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Now that the truck is out of the trees I can get underneath it. Finally started crawling around under it today, here are a couple things I found. The picture above shows a second fuel pump. It's mounted to the left front frame rail between the primary and secondary filters. It and the...

Yes they will, even another year or two is okay. We'll keep plugging away at it.

Rain! The rain has arrived and we're grateful for it, even though it cut short my work on the trucks today and it may be too late for some of the dry farm crops. I'm getting these trucks ready to park for the winter. My "truck time" is just about done and it looks like I won't be doing any...

Looks like a good project, let us know when you post new pics to your album so we can follow along.

I was only in for 4, but was on Governor's Island twice. '71 for YN training, '73 for recruiter training. Looking forward to your pics. Welcome aboard! Jack

Welcome from a recent military truck convert and former U.S. Coast Guardsman: Cape May, NJ; Governor's Island, NY; USCGC Minnetonka WHEC-67 Long Beach CA; CGRO Phoenix, AZ. You'll find good people and good help here. As others here will tell you too, the Tech Manuals and "search" are your...

Sounds like some nasty weather, hope you all stay safe up there! 5" of rain? Yeah, you can send some of that down, but, can you send it in 1/2" increments, say, once a day for the next week or so? Keep the hail! You and the others on Steel Soldiers have been a great help. Good bunch of...

Thanks for the kind words. The truth is, I have a lot of experience getting into projects I don't know much about.;) A little homework goes a long way to help things go better. And I've always appreciated the help I get from folks who know what they're talking about, like the folks here on...

Excellent, thanks! Jack

TM(s) for brakes? I only have a few more weeks to work on the trucks before I have to go back to our "other life". There's not a lot of $$ in the farm budget for the trucks at this point. I've suggested to our son-in-law that he hang on to the trucks, rather than sell them off quickly. Heck...

Update Haven't done much on the M220's or Boyce trucks recently. But I've been busy on the M35A2 and finally drove it out of it's 25+ year resting spot yesterday. You can see the story, with video, in the Deuce forum "Bringing an M35A2 out of the trees . . ." Not much $$ in the farm budget...

3 Deuces I can't say thanks enough to everyone on SS who answered questions, offered advice and encouragement. Jim even sent me a hard copy TM for the M135 series.[thumbzup] Some of you may have already seen the threads on the other trucks I've been trying to bring back to life this summer...

Thanks to all for the great comments! It wouldn't have happened without you and the others on SS who answered, encouraged and advised. You were all in that cab with me today! I suppose I could have backed it into the barn rather than all those turns, but then it would have ended sooner! I...

Drove it out: here's the video! http://youtu.be/jJUMBo3xLL4

Video of trees before cutting Here'a s short video walk-around of the truck that shows the trees before I cut them down. M35A2 Trees Before Cutting - YouTube

I've found out that the 12V conversion was done by a shop in eastern Idaho. I think they may still be in business. I'm going to find out more about them and about the conversion. Bringing this truck back to life is one of the highlights of a life-long interest in working on old internal...

No driveout today Well, the day didn't go the way I'd hoped, we didn't have enough time to drive it out. I got out there just long enough to cut away some trees. There were two that had to go. I'll be backing the truck out, one tree had grown up right behind the rear wheels and I was afraid...

Thanks to all for your comments on the engine start. I've put a lot of time and effort into the 4 trucks I'm working on this summer. I've climbed up and down on fenders and in and out of engine compartments more times than I ever thought possible :D . Hearing that engine fire up yesterday and...

Video of engine running M35a2 engine first start up - YouTube

Oh Sweet Noise! It started today! After a family member who is an electrician helped me figure out the correct way to connect the batteries to the series-parallel switch it fired up and ran. Cranked it over 3 times, about 30 seconds each time, and it fired on the third try. After a few...