Sounds like my dad..He's has over 30 water cooled hit and miis engines..a model T as well and steam engine bull dozer..These fellows went through the Great Depression and threw nothing away..He lives in Maryland..Once I diagnosed an old widows washing machine..I was ready to replace the timer..My step dad chimes in.."Don;t replace it ..fix it." so he cleaned all the contacts..works like a charm..He is the best auto mechanic I know..The man is good. My grandfather was an advid hunter and picked up this jeep from a junk yard, My dad rebuilt the engine and it last for a long time..