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Did you get honks, head turns and thumbs-up's?

"It now runs and moves but needs to stop too I assume."

Our best answer about brakes came from one of the phone commercials:

"Well, if the brakes don't stop it, something else will."

Yeah,...

That was a good idea - a lot easier than pulling the carburetor.

We'll add that trick to the list of "good ideas" to try.

Now - the next thing to work on is ....... ?

??"Any thoughts.?"

Yeah, but I have a question first. What carburetor does the Jeepster use. Carter YF? Is there a tag on it with as a series number, such as YF Carter, 738, 768, 832, 924, 938,...

" Once my dad (Korea MASH unit 1950) showed me how the 'fuzzy" end of a ripped off match could be used to gently and effortlessly pluck a foreign object right out of your eye. :

Another great...

GMWillys uses a matchbook cover to set the point gap. Do they still make paper matchbooks?

0.020" seems to be the universal point setting.

After sitting 40-years, I suspect you are going to find a lot of seals that leak. The '48 truck sat 35-years and we just replaced every seal we saw. And - even so, I've had to replace a couple that...

Ok Guys - somebody else chime in on this. I don't know everything about fuel pumps, but there is an alarm going off in the back of my head saying "BS ...BS...BS...BS"

I know a split diaphragm...

When you get the new hoses, take a long hard look at the fittings on the hose that dumps into the timing gear cover. We have had two instances here on the Forum where poorly crimped fittings ended...

[QUOTE=dgoodenow;15929] My question is do any of you engine experts have any advice for starting an engine that has been sitting for such a long time. Thanks."

Well, since it runs, you have done...