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I agree that the fuel cap position should be checked. I can't tell you how many people I have helped who thought they were vapor locked (well in a sense they were) while off roading in the Colorado Rockies. However, this is not usually a no start problem after sitting a while as the air will...

I would like to see film of that as well. However paragraphs 283 through 286 would be more to my liking if I was the end location.

My mentioning the spring axle bolt bracket was the same for all M37 variants made me remember the frame and springs are different on the longer wheel base variants. Not only is the M43 frame slightly thicker material, the height of the frame channel is slightly larger as is the web portion...

I have often wondered that myself. This is the same on all the M37 variants. My thoughts have run from some sort of shipping hold down to an attachment point for something like a boom where you did not want to load the springs, just the wheels. I have never found any TM that referenced a use for...

Just some thoughts from an old man. The compression is high enough for the engine to start. Oiling the rings and valves should help compression. Pulling all the plugs and then checking the compression will give a more accurate reading. If the starter is dragging and the starter crank speed is...

Oldfart is guessing its repairing the spotlight and installing the fuel tank (did you ever get it back with your car????) Zout is awesome to be able to paint in the hot sun. If I did that the paint would look like powder. Gotta know your reducers for that kinda stuff.

I confess that I have done that and no one noticed, but the python hose is another matter. It shows up in the musical slide show. Let me see if I can find the set up photo as well as the python hose.

Thanks. It turns out I had found a pair some 12 years ago that I forgot about. I had purchased them and then stashed them along with some other treasures in the back of the M43. Brand new and still in the box.

Everyone caught the Krawler tires, flip flops and nail color, but I am surprised no one noticed the Yellow Python Air Hose.

Ghostdriver did use antiseize. The intake manifold got the threads cleaned with a tap as well. She spent a while with some large bent picks cleaning the mud wasp or what ever kind of nest it was out of the intake. Amazing what happens to a part stored in the back of an M43 for 12 years. After...

There are 4 bolts (2 - 2 3/4x1/2 NF and 2 - 6x1/2 NF) 4 - 1/2 washers and 4 pads used to bolt the bed on according to ORD 9 SNL G-741.

Ghostdriver used stainless steel bolts to put the intake and exhaust together. Maybe they will not freeze up as badly as the originals.

Photos including the maifold dance in riding boots and Jods ~~ Better protection than the flip flops.

Back when I was young and nimble (before artificial knees); I used to spend all day water skiing around Grand Lake and Lake Granby. Then the old folks would crash and we younger sorts would head to Hot Sulfur Springs to swim and soak in the hot pool and relive the kinks and aches. Then we would...

The military versions of this engine are really almost idiot proof. It's like the distributor only going in one way because of the offset tang on the distributor shaft. The only real design flaw in my mind is the offset connecting rods. This tends to side load the rod bearings and shorten rod...

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Some photos of Ghostdriver's work today. Included pulling the front crank pulley and mounting plate again to install another "new" motor mount. She made a pass at putting together a military manifold instead of the civilian one on the old engine. Tried to drill the broken bolts in the intake...

If the distributor can be stabbed 180 out, something is not military. Assuming the engine is a vintage Chrysler (now called MoPar) 6 cyl flat head, Top Dead Center can be determined by removing the pipe plug over the center of the #6 cylinder. Use a piece of gas welding rod or something similar...

It sounds like an aftermarket distributor so I am guessing either the oil pump has been replaced with a civilian pump or it is a civilian engine used to replace the military Dodge 230.