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Greetings! Are you the same JWenig I bought a superb M123A1C from several years ago? Regards, David Doyle

The answer to your question varies depending upon the age of your truck - though in general all are the same. How many circuit breakers does your truck have? Are any of them mounted on the back of the instrument panel. Are the gauges 24 volt, or 6 volt (I am not making that up)? Regards, David

Way back when - Reo made the cabs themselves - it seems even for IH (who used them on five tons) - at some point, Budd began to make the cabs - when I have not yet determined. I do know in December 1950 Budd was struggling to get the needed steel. The Budd cabs were made to be universal - and...

What type of sprag do you have in the 2 1/2 ton?

I think some of my friends are missing that SS is a benevolent dictatorship. This is not OUR site - this is Chris's siite - unless something has changed in ten years or so since he was a struggling student with a passion for things MV living in my neck of the woods - and paying for the site...

Someone asked how a deuce is lifted - here's a photo of a M35A2 being loaded on the SS Wayne Victory in 1969. The occassion is 9th Infantry Division leaving Vietnam - as can be plainly seen, they are taking their equipment with them. Wouldn't it be neat if a SS member had ol 4H5521 (VIN...

Not having a CUCV - but having driven a number of GM autos - IIRC, back in the day that these were being made, the blowe speed was reduced by a resistor. This resistor is mounted in the duct work under the hood with a plug-in electrical connector. If this resistor failed, the result was no...

RE: Re: RE: Smart advertising Ok, so my memory is not so good - the Government gets 78.2 % of the money - to quote from the GAO audit on the topic of the Buyer's Premium: "Issue 6. Buyer’s Premium The complainant alleged that, “Government Liquidation is adding a 10-percent buyer’s premium to...

Re: RE: Smart advertising I have read the contracts, in great detail, although not recently, and have reported the precise percentages here on SS. Unfortunately, I'm not very good with this site's search function - so tonight you'll have to settle for my memory. The government gets something...

Better late than never - but I bet this is what you were looking for..... Regards, David Doyle

RE: Re: RE: Smart advertising I am for a couple of things - first, glad to know that SS and Chris have a revenue stream. Second, glad GL is getting this exposure - I'd love to see surplus trucks go for a hundred grand each - my taxes would certainly go down! Regards, David

The army wanted automatic transmissions in cargo trucks even during WWII - and there are photos that document this. The very first trucks were sent to Korea during the war, and there was a defect in those early transmissions, and the trucks got a bad rep, even though the transmission problems...

Not lubed by gear oil, the TM is correct.

RE: Re: RE: 5 Ton paper work help Sure is enough - numbers stamped in the frame are ALWAYS the best to work with. Your truck is a 1970 Kaiser-Jeep. HTH, David Doyle

RE: Re: Picked up a M328 Bridging Truck. It The complete M328 tips the scales at about the same weight as a five-ton wrecker. Some of this "extra" weight is in the really large tires, but a lot of it is in the bed (which you are missing) which is VERY substantial. An educated guess - with...

The M764 is from 1970 - and something I may be interested in. 0525-24308 is from 1971. Regards, David Doyle

RE: turbo The turbo on the LDS-427 is indeed a Schwitzer - specifically a 4-450 - and that sure looks like one. It is covered in TM 9-2920-201-35. So now of course, the question is - which engine is in the truck? FWIW, the LDS-427 does not have a fuel density compensator. Regards, David

Looks great so far! Keep up the good work. Regards, David

By the way, your truck was built by Kaiser-Jeep.

the most common cause is the need for a linkage needs adjusting. There is a diagnostic on this site in the technical articles section.