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Eastern's prices seem high to me.

If it dropped a valve it will most likely be more than a top end rebuild. Probably took out a piston and maybe bent a rod as well. If there is coolant in the oil then it broke a cylinder wall when the piston failed or the head was broken through where the valve was pushed up against it. That is...

This is dicey and hard to give one solid answer. Did they also change the light bulbs? This might tell you how far they took the conversion. Did they put in a civilian distributor? Does the generator have a tag that says it is still 24 volts, or 12? Did it also get converted to 12 volts? 14...

Here is a photo of our M35A2 with the 18 ton Ferree trailer we use to haul farm equipment. I don't think you need a 5 ton to do it. We have no problems with hauling tractors up to 16,000 pounds and a dozer at about 22,000 weight. The trailer has air brakes which I find to be very nice. I gave...

From experience I certainly recommend the use of the no-alcohol fuel in any older system, especially ones not regularly driven. I have had a lot of parts destroyed by the alcohol fuel, especially carburetor insides and rubber parts in fuel pumps and fuel lines. Fuel tank and line rust will also...

Use the Loctite and run it. I have done it often on similar situations.

How about putting the lift from a farm grain truck under your bed?

"Broke the end off the transfer shift rod" How about the shift fork assembly inside the transfer? Is it OK? May have hidden damage that will show up later after everything appears to be settled.

It depends on how loose the bearing is in the bore, but I had the same problem in a dozer final. The housing was very expensive, so I cleaned the bore and bearing outer race very well with solvent and used shaft locking grade of Loctite. I have not had a problem with it since. From the Loctite...

Rusty Stud and mthallm54a2,, we always wondered what we could do with the 602 gas engine if it was modified as stated on here for the M35 motor. Years ago there was a trucking company that used hopped up 602 motors. Made more power than anything else on the road at the time. I will ask my son...

Did they forget to program military trucks into the "Lexus Advanced Pre-Collision System"? :) Good to see no people in the car were seriously hurt. That driver will remember and probably dream about those last few feet he viewed before the impact for quite a while. The girl that nearly had her...

My M37 used to seemingly vapor lock. An older guy told me to briefly pull out the choke as it was winding down after shutting off the ignition to put some fuel in the intake, that seemed to help. I also wrapped insulation around the fuel lines wherever I could in the engine bay to keep the heat...

One time years ago I bought 4 new military tires for my M37 and decided I was not going to do the hard work of changing them. I took them and the old wheels and tires to a local tire sales and truck shop. They told me that because I did not buy the tires there they would not change them! So I...

So, like the shuttle transport 747, is the van carrying the B-29 or is the B-29 transporting the van? :)

In a case of engines like described above, I would first pull the pan and clean it. While there I would remove s rod bearing or two and a main and check for acid damage from sitting. We have lost bearings because we did not do that. Bearing coatings chip off and overlap causing clearance loss...

200 degrees is not abnormal when compared to today's engine temperatures. I think all is normal for the engine's design, especially with the comments of others here. I assume you have a thermostat in it. Some think, runs hot, remove the thermostat, but actually in most cases it does not help...

The shipping cost for those models, especially the Hindenburg, must be interesting!

My son and I were very happy to see these trucks being made. We noted they even copied correctly the brick hard way the M715 rides! reducing tire pressure helps. I have to say I still prefer the M37 over it. My biggest complaint about the M715 is that the top of the door opening in the cab...

I really hope they kept simple systems on these trucks, went away from all of the electronics, tire inflation systems, etc. used on the 900 series trucks. Seeing how many owners have problems with all of the components on the 900 series I think it is a big mistake for the armed forces to go to...

Too often it is easy to fall into the reasoning like "I will only do it this time" or "I am only going a short distance" to justify not taking the time to do some rather small things that will prevent the crisis he is in. So thankful no one was seriously hurt or killed. I know what it means...