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The red phosphorus smoke grenade dischargers were a British design that we used as an add on to any model of armored vehicle starting in about 1983(?). Each vehicle type had a set of jigs that fit over projections such as the lifting eyes or bolted to existing threaded holes or studs on the...

The flat front hull plates make it an M60 series tank. The 105mm main gun with thermal shroud and "needle nose" turret make it an M60A3. To my knowledge, no M60A3s were "given away" to museums. All I know of are on loan. None were "given away" to NG units. Anything on NG property books is...

If you have not already replaced all the rubber vacuum lines in the system, do so. 95% of "late" or "hard" shift problems will end with 10 minutes and $3 of tubing. If that won't help, look here: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/cucv/38253-quick-fix-hard-shifting-cucvs.html Also, in the...

The advantage of buying from an individual is that they (or someone before them) have taken all the risk. Especially if you are not an experienced operator and mechanic on these, you take a significant risk buying one truck. Even if you inspect it, buy it "right", and think you can drive it...

LMC Truck has them. LMCtruck.com They have a book each for the Blazer and pick-up, just order the one you need. They've got all the floor pads, weatherstrips and other body parts, too. Lance

Yes, they are for the trailer brakes. The thing I was trying to get across is that a truck's having glad hands does not mean the truck has air brakes. Air brakes use air pressure to either apply or release the brakes (depending on when the truck was made) and do not use hydraulics. Early air...

This may sound crazy but we stopped putting covers on things like winches and generators that were outdoors because condensation was trapped under the covers and things corroded much faster than if they were uncovered and could dry out. I can't remember seeing a cover on a set after about '78...

Hello Jake, I'm sorry I'll miss you two at Rausch Creek. The brake is intended to keep the cable from spooling out when you are winching a load uphill and put in the clutch. It should not be braking when pulling in. The TM states to tighten it one turn at a time if it will not hold the rated...

The standard brake system is air assisted hydraulics. The air pressure increases the work done when you step on the brake pedal. That's why all of the trucks have glad hands. Even if there is no air pressure, all the braking power is there, you just need about 10 times the pedal pressure to...

Maybe you should tie it on the fender, like Bambi on opening day.....:-D

I'm assuming you're asking about a drum that's rusted on and not moving at all, as opposed to one hung up on brake shoes that haven't been backed off. I've had good luck with putting heat from a torch on the space between the studs and using a large cross peen or ball peen hammer while each...

The M200 series of 2-1/2 ton trailers is primarily used for 15 kW and 30 kW sets. It's deck sits up at the height of an M105 1-1/2 ton trailer and it has dual 9.00-20 tires. The M153 series of 3-1/2 ton trailers is used for 60 kW through 100 kW sets and it's deck sits very low due to a torsion...

If the engine has a turbo, the fuel injector timing should have been retarded from 25 degrees before top dead center (TDC) to 20 degrees before TDC. While it's out, it's a good time to check it. It's a quick check and the timing change is pretty simple. Lance

Hmm......There's about a 8-10 of us MVers who live near Rt 38 in and around Auburn. I'll have to see if some of us can make it. We've sure got enough different kinds of vehicles appropriate to the era. I wonder why I missed this in the local papers and TV news? Must be slipping.... Lance...

Deuces were designed back in the bad old days of having to load trucks on ships as hold cargo. It's only about 20 years ago we stopped planning on reducing the height of some equipment to minimum cubic volume to deploy them over seas. We even did our initial planning to deploy for Desert...

MORE INFO, 18SEP09. This regards lower weights and off road use. Hi Lance, I forwarded your email to our Military Products department; here is a copy of his response: If the load per tire is 3000 pounds (6,000 pounds per axle) your highway inflation pressure should be 43 psi (cold) and...

I'm not saying it's a Firefox issue. I don't know enough to know where the issue is. Today I opened the SS website, it showed me as not logged in. Out of curiosity, I clicked on the "log in" tab without filling anything in. The next page popped up with me signed in with a message that I'd...

Checking the "Remember me" box dosen't help. The squirrelly thing is that if I open a thread or return to the "page with the day's posts, it sometime forgets who I am. If I then try to post to a thread, I can't. If I click on the 'Search" or 'Forums" tabs then my ID shows on the next page and...

I have a similar problem using Firefox. I don't know if it's browser related. I find that I don't necessarily have to sign in. If I click on the search button or a few of the others, it shows me as signed in. Very strange. No other websites do this. Lance

Consider grounding your 12V system with a CUCV bus bar. They are cheap enough at any show and you can mount 'em just about anywhere. That saves using home runs for grounding or power. They work for 24V distribution, too. My son Chris uses the big shop vise to flatten copper pipe and line...