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i was checking the transmission fluid level on my m38a1 and discovered the oil has metal particles inside. They look to be brass/bronze. I’ve never changed the oil in it, only had it for a few months. Previous owner had transmission rebuilt. Did someone use the wrong gear oil, nor yellow metal...

I recently decided to switch my M38A1’s distributor to pointless ignition with a pertronix kit. I got the kit in and it ran better than ever. I took it for a quick drive and made it 200 yards before it cut out. It wouldn’t restart at all. After a lot of troubleshooting I found the distributor...

Hello, we have a M939 with the original battery setup. Recently, we found one of the batteries was not getting fully charged. Cell levels were fine in it. I put it on a charger, it wouldn’t charge to 100%. We drove it around and I checked the voltage and the battery was low. Just that one...

My M38A1 has always been a little hard to start but recently got a lot worse. Over the weekend, the float got stuck open somehow and flooded the carb. I took it apart and checked the adjustment, everything else was fine. It's running and driving fine now besides a bit of rough idle at times. I...

Hello, I have an M38A1 with original paint. I want to do touch-ups in some rough areas, but it seems it's 2 different colors. It looks to be both the Vietnam and earlier OD color. It's sort of in it's own camo pattern. Any recommendations?

I was going through some TM’s noticed the top speed of an M38A1 is 60mph. I can only get up to 35mph cruising in mine. It seems slow compared to what I’ve read online. 1st gear shifts usually at 10mph and 2nd at 20mph. 3rd comfortably cruises around 35mph before pushing it. What would cause...

Hello, Recently bought a 1953 M38A1. Not my first jeep as I also have a ‘63 CJ5. It didn’t really occur to me when I bought the M38A1 but it sounds like a diesel engine. It much noisier than my cj5. I checked the valves and they were adjusted properly. Compression numbers were ok, all between...