Recent content by Roger Friedrich

My M37 was used by a city were the cut some wires by the glove box. I'm trying to put the wiring back together but all the wiring diagram I see show the turn signal relay which I don't have Any help with this would greatly appreciated Roger

Very interesting post. It sounds like a problem I had with my M37 I got so frustrated with the motor I pulled it. I then bought a running motor which solved my problem. I do plan to build an engine stand that will allow the motor to be started out of the truck Looking forward to reading more if...

I have purchased a MV-161A for my M37 but still have questions about installing it 1 The instructions say to hook the wires to the red Positive and black negative of the coils it does say I can lengthen the wire but still confused So do I have 2 wires on the positive of the coil? 2 How do I...

I've been trying to get my m37 running but not having any luck. My question is if the plate that the points and condenser attaches to is loose will this be a problem. I've taken off the 2 tabs and bent them down to make it tighten up but no luck the points plates still moved. When the plate...

I've seen post about the military junk yard in Rolla Mo and so have somewhat of an update. I've been by the junk yard several times and was looking on Craiglist for military trucks and saw the listing for the location. If you go to Craiglist and put in Lake of Ozark, MO then put in military...

TO ALL Is there a post in the M37 forum about cleaning the rust out of the gas tank? I had it red coted several years ago and need to recoat it again due to water getting into the gas tank Thanks for any help

I understand the use of the feeler gauge and hot and cold adjustment. My question is do you rotate the engine to each cylinder power stoke to check the valve clearance when both valves are closed. I had a reply that said to check when the right intake just start to open do exhaust and...

I'm one of those guys who know a little about engines but can't remember what the process of checking valve clearance. I'm near the end of the process of rebuilding the engine and wanted to check the valve clearances. I thing I remember that you need to turn the engine over on each cylinder to...

Jedawson1 I looked at your picture but could see if you had the rubber spacer that goes between the bed and frame that would take up some of the space to make the bolt work

mdainsd I have the wires near the glove box but the turn signal if was there had been removed. when I started working on the wiring nest to get the tail lights to work I put ring terminals on the wires so I could join them together so the tail light would work Currently I've stripped down the...

I have a 1963 M37 that has the wiring for the turn signal behind the glove box. The city that owned it before me cut up the wiring in that area and I'm trying to repair it. The truck doesn't have a turn signal set up at this time but plan to add later. My question doe anyone have a picture of...

I've been working on removing years of paint off my gauges and was wondering has anyone polished the lens on the gauges. I have noticed the lens are plastic which I discovered when I put paint remover on the metal edges. I know you can use rubbing compound but not sure what grit

I was wondering if anyone has a chemical that will safely clean the cosmoline off the under side of the vehicle? I have been scraping but it's taking awhile and getting a lot of junk in my face :-[ I know sandblasting will work but I'm not taking the cab off the frame just trying to get the...

I still think there is a compression problem or the valves are out of adjustment. The fuel could be at the base of the carb when he pumps the throttle. My engine needed to be started on ether also and when I torn it down to over haul it I found gas setting in the intake manifold I talked to...

I would like to just put this out there about something I encountered while overhauling my M37. While I was checking things on my engine when I found a carbon build up in the pvc plumbing especially in the area of the manifold were the plumbing screws in. Could the lack of no air flow from the...