Recent content by ncreb

I have been a Civil War reenactor for years. I don't do WWII much. I have my '43 Willys, the 1917a1 and the mostly finished 1919a4, and a couple of different WWII era guns. A local Civil War site has had a WWII living history, display, and skirmish. I am honored to have been invited for the...

Does the M101a1 still run 900x16 tires? or are they different and more commonly available as surplus?

Since surplus 900x16 NDT tires are becoming so hard to find, are there other rims that will have the same bolt pattern and still have readily available surplus NDT tires?

updated pics Here is a picture of the old "steel Soldier" after two weeks of INTENSE shop time. When I pulled this dodge to my class and told the kids that I wanted to drive it in the upcoming "Farmers Day Parade" in home town they laughed. After a few discriminating words of encouragement...

I have been trying to uncover any old markings on my 1951 M37. So far I have only found partial letters on the bumper. Nothing on the hood. I have a '43 Willys and I know that all WWII jeep hood numbers started with 20 followed by 6 digits. Is there any particular markings or series of...

Thanks fellas! I'll have them on tomorrow! I have alredy rebuilt the master cylinder. I am hoping that this fixes my problems....at least until I decide whether or not to do the disc brake upgrade.

I am new to this M37, but have already gathered from reading the posts here that their brakes are nearly always questionable. I have acquired a full set of wheel cylinders, manufactured by Newstar. I have already pulled the old crusty ones off of the truck. What I failed to notice was that...

Thanks for all of the comments and suggestions. Let me share some background information. I am a high school shop teacher. I teach Agricultural mechanics, where we normally work on tractors and other pieces of farm machinery. I also teach welding, carpentry, masonry, electrical, etc. So my...

it was running fine a week ago. it has been stored inside since. no dirt dobbers in here, some of my students may have shoved a hairy creature or bananna up the exhaust though.....I'll go look.

thanks! thread title changed. It will spin, I have spark, I have compression, and there is gas going to the carb. It will not even putt with starter fluid.

Some of you may have seen the thread where I just got a '51 M37. Last Tuesday it ran like a top. I drove it all over the school here. It was running 40lb of oil pressure and idled fine. I pulled it back up to the garage bay and turned it off. The next morning I cranked it and backed it out into...

Got the passenger side off. biggest problem was the hub not wanting to come off. Naw cleaning and 4 new wheel cylinders!

Oxyacteylene worked for me! Just this morning, I was trying to get my hubs off to replace the wheel cylinders. I logged on to see how other folk were dealing with the issue. I applied a liberal amount of Oxyacteylene, enough to make the screw a nice orange/red and then let it have it with a...

Thanks Steve, Yeah I know that Paint is the past step for most people. But let me explain my situation. As I said, I teach High School Agricultural Mechanics students. We have about 20 kids in each class, and I have 3 classes each day. The administration allows me to use these projects to...

I have begun pulling apart that recently aquired m37. My students are eager to make her sharp. Where to I find the correct paint. What is the official color etc. I have NO clue about this, and honestly just don't have the time to search it. So please, if you will, enlighten me about ALL the...