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  1. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    Used the weekend to going on with Brake and steering gear the old maincylinder said it was DOT 5.0 silicone brake fluid, didnt expect that :) as the complete system is new, we could use any DOT Specification we want now
  2. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    Another surprise gift from our Truck to us... During reassembly the Brakesystem does I notice that we miss the gage setting No 9. After controll the pictures we made before disassembly could i see that i not lost it, it was never in :unsure: Just ordered replacement part as it is...
  3. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    No it will be a new P400 It is up on the engineconfiguration with transmission and transfercase on our demands. We are not used to have so much choices :) we found our toyshop for adults. Sure you find all also online but we are not sure about compatibility. Thats why we let do this from an...
  4. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    Today we brought the old engine to the enginebilder After talking 4.5 hour with him about the options we left the shop with a complete new solution as he had a better solution for our demands as we had ask for.😂 We never expected so much options and you can be really glad that you have them in...
  5. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    It would be a great help and i am sure there are a lot of who would be interested on your @BKubu feel free to share pictures here
  6. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    We are looking exactly for a unit which use the M1008 in the service timeline of our CUCV 1985-1996 in Germany or anywhere else. Important for us is just that we want use an unit which had use the CUCV. Your unit is the first i know which have this point. Do you have this unit marking also on...
  7. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    yes thats what we will do Before the talk here i didnt know to figure out anything of that units thanks for share you research information
  8. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    Thanks a lot In my area is/was the british zone. If there was ever a US Unit stationed should i be able to figure out. The most US was in South of Germany - i am located in the North/West near the border to NL but how funny is that - 10 km of me should be an US Base in Dülmen? They must hide...
  9. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    i know about olive-drab.com Unfortunately a lot of links are blocked in germany for example: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /od_mvg_vehicle_id_ltrucks.php on this server. Apache Server at olive-drab.com Port 80 Nevertheless who can access will...
  10. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    :unsure: did they use a cucv in their unit? It is not necessary to choose Marines, it should be just a unit which also use the CUCV and was stationed in Germany on the Military-database.de does i found only one CUCV M1010 picture but i still did not dig in any year between 1983-1986...
  11. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    Fortunately not as much of a challenge as using sheetmetal with as little rework as possible. Thanks again for sharing your expierence. That make it for other easy to follow. Also if the costs was high for that addtional tank it make the truck with the new drivetrain to a comfortable full daily...
  12. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    Unfortunately was the truck painted in 1999 in red color for our metal business... we missed in 1999 to take care of possible traces of markings under the old paint :mad: and for our rebuild the bumpers are sandblasted and primered now. Usually there are always things you miss. We also removed...
  13. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    Moin Guyfang unfortunately there was this year in our rebuild no way to find any rest of the markings, we missed to sanded carefully in the past .... we owned the Truck since 1996 as first civilian owner. As we dont know where the truck was formerly stationed in germany is it principally no...
  14. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    Yes i know but i have no clue about unit and vehicle admin contents and where i got such info
  15. PHOENIX-GER

    Aerodrome Tower Light Signal Reference Decal

    https://www.amazon.com/ATC-Light-Signals-Aircraft-Placard/dp/B074MKV7KW maybe this work ?
  16. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    Is here any veteran who serve army in Germany or know anything about this issue in the late 80s and can give infos about the markings on CUCV used in Germany? I got our Truck with overpainted delinators, markings, blacklights from the army-dealer, this was in the 90th usual if you want "import"...
  17. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    You cant name it rebuild if you not do the whole job... Be sure we curse a lot during the job and ask ourselves more than one time if we still go the right path! But at the end will there be a unique truck which no where else exists another one. Sure for the money we spent on it will we got...
  18. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    5 day holidays let us finished a lot of prepainting jobs we turned the cargobox for the job on the upper surfaces
  19. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    My wife can sleep well again, her nightmare about the filler-door for the tank on the passenger side has found an end today thanks to sharecropper for his detailed explanation in his building thread...
  20. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    A big step forward and again more space in the shop 🥳 Reunion after primered the Cab
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