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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.

mine also seep a little. not enough to hit the ground but it gets the block a little wet. I am going to remove valve covers & attempt a re-torque when get a few days off.

you have good taste in tires, sir. Those are the exact ones I have on the way. 7.00x16NDTs from summit racing.

A few things happened today. I had one success and a few fails. Also, some more toys arrived today. The 15in tires were shipped back as were my 15in tubes. Santa AKA UPS brought my new ignition switch (with wires), radiator cap, passenger seat, and on/off switch for my ignition switch. My 16in...

thanks. I knew the GPW combat wheels were not used on the m38a1s...but that wasn't an issue for me. I'll keep an eye out for the early models but so far I have not had the luxury of being selective (because there not any in my area). I will probably end up with a modern reproduction from a...

I hit my first sang last week I took my old wheels/tires to the "local" tire shop to have the old tires removed. This was done because my new tires are arriving tomorrow (monday). When the old tires were removed I realized my wheels are actually 8in+ in width. This is a problem because the new...

well I decided to just bite the bullet and err on the side of caution. I am going to return the 15in tires I bought from summit and the tubes I bought from kaiser willys. Once the returns are processed I am going to purchase 16in tires, tubes, and wheels. I figured that since I am going to...

thanks Al. The winch you had originally looks like an 8274 from the pictures. The 8274 is still being sold by Warn (I feel it is one of the best winches ever made). It is the first choice for a winch on my M38A1 but I am still working out the 12v/24v issue (also they are pretty dang expensive)

this is one of my fav threads on this site. You have one awesome rig, sir!

subbing to this thread. this is one AWESOME project! Keep up the awesome work sir!

I wish I loved closer. I would LOVE to go.

When it comes to wheels how wide is "too wide" for a tire? These wheels came on my Jeep when I purchased it (came with 7.00x15 tires mounted). they are 15in wheels not the "real" 16in models. Today I had the old tires removed and found that the wheels are 8in bead-to-bead (almost double the...

Today I finally stopped letting my pinion yoke push me around. I FINALLY got it removed and changed my pinion seal. The yoke has been fighting me for about 6mo now. I found a puller from HF which would fit through the ujoint bolts. Even then it wouldn't budge with just hand tools. I had to...

**zombie thread alert ** good thread. I'm looking to put a 24v electric winch on my M38A1...mainly due to the price of a pto setup. If the OP is still around, did you use a normal winch plate for a CJ5 or some special version which fits our rigs?