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G749 Torque Rod Removal There's George without his front rear. With the right hammer and knowing the target is the housing the bolts sit in, 4 lbs of blow is all it takes to pop out the torque rods and remove a rear. We cheated on the top torque rod finding a hydraulic jack that fit...

The White Knight. In a twist of irony an odd message was stenciled on the back of a M211 from the Penhold base. "Attach Stuck White Knight Here". Research uncovered an ambulance that was stationed on the base the boys referred to as "The White Knight". It would get stuck a lot so the fellas...

This would not be as funny if I was a skilled mechanic so you're welcome. Not many pics from the day with a good ground guy keeping me busy but we got a powerplant pulled. There's the problem. Either something was outside and wanted to get in...or something was inside and wanted to get out.

"G749 Pillow Block Removal" from unit 113501174 to George the BATUS 135. Removing coarse studs installed 70 years ago could be tough but for a fella with teeth, it's no problem. If I didn't have teeth, I'd be grinding my gums. All you need to do this job are wrenches, hammers, punches, new...

It snowed so I'm thinking out-loud today. Do you see any heat indicators around the Reduction Unit? Over here on Jatonka is some more trans trouble shooting info....... http://www.jatonkam35s.com/jatonkaM135-211sTMdownloadpage.htm It's 9-8025-2 down at the bottom. The descriptions are more...

That truck is in such nice shape it needs to be out pickin up'. There may still be NOS trans stuff in a crate up here if it's needed. I'll meet you in Lethbridge for a steak and ginger ale. Keeping premium trucks rolling is a noble goal. I still wonder if this fella here at Precision...

That's just awesome.......the museum piece is home. :beer: TM 9-8024 page 163....pdf pt.1.... is a trouble trans section. They claim Z, e or h to be the issues to check. That section covers a lot of solutions with the most difficult decision.............. report to ordnance maintenance...

I took a quick look in TM 9-1819 around the 260 pages trying to find MC return spring info. It's not obvious in the book so I found a bad picture of the spring outside the MC that's supposed to pull the pedal back to position. It's a pedal pumping pulling positioning piece. It's a fairly...

The trucks love a 50 mile run at 50mph. The hubs will still be cold when you get there. Once you're home safe, a 0-50mph test to beat our times is always a bonus. There was a story about a check valve in one style of MC that was different than the G749 Early Deuce. If the internals are an...

G749 Tire Tear off Tech Tips from Mattech. The diff swap got a start and I had to pull tires. Mattech said I should try his hammer wrench and a tiny blow hammer with some magic sand inside. The big sledge got pulled out just in case but I didn't need it. We highly recommend a magic filled blow...

We found one where someone previously removed the large air intake hose from the carb to the monster oil bath air filter....like yours. If anything GMC could have done better was face the carb outward so someone could look in the big hole in the carb. After removing the 90° elbow on the carb we...

Mr. AA you have the kindest way with words. We Thank You. The great thing about hooking in with the MVPA folks was enjoying all the experience they had to offer. From the Dennis B's to the 350 M37 kids, the dog-tag maker, to the hosts of the Whitecourt Airshow that filled the fuel tanks of...

There is something wrong with that truck. Did everyone see this? Either someone put bondo all over the top rail, filled the tailgate, smoothed out the inside wall of the box, sanded everything flat, painted it then added patina including s/n and bumper tags.......... or that box has no work...

Welcome to the most MViron mentally stable greenish iron on the planet. Reduce, reuse and recycle. That truck looks better than anything up here so you got a good one. Keep those pick up pics coming. First thing I noticed was...... You don't need a 3' ladder to reach over the hood. What do...

We found a split, lower brake line on a deuce the PO converted from Dot 3 to Dot 5. Being in Canada with freeze thaw cycles, we likely create more internal condensation.....like the inside of a buried sea can...... and need to flush more. The Mattech figures the water can gather at a low spot...