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Playing in the neighborhood a bit. I'm going to go through and change all the fluids before we go out driving it any further.
A few misc pics of the radio unit. This unit is set up to transmit on Artillery frequencies. The unit powers up but I have no idea what I'm doing with it LOL. I'll study some manuals on it when I get a chance.
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Removed the doors and sides.
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Data plates.
Dash
The 40 has a new stable mate.
Now to go through and make sure everything is in good condition then go play with it.
Maintenance posts in the near future.
Hodakaguy.
Getting this baby ready to play with...
First up is to clean up both battery boxes. The Jeep came with the correct 2HN military style batteries installed, these are wet cell lead acid batteries and sitting for years hasn't done the battery boxes any favors. Luckily the corrosion wasn't to bad so we set to getting them cleaned up and re-painted.
We will be replacing the 2HN batteries with sealed 51R batts, I've had great luck with sealed batts over the years and the lack of corrosion alone will make the swap worth it. This is a practical swap that doesn't modify the actual Jeep, if someone wanted the correct batts it would be a simple swap back.
The batt compartments as purchased. Sitting in the garage for years didn't do them any favors.
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Front batt box removed, Baking soda and a good scrubbing to neutralize the acid on both boxes.
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Cleaning up the base and internal batt boxes.
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Sandblasting the smaller bits.
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A couple coats of primer applied.
The new 51R sealed batts are about an inch smaller than the 2HN batts. I was going to fabricate my own hold down brackets then found these cool brackets for sale, custom made for the 51R's. Nice!
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And in primer.
And in paint.
Still wet so the color is slightly lighter since it hasn't dried yet.
Time to flush and bleed the brakes. The master cylinder is located below the drivers side floor and the cap is vented up to the air filter assembly under the hood (Part of the fording capabilities of the M38). These Jeeps were set up to use DOT5 fluid, the fluid in this one looked clear and not purple (DOT5 is purple) so I flushed and installed DOT4 since it looks like that is whats already in there. All 4 corners were flushed and bleed. Also adusted the free play on the pedal to 1/2" and adjusted the brake pads on all 4 corners.
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