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Bump once more, I am still having no luck at finding the above manual anywhere.

Bump, still looking for the above manual, welder is down and I am needing it soon.

Afternoon folks, I am also in the market for a paper copy of a TM 5-3431-221-15 for a Libby welding corp LTO-300 gasoline powered welder,(FSN 3431-253-0558 ) I searched here and online and found nothing.

Yes, It was me,

Evening all, Mr. Lucas actually purchased my M151A1, It originally came from the collection of Dave MaGillavagry .( I may have misspelled his last name).

In

Another of our SS brethren passed on this past Sunday, A friend and fellow MV enthusiast, Neil Hendrix passed away at home Oct 27th. I spent several events, Aberdeen, Georgia, the NC rally both convoying to and from and many hours talking Deuces and MVs in general with him. He will be greatly...

I was planning on driving down Friday and stay till Sat noonish, but I just picked up a job clearing a housing development, so it's work Friday and Sat, saving up for an M917 for the grading business!! Maybe next year......

IF,and that is a very large IF, I can make it, it would be Friday 1/2 day and maybe Sat till noon, in either the F-250 or the Dodge.

To be honest, The markings on that truck were not period correct, the yellow bridge plate and door markings would be correct for a semi-gloss OD truck, Unless the passenger door has been replaced it should have a 17 in the yellow circle, that would be the unloaded bridge weight classification...

I would buy a gallon, by the time you fill it, bleed it, then refill it, It may use that much. I think I left that wrecker DOT 5 fluid, I'm fairly sure Mark only used DOT 5 as well.

Nice recovery, I thought that 816 looked familiar, does it still have General Nuisance on the hood? I was the first civilian owner of that M816, I put about 5000 miles on it in the few years I owned it, Mark bought it from me several years ago, It was featured in a Military Vehicles Magazine...

It should be between 550 and 650 rpm for a 673 if I remember correctly.

It's official designation is Wrecker, 10 ton, 4x4 M553, a variant of the GOER vehicles, they pre-date the Hemmets by about 20 years, all manufactured by Caterpillar, here are 2 videos of it running after I traded it to Papabear, Articulated in roll and yaw, and believe it or not, AMPHIBOUS...

A couple more

I actually have owned 3 5 ton wreckers, an 816, an M543A1 and a M62A1, as well as a M553 10 ton wrecker, and as someone else stated, once you have one, you'll never be without one! Just a few pics of them, some working and some not.

I remember that trip, and still have a mental image of the M37 behind the 813, (think knot on the end of a whip):shock: That plus seeing that same M37 almost sending an M35A2 "wheels up" making a turn, Convoy memories.

Difficult to believe, I usually only got to see Ron at Georgia, once in a while we would cross paths while either of us was out on a recovery of another MV. We had our differing views on trucks, engines, etc. I always enjoyed our discussions at the Ga rally, he most definetly had a vast supply...

I will throw my name out there Wes, if you can give me the dates you plan to go, I may be a bit far east though.

As others have stated, pull all 3 driveshafts, or if you are worried about the differentials, pull all 4 rear axle shafts and the front drive flanges and cover the holes. If you do option 2 , there is less drag on the 5 ton ( less mechanicals rotating), you may want to back the brake shoes off...