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In my humble opinion, $3000 will likely get you into a truck that needs some things such as electrical gremlins, mechanicals, etc. My personal rule of thumb is to save, save, save until you can afford the truck that meets your standards. I live in central NY and I won't drive my Deuce in the...

Just a heads-up to you photo collectors: I learned in an electronic evidence class that data preserved in jpg. format can lose information over time and compromise the photograph. We saw examples of this during the presentation. The instructor recommended we use other formats (mpg., etc?) to...

Last I knew, you Limeys drank your suds at room-temp! Cheers!! :beer: It was a Brit that got me in the FV432 in the first place. I think he moved to France or something. Haven't heard from him in quite some time.

m880 Unimog, Thanks for chiming in. There is at least a couple old-school dealers of British Armour left in the UK that we deal with at Track-Kickers. I haven't had the pleasure of chatting with anone who served on the 432 or variants. I prolly spent more time drinking cold beer and smoking...

Hey Len, you're welcome, but it's an honest mistake! I wouldn't worry too much about it. I think the thread shows how caring the MV community is when a member needs help (though there are many, many examples of this on SS!). I've had the pleasure of meeting Len and he's a Good Guy. If he's...

Hey Len, I just saw this thread. I'm not sure what periscope you are referring to? This one did not have the gunners periscope in the center of the two pictured on the left and right of the Peak Engineering turret. All that was there was a piece of particle board that was cap-screwed over the...

Thank you G-force. After I posted, I realized how high I'd need to heat the oil to "boil off" antifreeze! With my gravity feed set up for centrifuging WMO, I think I'll add a tap at the bottom of my drum and use it to decant any water and antifreeze I might run into. I have been getting...

I have a Q about this: Speaking of strictly waste motor oil that's contaminated with water and/or anti-freeze, if one heats the mixture up to say 100 degrees F, would the water and anti-freeze evaporate out od the top of the drum? And let's say that you just get it up to the 100 deg. F...

Everyone, many thanks for all the info! Brooke has a lot of good stuff that makes these older radios very adaptable to use without the hard to find batteries and such. When I get another Mule, I'm gonna hang one off the back of the driver's seat and wire it into the 12v battery. I just...

Thank you for the replies, gents. Is there any specific place that sells empty PRC-77 shells and what would a reasonable price be for one? Maybe putting a MURS in a PRC-77 shell is like re-inventing the wheel, but the appeal of military radios (for me) is that they look like mil radios and not...

Please, no flames... This is probably a dumb question, but can a PRC-77 be tuned to any of these five frequencies, or are they to "narrow"? Thanks in advance for any help with this info! John •151.820 MHz •151.880 MHz •151.940 MHz •154.570 MHz •154.600 MHz *EDIT* The next dumb Q is, if the...

Craig, you said "zombies"!!! Hey man, the world needs dreamers. If things gotta go south, I'd wish it was because of Z-Day myself... [thumbzup] it really cuts down on any confusion about who the bad guys are!

Just my .02... Back in about 1997 I was fresh married and wanted a mule. I got one and then I wanted a four wheel steering kit. I called Bill Watson on a weekend while he and his wife were driving on vacation. He answered every question I had and I'm sure I had some dumb ones. Way back then...

A number of years ago, I sold a demilled 106mmRR w/ T&E and wheel barrow mount here in NY to a gent from the south (I think he was from the south). I lost track of him and would just like to touch base. I can't find any contact info for him and I can't remember his name. If anyone on here is...

Len, There is a $1.50 ea. spark plug for a Land Rover that will interchange with the FV432's $13.00 ea. Champion plug. You can strip the guts from the armored plug wires and install a quality US set of wires within the steel braided covers- or just leave the wires plain, like in a car. I had...

Hey thanks, guys! I haven't been to this thread in a while. In the interim of actually building a gun truck... (all I have is an M35 at this point and no $$ to start a project like this yet)... I painted her up solid green (not the correct green, but all I had) and some stars on the doors. I...

Len, The latest upgrade of the FV432 has a Cummins diesel engine in it. Very nice! I think this is the Bulldog you refer to. (Getting the Deuce ready for the parade this Saturday. 442nd trans. Line Haulers designations that my uncle was in, Nam 68-69.)

Got it! Bleeder Vs. drain valve. Told you I was learning- Thanks for the clarification![thumbzup]

I'm sure this is a dumb question, but wouldn't fuel come out of the bleeder regardless if the fuel pump was on or not as long as there was fuel in the filter? Are you saying that the fuel will gush out rather than dribble? Pardon my ignorance as I'm still learning!

I've seen a lot of mention of the remote res. in passing when I was searching posts and TM's for the location of the res. and how much to fill it. It's pretty low. Thank you for the help, gents. I greatly appreciate it...:-D