and jeff at front line military vehicles has the correct 1 ear hard to find
latch!
also works at a near perfect replacement weasel seat back holder.
"Henry J. Fackovec" wrote:
> Hey Buzz and all:
>
> I reread my post and I made a mistake (At least one<G>), the early M151
> should have the single ear hood hold down, not the 2 ear one. (Single ear
> sticks out straight to the side, and you would lift it with one finger, the
> 2 ear one is the more familiar type you would lift with finger on each side
> of the plundger.
>
> Hank the humble...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henry J. Fackovec" <fackovec@radiotech.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 2:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] M151 Restoration site URL
>
> > Hi Buzz:
> >
> > Good pictures and a nice project:
> >
> > A few comments (Please do not take these as critical, I am making
> > observations based on my 4 years of research on the early MUTT. maybe some
> > things you do not know):
> >
> > You are lucky, you have the early style front hubs (Look like footballs as
> > opposed to the later more skeletal type) Most seem to have been upgraded
> > over their life span, and it took me 2 years to find a set for myself)
> >
> > You have the early hood (3 ribs inside rather than 2, and a different
> type
> > of footman loop on the top), STRAIGHT!!! Dual ear hood latches (If you
> need
> > replacements, Frontline has them)
> >
> > The interior:
> > You have the early petals, hard to come by these days, and much more
> > comfortable to drive barefoot than the later toothed A-2 petals (Ouch!!!)
> >
> > Correct e brake lever and boots, Later style heater (Early one looked like
> a
> > M37 heater on its end, mounted vertically under the dash, If anyone ever
> > finds one, i will pay big bucks for one)
> >
> > Early seats, very nice
> >
> >
> > The top of the aircleaner and the precleaner are later additions. The
> early
> > cover is flat (i.e. without the bulls eye rings pressed into it), and the
> > precleaner looks like a bee hive (Hard to explain, but if you want I can
> > send pix)
> >
> > The floor drain covers are missing, very hard to find, I have a pair, if
> you
> > need pix or measurements to work from, I would be glad to help.
> >
> > I can see you spent the time to had scrape the undercoating off by hand
> ( I
> > still have cuts on my fingers from the same process.)
> >
> > What is the SN of the truck?
> >
> > Hank
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Buzz" <buzz@softcom.net>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 11:46 AM
> > Subject: [MV] M151 Restoration site URL
> >
> >
> > DOHhhhh...I forgot to include the URL
> > http://www.angelfire.com/my/odrules/muttrest.html
> > Buzz
> >
> > Lister's
> > I have started restoration on a '62 M151jeep. This time I made the
> > brackets to rotate it and there
> > is a page on replacing the front "A" arm bushings.
> > Does anyone have the front turn signal lights for a Early M151?
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Buzz
> >
> >
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