The only WWII jeep restoration library.One guide per job, every step traced to its source.

For the first-time Willys MB or Ford GPW owner: handy, not a professional, and tired of piecing a restoration together from forum threads, videos and scanned manuals.

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An olive drab WWII jeep with its hood open in a home garage, tools laid out on a workbench behind it

An engine block, pistons, connecting rods and a row of spanners laid out on a workshop bench

A man in a waxed jacket kneels at the front wheel of an olive drab jeep, working on the brake with the drum and tools laid out on a cloth beside him

One job, one guide

Reline the brakes.

Drum off, shoes out, springs back in the right order. Written step by step for the MB and the GPW.

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An open workshop manual with an exploded carburetor drawing beside a disassembled brass carburetor and its small parts on a shop rag

One job, one guide

Rebuild the carburetor.

Every jet, gasket and screw laid out in order, with the step that puts it back.

Also in the library: clutch adjustment and engine rebuild.

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How a guide is made

A stack of worn workshop manuals on a garage bench in front of an olive drab jeep grille

Gather the sources

Scanned manuals and forum threads, read against each other.

A tablet on a workbench playing a video of hands working on a jeep engine, with the jeep behind it

Watch the videos

Videos of the same job are set beside the written steps.

Carburetor parts, gaskets, screws and screwdrivers laid out in order on a white cloth

Write one guide

One job, steps in order, each one linked to where it came from.

Brake reline, step by step

Sample

A sample guide for the Willys MB and Ford GPW. Choose a language to read it.

Lift the corner with a jack, set it on stands and remove the wheel. Chock the other wheels.
Source: Workshop manual
Back the adjuster off first so the drum slides free. Set the drum down with its open side facing up.
Source: Forum thread

Photograph the springs before you remove anything, then fit the new shoes in the same order.
Source: Video
Put the drum back, turn the adjuster until the wheel just drags, then back it off one notch.
Source: Workshop manual

Sample guide. Every step in a guide names its source.