The Browning M2 is one of the world's greatest fight stoppers.
When Ma Deuce shows up, the other guy very often loses that urge he had to fight or decides he has business elsewhere.
That "Thump - thump - thump" is a visceral feeling in your chest - you never forget it regardless of which end you are on .
More progress....
Cowl battery box interior painted. Bottom holes are still taped over from painting in this pic.
Even though we are installing sealed batteries I went ahead and added a battery mat under each battery. The battery mat adsorbs and neutralizes any acid that it comes in contact with, it also adds a bit of padding between the battery and the tray.
Cutting the mat to fit the battery tray.
Tray re-installed.
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Front battery box mounting plate freshly painted and ready for the battery box to be re-installed.
Trimming the battery mat for the front battery tray.
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Adding some NCP2 corrosion inhibitor to the terminals.
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That's much better!
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Cleaning the Cuno oil filter. The oil filter on the M38 is a bypass unit, meaning only a slip stream of oil goes through the filter. Two different types of filters were used on the M38's, a Cuno filter (Pictured on our setup) and a cartridge style filter.
Since we just purchased the vehicle we removed the filter assembly from the jeep and disassembled it for a thorough cleaning.
The filter works by pushing oil through the tightly spaced disks. To clean the filter you rotate the handle on top of the filter and it turns the disks and combs the disks to remove any debris that have been caught. The debris falls down into the settling bowl where it can be drained out by removing the plug on the bottom of the bowl or disassembled for a full cleaning.
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Assembly cleaned.
With the oil filter re-installed we removed the drain plug on the bottom of the filter and cranked the engine over without starting it to ensure we have oil flow/pressure. Oil quickly drained from the filter assembly indicating the oil pump is working like it should be...perfect! The oil looks dirty here as we basically flushed the old oil out of the oil lines in this process.
Next up was to clean the oil bath air cleaner.
Removal is pretty quick. Remove intake and snorkel hoses.
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Then remove the vent lines attached to the rear of the filter housing and remove the filter assembly.
To clean the filter remove the lower oil bath reservoir, drain and clean the unit out.
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Then remove the internal screen cartridge from the main filter assembly. This unit is full of a wire wool material. Flush this unit with gasoline or solvent then blow dry. Refill the unit with fresh oil and re-assemble.
Installing a new snorkel hose. The original snorkel is starting to crack and is needing replacement. With a new hose in hand its time to swap it out.
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Out with the old.
Old vs New.
And new installed.
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