Charles, First off I'd like to wish you and all the G members and their loved ones a Merry Christmas and a great new year. I pulled the #1 piston out of the M37 today and looked at the rings, the 3rd ring from the top, an oil control ring did not expand at all when the piston was removed from the bo...

Charles, I will give it a try, if that doesn't work I guess the next step will be to remove a piston. I had a Model A Ford engine that had a decent bore, I removed the piston and found the rings so stuck in the grooves they had to be removed in pieces, perhaps this is a similar case. As soon as my b...

Good to hear from you Charles, To start it up I always used a gravity tank setup with fresh gas each time, I also used a bit of Marvel oil mixed in. The really strange thing is that I have the same problem with a parts truck that had a nicely running engine until about a year ago, nice bores, good v...

This is my engine that recently failed compression test (about 60 psi in all cylinders). The cylinders to me look good with no detectable top ridge , the valves seat well so I figure stuck rings, I plan to pop out a piston and test my theory. This was an engine that had great compression 5 years ago...

Hello Jim, I also have just suffered the heartbreak of low compression today. I have not been using my '53 M37 much in the past 4 years but I do start it on occasion. When I got the truck 6 years ago I did a compression test and the lowest cylinder was 112, I was very happy about that, today it woul...

I've always thought the Bantam/Ford/Willys story would make a good movie, there's politics, intrigue, corporate espionage etc. However, I'm sure it would be a box office flop.

Thanks a lot guys,
I was hoping to hear that. That's what I get for assuming what they would look like.

Hi everyone, I recently got a good deal on six .020" oversize cylinder sleeves for a possible future rebuild on my M37, I also have pistons and rings to match. When I opened one of the sleeves from it's factory package (1971) I was surprised to find the bore to be rather roughly machined, I was...

Bill,
I received my shifter a couple of days ago, thanks for the fast shipping, it's installed and what a difference it makes, I'm tall and I don't have to reach down to shift now, much more comfortable.
Bob R

Cal_Gary,
Thanks, that will be my next move.

Thanks Carter,
I didn't get a chance to clean the plugs yet, maybe this weekend. The mystery deepens.
Bob R

Hi guys, I've got a weird problem, my '53 which ran well about 3 months ago will not start now. I checked the usual , spark and gas to the carb, the plugs were dry so no flooding I guess, the carb bowl had gas in it and the float valve seems to function properly. On a hunch I removed the drain plug ...

Gary, Congrats on your new home. Be very careful how you treat your back, twenty years ago I lifted up the rear of a garden tractor and shoved it up onto a small tilt trailer, the next day I could not even make it to the bathroom without crawling on my hands and knees, my L5 disk in my lower back ha...

Replaced a pre-civil war dated one (really) I was using with this one I found at a yard sale several years ago, $25 IIRC. Chinese but have had no trouble so far. Still have the very old one, just unmounted. http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n62/fortyfivelive/Yard%20Sale%20Finds/IMG_1604.jpg Carter...

Carl,
A great video, it must have been a good day for everyone.