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Happy to hear that you got it running! I hope it's awhile before I have to dive into my truck's fuel system, though. This didn't seem like an easy task!

I trashed one of the new air pipe nuts trying to tighten it without a modified socket. I ground the socket down enough that the rounded inner edges didn't mess anything up. I reused the old one and torqued it properly with the modified socket. Anyway, I FINALLY got the rim out of the tire...

Tire is almost off. I don't have to worry about the air pipe anymore, though. I worked the rim enough out of the tire so that the air pipe nut was just past the bead lock insert. I cut a big rectangular hole in the sidewall with the Sawzall and got a wrench in there to get the nut off. This...

I hit a snag with the front driverside wheel. The tire bead is hung up on the air pipe nut in a way that the nut and end of the pipe are embedded into the bead, like trying to poke your fingers through a deflated balloon. No amount of prying, diesel fuel, or chipping away at that bead is...

Or just leave the bumper as-is and come up with a story about why it's crooked. It gives the truck character! Maybe it was a lifting accident with a Chinook or a Jolly Green Giant. Tied down too tightly to a transport flatbed car on one side? Rowdy party on base? Or aliens...

Well, guess it's time to submit errata :p I'm glad you got it all worked out! Makes me wonder how many of those components were replaced in-service with this error!

I use an in-line air gauge on my tire hose connected to the emergency gladhand and used that to verify that the compressor is cutting in and out at the proper pressures. It seems to be consistent with what the air gauge on the dash reads, thankfully!

I'm bringing this back to life because I have the front driver side wheel pulled off for restoration and think this would be a great time to replace this hose. I already found a ton of information here: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/m35a3-steering-what-does-this-hose-do.72269/ It...

I know the feeling! I can't sell her on a wrecker, but she'd be fine with either a HMMWV or an M1084, though I told her it has to come with the crane :p

That's a sharp-looking deuce there, looks a lot better than the other crane conversions I've seen! Depending on how well it runs and drives I don't think I'd offer more than $10k for it. Did the short wheelbase deuces have a double frame on them? Those were all mostly dump trucks and tractors...

After a day spent on another project, I mounted the wheel onto the truck. I actually mounted it twice because the first time I had the hollow stud too far away from the CTIS valve. I'm going to try not to do that again! I learned that the hollow stud needs to be one stud CW from the CTIS...

It just occurred to me that I got @tobyS confused with @fuzzytoaster , which I realized when tobyS' signature line mentioned the 4x4 A3 :p Navy A3s are news to me, but I'm still an A3 newbie :p There's a Mission BBQ that's going to open soon in Henrietta, NY, and they have an M35A3 parked...

That's pretty awesome! What are the truck S/Ns? I'm curious how late in production they were built and if other Navy A3s were built in the same run. The issues with the AT1545 are well-documented around the forum. The main issue has to do with the control pistons (I think) that control 4th...

The lettering on the bumper looks like it's on a brighter-colored background, which I think was a NATO requirement for trucks operating in different countries so they could be easily identified. I'm not sure if that's standard though since my A3 has that, but then again I don't know for sure if...

I just remembered that the gauge I've been checking it with reads a little lower than the one I fill with. I'll give it another day and see how it goes (y)

I inflated the tire last night using truck air from the emergency gladhand. I bought a longer hose to go between my pressure gauge and air chuck since the wheel TM recommended that I stand at least 10 feet off to the side from the tire in case the rim explodes. It's also suggested that the...

I have the wheel bolted together and the CTIS valve piped in! It took a lot of wrenching but got the clamp ring torqued down. Here's what I did: Very first thing: I made sure the o-ring flange on the rim was clean. 1) I installed the rim using a @simp5782 method where I leaned the tire...

I just realized that you said they were Navy M35A3s. I didn't know the Navy even had them, so that's pretty cool :cool:

I've discovered in my wheel work so far that the wheel weights are mounted inconsistently, and the TM doesn't help much either. On some wheels they're on the 3rd stud CCW from the air pipe, and on some wheels they're on the 4th stud CCW from the air pipe. I took a closer look at the TM wheel...

Welcome to the club! Do you know if they came out of the service in that green? I usually don't see A3s in plain OD.