Recent content by Stumpull

Thanks for the encouragement. It has been awhile since I did engine work and never pulled an M37 motor. I have a torque wrench and plastiguage so I plan to tackle it. Working on this outside so I will be using a log tripod, Two questions; 1.) How crazy a job is getting the motor out? Obviously...

Looking for diagnostic help with my 1954 M37. 10K miles original Flathead 6 engine (sorry no pics). Had been using my truck about once a month for short trips over the last 12 years. Last month it would not start but then kicked in with rough idle and lots of blue smoke. Smoothed out and smoke...

Thank for the tip. have now replaced the points, cap condenser and plugs. Still no spark at the plugs. I am leaning towards the coils as being bad. I get 6.1K resistance across the primary and 10.2K across the secondary. Is this a bad reading? Thanks

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Thanks for that idea. It would explain the weird, intermittent sucking sounds from the carb. I would think that the starting fluid would do something though, if it was fuel problem. I will check the heat shield and replace the easy spark parts.

Hi All, Have 9k mi 1954 M37 in civilian fire trim. Driven it short distances (2-4 mi) in the past year. Took it on a 5 Mi ride to get gas last week. On the way home the engine quit at 3k rpms after going up a decent hill on the way down. Would not restart. 78 degree day but the engine did not...