Recent content by NAM VET

If you decide to pull the pan from below, here is a picture showing what you will see. You can only really get to one of the mains, and several of the rods, as you don't want to pull off a rear or front main cap just to check them. The oil pickup and crossover hinder some access. We are here...

And there are lots of us with these trucks who are here to help you. NV

When you drain your oil, try to drain it into a clean container, then push a magnet around in the bottom. As above, carefully check your pre-drain oil level. And save a sample for an oil analysis, will tell you how much gas is in oil, and other contaminates. Look up Blackstone for their oil...

Vintage M37 in Fairfield IA has kits to put a 318 V8 MoPar into these trucks. NV

the easiest by far is to rebuild or replace your stock motor. I recently did a complete rebuild of my own M37's motor with of course the help of an experienced machine shop. Runs great. Do you have a motor that can be resurrected? NAM VET

here on a truck at a museum.

After over a year, and hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars, I am just about "done" (having a vintage vehicle means one is never really done), my own and first military vehicle is just about completed. Painted it the other day, have only to paint the stars and numbers on it, mount the...

Kd, when I bought my truck last year, from someone I have known for 25 years, he having driven and kept up maintenance and such on the truck in the 25 years he owned it, he had kept every last bolt and wire and worn out part he replaced. Had it shipped back from NE to SC. Even kept the old...

and per your suggestion, while I have a spare set of military wires and 2043 plugs, I need to get a spare distributor cap asap. NV

your a lucky guy, I have just spent hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars since I got my M37 last summer. My first military truck. At least, my own and not one owned by the army. Mine came with boxes and boxes of spares. And indeed, anticipating when spares are hard if not nearly...

Important to use a suitable heat range in these vintage vehicles. Not always easy to find that out, though. For my M37, my "research" suggested the 2243 plugs were appropriate, so I bought some spares. As for other "spares" for my truck that seem to be getting hard to get, I have tended to...

yes, more costly now. But with what you have, you should be set for the foreseeable future. NAM VET

I don't know about alternative starters. But maybe a starter shop can somehow convert your present starter to 12 volts. There are any numbers of trucks converted from 24 to 12 volts, so inquiring with one of the major vendors or Charles T at M37 rebuild can offer a way out of your predicament...

I put on a backing plate to cover my fuel pump's site, and installed a Facet 24 V marine pump way back on the inside of my frame. I have pictures of it, if you are interested. Have 3 PSI at my carb, truck runs fine. Have it running thru a dash aircraft toggle. Got it from Pegasus Auto...

My truck has the waterproof military set, about $300 for a new OEM set. I had a miss, so pulled my plug wires one at a time on my running motor, and found one had no spark. So for the time being, ordered a used #5 wire from Vintage Power Wagons, and tested them all with with my multimeter for...