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I have located a humvee, and I might be able to pic it up for a extremely affordable price.
their are mechanical issues that sound like just the engine.
I am not holding my breath on this deal but I would like to understand more about this humvee regardless.
I have some questions.
does it run...
I stopped by again today. its probably like the millionth time I drove by it since last year, I forgot they arnt open on weekends lol.
seems he uses the mog for storage in the back :cookoo:
just for my education how can you tell its a m151 motor (what is the model name of the motor for mutts?)
was this motor common for other MV's?
I am going to take a stab,
side draft carburetor it seems most other models are vertical (like the godevil in my cj2a)
are these motors rare to find...
I did hear of it but I didnt want to try it as I might rely on it at all times.
will do another practice. I think I can turn up the power some more, I had really no warpage on that piece.
here is an attempt at body work. just practicing.
so here is attempt #2.
attempt #1 resulted in a epic fail. but I learned and todays attempt went much smoother.
woke up early stopped off at mr.metal. no small 18guage offcuts to give me so they handed me a large piece for free (enough to start...
if you dont plan on using those rims tires let me know.
I wont have enough money to buy rims and tires for my beast thought I should ask incase your planning on going original :)
o and your off to more of a start then me :driver:
mine is still the same way as I left it in my thread :sad:
question for the gang.
I would like to start body work on my jeep since I have been slacking.
any words of wisdom? I have a mig welder and sheilding gas what other tools do I need?
and what is the procedure to get a patch panel in once I cut out the bad areas?
will I expect to bondo? or will...
my uncles is sharing the same interest for this jeep so I will most likely get it going again.
I have a mig welder and getting a stick soon.
unfortunately I dont plan on doing a 100% resto but rather to get all the rust out and get it back onto the road.
biggest issue right now is still the...
does it make that much of a difference if I dont have any data tags. does that get rid of most of the leftys value?
the guy I got this off of doesnt have any of that stuff.
tackling the rad and grille.
well that was eventful
thinking I would just walk out with my socket set and some wrenches and spin everything loose... boy was I wrong!
everything was nicely coated in rust, spray on some liquid wrench and do something else for a hour and a half.
went back this...
hi 68T
I love this jeeeeeep :D
I think your right hooked hehe.
yes Niagara falls is close to me, I am actually going sometime this week :)
I am going to start a new folder for all my jeep favorites for parts etc :)
here are some pics.
my friend called it the ventriloquist something like it says its bad ass without my mouth moving?... something like that :???:
engine is stuck. narrowed it down to 1 cylinder after soaking them all in transmission oil + WD40. also a guy that restored a MB will be stopping...
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