Outing me!!!  The pulling the engine thing is a thing...but once you get over the fact that you need to pull the engine to change the points, you just do it.  We can get an engine out in about an hour.  It takes a couple hours to get everything back in, but.....the alternative is massive frustration, Dennis grabbing hammers...etc.Poor Maria!  My wife is a willing participant as camerawoman....not too much else!  Maybe we need to do a field trip to John's shop for the transmission pull and rebuild 🤣. We will put you front and center baby!

We are blessed my friend - you need to come over for a Tuesday and hang out.  As for the half-track, I get it! On our jeeps, we use them so much...including the 4wd, that they have become really reliable as the weak links have been fixed. The Weasel gets used a fair amount, but since it has not been restored, I know of many "weak" links.  It is one thing to get stuck in the field...another deep in the woods.  The half track is a beast.....I think the key is more use!  I think the wife needs to start taking it to the grocery store on her weekly grocery run!

Cool!  Will send you an email.

You are 100% correct about that grip....I would bet someone had a 1911 in mind when designing the grip for the light.Sounds like you are on your way with the WC63 transmission.  I have not worked on one, so I am partially talking out of school.  The manuals are pretty good (TM 9-1808B)....I am thinking you will have no trouble inspecting and refurbishing/rebuilding as necessary.  I have rebuilt a bunch of T84's (jeeps & Weasels) but have not put up a good "how to" yet......sorry John!

We are going to get on these Scott!  Looking forward to repainting this black one and getting the correct labels/markings on it. 

Wow Mark - I am sorry to hear that you and Marsha were involved in a accident. Very thankful that you were not injured.  We did have a great time at Gilbert visiting and finding treasure.  We count our blessings that you guys are OK....❤️

They are great....you have to stay on the maintenance and they are a pain to work on, but definitely a hoot and very capable machines!The yellow was likely from a power company or road company post war.  These old machines were used to check power lines, at ski resorts, in search and rescue functions etc....places where having a bright paint would make sense.  I am guessing your WC probably ended up in a county road department somewhere.  As for the skull.....🤣

Steven - thank you for the kind words and glad to hear that you are finding the videos useful!  We appreciate the feedback.😀

We are just about finished with the tooling for the top hardware!😍

Thanks Andrew.  The Sun tools are awesome.  I have a line on the entire analyzer too...with the scope....I need it like a hole in my head!We have used the vacuum gauge with engine tuning in several episodes - not sure it makes that much of a difference compared to doing it by ear, but it is nice to be able to see what is going on with the engine.  They are great tools for diagnosing the health of an engine.  I will definitely look Jon  & GI Junk up.....the particular Weasel radio is super obscure...but....ya never know!