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I like the idea of flexible hose. Getting the old one off was a pain in the *** and I ended up cutting it off of the lower hose. Since I was replacing the top one I figure to replace the bottom one too. Going back in with a flexible one would be easier. I am not going for a show points...

I was working on the M211 on Sat and was checking out the coolant line that runs from the water pump to the transmission oil cooler. Up near the water pump it was paper thin! So I went to try and get it off and the pipe could not be saved. Anyone ever get this pipe with the big flair fittings...

Things I have got done so far: Drained the transmission oil and water. Drained the Taurus, cleaned the rust off of the flywheel teeth and added a light coating of grease. Drained all the coolant from the engine and radiator. Drained the engine oil. Took the carburetor off to rebuilt it...

Long haul for that truck. Do you have any pictures you could post? Thanks, Alan

Ok I lost the second battle of the transmisson drain plug. The 1/2 inch driver did not work so today I went by Sears and bought the largest hex wrench they had. I took it home and used the grinder on it to make it fit really snug on the square female plug. No luck. Just bent the pipe I was...

The flexible pipe that carries the air from the filter to the carburetor air horn. It cracked in two parts. I took the carburetor off today. I found another good reason to not try and start old stuff before you look into stuff. The air line fitting for the compressor was totally clogged with...

Well I agree the rebuild tag might be from 1971. By that time it would have been almost 20 years old and surplussed out of the Army to the Fire Department. I went to one of the old NAPA stores to see if they could supply the 1 inch copper crush washers for the transmission. That guy only...

Well no time to measure the muffler but I did drain my transmission. Anyone have a local source or a NAPA number for the Copper Crush Washers? I found this rebuild tag that says the transmisson is from 1966 and was rebuilt by Combined Support Maintenance Shops (CSMS). Any guess what the date...

I thought it looked simple as well. I will take some measurements later today. I would choose a heaver gauge metal than the original to make it out of. Alan

The second thing I have done to my M211 is take the crusty but complete muffler off. I think this is a very doable reproduction project. This might be my winter project. Here are some pictures. Alan

I had to work at getting the bolt out of the brake master cylinder top. I had to use a torch to heat it and let it cool a number of times. Then got busy going to find parts. Of course the master cylinder was dry when I got it open. Just for fun I poured some brake fluid in and pumped some...

The Fire Company guys did not really do too many bad things to the truck. There are a few odd pieces of metal welded to the top of the bed sides but no harm done there. There is a 4 inch round hole cut in the floor of the bed about ¾ of the way back. That can be plugged and welded. It came...

Hi guys, I am not new to the MV world but never had anything as big as a Duce & ½. Well this one was on the way to the scrap yard but a friend that is in my club lives near where this truck was. He has asked the owner about it before but he was not willing to sell it. When he saw this...

Well….I have an update. I went by NAPA the other day and picked up a new 24 volt electro-mechanical flasher. Not the same as the one in the control box but I hooked it up and Ta-Da the turn lights flashed. But the turn lever light still did not work. :mad: So this was making me...

A friend of mine bought a sealed NOS Signal Stat turn signal unit during the Huntsville MVPA convention. Now it is my job to install it and get it to work. This unit was in amazing shape due to it being sealed up. I have installed it according to the diagram. The problem to me seems...

You will need the vertical rod if you want to put the canvas doors on. Otherwise you won’t need them. To put them on there is a metal clip that goes around on rod and the other slips in. I can take a picture. I have a field mod version off of an M38 I can take a picture off too...

I went by Doug’s the other day to check on progress and get the hub puller back to work on my M38. He fired it right up and we went for a quick ride. I have to say this will be one nice Jeep to drive. Nice and smooth.

Nice truck. Looks like it had the spare tire on the drivers side at one time. My M37 came from Aburndale Fl years ago. Been working on an M38A1 but the M37 is next. I hope to post pictures as I go along. Alan

My guess is the oil filter top is not tight or one of the rubber oil lines broke. If it is the one going to the fiber timing gear you need to fix that before you run it much more. Alan

Looking at the database on Willy's Military Jeeps it looks like your jeep is late 1954 early 1955. Willlys took engines off of the assembly line to put into gererators and other things that needed gas power. Because of that the serial numbers of the engines always got far ahead of the body...