Restoration of a M38A1-CDN3 106mm recoilless rifle Jeep

[Martin Dauphinais]

Hey guys,

I want to thank all those who do not hesitate to step in this thread. Your guidance and sometimes your questions are leading me through some new things to learn for me. My learning curve is very steep… I would like to get the manuals but they are not easy to find.

So, I spent almost 24 hours on this Jeep in the last 2 1/2 days and it was really great. Full of good news. The future looks really good for this one.

First, we flushed the old gasoline from the tank. It was just awful and was close to get a nice buzz with, even outside of the garage. In fact, the tank was full… I looked twice on the invoice to see if it was written that the Jeep came with a full tank, and it was not! The gas is not cheap today, I was not expecting this special attention. :happy: However, I will have to change the tank or to bring to a place where they can apply a coating inside it. The tank is way to complicated to scrub. I don't think I can do it myself.

So, as soon as I can get a switch (I found one near me) I will go try the electrical system. The general shape of this Jeep is really stunning. Not a single screw did resist to be remove. The floor is all in great shape, except where the batteries drooled. Then, I'll try to find the gasket kit for the carb and resolve the problem with the gas tank.

I don't know yet how I will thoroughly clean the Jeep. How you guys do to have the cleanest engine compartment as possible? Are you putting the whole beast in pieces?

Finally, few pictures I took of the cleaning/assessing session.

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Few other pictures. If you see something wrong on the pictures, feel free to let me know!

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Other pictures.

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The carb that I will try to make it shine!

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Finally, the cleaning until next time...