new guy from colville wa.

[frozenboulder]

hey there ,thanks for the add! finally found my 715 and now the fun begins!! very solid truck with extremly little rust!! Bonus for me! it needs a fuel tank- like they all seem to, new brakes and to get it running. carb is in pieces at the moment waiting on my new kit to arrive. any tips ,hints and upgrade suggestions very welcome. gonna have a fuel tank ,made up so if anyone has the tank dimensions and some good pictures that would be great as well. thanks for the add

 

[Mullaney]

hey there ,thanks for the add! finally found my 715 and now the fun begins!! very solid truck with extremly little rust!! Bonus for me! it needs a fuel tank- like they all seem to, new brakes and to get it running. carb is in pieces at the moment waiting on my new kit to arrive. any tips ,hints and upgrade suggestions very welcome. gonna have a fuel tank ,made up so if anyone has the tank dimensions and some good pictures that would be great as well. thanks for the add

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Welcome to the Outfit!
Congratulations on finding yourself a M715 too.
We host the manuals for that vehicle.

All the M-715, M-725 & M-726 Truck TM's and information that I can find

This is all the info and TM's I can find for the M-715 Truck. Thanks to Ken Del Rio, John Schmidt, Tom's M 715, M 715 Zone and any other place I copied from!

steelsoldiers.com

Those books will help you understand how it works.

 

[Tracer]

Welcome aboard from N/W Nevada.

Ah the joy you'll have trying to get rid of that miserable FD red paint. In 5 years, I still haven't removed all of it from my M38A1.

 

[marchplumber]

Good luck and welcome aboard!!

 

[frozenboulder]

thanks for the welcome, spent the day rebuilding the holley 1920 fingers crossed that it works !!good thing was no extra parts left over!!

 

[marchplumber]

thanks for the welcome, spent the day rebuilding the holley 1920 fingers crossed that it works !!good thing was no extra parts left over!!

Ohhhhhh, I can SO relate!! "spare parts" arent always bad, but it is RARELY good! LMBO

 

[kendelrio]

Welcome to the site! I am the proud owner of a M715 and (today!) a M725. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out!

 

[marchplumber]

Welcome to the site! I am the proud owner of a M715 and (today!) a M725. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out!

WTH?!?

Ya spring this on us?!? Shazam!!

 

[kendelrio]

WTH?!?

Ya spring this on us?!? Shazam!!

Just posted a thread....

 

[frozenboulder]

well a little up date. getting close to trying to fire it up!! took a whiile to find a correct rotor for the distributor..gonna toss a battery in and spin it over ,then the new plugs and some fuel!! fingers crossed!

 

[frozenboulder]

hey there!! well I got the 715 fired up!! I was surprised how easily it started!! No messing around at all, purrs like a kitten!! It needs a water pump but I have found one for it !! Has anyone done away from the heavy 3 belt pulley on the water pump to just a single or lighter double groove pulley??I'm guessing the 24 volt generator ran on 2 belts but since I am 12 volt now not really needed. that heavy pulley has to be hard on the water pump bearings!

 

[marchplumber]

hey there!! well I got the 715 fired up!! I was surprised how easily it started!! No messing around at all, purrs like a kitten!! It needs a water pump but I have found one for it !! Has anyone done away from the heavy 3 belt pulley on the water pump to just a single or lighter double groove pulley??I'm guessing the 24 volt generator ran on 2 belts but since I am 12 volt now not really needed. that heavy pulley has to be hard on the water pump bearings!

Congrats!!! ALWAYS a thrill when they fire!!

 

[SCM35A2]

Welcome to the site!

 

[frozenboulder]

hey there!! does anybody have any info on the difference in the water pump on the Tornado 230?? between the civilian and military models.or a picture of a civilian model 230 tornado timing cover?? I know the military pump has 8 bolts and the civilian model has 7 for mounting as well as different pulleys. Thanks

 

[frozenboulder]

hey there!! does anybody have any info on the difference in the water pump on the Tornado 230?? between the civilian and military models.or a picture of a civilian model 230 tornado timing cover?? I know the military pump has 8 bolts and the civilian model has 7 for mounting as well as different pulleys. Thanks

I picked up a NOS , TRW water pump for the civilian 230 and I think they must have made a different timing cover housing for these motors for the military

 

[frozenboulder]

I'm guessing that they wanted an extra mounting bolt for the water pump due to the heavy 4 groove pulley that they wanted. Military intelligence seemed to be 2 words that didn't go together back then!!