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Ok, had a brainstorm session while fishing...since I think I got a good bleed job but still a soft pedal, the brakes could be horribly out of adjustment. With too much distance, the displacement of the MC is insufficient to cause the WC to extend and make contact. What if I were to put a few...

Got plenty of "used" beer :grin:

I think the cable (wire rope) is actually 6x19 improved plow steel fiber core, 7/16" I have never heard of 6x9 wire rope designation. In IPS, it is about 18k rated breaking strength. With the wedge socket, it should be at least 15k breaking strength. Using 2-part line recovery, it will...

Sweet. Just got back from DRMO at Ft. Sam to help Andy. MC was bone dry, a pint filled it with lots of bubbles, I bled the booster, then each WC, some were clogged. The truck had the yellow silicone brake fluid sticker but the stuff bled out was yellow. Passed the taste test for silicone...I...

Plenty in San Antonio. And around.

Minus the rakes, of course. Back in the old days, fields were mowed with horse-drawn mowers which had shear-type blades, oscillating by action of a transmission that was driven off the wheels. Once dry, a horse-drawn rake would form windrows and then human power used a pitch fork to load it on...

I was invited here by TexAndy as he needed help and since I have Army experience, figured on joining to see all the pictures. I have a few thousand miles of M35A2 experience plus many hours assisting the 63B mechanics in the motor pool. Assigned drivers had that pleasure, from changing tires...

Crossed chains in pairs provide resistance to lateral loads in addition to the primary. And always under the tow bar. Towing without is asking for trouble as the bar always breaks at the pintle eye. Then it wants to function as a pole vaulter's pole, usually taking out the frame rails. Seen...

That is for the DS2 operator decontamination sprayer. The thing LOOKS like a fire extinguisher but it is camouflaged, not red. DS2 will burn easily, especially if you spray it on dry STB (as if anyone has DS2 or STB ;-)) Why nitrogen? Because CO2 reacts with DS2. Why a cartridge? Because...

Never needed them even at Ft. Drumm. Yeah, there was plenty of snow.

Yes, electric. You only need the fan when you are pulling a heavy load at low road speeds. Above about 30 MPH, no fan is needed. Deep water fording requires the fan belt to be removed. Of course, it isn't needed once the bottom of the radiator is wet.

Bad idea. Brakes will be sluggish, even if hydraulics and shoes are in perfect order. Tow bar or do not do it. The correct tow bar is a heavy beast, attaching to the shackle pads on the front of the towed vehicle and to the pintle hook on the towing vehicle. And turning the pair will be...

The part that is probably leaking is the little cup. It is rubber, prone to wear and aging...rubber gets hard then the cup won't seal...when they are soft and new, the pressure makes them seal even tighter. This cup only travels over a short length of the cylinder, normally. But if the brakes...

The seal in the master cylinder is a simple cup, the return force on the pedal is from the wheel cylinder brake shoe return springs. There is a spring in the air booster/valve unit (for the air brake system) but these are all simple air-boosted hydraulic brakes. I will have to drag out my...

I should be up and running when Andy returns next week, been fighting a nasty sinus infection and couldn't be at DRMO...although it has been a few years since I worked alongside 63Bs in the motor pool, I think I can get the brakes working again. Sounds like the master cylinder plunger seals are...

Waste vegetable oil will polymerize in the injection pump, lines and injectors. I would recommend against it, even though it works. If you must, run a 2-tank system, starting and stopping on quality fuel. The injection pump heats the fuel as a by-product of the intense pressurization...

I do not recommend a deuce or a 5 ton for such use. They do not have the brakes for high speed, even if you have the required trailer brakes. Bad things happen when you push it. Now one M35 I drove in the Army had a bit more performance and would do 70 MPH. But it would also drain the tank...

This is sounding like that time on I-95 back in 1988 when we had a M35 with failed master cylinder/brakes and the soldier behind the wheel tries to slow down with engine braking. That did something really bad with the engine as he jammed it into 2nd doing about 25 MPH. He got it stopped, then...