Info needed: 1967 M38A1 Lubrication?

[rob love]

I wasn't sure what you meant by a "J" tool. A quick google check shows that you are referring to the seal drivers as supplied by Kent Moore. The "J" is merely the letter preceding the part numbers.

Personally, I have a reasonable collection of Kent Moore tools as they relate to the various military vehicles. They are always top notch.

[Les Kovacs]

Hi Rob.....yeah....it was a J tool as supplied by Kent Tools.....basically a tool allowing for even pressure to be applied to the seal while driving it into the differential. Anyhow, my wife and I went for our first long drive of 40 kms. Firstly, the rad fluid now down to about 2 inches above the core stopped puking fluid. As well, the temp gauge finally hit 160F,,,great. I now have another issue. The trip was to a car show....the jeep was popular and kids were getting in and shifting gears etc(ignition off).....at the end of the show, when I went to drive off...the jeep would not move...I had to play with the in/out and low/high shifter before I got it into gear and drove home. So, does the in/out transfer case shifter have to be in IN to have the main transmission shift? Please explain.

Regards,

les

[rob love]

There are two levers on the transfer case. The closest one is for 2 to 4 wheel drive. You pull the lever back for 4 wheel drive.

The second lever has Hi range-Neutral-Low range. In two wheel drive, you can only select Hi range or Neutral on the second lever. Hi is all the way to the back, and neutral is in forward one notch. The vehicle has to be in 4 wheel drive in order to select low range. The interlock prevents the high torque of low range from all going in to one axle....instead it goes into front and rear.

So it sounds like the kids moved the right lever one notch forward.

You are a more generous man than I am. When the parents ask if their little angels can sit in the Jeep, I ask that they not play with all the knobs and switches. I watch as their 3 second attention span wears out once they are in the drivers seat. They then begin to test all levers, switches and cables as to their functions, testing them to their limits. Then comes the steering wheel test, at which time they quickly turn the wheel left right left to it's maximum travel, followed by operating the wiper hand levers to maximum speed. No good comes from it all.....it just helps burn off some of the sugar.

Good to hear your radiator has found it's level.

[Frank v R]

a little advice here , install a remote kill switch ,the last thing you want is some little person starting your jeep only bad things happen after that , as Rob said keep great control over who and how people get in your vehicle, things will get broken or go missing, and if you own a rare MV that is very bad, we had a issue at the first Georgina event with kids standing on the WW 2 jeeps and on the windshields , bottom line is keep people out and off your vehicle , you want them to show the same respect to your vehicle that they show to the shiny Mustang, if one of those little darlings gets hurt who do you think will be in great pain after, and if they start playing on one vehicle soon we need to deal with a free for all,

[rob love]

Indeed, the public treats the MVs entirely different than any other vehicle at a car show. I have had kids climb up the nose of a CMP (while the parents stand there watching), and kids (and disadvantaged cultures, while drunk and high as kites) jump into the vehicles without asking. Like ants at a picnic, they will constantly be searching for a weak spot in the defenses. Opening and slamming hatches on armoured vehicles is fair game, and what kid doesn't want to know what happens when you pull that red handle (AFV extinguisher). If you lock up an armoured vehicle, but have a hatch open 8 feet up, then obviously that is an invitation to climb up the sides. And why can't a family of 5 walk up the trails of a gun so they can get into the back of a deuce and a half.

To that end, when I display the museum vehicles or even my own, it's almost always with rope and stands so there are some boundaries. Even then, should the ropes somehow sag to less than 8 inches from the ground, then obviously that means "come on in".

If there is a level of interactivity with a vehicle, then it is strictly controlled. We will rope off a M113 but have the ramp down for an entrance. We allow the kids to get up into the drivers hatch and hold the back of a 50 cal. But it is controlled like a circus ride.....2 people run the display. One at the back of the vehicle limiting the kids to 4 in the vehicle. They get in, sit their butts onto the troop seats, and slide down until it is their turn. The second person tells them how to climb up without hitting their heads, slaps a helmet onto their head, smile and thumbs up to mommy who is taking the picture, then directed off and out the back of the carrier. There is no chinups or swinging from the hatches, a glass partition separates the kids from the drivers seat, no walking around the roof, no testing to see what this lever does (answer: it drops the other kid already up in the seat back to the floor of the carrier whilst shearing the other kids finger tips off).
We will have 30 kids lined up for that 10 seconds behind the gun, and some come back 5 times to do it again, so the thrill is there, but just with safety.

