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    Transmission service question

    The military says 90wt (and it's what I am running in both of mine), but when I've talked to Charles at M Series Rebuild, he has told me that is is currently installing a 50wt gear oil (gotta order it from a supplier, not available at WalMart.. :) ) since that is what Spicer (well, Eaton)...
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    Heading out to get the M817

    Yep, it would help to have some photos... :) Of course, we were so busy trying to get up to Adam's, then getting the truck ready for the road, then actually going home, that we forgot to take many... Then to, it seems that I was the only one who actually had a camera near at hand for most of...
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    Heading out to get the M817

    I'm heading out toward's AMGeneral's place on my way to get my M817 that is in storage at Oilcan's place in Ohio... Plan is to leave Brandon's early Friday, drive up to Adam's in Ohio. Scope out the M817 Friday afternoon with the guys. Saturday, PM the truck. Hopefully, by Sunday, we are...
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    M715 Conversion....need advice

    Re: RE: M715 Conversion....need advice HUH?? What heat issues?? I've been running a NP200 behind the Cummins 4BT/ZF S5-42 in my M37 for years at 75mph on the highway with no problems... I did swap out the seals for non-military ones that have a higher temperature rating then the mil-spec...
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    What are these front bumper clips for?

    ACE is right. Now, why they are cut off "who knows"... Maybe it is part of some demil/prep for sale thing (sorta like that line that came out where they are supposed to drain fluids but most often these days they don't, but you always need to check since you never really know...). As...
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    GCI Paint Ratio

    My thoughts on painting with Gillespie are located at: http://www.garbee.net/~cabell/paint.htm I think that I've painted something like a dozen trucks and a bunch of trailers over the past decade alone... All of them are still looking good even though they live outside. Naptha and Xylene...
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    Oil Choices

    I've been running Castrol Agri-Power Plus 15w40 in the Cummins 4BT's and the Multifuels for years. Meets the same slew of Cummins/Mack/Cat/Milspec/API ratings as the Rotella and others mentioned in this thread. Not only has it been a dollar a gallon less expensive at Agri-Supply, but it is...
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    I was thinking ----good or bad idea

    I've been checking these the ol' fashioned way just like ACE.... But, I have three of those plastic remote reservoirs that are mentioned in the Roscommon PDF (exactly the same, although mine are Tilton, not Wildwood) that are left over from remote reservoir clutch master cylinder instalations...
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    S.S. Ga Ralley?

    Just a head's up from a planning standpoint: The 2nd Annual N.C. Military Vehicle Show will be held on September 8th 2007 at the Propst Crossroads Vol. Fire Dept in Newton NC. If you can schedule the Georgia get together on a different weekend, it'll would perhaps keep folks from having to...
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    report from Colemans today w maddawg

    The photo taken at Roman's Surplus of the "big green construction looking thing" - 000_1869.JPG is a proof roller. You fill it up with rock for weight, pull it behind a dozer slowly, and look to see if the ground shifts any (pumps) under the wheels. If so, then the soil or aggregate...
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    M37 Gear change

    Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: M37 Gear change Dropped the pan (wanted to take a slice off the front corner to increase clearance on the differential) and noticed that it was the cleanest engine that I have ever looked at (excepting ones that had just been rebuilt but not yet fired...). Ran it for...
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    M37 Gear change

    Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: M37 Gear change Yeah... :) That's the one... ;)
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    M37 Gear change

    Re: RE: Re: RE: M37 Gear change Not scarry at all, in MY truck... :) I wouldn't do it in anyone else's truck, although there are some whom I would ride with if they did (There is a M37 with a 3-53N in AZ that I'd like to ride in for instance...:) ) Keep in mind that I have turned a wrench...
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    M37 Gear change

    RE: Re: RE: M37 Gear change Round trip to Aberdeen with the ECC in my M37 with the Cummins 4BT, ZFs5-42 (0.76:1 fifth gear), 4.89 gears. Hardtop, bows mounted over cargo area, but canvas not mounted. 900r16 Michelin XZL tires (35" diameter). Max speed for trip about 55mph, had to keep it...
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    Riding on troop seats in a deuce

    RE: Re: RE: Riding on troop seats in a deuce In NC, it is legal to cary folks in the back of the truck... If it's not legal to transport folks in the back in your state, your insurance carrier will have a field day with you if somebody gets hurt... Notice that the law in NC pertains to...
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    Some quick questions on wvo

    Gimpy, my biodiesel processor is an "appleseed" type (just do a google on it or I can send you some links when I get home...). Built around a used 80 gallon electric hot water heater from the habitat for humanity thrift store in town ($20), a pump from Northern (about $40), and a bunch of...
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    Some Pics from Iraq

    Great shots. Thanks for sharing. Take care over there, and thanks for your service, Saw a M818 pulling a house down the road in front of my house this past Saturday, but didn't have time to grab the camera for a shot... Didn't look near as nice as yours... :)
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    Who wants to swap stuff?

    Joe, I have four Co-Op Grip Spurs and one Goodyear X-Tra Traction tire in 900x16 (bias) with tubes (no flaps) that used to be mounted on my M37 before I put the Michelins on. I took tread depth measurements a while back and (by memory) they run from 60% to 90% tread. They are inside in the...
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    24V Horn

    There is no solenoid in the M37 horn circuit. The M37 has hot wire feeding the horn, wire from horn runs over to the frame, into the steering box, up the column, to the horn button in the steering wheel. Push on horn button, complete circuit to ground, horn sounds. So, to get a quick check...
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    Who wants to swap stuff?

    Seven mermite cans, one kitchen rack, and a pot lifter if memory servers me (and I have the GL invoice at the office if my memory is off...). I also have a five ton fitted cargo top that I need to pick up from another member (along with a pair of dash lights). And there is that M37 in the area...
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