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    Default Distributor connector?

    I need the coil wire to distributor connection, the threaded cap containing the coil wire that screws to the side port on the distributor. Seems a common connector but I sure can?t find one, even after searching a couple dozen sites.

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    I don’t have a spare currently, but they are out there. Have you tried places like Memphis Equipment? That same connector is use on the bigger gas M35 and 5 ton trucks and I am pretty sure was used on the M38, M38A1 and the M151 trucks. I happened to get an extra that has since been used when I purchased an armored vehicle water heater and it came with the heater. They were widely used is my point.
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    Learning the interchange items made it possible to find one, thanks! I'm still building the compatibility list.

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    Glad to help. The M series vehicles were envisioned to have many common parts. Plus, Kaiser was making several other vehicles when the M715 started production. A surprisingly number of M38A1 parts are on the M715.
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    Wow...I didnt know that...I had a bad wire on mine and managed to take it apart and rewire that wire...wasnt easy...

    I would have bought one had I known...I thought they were impossible to find...thanks for the info Barrman!!
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    Yes, that was the whole point of vehicles being of the M-Series standard. Most of the electrical components in M-Series vehicles are interchangeable to simplify the parts supply and serviceability of US military vehicles. We learned from WWII the need to standardize parts for ease of distribution especially during times of war.
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    I knew that a lot of th wiring was standardized but for whatever reason I thought the connector that screws onto the ignitor housing was unique or at least very limited use...still learning!
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    Jon,
    How many Gasser Dueces or 5 tons did you ever look under the hood of during your service? If any, it was a long time ago. I know I never got to do that. It wasn’t my MOS.

    The standardization only made it so far then economic reality started setting in. Along with multifuel engines. The budget cuts under Ford and Carter really broke the system. First the Dodge CUCV trucks were thrown in as a cheap stop gap to have some vehicles. Then the Chevy CUCV trucks did the same thing until the HMMWV could be teethed into production. There was a follow on CUCV II program in the ‘90’s and A CUCV III program this century.

    I know I am skipping the FMTV and Oshkosh products of late. But I haven’t had the chance to mess with them any and don’t know if they even have military wiring.

    What is really weird looking back is the M series vehicles we grew up with were themselves stop gaps until the real lessons learned in WWII could be implemented. That is why there were two different deuces at the same time and the M 38 was just a slightly revised GPW. Korea ate up most of the left overs and vehicles were needed immediately no matter the grand design idea. So, the M35 got increased and the M38A1 got made. The M37A1 came along somewhere in here but I don’t remember when. Of course, the M715 was a follow on to that with the CUCV’s and HMMWV to follow it.
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    I never did look at those under the hood in service...I did crash recovery and flight control systems rigging and landing gear and canopies on f-4s and f-16s. We had a crew cab Dodge pickup and various tugs and our 50 ton crane, a 1959 Ford diesel thing...I should post pics of that...it was unique in my experience.
    Pretty much, thats all we played with...pre Hummer days...never even rode in a 6X6...seems odd but thats what happened.
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    Very interesting reading.
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