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Hi all. I have a really strange problem that I have not encountered before in nearly 40 years of working on motor vehicles. A month or so ago while driving her she coughed, spluttered and died at a road crossing. Fuel was spewing out of the top of the carburettor and the inlet manifold was awash...
Hi all. My M882 ran beautifully until about a month ago. The temperature is abnormally high in the UK at the moment but not by US climate levels.
She is BAD starting and cutting out at road junctions. I am suspecting vapour lock in the carburettor and considering fitting an electric pump. lI...
Hi all. I know this has been covered before but does anyone know where I can obtain the fasteners that hold the canopy to the bedsides. Mine are all unservicable and the canopy flaps when at speed. Where do you get them ?
I am considering buying an M151 Jeep. It has a hard top fitted. Needs recommissioning and paint. Is the hardtop removable to put it back to standard and what is it worth ? I bow to your superior knowledge.
Hi Bdaman.
The steering is fine and light. The gearing is the same as the original unassisted box so I am looking for a period mopar steering wheel of 14 to 15 inches in diameter to 'quicken' it up a little. No complaints with lock but I am a little concerned with the angle of the steering...
The box and pump came from a W300 airbase fire tender, 1977 vintage. It only had about 6000 miles on it. It had a big block engine in it so I had to make a bracket myself. It picks up two of the front timing case bolts both of which are into the water jacket and one on the cylinder head. It...
Well I plumped for the Ford wheels. They are all 16" in diameter. That is where the good news ends though. There are 4 wheel rims. One is 7" wide, one is 6" wide with a 1/2" offset and there are a pair of 6" rims with zero offset. Pretty stuffed now !!!