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  1. cattlerepairman

    MY Airpack Rebuild with Photos!

    TM9-2320-209-20-3-2 pages 13-61 to 13-73 There is an inspection cover on each brake drum that allows you to insert a gauge. Pulling the axle shafts makes it easier, unless you can lift all four rears off the ground and place them on axle stands.
  2. cattlerepairman

    MY Airpack Rebuild with Photos!

    Before I tear everything apart, I'd first check that the brakes are indeed adjusted correctly. It is very easy to get them too tight. If the adjustment is correct and they still run too warm, then I'd start lifting those drums off....
  3. cattlerepairman

    M109a4 Light Mod on a M109a3!

    There is no such thing as "too much light". What was your source for the 7" LED headlights and at what price? I am still looking for a source that allows me to purchase two and still have both my arms and legs. Given how bright two of them are, four on high beam must be...awesome. As far as the...
  4. cattlerepairman

    last post for quite a while

    Horst, what is the market (both for buyers and for sellers) like in Germany? Sind die M35 leicht zu kriegen? Are they easy to get? What are the prices like?
  5. cattlerepairman

    67 Deuce dies when i hit 4th gear

    Follow the fuel supply (and return) lines all the way. Look for places where the lines are crushed or flattened. There is a crossover in the area of the radiator where this appears to happen quite frequently. Other than that, I second blowing the lines through with compressed air. Drain the...
  6. cattlerepairman

    Trip Preparation

    No need for specialised equipment for an oil change. It reminds me to suggest that you need to bring copies of the TMs - and preferably read the Operator's one front to back before you drive and at leasdt familiarise yourself with the layout of the repair manuals, so that you have a realistic...
  7. cattlerepairman

    Help with random things

    OK, my 2 cents: 1) bring the air pressure up and shut the engine off. Now you can hear better. When you hit the brakes, you should hear a bit of air flow as compressed air from the air tanks is metered into the air pack, depending on how hard you hit that pedal. When you let go, you should...
  8. cattlerepairman

    deuce checkover

    They are troop seats. Stakebeds do exist as homemade units. With the troop seats up, you can use them as stakebed as long as you only haul light stuff, perhaps branches or firewood. Anything else will probably damage the troop seats.
  9. cattlerepairman

    M109A4 Sub-Zero Oil Field

    Aside from me being a sucker for visible open flames in any sort of fire place (it makes me feel warmer by just looking at the fire) I suggest that the option of having water heating coils with this unit is quite attractive. It means that you have heat and hot water by just burning Diesel and...
  10. cattlerepairman

    M109A4 Sub-Zero Oil Field

    I second the "be careful with the propane heater". I have been around the block in emergency services and responded to dead truck drivers in their sleepers, dead people in all sorts of enclosed spaces, that had used one type of combustion space heater or another. I realise that the product you...
  11. cattlerepairman

    Vise on the front bumper

    What regularly amazes me on this site are the things I don't even know I don't know. Vices are different sizes and, presumably, crappy if from China. That was the extent of my knowledge. Now I know that there are specialised outdoor models and people can spot them. Incredible.
  12. cattlerepairman

    After Months of Research and Looking... We Finally bought an M35A3 Deuce

    Don't listen to them! The colour looks very good on the truck. It appears that your research, patience and pulling the trigger quickly when it counted netted you a very clean and complete truck.
  13. cattlerepairman

    M109 Front End Alignment

    Yes, this is being done at home. I do not have time to search for you this morning, but a guy used two PVC pipes that slide into each other. He placed them on the inside between the front and the back of the tires (measured twice) and marked the distance with a marker. That way, he had a...
  14. cattlerepairman

    in frame engine overhaul

    :popcorn:waiting for the cranking sound and a refreshed multi coughing to life
  15. cattlerepairman

    Lurker from Canada

    Hi there! A little far from Ottawa, ON to your place!
  16. cattlerepairman

    Deuce-less again...it's this time of the year

    I'm curious how many people actually drive their Deuces on winter roads. By that I mean plowed and salted roads, not the nice scenic salt-less excursions into the back 40 acres. Ontario, Canada is salt-**** for vehicles. I work on my family's vehicles and what the salt environment does to them...
  17. cattlerepairman

    Replacing my starter with a gear reduction style

    For us starter-technology challenged, could you elaborate? The usual Deuce starter is direct drive, right? I am sure, the manufacturer and part number of your starter would be of interest, too!
  18. cattlerepairman

    Deuce-less again...it's this time of the year

    Lol - and guess where the very next car parked!!
  19. cattlerepairman

    Deuce-less again...it's this time of the year

    My timing is quite good this year! Put Queen Lola into storage yesterday, and today the white stuff happened: I will miss her until May!! She has seen road salt only one time and I 'm not starting her on it now! Storage is in a heated, locked former factory; reasonable price and I can even work...
  20. cattlerepairman

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    Getting her washed at the fire station, PM, and getting her ready for winter storage :-(
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