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  1. msgjd

    303M HydraMatic rebuild

    as you know the hydramatics have had a reputation almost since they came out , and yes, much of the issues are from operators and mechs/rebuilders who don't grasp the special aspects or quirks of them .. I had a loaner XM211 for a couple years until I was able to sell it for the fella.. Never...
  2. msgjd

    Today's Deuce Project

    it's good you have a small pond, I am envious.. My having a crapload of old "vintage" equipment is a fulltime job and a lot of stress trying to sell it off piecemeal.. cash poor, asset rich .. but only if the assets are still desireable items , and 95% of "buyers" waste your time or are...
  3. msgjd

    Today's Deuce Project

    ha !! good one.!. No worries, I can hoist you up there with my M62 !! ;) .. You can pee ON the tank, but not IN it .. Aim shouldn't be an issue. 1: Yes, there is chassis under the tank in the shape of a 1963 Army Guard gasser M49C that got a total driveline replacement in 1990 becoming...
  4. msgjd

    M886 Cab Interior

    Getting car sick just looking at your picture of the top rack in relation to the front dash and remembering my one and ONLY trip up on top on the right ... a kind of rock and roll that i didn't like one bit, what-so-ever! :sick: .. Please warn me whenever you go posting this stuff...
  5. msgjd

    Today's Deuce Project

    This work has been on the back burner since 2008 .. Subject matter is a M49C tanker body and i just finished replacing all seals and bearings in the distribution pump .. Hand-made new gaskets with a large roll of FelPro gasket material I've had for a long time and obtained a new chunk of...
  6. msgjd

    Did the CCKW, or M5H6 International have combat rims?

    every M5H6 i have seen or driven since the early 1970's had regular rims .. there was a construction outfit here that had 3 of them and the quarries had some around .. a couple trucks still survive.. i also don't recall any pics of them with combat rims.. i suppose it could've happened in...
  7. msgjd

    The next Project an ASMH

    getting under mine to take pics for you in places i've never had to go while doing lube , i spotted some hyd lines on mine that are resting hard on things cutting into the jackets .. yikes .. . time to grab some old tube flap material and zip ties
  8. msgjd

    The next Project an ASMH

    One of my pet peeves is when military museums, of all places where you would think they have experienced factual sources, posting misinformation about trucks, armor, etc... In this case they say Reo is the builder of their 5T M62 .... wow :rolleyes: They sure have found a unicorn :cautious:
  9. msgjd

    The next Project an ASMH

    don't sir me ! .. lol ,, I am heading home later today or tomor and will try again.. Am looking back in your posts to see what you wanted.. Next trick is remembering your picture of what you needed .. Maybe i will take a pic of your pic, good idea
  10. msgjd

    M820 Trailer Project - Advice Needed

    I own a 1967 M750 expandable vehicular parts trailer , sits on a chassis much like yours .. The only issue I ever have is water and maintaining the roof seams... There seems to be plywood sandwiched between the inner and outer sheets of the main "fixed" roof section but am not 100% sure.. On...
  11. msgjd

    Brake light and turn signal drivers side out only.

    1: any bad flasher units that i had don't flash at all, but others may have had different experiences with them 2: although you have a new housing (can) , do a continuity check between your ground wire connector tip on the can pigtail and the metal holding the sockets .. I have seen new parts...
  12. msgjd

    Why do some Deuces have the front bumper as an inverted "U" while others have an upwards "U" shape?

    All 2-1/2T W/W i have owned or been around many years in the military had the upwards "U" , which better-facilitates the location of the cable during normal spooling... In same experience, all 2-1/2T WO/W have the "U" down. Am not saying there weren't any exceptions, it's just that I had never...
  13. msgjd

    Brake light and turn signal drivers side out only.

    1: Are the inside of the bulb sockets rusty, dirty, or have the typical white-powder corrosion? If not, I would take a meter measurement between a good ground source and each wire end-tip inside each bulb socket to see if you have the full 24V+ there (and also check it at the connectors...
  14. msgjd

    The next Project an ASMH

    somewhere along the line of 4 owners (3 of them gov't entities), all of the tools , spades, spreaderbar, etc were taken from my truck before it went out to bid .. The only things they didn't rob were the full sets of tire chains
  15. msgjd

    The next Project an ASMH

    Is that a PS Magazine you're reading, or is it some other type of revealing "TM" ? :LOL:
  16. msgjd

    The next Project an ASMH

    Finally got 1st cut hay and new ditching done, beating the current spell of bad weather.. I forgot that you had posted pics of what you needed but this morning I grabbed some pics, don't know if they will help you but here goes
  17. msgjd

    Serial Number/Unit Markings for a 1953 Manufacturered Truck

    Looked at the gasser M51 (1962) and the (former gasser) M62 (1953) .. Both have clean frames, the red-lead primer is showing .. I cannot see frame stampings on either truck :???: ,, on either side
  18. msgjd

    Help ID Military Trailer M105?

    yep , but obviously not an available option in the military, nothing could ever be handy or easy.. :rolleyes: Your hitch logic can be seen on pre-1960's farmall farm tractors, a drawpin-hitch was an available option to bolt readily to the steering post on narrow-fronts, or to a bracket for...
  19. msgjd

    Help ID Military Trailer M105?

    It is a M105 for sure, (possibly an A2 version) .. It would've come with 900x20 NDCC tires.. It is the correct S/A cargo trailer to use behind deuces as well as 5-tons .. Rated 1-1/2T off-road/on-road but the armor BN S4 section always stuffed 2T or so of misc crated or palleted cargo into a...
  20. msgjd

    Steel Soldiers MV of the month 2024 - May VOTE HERE!

    thanks.. i never did have the opportunity to picture all of them together, there's about a dozen more elsewhere .. they work (or sleep) at two locations 3 hours apart .. sometimes they swap locations but basically i have at least one of everything at each location , except dump trucks, there's...
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