NOS M38 Ross steering assy!

[arisLgr]

Hi all, further to my previous post, here is a report of a NOS Steering assy I was fortunate enough to find! I get excited when very seldom I have on my hands genuine parts wrapped still in wax paper!

So here is a comparison of the Part Numbers of the NOS compared to the worn out steering assy I removed from my M38.

NOS PARTS:

• GEARBOX (CASTING #): TA122985
  
• GEARBOX (STAMPED #): TA13084OJ
  
• COVER : TA125999 13 114
  
• PITMAN SHAFT: TA124997
  
• NOS WORM
  
• STEERING WEEL TURNS: 4,8
  
• STEERING COLUMN: Longer
  

MY M38 PARTS:

• GEARBOX (CASTING #): T122983
  
• GEARBOX (STAMPED #): No other number
  
• COVER: TA125998
  
• PITMAN SHAFT: 38.15.? SAMI
  
• STEERING WEEL TURNS: 4
  
• STEERING COLUMN: Shorter
  

Here I pass it on to you experts, since my part number crunching has always been minimal especially with our army multi-part numbers. Do I now have the OEM assy or as Brian suggested one from a M38A1? If so what did I have on my car before? If I’m with an assy from another M Jeep, so be it, I’m happy as after decades of struggling I can now steer with no play or binding, so better late than never!

Here are the pictures that my daughter was capable of uploading (she used this to obtain the URLs https://postimages.org/)

PHOTOS OF NOS
BOX MARKINGS:

BOX MARKINGS 2:

COVER:

PITMAN SHAFT:

WORM:


PHOTOS OF ON MY M38
BOX MARKINGS:

COVER:

PITMAN SHAFT:

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Aris
Willys M38
1936 Cord Phaeton
1954 Mercury Monterey
1968 Corvette Stingray
1973 Mercedes 350SE
1974 Montesa Cota 247T

[wesk]

Odd that a NOS still sealed in package steering gear would have such a terribly corroded worm gear!
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Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100

Mjeeps photo album: http://www.willysmjeeps.com/v2/modules.php?set_albumName=Wes-Knettle&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

[arisLgr]

[radtech]

I have seen rusted parts that apparently were pulled from the shelf coated with cosmolene and packaged for the Military Assistance Program to be given to friendly foreign governments not for US forces use.

[arisLgr]