Your vehicle, your choice. But allowing the little angels, hopped up on sugar and with exhausted parents who are looking for a way to hand them off to someone else, free reign on your vehicle in no way promotes history or respect.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Frank v R

a little advice here , install a remote kill switch ,the last thing you want is some little person starting your jeep only bad things happen after that , as Rob said keep great control over who and how people get in your vehicle, things will get broken or go missing, and if you own a rare MV that is very bad, we had a issue at the first Georgina event with kids standing on the WW 2 jeeps and on the windshields , bottom line is keep people out and off your vehicle , you want them to show the same respect to your vehicle that they show to the shiny Mustang, if one of those little darlings gets hurt who do you think will be in great pain after, and if they start playing on one vehicle soon we need to deal with a free for all,

YUP!

This weekend the Cold War Collection attended the local country fair.
1) Some youngster swiped the master key to a Pinzgauer. A short run back to the garage returned with a spare. Almost every vehicle has at least one additional power cut-off.
2) Having an overhead sun/rain shelter worked well for crew comfort.
3) We have worked out a couple of crew positions for maximum visibility and to allow visitors (kids, moms, and dads) to get the experience.
4) I wipe oily surfaces often and especially before opening to the public.
5) The V100 has split doors which control foot traffic but let parents see inside and photograph little Johnnie wearing the M1 helmet shell or goggles.
6) I have some J-hook magnets and 550 cord to string across openings as another limiter.
7) Earlier in the year we had a kid spin the starter on the V100 - quite unexpectedly! I ordered him out, but the youth's grandfather is a retired colleague of mine! So I had to quickly investigate and form conclusions. Fortunately grandpa is a retired freefall parachutist and recognized the language I had to use. No, I was being safe by being firm, but yes we could have isolated more circuits for the next time. It is added to the checklist.
8) When there are too many little fingers touching things inside and around the cupola gears, I will set the travel lock. We don't want to use up the collection's insurance coverage in one shot on one claim. For more teachable visitors, the locks can come off.
9) The driver's hole on the CVRT is always out-of-bounds.

Finally, I was very impressed when one local beauty in shorts, tank-top, sandals and purse, stepped off the ground onto the step stool, onto the CVRT's wading skirt shroud, onto the deck, reached in and extracted some obstreperous child from the turret, backed off and only lost the ash off her cigarette on the last step.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

YUP!


7) Earlier in the year we had a kid spin the starter on the V100 - quite unexpectedly!

I put a M113 out for display with almost dead batteries. Feeling that there could be no issue with the kids managing to start it, I left the batteries connected (I no longer do that).

Later, while walking by the vehicle, I noticed a large puddle of bile next to the vehicle and had trouble figuring out what it was. It was then I realized the little darlings had managed to find the full combination of master switch and bilge pump switch, and had bumped the forward hull out onto the parking lot. Luckily nobody had been standing there. They also had pulled the tiller bars off...luckily the vehicle had not rolled forward.

In the end, I considered it a learning experience. As I mentioned before, the drivers position is separated by a sheet of plexiglass, and just as often as not I stick a mannequin in uniform into the driver's seat to prevent the little explorers from climbing up through the hatch and into the drivers hatch. After all, the glass is just a detour and not an obstacle. Mind you, there is a slot for the ramp release lever, and the little arms reach in as far as they can to explore.

[Les Kovacs]

Hi Rob, Terry & Frank....thanks for your comments as per car/military shows....yup....chalk it up to lack of experience with kids at shows...I have learnt a lesson......however, disaster has struck.

Rob....while taking the jeep out for a drive (30kms) on the way home about 500m from home there was a loud ping and I started to loose coolant. I got home well enough but once parked saw that coolant was puking from the water pump puke hole. I called Brian Asbury about 100kms from Barrie and he has a 3 pulley rebuilt water pump so I will be picking one up along with a new thermostat and gasket. At the same time, I will have the rad flushed to clean the core. Any other things that I should do while having the rad & water pump off?

Question....hypothetically, if a chunk broke off of the water pump vanes ( I did hear a metallic pink before the coolant puke)....is it still safe to drive 2-3 kms to a friends house to have it repaired?...my garage is way too small.

Also...back to the shifters, where do the two 4x4 shifters (in/out & high/low)have to be to be able to drive the jeep in two wheel drive?....at times, with the jeep in first or reverse, the jeep does not move after I let out the clutch and I have to play with the other two shifters to get the jeep to move.

Lastly, I put a finger into the tail pipe and its very black and sooty and from what I understand, this may be due to a rich carb...any possible adjustments that I can make? I have not looked at the plugs yet but the jeeps starts first poke/prod and then runs well until shut down.

Best regards and let me know when I have to start paying repair consulting fees.

les