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Topic: Painting advice needed - Step by step |
jam51m38cdn
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:33 pm Subject: Painting advice needed - Step by step |
Oops 1 more if anybody ever tells you to thin your paint with mineral spirits laugh at them. It might be dry in 6 months. |
Topic: Painting advice needed - Step by step |
jam51m38cdn
Replies: 7
Views: 6347
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:24 pm Subject: Painting advice needed - Step by step |
Wes brings up a very good point about the manufacture`s specs. In the last 20 years things have changed drastically with auto finishes due to ozone requirements from the government. Paint materials ha ... |
Topic: Need help with starter problem - update |
jam51m38cdn
Replies: 23
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 6:36 am Subject: Need help with starter problem - update |
Ok lets walk through this. Picture number 1 "this is the worst section of the flywheel", its not all the same damage on the edge of the teeth. I would set up an indicator to see if the flywheel is cen ... |
Topic: quality clutch advice |
jam51m38cdn
Replies: 1
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 7:15 am Subject: quality clutch advice |
Years ago after i first got my M38 I used it for plowing snow, and I thought that I was smoking my clutch by doing so. I put a new one in only for it to do it all over again. After closer examination ... |
Topic: M38 Windshield Hybrid ? Modified? |
jam51m38cdn
Replies: 6
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 6:28 pm Subject: M38 Windshield Hybrid ? Modified? |
I had glass cut for mine years ago from a local glass shop from flat glass. The biggest thing is this, notice that the top radius and the bottom radius is different and if you put it in upside down yo ... |
Topic: Engine parts |
jam51m38cdn
Replies: 5
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Forum: Wanted Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 11:43 am Subject: Engine parts |
Google NOS willys jeep parts. There are a lot of suppliers out there that still have New Old Stock parts available, depending on what you need. By requesting NOS parts you can side step a bunch of gar ... |
Topic: Got the new valve in. |
jam51m38cdn
Replies: 5
Views: 4935
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 8:58 am Subject: Got the new valve in. |
yes retorque the head. Its easy to get mixed up when you're that close and get excited. I know that guy. Happy Holidays Jim |
Topic: Got the new valve in. |
jam51m38cdn
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 5:48 am Subject: Got the new valve in. |
Sounds like to me the tappets might be to tight. I would go through that whole procedure again. Timing marks, where the orientation of the rotor is, making sure its pointing to number 1 on the cap and ... |
Topic: the story about my M170 Ambulance |
jam51m38cdn
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Forum: Jeep Project Threads Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:09 am Subject: the story about my M170 Ambulance |
Thank You Frank. Awesome Job! Very Skilled Tradesman. You are the Little Red Engine that could and did. The can of worms in a restoration always gets bigger before it gets smaller. As Neil Young sang ... |
Topic: What have I done, what have I done, |
jam51m38cdn
Replies: 10
Views: 8658
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:21 am Subject: What have I done, what have I done, |
Hum, I cannot reach the pistons from the spark plug holes on any of my engines. Sounds like number 1 exhaust vale is not closing to get the compression. I would loosen that tappet and readjust the tap ... |
Topic: Left hand threads on Both rear axle hubs - DANA 44 |
jam51m38cdn
Replies: 9
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 7:15 pm Subject: Left hand threads on Both rear axle hubs - DANA 44 |
Another thing i usually do is after i get the old stud out is i start the new stud splines in the same place as the old one and then turn the lug nut around and tighten it up to pull the stud in strai ... |
Topic: Left hand threads on Both rear axle hubs - DANA 44 |
jam51m38cdn
Replies: 9
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 6:58 am Subject: Left hand threads on Both rear axle hubs - DANA 44 |
I have never had to oversize hub holes on anything i put new studs in. Do you have the 2 piece axles with the taper or the newer 1 piece axles. The taper axles can be a lot of fun getting the hubs off ... |
Topic: Stamped code 3w on cylinder block top surface |
jam51m38cdn
Replies: 6
Views: 5193
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 8:36 am Subject: Stamped code 3w on cylinder block top surface |
Very good question, it always fun trying to figure out someones code. My machine shop told me years ago that sometimes they have to mill the top of the block to get it trued up flat. They said they al ... |
Topic: M38 Front Driveshaft |
jam51m38cdn
Replies: 2
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:46 pm Subject: M38 Front Driveshaft |
Ryans book goes to great detail of every aspect of the M38,everything you want know goes from Page 103 to 108 with identifying pictures of all the driveshafts. Its a must have for the m38 owner |
Topic: To sand primer or not? |
jam51m38cdn
Replies: 1
Views: 4195
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 5:13 pm Subject: To sand primer or not? |
What you wrote is exactly correct, wet sanding with 320 grit wet or dry smoothes the body and provides adhesion. I use a cellulose sponge, wet with a rubber sanding block and 320. This is what a body ... |
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