Hello from Oklahoma

welcome mr.another35here hehe!

So we bought a house 153 miles south of us down by Duncan, Oklahoma. I made the trip to take the loaded down deuce to the new house and it drove great. I do think the generator is going though. If I recall correctly they can be rebuilt, but it’s been more than 12 years since I was in an active motor pool. So I think I may rebuild it this winter. Video later.

YOUTUBE video driving. (it was done safely).

So this is what I did with my son today on the Deuce.

1. a cigarette lighter adapter wired to the accessory switch.

2. driver side and passenger side rifle racks.

3. 24V solar trickle charger. Works amazingly well for a $30 solar panel.

Hello and welcome from southeast Indiana.

Boyce-Equipment & Eastern Surplus both have the correct front winches, I found mine on E-Bay several years back, so you can also go that route. I like dealing with Boyce they're in Utah, a State over from Nevada. They're good folks & know the M35 trucks inside and out. My wife got beat up sitting in the standard passenger seat, so I installed a driver's seat, and she is happy.

cavtrooper78 said:

So this is what I did with my son today on the Deuce.

1. a cigarette lighter adapter wired to the accessory switch.

2. driver side and passenger side rifle racks.

3. 24V solar trickle charger. Works amazingly well for a $30 solar panel.

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Thanks man!

Tracer said:

Boyce-Equipment & Eastern Surplus both have the correct front winches, I found mine on E-Bay several years back, so you can also go that route. I like dealing with Boyce they're in Utah, a State over from Nevada. They're good folks & know the M35 trucks inside and out. My wife got beat up sitting in the standard passenger seat, so I installed a driver's seat, and she is happy.

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I like the old style bench seat on the passenger side since my wife doesn’t ride all the time ibliwkt he flat surface when I fold it down.
I’m going to have to put a pin in the winch until I nail down this alternator/generator thing. The PO must have put a hmmwv one on it.
Also I figured out that i had a parasitic drain from the light switch. I got that fixed and now I’m not having dead batteries in the morning which is a good thing. Not crazy about that 60 amp alternator though.

Take it a step at a time, follow the TMs and it'll come together. Love the LMTV bed, looks like it was made for the M35, very nice.

Tracer said:

Take it a step at a time, follow the TMs and it'll come together. Love the LMTV bed, looks like it was made for the M35, very nice.

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Thanks man. I appreciate that. Lately I've been kind of wishing i could change it out for a standard one though. Just to have the original bed.

If you go with an original bed (drop side/standard) most of the beds have some damage and rust. My truck came from Fort Irwin in So. Cal. and had very little rust but had some damage that I was able to straighten out. Looked at some good parts trucks in the Southwest. You should be able to find a good bed in your neck of the woods.

I hope yall are having a happy new year. Well I just dropped a buttload of cash (for me). I have 4 wheel cylinders, a brake line kit, 383 aint, a spin on oil filter kit, front and rear wheel seal kits, and a retaining nut socket coming.

The cold caused the rings to crack on the old oil filter canisters so I’m going to take the opportunity to do the spin on mod.

Since I need to replace the rear wheel cylinders I’m going to do the requisite bearing packing, inspections, and servicing and also replace the brake lines with new ones from Mike’s. Hopefully with this work I won’t have another wheel cylinder leak or brake issues until I can get the money together to do the disc brake conversion.

On the subject of paint, I have a Graco Pro X19 and was wondering if I would be able to use that, and if so will I need to thin it? I’m going to use the GCI stuff.

I also wish I could get a set of paper TM’s for this thing. I just can’t seem to keep my train of thought with these digital ones.

cavtrooper78 said:

I also wish I could get a set of paper TM’s for this thing. I just can’t seem to keep my train of thought with these digital ones.

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Try Portrayal Press (Knowledge is Power) lots of different TMs. Hope this helps.

The sleeping giantess hibernates while awaiting warmer weather so she can get her oil change, spin on filter mod, wheel service, brake cylinder replacements, and paint job! All the parts are just about in and just need a week of decent weather.

Did the spin on oil filter adapter mod today.
I went to start pulling wheels of and realized I can’t find my 1.5” impact socket. I also need to find the correct seal driver which I can’t find the size in the tm yet.

i liked these so much i cant wait to do the fuel filters.

Loved mine they make oil changes so much easier; they're worth every cent.

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Loved mine they make oil changes so much easier; they're worth every cent.

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Heck yeah. I’m so glad I sprung for them.

Question for anyone who has purchased new wheel cylinders from Big Mike’s. Are these new ones ready to install as they are or do I need to put the cork/rtv in them? If so where exactly do I do that. I’ve not done wheel cylinders before. I tried to call Big Mike’s as I’m in the middle of the job but no one answered. Any help to get me back to work would be appreciated.

For my M35 I use wheel cylinders from NAPA. They are made in China, so I use the made in USA NAPA rebuild kit for those wheel cylinders. The rebuild parts are marked Made in USA. In the end the only Chinese parts you will use are the wheel cylinder and bleeder valve. I never had any problems with these parts. This might save you time if you have a NAPA store close by.