Slat grill

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Slat grill

Post by chucks_toy » Sat Aug 25, 2018 4:23 am

Would a willys mb with serial number 122025 be a slat grill? Also did all slat grills have the machine gun support on the frame?
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Re: Slat grill

Post by Beers » Sat Aug 25, 2018 7:49 am

Yes and yes
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Re: Slat grill

Post by chucks_toy » Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:23 am

would the body number 25540 be for a slat grill?
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Re: Slat grill

Post by ajlang » Sun Aug 26, 2018 1:26 pm

I have 111050 with body number 14450, so that body number seems to be within range of 122025.
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Re: Slat grill

Post by chucks_toy » Sun Aug 26, 2018 3:59 pm

I purchased two willys parts jeeps and one I believe is a slat grill.
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Re: Slat grill

Post by chucks_toy » Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:05 am

What engine, transmission and transfer would this jeep take?
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Post by JeePa » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:58 pm

Great find! My Slattie was in much worse shape, and restoration proceeding AFA (As Funding Allow). My Slattie is SN 122397, DOD 2/23/1942 Body # 25728 with differentials stamped within 1 week of DOD. REG # through 3 layers of different shades of OD IS 2049887. Hope this helps you. Remember, JEEP stands for Just Empty Every Pocket. Have fun restoring it. Mine has a military replacement engine from the National Guard unit that dispensed it surplus years ago. Rebuilding the engine rather than looking for "correct" engine number and configuring it as it served the 32nd Div here in Wisconsin. BTW sheet metal parts from Joes Motor Pool are worth looking at if sheet metal is an issue. Ron can help with those as well.
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Re: Slat grill

Post by Greencom » Wed Dec 26, 2018 8:08 pm

JeePa,
Now that's something, your jeep is 122397 and mine is 122793. :) :)
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Re: Slat grill

Post by Hal Joyce » Thu Dec 27, 2018 11:21 am

JeePa wrote:
Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:58 pm
Great find! My Slattie was in much worse shape, and restoration proceeding AFA (As Funding Allow). My Slattie is SN 122397, DOD 2/23/1942 Body # 25728 with differentials stamped within 1 week of DOD. REG # through 3 layers of different shades of OD IS 2049887. Hope this helps you. Remember, JEEP stands for Just Empty Every Pocket. Have fun restoring it. Mine has a military replacement engine from the National Guard unit that dispensed it surplus years ago. Rebuilding the engine rather than looking for "correct" engine number and configuring it as it served the 32nd Div here in Wisconsin. BTW sheet metal parts from Joes Motor Pool are worth looking at if sheet metal is an issue. Ron can help with those as well.
Regards, JeePa
JeePa, I wondered if you could share your replacement engines serial number stamping, and casting numbers and dates. My slat grill has a replacement willys engine, I'm not at home currently and can not recall the s/n stamped above my water pump boss just remember it has the letter r and another letter followed by about 5 numers, always wonderered if replacement occurred during military service or during civilian release.
MB SG 110169 body 13869 Engine 590935
GPW 108703 s/n all matching 3/31/43
Willy’s MBT 11539 11/42 16748w s/n 0213230
1947 CJ2A s/n 87325 engine MC62311 GPW head
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Re: Slat grill

Post by JeePa » Mon Dec 31, 2018 1:17 pm

My slatgrill's engine SN is 4LR110881AB and casting number is 641087 L-W11 NI-CR N2.
I do not have machining date on file.
This is definitely post-war. Once I get access to machining date I will know roughly when the engine was installed.
Hope this helps your quest. Regards, JeePa

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Post by Hal Joyce » Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:45 pm

I am at home now, my block is stamped on the water pump boss with replacement engine number 4LR148255 then on the casting left side SD then 804380 then 13 is the machining date under the oil pan gasket? I don't have any urgent need to pull the pan and gasket, was just curious if replacement number was similar to mine, as it seems proven to be, and curious if military rebuild replacement, would this be a military number assigned, or a standard civilian replacement number? Do you have any idea what kind of replacement numbers were used by the military or civilians use? Thanks for sharing your numbers!
MB SG 110169 body 13869 Engine 590935
GPW 108703 s/n all matching 3/31/43
Willy’s MBT 11539 11/42 16748w s/n 0213230
1947 CJ2A s/n 87325 engine MC62311 GPW head
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Post by Hal Joyce » Mon Dec 31, 2018 6:15 pm

JeePa! Sorry to waste time with all the questions, I wisely used someones advice, and went to the M38 threads and searched SD+804380+block and quickly found my sought for answers. This block was built after 1952 for m38 jeeps, they were stamped for the military mcxxxxxx or mcrxxxxxx m=willys c=38 r=replacement and finally 4LRxxxxxx were generic replacement engines for general public jeep service shops and mechanic vendor shops!
MB SG 110169 body 13869 Engine 590935
GPW 108703 s/n all matching 3/31/43
Willy’s MBT 11539 11/42 16748w s/n 0213230
1947 CJ2A s/n 87325 engine MC62311 GPW head
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Re: Slat grill

Post by JeePa » Tue Jan 01, 2019 6:33 am

No such thing as unnecessary request. We ALL learn from these inquiries and sharing of data. Your information is a re-boot of information I "cognitively displaced ". Fortunately I have verified history from previous owner that the engine that was in my Slattie was installed during its NG tenure so maybe the procurement process for the NG was to purchase from civilian vendor. Fun to speculate how the engine originated, but nonetheless a clear testimony to the enduring value of these machines to the military. My engine is off to the machine shop, but before I replace the oil pan I will verify the matching date of the unit, or verify that location is where the data is found, or Not found. Thanks for the information!
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