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I was thinking vacuum line D is for the Governor. Maybe it breaks the vacuum to the distributor when the motor is over-revved.

Years back I turned my 5 ton m52A2 off when trying to restart nothing I checked the power to the starter, and I had power I found that one battery was bad and I was only getting 12 volts to the starter.

When it comes to truck tires you will never do enough of them to get good at it. If you do enough of them and get good at changing them that is not good either.

One thing to watch out for is the space between the steering wheel and the back of the cab some seats are thicker than others and really limit the space for the driver.

Your Truck looks great. Sandblasting gets sand everywhere I have done it with a pressure washer works better it will take off what is already coming off. I rebuilt a m211 it had orange paint over the green. I first went through the brakes and wheel bearings then I sandblasted the frame and...

I have seen many military truck campers in the KOA just north of Albuquerque NM. It's no problem. It is a great place to stay and full hookups.

Some times it takes two hammers one on each side of the sleeve that the taped pin go through.

I never had any luck with completely sealing oil leaks around the filters till I installed the spin-on filters.

On hills Chaining up the outside tire front or rear axle will cause the tires with the chain to dig out the ice and not touch the ground because all the weight is sitting on the other tires without the chain and are spinning on the ice on a steep enough hill the truck will be slipping down the...

This disc brake is in a 1943 White something like this with a maxi chamber in it would make a better park brake than the one that was put on these trucks ,

I was able to make a mechanical linkage for my M52A2 it works good

The NDT tires marked with OZ on the side wall are different from other tires they seem to have better rubber .

legally they need replaced adding a tube dose not change anything the tire is coming apart .

Every state is different . I have use Progressive with 2 trucks $ 89 a month includes 2 trailers and a weight of 80.000 . other Companys would insure the trucks and print a 10.000 pound limit on the id cards .

In 82 I bought a new Chevrolet 3/4 ton 4x4 with a 6.2 and a manual transmission it was great no problems .