New Project!

The red Jeep also has an M38 air cleaner. One hole for the snorkel, the other to the engine.

Update.  Tub is off.  Wire brushed the top of the trans, shifter assembly, etc.  Shifter was stuck, took the top off to find some water in the trans and drained that.  Shifter would not move even when in a vise, so I was kinda hopeful that is the problem, decided to take the shifter assembly off one of the jeeps that shifted fine... which btw, was amazing, still sealed up, not a drop of water, bottom 1/2 full of gear oil... looks like it was rebuilt before being parked.  So, shifter assembly from that jeep was able to get the current trans to shift, little rough, but with water and no gear oil... makes sense.  So hit the frozen shifter with pb blaster and i'm letting it soak, returned the good shifter to its home, which I will now have to focus some energy on getting that setup out of any potential weather, but hopefully that won't be too awful.  Pretty good weekend overall, bit worried about the water in the trans... but knowing it shifts is a relief, time to start on some motor things and worry about patching the floor and hat channels on the tub.  Along with wire brushing everything else I can see... 

Wheels off, locking hubs off, brakes drums off, carb cleaned, motor oil drained.  Going to head back today and see if I can't get the motor to try and fire up :)  Have to figure out the connections so I can attempt and gravity feed the carb cause the fuel pump/filter looks like garbage and I feel like I can address that after I find out if the motor actually wants to run.  Should I disconnect the almost 70 year old exhaust?  Worried something is going to be clogged in there.  Maybe take it off and see if I can blow some compressed air through? Wish me luck.  Maybe some updated photos today too.  

I've purchased brushes and bushings on eBay. I've seen the cable connection stud too. I have not seen new field coils offered on ebay. What starter do you have? Some folks here might have some parts.

So, the spare starter I found had the coil pieces I needed and now the starter is able to spin, but once it was reinstalled... it doesn't engage the flywheel.  Going to take it back off, removed the snap ring and try to clean the shaft and put some dry lubricant on there in hopes that it will work.  Thought about just ordering the hand crank and using that for starts.  Invest money into a starter down the road when other things are functional.  Also, here is a picture of the starter model.  Only picture I took as it was dinner time and the boss was already mad that I was down in the barn (again) 

Before taking it to the shop, you might double check your grounds. Clean shinny grounds are critical for the starter to work at full power. If a 6 volt system, the battery cables need to be "0" or "00" gauge in addition to the clean grounds. Again, critical. If not super clean on the grounds, you're not delivering the full power of the battery to the starter.

If it's already 12v you can buy a new gear reduction starter on ebay for less money than rebuilding the old one.

That's the one, I was going to get one but my old one is holding out for now. I was able to take mine apart , clean it and reassemble it, what a pain, I wouldn't do it again. It seems to work fine on 12v though.

What's a time line? More like a no time line for me.