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mine also seep a little. not enough to hit the ground but it gets the block a little wet. I am going to remove valve covers & attempt a re-torque when get a few days off.

you have good taste in tires, sir. Those are the exact ones I have on the way. 7.00x16NDTs from summit racing.

A few things happened today. I had one success and a few fails. Also, some more toys arrived today. The 15in tires were shipped back as were my 15in tubes. Santa AKA UPS brought my new ignition switch (with wires), radiator cap, passenger seat, and on/off switch for my ignition switch. My 16in...

thanks. I knew the GPW combat wheels were not used on the m38a1s...but that wasn't an issue for me. I'll keep an eye out for the early models but so far I have not had the luxury of being selective (because there not any in my area). I will probably end up with a modern reproduction from a...

I hit my first sang last week I took my old wheels/tires to the "local" tire shop to have the old tires removed. This was done because my new tires are arriving tomorrow (monday). When the old tires were removed I realized my wheels are actually 8in+ in width. This is a problem because the new...

well I decided to just bite the bullet and err on the side of caution. I am going to return the 15in tires I bought from summit and the tubes I bought from kaiser willys. Once the returns are processed I am going to purchase 16in tires, tubes, and wheels. I figured that since I am going to...

thanks Al. The winch you had originally looks like an 8274 from the pictures. The 8274 is still being sold by Warn (I feel it is one of the best winches ever made). It is the first choice for a winch on my M38A1 but I am still working out the 12v/24v issue (also they are pretty dang expensive)

this is one of my fav threads on this site. You have one awesome rig, sir!

subbing to this thread. this is one AWESOME project! Keep up the awesome work sir!

I wish I loved closer. I would LOVE to go.

When it comes to wheels how wide is "too wide" for a tire? These wheels came on my Jeep when I purchased it (came with 7.00x15 tires mounted). they are 15in wheels not the "real" 16in models. Today I had the old tires removed and found that the wheels are 8in bead-to-bead (almost double the...

Today I finally stopped letting my pinion yoke push me around. I FINALLY got it removed and changed my pinion seal. The yoke has been fighting me for about 6mo now. I found a puller from HF which would fit through the ujoint bolts. Even then it wouldn't budge with just hand tools. I had to...

**zombie thread alert ** good thread. I'm looking to put a 24v electric winch on my M38A1...mainly due to the price of a pto setup. If the OP is still around, did you use a normal winch plate for a CJ5 or some special version which fits our rigs?

Things on the jeep are going to start moving along fairly quickly. I decided to pull $2-3K from my savings to get the jeep back on the road. My goal is to have everything done before I leave for the TX DPS academy in May. I sat down & made two lists. One list was "essential things the jeep...

agreed. you produced a more efficient system. be proud!

Well we were back at it today (and still are on scene). This brush fire kicked off around 1230pm. Currently we have 2 sheriff's offices (hall county SO (my dpt), and briscoe county SO) and 8 fire dpts on scene (memphis, turkey, silverton, quitaque, floydada, clarendon, flomont, and tx forest...

Would it be of any help to anyone if I did a separate thread outlining the step-by-step process on the fuel cans? Thank you sir! it is hard to beat fire engine red

Well here is the 1st finished product. My goal was so have a functional fuel can (with no rust) and if it ended up looking good in the process...then great...but looking fabulous wasn't a requirement. So purely function over form. The first can turned out well. It's obviously not show quality...

Here are some pictures of what I have now. The thick layer of primer is currently drying. I'll give it an hour or so and then apply the first layer of paint. I am using Rustoleum grey primer and will be using Rustoleum red semi-gloss for the final coat. #1 & #2: the fuel can when I started...

Two days ago I started bringing some fuel cans back to life. I am using the "vinegar bath" method to remove the external rust. I removed the first can today after 48hrs in the vinegar. The rust washed away with water. I hit it w/a wire wheel to remove any other loose paint, etc. I just laid...