M35A2 brakes issues

[wpaulharris]

Deuce,
New guy from TN with M35A2. Picked it up yesterday at Redstone. Cranked up like it was run yesterday. It was great. However, a couple of issues/questions?
1. Brakes were soft. Were is the brake fluid reservoir? I looked for 30 minutes and could not find it? Found the master cylinder in the floor board?
2. Cranking amps of those original batteries? Will two good auto batteries connected in the 24 volt arrangement work?

Tall Paul

 

[nk14zp]

brake fluid goes in mc under floor.2 good auto bats should start it.

 

[wpaulharris]

brake fluid goes in mc under floor.2 good auto bats should start it.

DJ,
I looked and felt all over the MC and could not see or feel any cap to take off to add fluid?
Do not use Dot 3? Correct?

 

[nk14zp]

Dot5 you have to remove the vent line from mc its screwed into the cap.

 

[wpaulharris]

Awesome DJ

 

[nk14zp]

You need to read the -10 .Its scary people buy these and might not have brakes. No offense ment.

 

[wpaulharris]

No offense taken.
We hauled this one. Too unsafe.
You mentioned "read 10"? Can you explain? Is this posted in the resource section?

 

[nk14zp]

yes its the opp manual and its in the resource section.

 

[nk14zp]

Tm 9- 2320-209-10 is the book you need.

 

[wpaulharris]

DJ
I see 10-1, 10-2. 10-3, 10-4. Any idea of which one for the brakes?

 

[nk14zp]

Not sure on that but you need to reed them all anyway. Search for pressure bleeder its the only way to go.

 

[clinto]

You will find this helpful, read it all the way through:

Deuce - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite


It has a list of all the TM's (technical manuals).

As a Deuce newbie, you should go into the Deuce forum and start ont he very first thread and work your way back to the most recent. Doing that will probably answer every question you could ever have.

Welcome to the club.

 

[rockman]

You have to realize that the trucks are different than a regular car/truck. Read up and you will be prepared..

 

[GoFastCrackPipe]

The TM's that refer to servicing/troubleshooting the breaking systems are 9-2320-209-20-3-2 (chapter 13), 9-2320-209-10-3 (chapter 14).
I love this site! Havn't posted much because every time I have a question, someone else has already asked it and gotten an answer!

 

[wpaulharris]

Thanks to all

 

[WillWagner]

TM9-2320-361-10. It covers the basics of the M44 series. The 209-10-X get a bit more involved. All are a good read, start with the 361-10. Took me a few nights of reading before I went to sleep.... read, fall asleap and drool, wake up and put it away, repeat the next night