First MB

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New to me MB. Frame number puts it at a late '45. Engine number falls within the range of the frame so could be original to jeep. Body is shot. Engine turns over, going to see if it'll run. From the little bit of searching I did, the top appears to be for an M38. This is my first WWII jeep. Still need to decide what I'm going to do with it but the more I'm around it the more I like it.

 

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Looks like a great find. Still has the blackout drive lamp bracket. Yes most WWII Jeeps that have lived outside have bad bodies, 80 years in the weather is a long time for thin sheet metal. Hope you can bring it back like you have with the 151s.

 

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So a little back ground on the Jeep. A guy I work with has had the jeep around 8 years. He acquired the jeep when a family friend passed away. This gentleman was into surplus. When I brought the jeep home, it was loaded with (mostly) M151 take off parts. All of the tops, doors and side curtains were toast.

 

[NDT]

How to tell the arctic enclosure made for the MB/GPW vs the one made for the M38:

How to tell if an arctic top is WWII? - G503 Military Vehicle Message Forums

Yours is the MB/GPW type.

 

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After cleaning the jeep out, I pulled the plugs and poured diesel fuel down each cylinder. First plug I touched broke off at the base but this was removed with an easy out. After letting this soak for a bit, I put a pipe wrench on the crank pulley bolt and turned a small amount. Great, it's not seized! A few days later I made a hand crank.

 

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I barley started to turn the pipe wrench and suddenly heard the sound of diesel fuel shooting out the plug holes and hitting the hood. Oops, should have had a rag over the holes! Other than that surprise, the engine rolls over nicely.

 

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Here's the tag on the hard top:

 

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Good news! She runs! I replaced coil, condenser, plugs and plug wires this morning. The carburator had nuts and seeds laying on top of the throttle valve. I pulled the carb, held the throttle and choke open, blew it out with air and hit it with carb cleaner. Put it back on. Rigged up a gas feed and hit the carb with ether while my brother in law ran the starter button. I made a jumper wire for the coil off of the battery as the wiring is shot. The jeep rolled over about 2 times and started! I couldn't believe it! After about 3 minutes of using ether to keep it running, it was able to run off of the carb / gas set up. I shut it off after about 5 min and dropped the oil. Replaced with fresh oil and added some Marvel oil. The oil that was in the jeep was actually pretty decent looking. Also used 2 stroke mix in the gas. Started jeep back up with fresh oil and let it run for about 10 min. Went back out and started again a few hours later. The radiator is holding water which also surprised me. The video isn't the smothest, I was excited!

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