Restoration of a M38A1-CDN3 106mm recoilless rifle Jeep

[rob love]

The jerry can bracket is held on with 4 "screw, hex head" (we call them bolts in English) size 3/8 NC x 3/4" long, 4 plain washers and 4 lock nuts.

Unless someone else comes up with the screw size for the footman loops, you will have to wait until tomorrow for the answer. My Jeep parts manual is at work. Off the top of my head they are flat head, phillips drive (size no10 I think), with matching "keps" nuts, or in army speak: "nut, assembled, washer".

[rob love]

Screws are #10-24 of suitable length (1/2" long should work). Nuts can be either the type with assembled washer or simply nuts with a lockwasher.

[Martin Dauphinais]

Thank you Rob! Always a pleasure to have you guiding me!

[Martin Dauphinais]

Batteries are plugged in. Dash board is working with temperature, battery power and pressure. The horn is working too. My switch light appears to be dead. Are there anyway that we can bypass the switch in order to see which lights are good or not?!

[rob love]

Not without a wiring diagram, and even then it's going to be confusing. As well you won't have any circuit protection in the event there is a short to ground. Just order a switch from any of the retailers (or ebay) and then you'll know. Or if you are in a big hurry, ask a vehicle tech (or the maintenance officer) if you can borrow a switch for a day to find out.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Willys-M38s-...RYSzPq&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-5-TON-M35A...67UBGg&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/24V-3-Lever-...9Satm0&vxp=mtr

[chris vickery]

I had numerous troubles in my wiring which took awhile to sort out.
Especially compounding the issue when you have two or more issues happening at the same time in the same circuit. Bad grounds and bared or shorted wires can cause havoc on the system while troubleshooting.
I had to replace my solid state flasher switch as well.

[rob love]

Any issues with a short in the signals usually leads to a failure of the flasher. They eventually put an inline fuse into the system, and in Martin's case, it can be seen in the photo of the engine compartment just near to the flasher. While the entire light system is protected by the 20 amp (if I recall correctly) breaker built into the switch, this was obviously too high for the flasher to handle.

The indication that you have a short is that the indicator light on the signal switch will stay on. But that is also an indication of a overheated or failing flasher.