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Good news! She runs! I replaced coil, condenser, plugs and plug wires this morning. The carburator had nuts and seeds laying on top of the throttle valve. I pulled the carb, held the throttle and choke open, blew it out with air and hit it with carb cleaner. Put it back on. Rigged up a gas...

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I barley started to turn the pipe wrench and suddenly heard the sound of diesel fuel shooting out the plug holes and hitting the hood. Oops, should have had a rag over the holes! Other than that surprise, the engine rolls over nicely.

After cleaning the jeep out, I pulled the plugs and poured diesel fuel down each cylinder. First plug I touched broke off at the base but this was removed with an easy out. After letting this soak for a bit, I put a pipe wrench on the crank pulley bolt and turned a small amount. Great, it's...

So a little back ground on the Jeep. A guy I work with has had the jeep around 8 years. He acquired the jeep when a family friend passed away. This gentleman was into surplus. When I brought the jeep home, it was loaded with (mostly) M151 take off parts. All of the tops, doors and side...

New to me MB. Frame number puts it at a late '45. Engine number falls within the range of the frame so could be original to jeep. Body is shot. Engine turns over, going to see if it'll run. From the little bit of searching I did, the top appears to be for an M38. This is my first WWII...