Table of Contents

1. Jeepster 1. Electrical 2. Body 3. Engine 4. Brakes 5. Instrument Panel
   1. Non-Standard
      1. Wrong carburator
      2. Wheels are different size
      3. 12 Volt
      4. Wrong steering wheel
      5. Missing Oil filter
   2. Outstanding Mechanical Issues
      1. Overdrive isn’t working
      2. Hood attachment
   3. Informational
      1. Good parts sites
      2. Informational Links
      3. Lubrication

Jeepster

This is a 1948 Jeepster, serial number: 463-77220, in Davis, CA.

There are more images in the Overview Section.

Repairs / Replacements

We don’t have any real skills in refurbishing cars, so we pretty much tried to follow the hypocratic oath of “First, do no harm”. Most of the repairs we did work on were to get the car able to run around our little town.

Here is a list of the items we worked on.

Electrical

1. New Wiring

2. Tail lights

Body

1. New Ragtop

2. Interior Placeholders

3. Re-attached Driver’s seat

4. Cleaned gas tank / New sender

5. New engine Thermal thing

Engine

1. Exhaust

2. Radiator Hot Bath

Brakes

1. New Cylinder

2. Cleaned lines

3. New flexible components

Instrument Panel

1. Added voltage converter

2. Refurbed gauges

3. Refurbed speedometer / odometer

Non-Standard

There are number of things that aren’t from the original car:

Wrong carburator

Wheels are different size

12 Volt

Wrong steering wheel

Missing Oil filter

Outstanding Mechanical Issues

Overdrive isn’t working

Hood attachment

Informational

The 1948 Jeepster, known internally as the VJ-2) and as the VJ-673 in the mechanic’s manual. Our jeepster has the original 4 cylinder “Go-Devil” L-134 engine. Ours has no oil filter, which was optional.

When we took ownership, it didn’t have a title, but we had enough proof of ownership that we received a provisional title, which is now valid.

Good parts sites

Keaier Willy’s Jeepster Specs Willy’s America

Informational Links

Heemings re. Jeepsters Wikipedia

Lubrication

Unit	Type Lube	Winter	Summer
Chasis	Chasis Oil	0	1
Transmission	Trans. Gear Oil	80	90	1.5 pts
Trans. Overdrive	Trans. Gear Oil	80	90	1.5 pts
Transfer Case	Trans. Gear Oil	80	90
Differential Rear	Hypoid Gear Oil	90	90	2 pts
Differential Front	Hypoid Gear Oil	90	90
Steering Gear	Steering Gear Oil	140	140	6 oz
Wheel Bearings	Wheel Bearing Greas	2	2
Fan & Water Pump	Sealed Bearing - None
Air Cleaner–Oil Bath	Engine Oil			None
Ignition Distributor	Engine Oil
Generator	Engine Oil
Starter	Engine Oil
Clutch	Steering Gear Oil
Engine				4qts