Recent content by mcscoggins

VR grounds Thanks John. I'm assuming that proper grounding of the VR case is still important? I'm going to pull mine and dress the grounds because I doubt it's making good contact right now.

Okay, I see you're in Greenville....sorry. I'm in York County.

That's exactly what the manual shows. I understand the late model USMC variety had some significant modifications to the original 1950s contract. Yours is looking pretty good, I'm trying to do a functional restore because I don't have the funds to go whole hog. Are you in SC?

The military service manual TM9-8014 (p. 166-7) shows the M38A1 voltage regulator bolted to a mounting base with 4 braided ground straps, one on each corner, connecting to the base. My 1964 USMC M38A1 has the regulator bolted directly to a flat painted metal panel (no intermediate base as shown...

I have a 1964 Kaiser-Jeep M38A1, USMC model. I broke one of the valve cover studs and am having difficulty finding a replacement or matching my stud to the specs in the 1956-era ORD 9 SNL G-758. The manual gives this spec: STUD, hex, spec, S, 5/16-24NF-3 (1/2) 5/16-24NF-3 (13/32) x 2. However...