Recent content by Evansville Collector

Interesting! I guess its not a real M38 then. I am almost certain it is the L134 as the top of the engine is flat with the spark plugs right on top. The carb appears to be some kind of water tight setup. There is also an odd tube with a valve between the intake and the carb that goes to the oil...

I am a complete Jeep newb and need help. My mix of civi and military 1956 M38 with the L134 is now running. The points had some pitting so I sanded them down and reinstalled which brought the spark back. The person who helped me thought that there should be a resistor inline so that once the...

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Thanks everyone! I bet the comment on the surprise is what got me. I will try and contact him before next year and if he is local make a relationship. I dont see how using two chains could possibly damage the sled. There were some pretty sketchy hobbled together giant tractors pulling it that night.

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The story: We were on time for the pull and waited 1.5 hours for our turn. We went to warm up the trucks as the semi class was called. An official told us that we could NOT pull due to insurance reasons. That was a reversal of all previous discussions. Brian and I went and talked to the track...

I have no way of knowing lol! - It does have a small metal slotted plate with a tiny pin covering the barrel tip.

No joke? It has some pretty bad rust on one of the tubes, the little tool box lid has the hinges rusted off, and it currently does not rotate. Something is binding it up. I am sure time, grease, and going through the gear boxes will make it work again.

I had not noticed that before! lol, I still want that chain as short a possible.

Great videos! It sounds like he is using low and 2-3 selection on gears.

I am looking to purchase this more as yard art, and was wondering if it is to be valued like scrap metal or something rare and valuable?

Thanks for the kind words. As my post said I have spent hours on this topic, and probably several days joy reading. The manual does not say do XX when pull XX dead weight. It just gives very broad suggestions. But reading is always very different that doing and the hands on experience.

That makes sense but I am not sure of any other way to connect it. Also am unsure on how to add much weight to it.

I am going to pull in the local fair to help generate publicity for our yearly veterans day parade. Since I have never pulled anything with the truck I am looking for advice from those who have, or who used them in the service. I have been reading the TM Operators manual for the past few hours...

Before I drove home, I did check under it and greased everything. The two or more tubes under it are very clean and barely had any residue or crud on/in them from what I could see on the floor with a flashlight.