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Yes, according to James Lyles books, the Marine Corps had war wagons, as they called them. If you can find copies of his books, you should find lots of general gun truck information. The Army, Air Force and Marine Corps all had gun trucks. The Navy had battleships.

Yes they do. It wasn’t there back in ‘86. One of these days I’ll stop by there and visit. Now that everything is no longer shut down, hopefully we’ll get to see it next summer.

That’s cool! I was stationed at Hill AFB back in 1986. I was in a different squadron, however.

Nice setup! Thanks for the pics! Question, your door has the 388th Fighter Wing out of Hill AFB. Any particular reason for this?

Following this thread. I’ve got one transmission that inop and another maybe inop. I’ve been reluctant to attack the repair because I’m clueless about automatic transmission repair.

Best I can say is give it a try. I pulled my tank once. Given my druthers, I’ll never do that heinous chore again. As I recall the skid plate was a pretty tight fit. Try taking some measurements of both tanks and compare.

I replaced the stock (box) fuel filter with a spin on. All my fuel problems went away. After sitting for two years, I had to move it. It took a few seconds longer to get started but all my fuel problems went away.

Thank you!

I’m going to install a soft top on my 1952 M-37. It’s not going to be a GI top. The PO installed a bunch of snaps all over the place. I’m going to get me a heavy duty cloth tarp, cut it to size and utilize the snaps. One thing I can’t find any clear picture of is the two straps that go from the...

Outstanding! There’s going to be some very happy kids this Christmas!

If you go back to the TM section on this website, you’ll note the section on 5 ton trucks. Look through the various books till you find the parts book for the 818 series trucks. The books you’re looking for are the ones that end with the letter P. For the majority of the everyday parts the book...

I have some HMMWV parts. I couldn’t tell you what they are because they’re stacked in plastic bins in the bottomless hole in my barn. Fortunately, I actually itemized everything. Even put numbers on the bins so I can find things. I’m not trying to break the bank. When I try to sell parts, I’ll...

There’s several on line places to get all kind of parts. I personally have used Eastern Surplus. eBay is a possibility, I’ve used them as well. I’ve found that typing in the part name, part number and/or stock number, I can find just about anything I need .

The Laramie County Toys For Tots campaign kick off is at 1800 (6:00pm) on 7 October. Then there’s the annual Cheyenne Christmas Parade on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Then there’s at least two events, “Stuff a Truck” on the first weekend after the parade and “Stuff a Sleigh” on the second...

Socks are priceless! I know quite a few times as a young Marine, I’d have greatly appreciated some nice socks (non-horrible wool socks). The absolute best socks I’ve found are Thorlos. The ones I’m wearing now I’ve had for over five years. Make sure you use fabric softener and they’ll last a...

I need new batteries!

On a nearby military base, 15-20 years ago, I saw an entire regiment/battalion/not sure of pontoon carrying trucks. There was two (maybe more) trucks with boats on board. My memory is extremely fuzzy about the details but with the amount of equipment, I’d guess they could put a bridge across the...

Okay, will do. So far brakes are working as advertised but I give Murphy plenty of leeway.

Thanks to all, I was able to get a handle on this problem. The air pack was full of air. Once I got it purged, I started getting some resistance on the brake pedal. Now it’s just matter of purging the rest of the wheel cylinders. Not sure where the brake fluid went. There’s some oil leakage but...

Thank you. I’ve had these trucks for 10+ years and this is a first for me.