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There were all kinds of tools made for jeeps. One around here had a chain trencher on it. Several were used to pull hay balers. They would go slow in the field yet speed to the next job on the road. Saw one pull a plow that an IH tractor couldn't get traction enough to pull.
About those cheap jeeps, I had a guy that stopped at my shop who attended govt auctions years ago. He said they would sell a whole field of jeeps as one lot. The big boys would pool their money,buy the lot, then devide them up. The individual had no chance.
Ahab he drove thru them till they were a pile of splinters. Had to scout out the ones with basements tho. I believe life mag did a story on him. The govt had torched the crankshaft and he either found a crank or engine.
911 I heard these same stories that's what prompted the question.
There was tons of military surplus for sale after the war. Dad bought three jeep engines in wooden boxes. Quite exciting for a kid to unpack. There was a guy that bought a tank and used it to demo houses.
I know today they bring a lot of stuff back and rebuild it. There is a place in the south west that does this. I was in that area a while back and saw trailer with an Abrahms on it minus the turret, had a push tractor behind him to get over the hills.
32r2 thats what this one had,,,a Ford tract engine. I knew they put a few in prototypes but was not aware they used them in regular production. Maybe Willys was swamped for a while.
If you are going to push snow you sure dont want to add that second axel back on. Ive seen 6 bys stuck in a foot of snow. Brother in law had to burn the spare tire to keep from freezing to death in Korea when he got stuck in the snow.
A bout 40 years ago I was at an auction where there was a jeep for sale. I looked under the hood and it had the 4 cyl Ford engine in it. I knew Ford made jeeps and assumed they used their engines. Years passed and I learned a little more of the jeep history and now I wonder what I was looking...
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You would be surprised at the comtaminates in fuel. I had a container of laquer thinner that I dipped carbs in after comming out of the cleaner. Once in a while a screw or other small part would fall in it. When using a magnet to fish them out it would look like it had grown hair from the...
Just one comment, distributers dont have a firing order. They just go around and firing order is determined by the placement of the plug wires in the cap. Glad you got her going.
With the switch on and the points closed pull the coil wire out of the dist cap and hold it close to the head. With a wooden item move the points apart this should create a spark from the coil wire. If not seeif there is a small spark at the points they may have lost contact. You can check this...
True vapor lock usually occurs AHEAD of the fuel pump. A fuel pump will move liquid but not vapor. If the fuel boils after the pump it should push it on thru.Thats why you put the electrict.pumps back at the tank. Sometimes vapor lock will manifest its self more when the tank gets lower on fuel...
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