Patrick Tipton

You guys are cooking! Merry Christmas to you and the family too! I am looking forward to a 2024 full of Weasel activity on the forum and on our channel. Cheers Don and everyone else!

Congrats. These Champion 6 motors run so sweet!

Looking good Mark. Weasels are relatively small vehicles, but there is lots of stuff to repair. One little step at a time.

Negative. The early T24s had a mechanical fuel pump with an attached filter with a glass bowl. They are a little strange a little hard to find. There are a couple of variations of fuel tank setups with metal tanks with no internal fuel pump, metal tanks with internal fuel pump, self-sealing rubber tanks etc. Study the ORD 9 fuel section. Practically, all systems can be make to function or even a combination of them - really depends on whether you care about making them original or not. The later style mechanical fuel pumps are not hard to find and work well. Cheers!

Nice price!

Looking great Mark!

Great idea John. There is a lot of lost "art" in getting these machines to operate correctly. Hopefully we can figure this piece out and get it documented so the process is easier for the next guy. My LAR tracks on the unrestored M29 are running pretty well. I would say the bogies are perpendicular under load (basic empty weight of Weasel without passengers/cargo). I will put it on my list to remove one of them and measure the thickness of the shims. Regards, Patrick

Well done Mark! Thank you for sharing your journey. You do nice work my friend. @OZM29C I found a bunch of different thickness shims on mine....and some with almost none. Given manufacturing tolerances, I would think they should all be shimmed roughly the same to perpendicular....probably unloaded, but maybe not (need to check the manual and see if it has any info). I am going to be diving into this myself very shortly on the T24.

The nice thing about the build thread being here....it will live on. Facebook buries stuff and it becomes very hard to access.

3 7/8"....center to center. Let's see that build thread baby!

Mark - will get you an actual measurement today. That being said... If you have the top two holes of the track tensioner brackets....they are parallel to one another so just mark the centerline of the front bracket and mark the centerline of the rear bracket. Fine thread captive nuts on the back and make them beefy because once you close everything up with the hat channels on the inside, getting back in there is a major fiasco so you have do surgery from the outside. Cheers, Patrick

Love it John! You are a craftsman my friend.

I love jeeps too! This is the 1943 Willys MB we are finishing. A little over a year from start to finish, but I had help.

Greetings Jim....as evidenced by the pictures posted by @Pips_Blaauw, I think it is pretty close to a straight coaxial run. How far are you off?

Hope everyone is enjoying their Weasels. I have been a little on hiatus with a jeep restoration, but am just about finished with it and will be back working on my T24 and this very early M29. The engine (salvage that I did a little valve work on) on the M29 is knocking so I need to pull it. I have another takeout engine that may be in decent condition other than one stuck valve, so I am hoping to do a little field work on the takeout and install it. This Weasel will receive a proper restoration at some point, but for right now, I am just enjoying it. Cheers

That is very interesting.....I don't know. Hopefully @Jim Gilmore will wake up and pay us a visit. Cheers! Patrick

Nice John! Great photo. We had flurries last night....woo hoo...and I am almost finished with my jeep diversion. I am going to be back on Weasels by Thanksgiving! Cheers!

Welcome aboard Art. Post a picture of your Weasel...what do you have? Here is the track thread. Start here!

Fixed! We have a limit on the number of attachments...just a spam prevention technique. You are so generous with your photos that you reached the limit. Fixed....!

@OZM29C No. There is nothing weird....when you look at the bottom of your comment window...you should see "Max total size 48.83 MB" - do you see that? If not, kindly send me a screen shot and we can try and figure this out.

Congrats! That is indeed an early engine. All of the Weasel engines (post T15) were marked T24...so that would have actually been a T24 engine. They were not "matching" as far as I know, but I think we are safe concluding that one would have been early. Start putting your favorite penetrant of choice down the spark plug holes. It is likely only slightly stuck. As soon as I finish my current jeep project (very soon), the first project up is to put together my T24 engine - all fresh from the machine shop and ready for the new parts. Will be lots of fun! Congrats guys!

I too started by tipping my hull using a chain hoist in my shop with two of the springs/bogie sets still attached. I was able to do a lot of work that way. I ultimately built a rotisserie similar to Mark which was awesome. Even the painting process becomes really easy with a rotisserie. I have had almost no luck removing buttons - they always seem to get too deformed etc....even with ample heat. I am going to be dealing with this shortly....will keep you guys apprised and we may be able to make more and get better pricing. Cheers, Patrick

Correct. It should have a cover on it....but that is an Autolite 12v voltage regulator. They are pretty bulletproof. The actual part number is in the ORD 9 G179....TM 9-1825B covers adjustment etc.

I have not really perused TM 9-893 and Tm 9-1893, but I am wondering if there is more information in there about the brackets. Otherwise, carefully study the ORD 9 G154/G179. I am betting there are different part numbers and you will be able to figure out where each of them go. The engineers who did those drawings were pretty careful...if there are more leaves or other differences, a careful look at the drawing will usually show the differences. It is a bit like playing that drawing game - spot the differences. On the bigger Weasels, the spring packs are marked with a number on the top in the center. The stamp is typically covered up with paint, but will show up if you really clean them well. If you get a moment, would love to see pictures.

Greetings Don! John @OZM29C is 100% correct that the dataplate is a reproduction. Someone made those up using the picture from the manual and not realizing that the "1003 and up" was supposed to be a number😃. @James Di Giovanni might have some insight as to what serial number the side skirts were added. You may have a transitional machine there. The Studebaker museum and archive has drawings. That being said, I have pretty good dimensions and some drawings that we were working on that probably will get you what you need. Give a call or text and we can work on that. As for engines, give @David Yamulla a buzz - he has takeouts. You can message him here or look up under the articles and find his contact information. He has lots of good Weasel parts. Cheers.