Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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The rear axle housing was welded by the Shanghai Labor Bureau Technical School; the transmission housing was manufactured by Shanghai Gongxing Machinery Shipyard (now Shanghai Yichu Company Engine Factory).

The gears were manufactured by Shanghai Zhengxingtai Automotive Parts Manufacturing Plant (the predecessor of today's Shanghai Automotive Gear General Plant).

These large items all have nameplates indicating the origin of each part.

"I thought these were all manufactured by the car factory itself," Lü Xiaomi said in surprise.

Do you think all manufacturers are like us, needing to produce all their own parts?

He Yuzhu then said, "Call these manufacturers and see if their production plans can sell us the parts. As long as we buy them all, we can assemble them ourselves."

Assembly is actually a complex subject; the same parts can result in cars that are not in the same condition when assembled in different assembly plants.

The same car, some cars can run tens of thousands of kilometers without any problems, but some cars have been having minor problems ever since they left the factory. Today it's this thing that breaks down, tomorrow it's that thing that breaks down, all because of assembly problems.

However, assembling jeeps was not too difficult for He Yuzhu, because just now during the Spring Festival, a system message appeared in front of him.

You have learned a new skill – Jeep Assembly, level 1.

Although this new skill is limited to Jeeps, having it temporarily allows one to improve the Jeep production line and establish operating standards and processes.

Train assembly workers and set up an automobile assembly plant.

If you want to acquire car assembly skills, you can simply disassemble a car.

Lü Xiaomi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll contact them when I get back."

Besides these assemblies, there are quite a few parts on a car, ranging from a small screw to a large steel plate. It's impossible for every part to have a nameplate indicating which company manufactured it.

There are specific requirements for the specifications and strength of every part in a car.

Even a single screw should not be taken lightly.

Only by meeting the standards can a car run smoothly.

He Yuzhu first disassembled the entire Jeep, then performed maintenance and reassembled it into a Jeep.

Then I drove to the research institute and went into Director Zhu's office.

"Why are you here? Is there something you need?"

He Yuzhu said, "Old Zhu, I took that Jeep apart today."

"What do you mean, 'took apart'? You didn't break it, did you? If you did, it won't do you any good if you come to me."

"No, let me finish. The Jeep is perfectly fine. Look up and you'll see it's parked right in the yard."

Director Zhu was a little worried, so he actually went to the window to take a look.

I was relieved to see the jeep parked in the yard.

He turned around, sat down on the sofa, and asked, "So, what brings you here today?"

He Yuzhu made two cups of tea for them, then asked, "What do you think of our machinery factory's Jeep production?"

"Pfft!" Director Zhu spat out the tea in his mouth and coughed twice.

After a pause, he said, "Are you kidding me? Why would you want to produce Jeeps?"

He Yuzhu said, "Look, you've wasted such good tea leaves. If you don't want to drink it, I'll take it away for you."

Director Zhu rolled his eyes: "Didn't I give you a few pounds of tea leaves last time? You're still eyeing my tea leaves?"

Then he said, "Asking for tea won't affect our serious business, so why are you thinking that way?"

He Yuzhu said, "I checked the data and found that the Shanghai Automobile Equipment Factory only produced 498 Jeeps last year."

Director Zhu nodded: "That seems to be about all, I remember it was 500 vehicles."

He Yuzhu said, "Look, there's only one company in the whole country that can produce cars, so I thought, why can't we produce cars?"

Director Zhu said, "But there is no such great demand in society; they have all been allocated to leaders."

He Yuzhu said, "Director Zhou, you're confused. This is a Jeep that can go off-road. Doesn't the military need one? Don't governments in remote areas need one?"

"this..."

He Yuzhu said, "Even if we produce 5000 vehicles a year, I think we can sell them all. Besides, if we can't sell them domestically, we can sell them to our friends internationally."

The country had just been established in 49.

The so-called free country has rallied all its allies to create an embargo agreement.

Restricting these countries and newly established entities from doing business.

