Gear Box Frustrations !!!!
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Originally Posted by
pelago
they (not all) had a bastardized steering shaft and box from m38 vice m38a1 integral parts... in the photo one can see the difference in the sector shafts, one (larger) is m38a1 the other is m38.
sheeeeeeeesh will it ever end
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Ira:
Posts like this show why zillions of folks are following your project. You are the professor for a post-graduate course in Jeep renovation. You probably just saved four or five folks from wandering into the same problem.
In an almost humorous way, this goes back to my First Two Rules of Jeep:
Rule 1. What you see is what you have. Don't blindly trust what is written somewhere.
Rule 2. Never say "Willys-Overland never did XXXXXXX". The corollary is "Never say 'No one would do that..." ".
They would, and they did - and here is the proof.
Go work on an antenna for a while.
Ceramic Coating for Exhaust Manifold
You Wrote:
"Check into Cerakote. Your local firearms dealer can set you up with a high temp coating."
I showed my local gun decorator (a really fantastic custom gun finisher - he will paint a Glock Teal Blue or Glow Pink {really} to match the Vera Bradley purse for the ladies ...) but he wanted nothing to do with an exhaust manifold. He didn't have an oven big enough to hold it.
But, he did build me a beautiful custom Match AR; Navy SCPO emblem, "SENIOR CHIEF" on the stock and very subtle stars and stripes on the receiver.
The ceramic coating guy is only about a half-hour down the road from here, so it's not that big a deal to get it there - just the job of taking it off.
Ira's chassis work on the M38A1 looks great.. He gets his chipping, painting and mechanic's rating - now he goes to Sheet Metal 400 class.