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The way it works on my computer is I get notification if you add a comment on an existing post you make. If you 'start a new thread' sometimes I won't even catch it if I don't find time to look through every new thread that gets started. Most often I don't have time to search through all 'new...

I was standing beside a buddy the other day while he was flipping through his phone. He showed me a photo of 5 ton truck I hadn't seen before. Not sure what it was and I didn't follow up at the time but I will now. Meanwhile, this came up on a search for M815 military truck from 10 years ago...

This is it. Couldn't imagine after all these years some Electra folk representing their State still find the need to target military vehicles. Writing the State reps and providing the long standing, reasonable MV position seems to evade some of those folks whom appear the 'need' to justify...

Currently not running any green gear outside or doing cold starts. The block heater on the Chev doesn't even fire up until it's -18c but I do run synthetic oils. For the longest time I was fortunate enough to have the 'best' part of good, better or best. Everything was kept in a warm shop. I...

Those photos were just bonus cold weather efforts with the alcohol injection bottle and an insulated box for the old deuce batteries. There are oil drain-plug heaters but the units used on the old deuces were either magnet style or stick on. Easy, non-invasive solutions are always good...

Up in the frozen North we find oil pan heaters, block heaters, electric battery blankets/ boxes and in-line circulating heaters on lots of the old gear. In-line diesel fuel heaters are also out there for extreme conditions...

It's always good news when someone is putting a hydromatic together and creating parts. I'll check with the mech heads and see if anyone is in the rebuild process. I have two from the original kits on the shelf and see now that there is some difference between them. One of them has the little...

This just popped in my cranium and I don't like leaving stuff in there overnight so I'll share. Lots of bolts and hose clamps were loose as a Goose on my Deuce when I got it. After pulling the torque specs and getting the info that if we tighten pans too tight we can split gaskets, we put a...

It happened. Old Moore, the Penhold bunker M211 from 1955, brought to the G749 preservation farm over a decade ago, test fired 8 years ago with the original engine, re-engined with a duramax 4 years ago..... finally got a new coat. The new owner has logged 10's of thousands of miles and sends me...

Nice to see another Early Deuce taking a breathe. It takes a bit of nerve to stay with them until you can ride'em so good work. They do run with a fuel can hanging on the mirror but they usually like 3 psi. We played with a regulator last year from 3-6psi and 3 worked best for us. The manual...

Found another picture and it looks like the board is on the inside of the back post. There is not a lot of info out there but somebody somewhere would have put a TM together so they could later bark, 'Why didn't you read the TM"? If I come across more details I'll get them up here. This is a...

That's a mini dump truck. I had to look it up. Only 198 made with the XM708 designation. Very cool and worthwhile platform to work on. https://www.easternsurplus.net/GalleryDetails/438/Dodge-XM708,-4x4,-M37-weapons-carrier Keep the pics coming. The pump, hydraulic lines and all the bits that...

Here's the transmission we dug out of the dirt north of Edmonton. It's not a 301MG hydra-matic. The side looks similar but that oil cooler is missing. Certainly one of the early hydra-matics closer to this 1940's article...

Did we get the compression tested? Let's get those readings. It's great exercise on page 188 for compression and vacuum tests. Following the steps in 9-8024, you remove all the spark plugs, hook up the gauge, slide off the fender, climb up in the cab, pull the starter, climb out of the cab...

By George I might have this figured out. Is your close-up pic the inside of shaft Q (7411533) ? That would mean shaft N (7084954) gets shoved inside shaft Q....and the infamous 'slop' occurs between the boy shaft N and the receiver hole in shaft Q. Is that right? The description you...