However, there are still many underdeveloped countries in the world.

Their country lacks an industrial base, so producing Jeeps and selling them would be a viable option.

Jeep production is no longer the small-scale operation it used to be.

All of these components require collaboration with other factories.

It is no longer possible to produce all the parts independently.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to discuss this with Director Zhu today.

He Yuzhu needs the assistance of the entire system, so he no longer needs to produce many parts himself.

They produce only a portion themselves and then assemble it.

Director Zhu was quickly persuaded by He Yuzhu and agreed to assist with the preliminary data preparation.

Even if all the parts are sourced from other factories and then assembled, it would still be a major political achievement.

"You've decided to completely copy the Shanghai Type 58 Jeep?"

He Yuzhu said, "Of course, we'll use this part first and try to assemble it. I'll make some optimizations to the parts later."

"That's one way of thinking. You can't get fat in one bite. You have to take it one step at a time."

"Then I'll leave it to you. First, get all the parts sorted out. Ideally, you should get the other party's specifications so our machine shop can start trial production according to those specifications."

He Yuzhu had discovered a major problem with the Jeep when he disassembled it.

Historically, fewer than 700 of these Type 58 jeeps were ever produced before production ceased due to numerous unresolved problems.

It should be noted that 498 vehicles were produced last year, meaning that only about 200 vehicles were produced this year before production of this car ceased.

He Yuzhu plans to start with this jeep and conduct research based on it.

They upgraded and modified all the components in an attempt to create a Jeep that could run normally.

It's worth noting that the Beijing 212 project wouldn't officially start production until 66.

From 58 to 66, there was no production of Jeeps in China.

He Yuzhu wanted to seize the opportunity; if he could successfully develop the technology, his machinery factory would become the only base in China to produce jeeps.

After leaving the research institute, He Yuzhu went back and disassembled the Jeep again to study the parts and find out what was wrong with them.

Soon, Lü Xiaomi returned and said, "I've already called Director He once. Some agreed directly that they could provide us with parts, while others said they need to wait for a meeting with higher-ups to discuss it."

He Yuzhu said, "I just went to the research institute and spoke with Director Zhu. He will help coordinate the procurement of parts. You can contact Director Zhu's secretary."

"Ok!"

In He Yuzhu's view, the entire Jeep had problems, the most serious being that the engine was not powerful enough.

Moreover, substandard engine materials can easily lead to oil and air leaks.

The car body vibrates a bit when you drive it.

The transmission is also faulty; shifting is very abrupt, there's no synchronizer, and the car lacks a power steering system, indicating inherent design flaws.

He Yuzhu was in a bit of a predicament, as almost every part of the jeep had numerous problems.

No wonder Jeep production has been gradually halted since the beginning of this year.

Despite knowing this, He Yuzhu still planned to purchase a batch of parts and assemble them, as he needed to acquire the ability to assemble them.

Only then would the higher-ups agree to let He Yuzhu continue this matter.

He Yuzhu's first consideration was to replace the engine. No one else would have been able to do that. He Yuzhu also had a GAZ-100 sedan that he had previously stored in Moscow stored in his space.

Its official name should be vodka, but it is generally called gas in China.

He Yuzhu drove a tricycle out for a drive and came back.

Three more engines appeared inside the carriage.

These are the engines used in the GAZ-100, the six-cylinder engine used in trucks, and the engine used in a tractor.

In fact, He Yuzhu has many engines in his space, such as the old engines from the scrapped cars and tanks he bought before.

Although most of them were broken, they managed to piece together a few working engines using those spare parts.

He Yuzhu had already tried it before, and it was still usable.

However, this time we don't need to bring out everything.

Having obtained samples of these three engines, we decided to replicate them and produce the engines ourselves first.

With the engine, the heart of a car, it is possible to develop tractors, cars, and even trucks, tanks, and large mechanical equipment based on the engine.

"Where did you get these three engines?" Lü Xiaomi asked.

He Yuzhu said, "Is it any of your business? These are all precious treasures."