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  1. sue

    Driveshaft bolt size

    Aircraft spruce has them in there catalog for $4.40 each when I go to the military shows,meets etc. I can’t believe the people there don’t know about aircraft spruce, any hardware you need, if you call you talk to a real person right away, and free LARGE catalog.
  2. sue

    FMTV 3126 Engine options

    A lot of civilians with the small cats have just put in a older all mechanical Rebuilt cummins. With the price of cat parts lately might be worth it?
  3. sue

    53” tires

    My “53 tires are rated at 14,000 lbs. X6= 84,000 lbs my a3 only weighs about 18,500 after a few mods. I think cruising a little over 55mph is o.k
  4. sue

    Blown Head Gasket Recovery (no longer) - Massive Engine Failure (!)

    Well sh*t happens, my one concern is that you said “ just left the camp site a couple of minutes earlier “(paraphrasing by me) and I’m sure sure that you gave your power plant a few minutes to warm up. I have friends who will never own diesels again because of problems with them but I have...
  5. sue

    California Title and CDL Requirements: M35A2

    Half the “fifth wheel” travel trailers or over 10,000 lbs. how many three axle motorhomes or there on California hiways right now? A California “dmv hand book” is not the vehicle code. not saying it’s false, but just sounds a little fishy?
  6. sue

    M35A3 power and speeds mods?

    We have had ours for about 8 years. It real nice to have twelve foot two by fours loaded in the back or two pallets of floor tile. We have been to haspin towing our hmvee on the trailer, been to Arizona. We put the front freewheeling hubs on. for speed we put the “53 tires on. Much safer than...
  7. sue

    Spare wheel/tire combination for M35A3 with 365s or 395s without getting another M35A3 rim?

    Yea, not as tough as use to be. slid the bed back mounted at hand pump crane between the bed and cab. With the tire inside the crane footprint. with the “53 tires there about 390lbs each,
  8. sue

    Barely Turn Right With MRAP wheels & Super Singles

    Sorry off the grid for a while, no I just asked a truck junkyard to find one about this leanth and this diameter and spline.
  9. sue

    Power steering for the Deuce?

    Just did a “tas 65 steering box” search, lots turned up. Very common. from $175 to $1400
  10. sue

    Power steering for the Deuce?

    Sorry, can’t remember. Just used a cat bolt on pump.( piggybacks the air compressor) borgstroms? For steering u joints etc. reservoir from Amazon. And had two hoses fabbed up.
  11. sue

    Barely Turn Right With MRAP wheels & Super Singles

    We have 53” and had to get a new pitman arm out of a truck junkyard to make it work.
  12. sue

    anyone source for Super Swamper TSL - BIAS 38.5x16/16.5LT

    they DEFINITELY won’t fit
  13. sue

    Twin Turbo V12 M998

    come on, if I see one more bi turbo V12 merc put in a hmmve I’m gonna puke. would someone just once try to think outside the box?
  14. sue

    Can Wrangler MT be changed without disassembling 2 piece wheel?

    Sealer, stupid spell check!!!
  15. sue

    Can Wrangler MT be changed without disassembling 2 piece wheel?

    If your “o rings” look good just use some seale. Only had to change 1 ”o ring”, a friend did not line it up on his assembly and would not hold air after an hour.
  16. sue

    HMMWV Rocking

    Yep, fuel
  17. sue

    M35A3 new owner has questions

    And maybe one or more of the rear axles are moving around which is affecting your steering? And swapped in dextron 3 in our trans about 4 years ago, much better now.
  18. sue

    Sue's hydraulic power steering in his M35A3

    Looked today and got some measurements, from the steering box,have a 6” steering “arm” connecting to the shaft of the box, leading down to a steering arm connecting to the steering “axle knuckle” with a center to center of 9”. the 2 to third axle wheel base is 60”. The springs are three leaves...
  19. sue

    Sue's hydraulic power steering in his M35A3

    Sorry not exactly a tech savvy guy. Will also measure the Pittman arm and to be honest I thick we did some calculations and by dumb luck it came out right on figuring the Pittman arm ratio.
  20. sue

    Sue's hydraulic power steering in his M35A3

    Can’t remember where we got the springs. But we put the 53” tires on there for speed and durability. Will go out tomorrow and measure the 2nd and third axle wheelbase. I‘m guessing that a spring manufacture place can set you up. and I will measure the width and thickness of the springs also...
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