Jets and carburetor packing

Solex carburetor Kit

182 Look closely at the date of packing. It has survived all these years. Again courtesy Mr. Uday Bhan Singh.

Head Light Dipper Switch

181

Rotor

180 Notice the date it was packed. This was courtesy Mr. Uday Bhan Singh, who seems to have access to endless number of old "NEW" parts.

Water Pump

179 Had picked a new water Pump from Anand. Came in handy now. Replaced the old one.

Engine - Being assembled

178 The remaining parts being mounted....

Oil Pump

177 Found used Oil Pumps - courtesy Arka. However didnt use those. Mr. UBS helped me by sending me a brand NEW Oil Pump.

Engine has been mounted

176 The Engine has been mounted after the re-build. Waiting for an oil pump.

Crankshaft - Closeup

175 Close up view of the Crankshaft. Worth its weight in gold....

Crankshaft

174 Unused 20 year Old Crankshaft - The brown colour is varnish, which has been put to prevent the same from rusting. The most expensive spare in this engine rebulild process

Exhaust Valve

171 Exhaust valves

Exhaust Valve Guides

172 Exhaust Valve Guides

Bearing

170 Connecting Rod Bearing Set

Piston

169 From IPL

Cylinder Liner - Unpacked

167 Powerpak Liners

Power Cylinder Liners

165 Note the words Willys Jeep

Crankshaft being taken out

164 Crankshaft being removed........

And Dismantle......

163 Could use more hands ???

Dismantling the Hurricane

162 Here goes .......

What is that Number - ???

161 Am still guessing... Need to figure out..

Hurricane without the Engine

160 The engine finally rests on a table. The Hurricane has an "Scooped Out" Look

Whats that number??

159 Yet to figure out..... :-)

So, Thats What it Looks Like

157 The Engine block is out.....

Heave Ho!!!

156 Pull ... .Push.... Pull.....

Looping the Chain

153 Engine Ready to be pulled out

Chaining the Engine

152 To remove it .....

Engine Block - Removal "Stand"

151 The stand to remove the engine block.

Gears being disconnected

150 Dismantling the gearsGiri

View of the Top of the Cylinder Block

149 Top View of the Cylinder Block

Cylinder Head

148 The head dismantled and kept aside. The start of the rebuild was traced to a head gasket leak, and since then I decided to overhaul the whole engine.

Cylinder Block

147 View of the cylinder block

Rocker Arm Cover is off

146 The Rocker Arm cover is off

Dismantling the Engine

145 Step - by Step Dismantling the Hurricane

Radiator is Out

144 The radiator is out, giving better access to the engine. Am planning to replace the current radiator with a 4 or 5 core heavy duty radiator.

Ganesh - Pushpa Auto Garage

143 Thats Ganesh, grinning from ear to ear.

Engine Rebuild

142 After months of using it, the vehicle started over-heating. The fault was traced to the head gasket. Since I was opening up the head, decided to open the complete engine and do a rebuild of the same. So here it goes!!! The start of the engine rebuild.