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Justen,

I would start with the basics, the simple easy stuff, and do ONE thing at a time. Otherwise you may get buried in unnecessary complexity. Start with getting one "known, good" thing done b ...

I wonder if you might check into applying for a title as a "new" "homebuilt" vehicle, such as hot-rod builders do.

My cousin used to build fire breathing 427 AC Cobra replicas in RI, but they would ...

Wes,

I take your point about assessing relative risk, and I apologize if I diverted this thread.

Just wanted to share a point of information about the Jeeps we all love to play with, regarding a ...

Maybe the coolant in the block froze at one time. Used to happen a lot back when people only used antifreeze seasonally.

Pete

Handling gauges might be one thing. Ingesting or inhaling particles of radioactive elements might be quite another. People used to think nothing of working in the asbestos dust from brakes, as an ex ...

Places like "Hemmings Motor News" have sources for instrument rebuilders. But I have to wonder if finding replacement units might not be cheaper.

Be aware if you pry them open that military instru ...

If I follow you correctly, the water jacket has a previously welded crack which is leaking a tiny amount of coolant?

If so, I'd pour a can of stopleak in the radiator, and go jeeping. What's the ...

You think maybe these are the mirror-image "etchings" left from stamped markings on the head gasket, not the motor itself?

Pete

What I've always heard as the traditional wisdom, is that you should not start using detergent oil in an older motor that never had it - the idea being that it will loosen too much of the old deposits ...

As you know, you must match engine rpm speed to road speed. Going into first at even a walking pace requires a LOT of engine rpm, and the relative speeds change quickly. It is a narrow window.

It ...

My understanding, in the application of auto ignition, is that the cacacitor absorbs some voltage during each opening of the points.

I believe it prevents excess arcing and burning of the point c ...

Wow - here we go! Everyone has heard of the $50 Jeeps, still packed in Cosmoline, or the warehouses full of them discovered in Guam, etc.

I have a lot of fun when people ask me about my '53 M38A ...

Sounds like maybe the starter pinion gear is not sliding freely on the starter shaft. It needs to fly "out" into engagement with the flywheel, from the torque reaction.

Sometimes they free up with ...

I had a 1967 M715 that was orange, over the OD.

It was privately repatriated from Germany, where I assume it had served our Nato forces, then maybe been sold locally as surplus. I wonder if your ...

Hal,

I hope you tighened those screw plugs all the way down to make solid contact, then backed them out just a hair. The ball ends need to be mechanically "locked in" the socket, not just under sp ...


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