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i am very sorry for posting my for sale ad on the forum ,i should have known that there was a for sale sight i will attempt to post it there ,i meant no disrespect to the forum or its members,please accept my opologies.jack,

finally a very dim light at the end of a long tunnel.finally got to this point of the rebuild have all the rest of the big ticket items paid for so i am ready and excited to proceed.i have learned alot about these gpw.s and willys.and willing to learn alot more,found out i have to rebuild my...

were there more than one type of capstan winches for mbs and willys .i have a line on one that looks alot like the braden 2 but slightly different ?

finally after alot of hard work ,after hours and weekends.the frame has started to go back together,all of u guys have inspired me to keep plugging along and thanks for all the answered questions on this forum,more pics to come as things progress ,slowly but surely

my steering shaft has messed up threads cant get the nut started not bad but enough that they need a tap and die.my question is what thread size is the shaft .im thinking 7/8 by 14 but i need confrmation. thanks for any help .

My 43 MBhas no holes for taillights.I figured someone just covered over them and put flush mount aftermarket ones on .but I looked behind where they would have had the bracket to hold them in a recessed position.but there appears to be no bracket.also no hole for the trailer plug.but it looks...

here is a pic of the 43 willys i am picking up in 2 weeks.just got the deal squared away today.the guy has no paperwork on it but has owned it for 20 years and has been on a ranch for all that time.so i am hoping to start fresh with the paperwork to get it on a non op. would like to get it...

well today. finally picked up my 43 gpw today i got it home at 2:00 and started working on it at 3:00.starting the photo process too.took out the roll bar started checking for rust.body is very good just a couple of hat channels and one of the rear compartments is rusted out some.the engine...

does anyone know where to find denman jeep tires .i know they are out of business did coker buy the molds?what would be a good tire replacement for my 43 gpw.

i got a combat wheel from the guy i bought my gpw from today and it was full of water ,had to cut the tire off.my question is how bad does a wheel have to be before it is unusable .had lots of rust but not all the way through.i think i will use it as a spare for looks.i can grind most of the...

i dont have my gpw yet ,but soon ,when everybody involved can get on the same page for pickup time.but i did get the old owners hand book and the tech manuel TM9-803 i noticed on the owners handbook the mb or gpw has a m38 windshield.how did the manuel get printed with that on it i will send a...

Well I pulled the trigger and offered a friend of mine what I thought was a fair price on a 1943 Ford gpw he has owned it since 1969 it has been garaged and well-kept since he has owned it he was in Vietnam a door gunner to be exact on a Huey helicopter. He is taken reasonable care of it since...

I have and reading up on oil pressure's for the m38a1. My pressure runs 30 to 40 pounds when first started up 20 when revved 10 - 15 at idle. The Gage runs different pressures at different times sometimes it is up to 40 and 50 pounds other times it is 20 to 30pounds at startup I'm guessing it...

i went out for my first summer drive and my fairly new motor has been running great ,kept it at 40 to 45 for about 12 miles temp around 170.thought i would take her to 50 mph and i noticed the temp guage slowly went to 220 so i pulled over .plenty of water.in the radiator when it cooled i would...

here are the other pics i took of the gpw.someone put on a cj2 windshield.the fuel tank tray is also rusted but the body is prettymuch rust free. it also is a calif jeep .i think it has alot of military stuff still on it .a ROP school got a hold of the body and painted it metal flake...

thinking of buying this want to know what it might be worth.it hasent run for 10 years but has been garaged for that long the guy has owned it since 1969 and needs to get it out of his brothers garage .trans is out but has been rebuilt just the hat rails in front are rusted not bad though...

I am going to look at a original MB and GPW both 1944's I think. Still have Army insignia, pioneer kits and windshield gun scabbard on both. I am trading 2 antique gas pumps which I restored. My customer wants to trade me 2 jeeps for my 2 pumps. I am very excited about it, just hoping there...

i changed my distributor cap and the old one does not have the spring that touches the coil HT side,like the new one does.it seams to run a little bit better with the new one.how does it run without the spring making direct contact,the jeep had a slight miss with the old one now with the new one...

just got a new 24 volt coil from kaiser willys.which is a very reputable company. and it is a chrome newstar.i have heard not so good feedback about the chrome coils.are they any better now days.any thoughts on these newstar coils.it says taiwan but i have heard that newstar is american made...

i have been looking for a electronic ignition for my m38a1 .cant find much except for 12 volt conversions,mine is 24 military,is there a sort of a plug and play for this ,?any help would be appreciated.most of the info i have found are from 2009.