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Thank you sir! I need all the luck I can get with my project. I knocked out a few minor things today after work. My replacement headlight and new military light-switch arrived today. When I made it home from work I mounted up the fuel/jerry can mount/holder (it has taken me a few tries to get...

very cool story!!! Kudos on the new (old?) rig!!! She looks to be in GREAT shape

The new ignition wire arrived today. I installed when I made it home from work and now I have power to my gauges. The fuel gauge works great. The others I will have to troubleshoot using this method: http://willysmjeeps.com/downloads/instruments.pdf The generator gauge only has one connector on...

I used DeBella Jeeps for my replacement harness. New harnesses run around $800-ish from all the manufacturers (or at least from all the manufacturers I could find)

Also good news on the electrical side. It turns I wasn't pressing my brake pedal hard enough to activate the brake-light switch while testing last night. I was using my hand to test the lights last night as opposed to my foot. Once the switch had enough pressure (when I used my foot) the...

my carb rebuild kit arrived today. I have never rebuilt a carb before (just taken apart & cleaned) so I am a bit apprehensive. I may take it to the local mechanic and see if he will let me watch over his shoulder as he does the rebuild so I can watch/learn. I am off tomorrow and the high temp...

Today I installed my new tail-lights (the old ones were pretty far gone). Unfortunately they came wired with Packard connectors (the new military standard) as opposed to the Douglas connectors (the old standard). I didn't want to cut any wires (I am going to try and build some Packard-to-Douglas...

X2 on not using a straight inverter to power a winch. but expanding on this idea. could someone use a 24v-12v inverter to run a 12v battery charger? (like a tender style trickle charger) for a single 12v battery used for winching only? I would imagine if you had a deep cycle battery and were...

More news on the Jeep progress. I made it home from work around 530pm. I changed my clothes and was off to work on the Jeep. I finished cutting out the old wiring harness, removed my tail-lights (I have two new ones coming via snail-mail), and fully installed the new wiring harness. The whole...

I will definitely heed your advice, sir. I have a pretty awesome S/O. She is the whole package...intelligent (Texas Tech PHD faculty), beautiful, and she likes Jeeps. She was born & raised in Colombia and down there Willys jeeps are a huge cultural thing. Now that she is here in the states she...

thanks y'all. things are moving along quite nicely. Today the G/F was in town so I enlisted her assistance with bleeding the jeep brakes. I had only one leak. There is a brass washer on either side of the front/rear distribution block at the end of the m/c. One of the washers had stuck to the...

I would never! hahahaha Yesterday & today have been big days for progress. YESTERDAY: -I dropped off my wheels/tires/tubes at the tire shop. They were SUPER busy so I told them I would pick them up today. -I finished up installing the new brake pads, springs, wheel cylinder, & "end of the...

My wheels & tubes arrived today. Tomorrow I am off work so I am going to load my new tires, wheels, & tubes in the bed of my M35A2 6x6 and run them down to the tire shop for mounting. I will definitely be sure to snap pics

Thank you sir! I bought the wheel off eBay from CMVJeeps.

I come bearing great news. My obstinate steering wheel is no more! It is amazing how easy certain tasks can be when you have the right tools. My kaiser-willys steering wheel puller arrived this morning. When I made it home from work I assembled it and installed it on the jeep. Within 3min I...

"death by a thousand cuts" is a GREAT way to put it hahaha. 12v harnesses are fairly cheap but the usual jeep wiring harness people don't do 24v. 24v harnesses are only sold through military jeep suppliers (special/waterproof connectors). You are correct. From here on out it is waiting for...

exciting news! I ordered the last item in my "must have for the jeep to run" list. Those items were the wheels, tubes, and tire flaps. I decided to pull some money from my savings and order the tires now vs waiting. My goal was to spend 2K on the "must haves" and at the moment I am at $3045...

kudos on the new rig!!! Welcome to the fun. Do you mind posting some pics of your new rig? I LOVE deuce glamour shots

I appreciate it but unfortunately I have already placed my order from KW. It would be AWESOME if jeep suppliers had some kind of tool loaner program for these specialty jeep tools (similar to autozone & oreillieys does for certain tools). I'll probably only use my wheel puller a handful of times...

I am planning to pull the valve covers and attempt a head-bolt re-torque. I am in the forum searching, gasket buying, & research phase at the moment.