Dave Congrats on the acquisition. Tell us more about the vehicle and its history. How original is the vehicle and its components? Is the vehicle still a 24 volt electrical system? Does it have the original flat head 6 cylinder? Where was the vehicle sitting for 11 years? outside, in the weather? The...

I had a similar issue on my M37 with the flat head 230. I have the chrome Chinese coil. The dimensions of these coils are slightly different than the original US made coils. Most of the Chinese coils are not as long as the US coils and may not bottom out into the distributor housing properly for hea...

Glad to hear this news. It will help us keep these rigs going for future generations.

Anyone have an extra front lens in semi decent shape?
Mike in Phx. Az

I bought the 4 post Bendpak 9000lb lift. These lifts have the option of castors so you can lift/lower a vehicle on the lift, disconnect the power and air supply, and move the vehicle on the lift, push it sideways or wherever in the garage. Also you can put a vehicle on the lift, raise the vehicle, a...

Outpostm37 here is sunny Az. All good. M37 up and running after the fresh .060" T245 engine refresh, NP420, clutch, and other parts.
Will be at the Military show Saturday Oct. 19th at the Mesa Market Place.

Up and running ready for the October 19th show at Mesa Market Place.

x2 on the rusty bolts. Once they are out, the floor board access makes things go easy.

Coming October 19th to the Mesa Market Place 10550 E Baseline Rd
Military vehicles and equipment. Beirut Remembrance. Details below.

Got the 24 volt electric fuel pump installed today. Had to use the Mityvac to get gasoline to the pump. Apparently there is a mineral oil inside the pump for shipping. I drained this out and all was good. Hopefully there will be no more vapor lock issues. Vehicle drove fine in the heat. Stopped seve...

Installing a 24v electric pump for the gasoline. Tired of the mech pump with its issues, ie. vapor lock with the summer temps.
This one has the 1/4" 18tpi which should do the trick.

Fresh rebuild on the engine and carburetor. Had some issues with the accelerator pump on the ETW1 carburetor. Sharp acceleration, the engine was falling on its face. Took the top of the carburetor off and checked the fuel level and the pump plunger. The plunger that was in the carb was the aluminum ...

Performed more work on the M37 today. Recheck timing, carb adjusting with vacuum gauge, some other minor stuff. Vehicle seems to be getting happy with everything, a little bit at a time. Drove it several times for short jaunts. Still worried about vapor lock with the outside temp being 105*F or so. ...

Midwest Military has NOS, correct, pumps for the M37 engine. John John, what company made the correct M37 oil pumps? I sent pictures of both oil pump drives, centered and offset. The Melling technical group never saw an offset tang drive. Hmmm....... Did any company make higher volume pumps for the...

I contacted Melling pump technical services with pictures of both the REAL M37 pump and the civilian oil pump with pics. Their response was this: Sorry – The pumps that Melling would offer are the M-37 & the M-37R which are the only pumps that we would offer for the Dodge 230. You may want to tr...