anonymous1
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Hey all,
New guy here from Central Illinois. Last year in late August I picked up an M37 that had been turned into a brush truck a couple hours away towards Southern Illinois. A friend of mine hooked me up with it and helped me pick it up and bring it home. The story was it had been sitting in the same spot for at least 15 years. I dreaded the worst the whole way to pick it up. But once there I hooked up to it with my truck to move it around and it actually rolled. We loaded it on the trailer and brought it home. We started looking it over here at the house and realized the fire department that had it didn't get rid of a thing off it, it was all still there. There is some rust, but nothing too bad that can't be patched. The most surprising part, I grabbed the pulley off the crank and it still turned over!
Later on we tried to light a fire in it, but had no spark. So after some talking around I found a guy with a Civilian model and I got his 12v distributor and starter from him so I could set the magneto aside. So a couple weeks ago I put new plugs, wires, cap, rotor, and points in it, greased up the carb and had it running two days later. Two days later only due to my work schedule. It runs like a dream, sounds like a sewing machine. So after we got it running we thought what the hey, we'll see if it moves too. So we pulled it out of the barn to ensure I didn't rip a barn door off, started it up again and drove it around. After at least 15 years of sitting it still runs and moves. Who needs technology. It's a great little beast and I can't wait to get it painted green again and get my 11x16 Michelins on it so I can put it in the County Fair Tractor Pull.
I've started getting the fire department stuff off of it. Next up I think I'll be working on the brakes. There isn't a stitch of them, the pedal don't even return. Haha. Then I'm going to have to be looking at some kind of wiring. The whole harness seems to be shot, and I want to convert it to 12v for drivability. I've got a few plans for it, but it will mainly appear stock. I might try to hop up the flat head just a little, for fun. I'll be keeping the rest of the truck close to standards so it looks right.
Well thanks for looking everyone. I'm sure I'll learn a lot around here.
New guy here from Central Illinois. Last year in late August I picked up an M37 that had been turned into a brush truck a couple hours away towards Southern Illinois. A friend of mine hooked me up with it and helped me pick it up and bring it home. The story was it had been sitting in the same spot for at least 15 years. I dreaded the worst the whole way to pick it up. But once there I hooked up to it with my truck to move it around and it actually rolled. We loaded it on the trailer and brought it home. We started looking it over here at the house and realized the fire department that had it didn't get rid of a thing off it, it was all still there. There is some rust, but nothing too bad that can't be patched. The most surprising part, I grabbed the pulley off the crank and it still turned over!
Later on we tried to light a fire in it, but had no spark. So after some talking around I found a guy with a Civilian model and I got his 12v distributor and starter from him so I could set the magneto aside. So a couple weeks ago I put new plugs, wires, cap, rotor, and points in it, greased up the carb and had it running two days later. Two days later only due to my work schedule. It runs like a dream, sounds like a sewing machine. So after we got it running we thought what the hey, we'll see if it moves too. So we pulled it out of the barn to ensure I didn't rip a barn door off, started it up again and drove it around. After at least 15 years of sitting it still runs and moves. Who needs technology. It's a great little beast and I can't wait to get it painted green again and get my 11x16 Michelins on it so I can put it in the County Fair Tractor Pull.
I've started getting the fire department stuff off of it. Next up I think I'll be working on the brakes. There isn't a stitch of them, the pedal don't even return. Haha. Then I'm going to have to be looking at some kind of wiring. The whole harness seems to be shot, and I want to convert it to 12v for drivability. I've got a few plans for it, but it will mainly appear stock. I might try to hop up the flat head just a little, for fun. I'll be keeping the rest of the truck close to standards so it looks right.
Well thanks for looking everyone. I'm sure I'll learn a lot around here.
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