OT - Willys Jeep

[Tom N MS]

1951, M38A1--I assume has a distributor and points somewhere??? Never seen this rig-my Brother is trying to help someone get it going..said he sprayed some starting fluid in the carburetor and it did not hit..I told him to spray a little starting fluid in a plug hole or two and see if it will hit.Anyone know of a site where I might get info on this particular Jeep? Thanks

 

[Charles H.]

This is a old list that I used back when I was buying parts for my 56 cj, hope it helps;
http://www.4wdonline.com/Enews/9508.garcia.html,
Also these folks can help some also; http://www.willysoverland.com/ ,
http://www.is-it-a-lemon.com/used-car-history/willys-jeep.htm ,
http://www.offroaders.com/tech/jeep/Jeep-CJ.htm#CJ-5

 

[ShadetreeRet]

Not trying to sound like a smart-a--, but if it has plug wires they should lead you to the distributor. Judging by the numbers it is obviously a military model. Could be the distributor is covered by some kind of waterproofing mechanism. To be honest, I am not too familiar with jeeps, just my 2 cents.

 

[SteveRusssell]

a vendor of fleabay, www.surplusjeep.com has manuals listed for sale. As I recall the distributor is so robust it is not readily apparent, but the plug wires do lead to it.

 

[jdchet]

(reply to post at 23:31:12 06/26/11)

Try one of these..........
http://www.willysonline.com/index2.html
http://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/
I got some pretty good info off of these boards whilst trying to keep the '46 CJ2-A puttin' around the Fahm!
This site is pretty good for parts............
http://www.kaiserwillys.com/

 

[Tom N MS]

Thanks, jd, Steve and Charles. This will get him started on his search for info and parts.

 

[Tom N MS]

Thanks-good idea.

 

[white halftrack]

An M38a1 is a military jeep that was originallly 24 volt. It had two batteries up by the windshield. The distributor is a waterproof type unless it was converted to 12 volt, or they put a different coil in it. They are interesting to work on, but doable. The best site I have found is www.g503.com. Spark plug wires are shielded and the spark plugs are very odd looking.

Jason

 

[Tom N MS]

Thanks

 

[Mad Farmer]

Check out

Earlycj5.com

They have links too all early Willliys/Jeeps.

Oh. yea I have a 62 utility, <45,000 original, .........

67 CJ5,Factory Buick V-6, overdrive <70,000.......

Anybody got a factory 4-speed for pre-1970? ? Myth? Truth? The GM 420 is in the works.....