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I just did the opposite this past weekend, removed the double-articulation 5th wheel from one of my M931A2's, replaced it with a Fontaine slider. This was done to reduce the nose height (from 13'9") on a couple of my trailers. Also to allow towing the short little M146 by getting it back away...

Louie, your insight from an operators viewpoint has been invaluable to me (and others), I love hearing your input. My boys are well. Davey, the oldest just came home from his second, and last, combat deployment. His enlistment is up in February, and due to the Marine Corps drawdown, his MOS...

Looks good to me! A few weeks after you paint it, it will have changed slightly too. Gillespie 383 substitute colours tend to alarm folks by having a sheen to them when newly applied, but after a week or two, it goes completely flat. I personally still consider exactly correct colour to be a...

Later "standard" hatches? My late parts manual shows them as one piece units, but an early one mentions that the hinges are part of the kit, but separate and needing to be fitted to the vehicle (though the diagram shows them complete). One of the current V restorer/owners had some front hatch...

That ought to work. The rag is for when you are stuck on the side of the road and goodies are few. Very little pressure involved, the tank usually makes a "bonk" noise when its had enough. Cheers

Andy, if you don't have a modified fuel cap, as a field expedient, you can stick the end of your tire filler into the mouth of the filler neck, and "seal" the neck with a large rag, then give it some air. This will actually get enough pressure in the tank to force fuel through the lines. One...

I may have misunderstood the Saigon rebuild bit. That information came to me from another, who was looking at old invoices and found my hull number. Since the address was a depot in Saigon, I made the assumption (perhaps rashly) that the work was done there. All of the parts involved would...

I swapped some OD gear for this interesting item the other day. The chap I got it from said he thought it came out of a Hind (Mi-24), but I would like to confirm that. Judging from the markings, it is definitely Russian. It is in excellent condition, has several reticle options controlled...

Remember that in the past there were two different shades, at different times, of 24087 on the Federal Standard, one browner than the other... Whats wrong for one application may be correct for another. I don't recall the details, you'll have to do your own research, but the info is on SS...

With no trailer, around 11mpg (M931A2). With a trailer (up to around 25000 #), 9-10mpg. But I am never in a hurry driving these, easy on the acceleration, and my self-imposed cruising speed is 55 mph. A lot depends on headwind or tailwind, since a couple of my trailers have the aerodynamics...

Cool vehicles. Looking forward to seeing your progress on this one. Cheers

I impressed!! :shock: Cheers

Looks very Cadillac Gage, suspiciously like a V100/V150, could be another V300/600. Hard to say with such a small bit showing.. Wouldn't mind restoring that V300...swoon...:drool: Cheers

Try beltfed34 on Ebay, he always has a bunch of that stuff pretty cheap. Cheers

Yes, same engine. A couple of folks near me have replaced their stock gassers with 6.2 diesels, they say it is a perfect match. I can't disagree, if one is straying from stock. Cheers

My neighbour, Sarge, has an 8x8. He has to get all his parts out of Germany, but luckily he speaks fluent German. The parts are pretty expensive themselves, then shipping is usually as much as the part (or more). I can ask him for his source (since he doesn't get on here much anymore) and...

My trailer has 97K5?? painted out on it. That is a USAF tac marking, so looks like these did something for the Air Force rather than the Army. Hmmm..... Cheers

Here is the CMT-F before we took the tarps off for the trip home (Pawnshop and I got one each off Ft Hood). Pawnshop's is the second tarped one to the right of pic 2. Mine has a flat plate on the front landing gear, his has a wheel. Other than that, they were identical. Still don't know what...

I'm going to start carefully removing the paint used to cover up the unit markings (Pawnshop is going to do the same) to see if the previous-owner unit type will shed light on the use. If it belonged to the 143rd Pillow Distribution Co, or something, that info might get us on the right track...

In my defense, the magnetic tow lights were in my "originally scheduled" tow vehicle, they just didn't make the trip into the last-second replacement tow vehicle! We did have extra lights, bulbs, adapters, and a bunch of other stuff, but all of it is just ballast without a plug cable... But...