Now for the obvious problems....
1. The jep leans bad to the front left. I need to re-arch the leaf springs for sure.
2 - Both the seats (and I'm assuming the seat brackets) are from a tractor. Need to replace everything to get the proper seating position back. Right now you sit too high.
3 - The steering wheel is absolutely the wrong wheel and I don't know yet if the column is different. When sitting in the current seat, your knees are just about hitting the steering wheel. I know that the original steering wheel is a larger diameter so there is no way it fit right now. Don't know if that is based solely on the seat being in the wrong position or if the steering column was changed so the angles and such are different.
4 - I know that the gas tank was replaced since it is a plastic tank but the fuel lines/filters were replaced as well. There is now an electronic fuel pump/in-line filter (shown in two photos above). Seems to work well, it just seems stupid to have that inline filter sitting out in the open. Would like to rework/rerun everything to keep it hidden more like the original lines.
5 - I have the handbrake lever still in the dash but it doesn't work. I have no idea on how to go about fixing this (I assume I need some hardware and the cables) but I'm thinking it is meant to be connected to the arm in the following picture?
6 - I pulled the fenders off to open up the engine bay and turns out the front grill isn't connected to anything but the fenders. I believe there are mounting holes in the lower corners of the grill that are meant to secure it to something but I have no idea what. Any ideas?
7 - I have driven this jep a couple of times but the last time (moving it from my garage, down our sloped driveway to a spot outside) I had a bunch of antifreeze spill out that I never noticed before. The drips were coming from the hose in the following picture. I'm sure this is a dumb question, but is that supposed to be connected to something?
8 - There is a random white wire coming off something on the left side of the motor. I don't remember seeing that connected to any of the fender bolts I removed when pulling the fenders and the jeep still started and drove. Need to figure out what that is and what to do with the wire...
9 - The whole throttle body and the way it works seems to be completely homemade. While it gets the job done, it seems super weak and will break any moment. Would like to get that replaced back to original.
10 - On the right side of the motor, there is a piece that has two metal lines coming off that are attached to nothing. I have no idea what it is or why it is completely disconnected.
11 - The drips! I'm dripping two different types of fluid as far as I can tell. One is a dark color like dirty oil and the other is a lighter color. Maybe transmission fluid? Don't know what types of fluid these M38's use but that is all I can think of.
12 - Need to replace the brake master cylinder. The brake pedal doesn't come back fully after released from braking.
13 - The steering pump/box seems to have been ripped out and repaired quite poorly. Don't know what caused this exactly but I'm hoping to be able to cut away the 'repair work' and have it patched up correctly.
14 - Need to get the rest of the gauges and install them correctly.
And I believe that is the majority of the major problems. I know I have missed a ton of stuff so anything you guys may have noticed or think there is something I didn't check, i would love to hear about it. I just hope this doesn't turn out to be a poor purchase on my end!