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Nice looking truck! I'm glad the recovery went smoothly. Sounds like you were prepared.

Where in Georgia are you located? I'm near Hiawassee in Towns County in the NE Gerogia mountains. I have both an A2 and an A3. If you are near, you are welcome to stop by and go for a ride and drive one or both if you want. If you are interested in MVs, you definitely need to come to the...

Good luck with your surgery. I would recommend calling Delk's (+1 336-629-0991) and find out what they want for a used 60 Hz box. They have almost everything and I've found the prices reasonable in most cases.

Yellow headlights are very popular in France and some other European countries because they cut down the glare from oncoming traffic. A lot of U.S. Army vehicles in France had yellow headlights, especially larger trucks. In December 1966 Charles DeGaulle ordered all U.S. troops out of France...

Did you clean the fuel filters on the fuel pumps? White smoke from a diesel is an indication of lack of fuel. The fuel pump filters on my 003A were highly varnished up and had crud in them.

I sympathize with you. Definitely search for the A2 VIN. It is stamped on the frame just behind the drivers wheel. There are a lot of posts on SS about how to locate the VIN. The stampings are sometimes very hard to read as some of them are light stampings. You will likely need to remove a...

The original A2 VIN should be there. However, you are going to need to convince the State of California to not only change the year of manufacture, but also the model and VIN numbers on an existing title. I doubt you will have luck with that. I'd leave it titled as a 99 A3 if it was me...

I'm glad you got your 003A running OK. Over the years, I've purchased a lot of old equipment, MV and otherwise, that has had old diesel fuel in the tank. I've also noticed that often, the old fuel has a yellowish or orangish tint to it. Sometimes it smells bad, othertimes not. I wonder if...

That looks like a neat charger, but I have no experience with Noco chargers. You might want to google Noco charger problems and see what pops up.

I would loosen the lines to the injectors again and make sure you are getting fuel to the injectors. It's possible that you have a leak in the fuel intake to the IP and you now have air in the lines. If you use a shot of ether, make certain that the glow plugs / heater are cold.

In the -12 manual there is a specific warning about not idling the engine. Why would the military put this warning in place if it wasn't true? 2-4. STARTING GENERATOR SET (SEE FIGURE 2-3). CAUTION Do not idle engine.Operate generator set only at rated RPM.Do not use either to aid starting...

Definitely replace the manifold.

RPSTL means 'Repair Parts and Special Tools List'

I had almost the exact same experience with my 003a. After cleaning the fuel tank, lines and filters, it wouldn't start. Wouldn't even fire. I bled the air as per instructions, and still nothing. I finally loosened all fuel lines to the injectors and cranked until fuel came out of each line. It...

Why would there be any difference between charging two 12 volt batteries in series or each 12 volt battery separately? In both cases, each individual cell is being charged in series with other cells. I'm not saying you are wrong, I just don't understand why there would be a difference.

I have two Canadian Soneil 24V 2 amp chargers I bought from Batterystuff.com for $47.00 each. They accept 100 - 240 VAC input and don't have alligator clips. I got the clips from Radio Shack. I leave the chargers connected constantly to my M35A2 and M35A3 trucks and they keep my batteries topped...

The last I bought was$25.00 per gallon, but he vendor is now out. I should have bought more.

Your suggestion has a lot of merit. DOT 5 is expensive in parts stores, but if one looks around, NOS DOT 5 can be found for a reasonble price. DOT 5 is far superior to DOT 3.

The first one looks very good and almost complete. I would go for that one because I like to keep things original military. You could easily make that truck into a very nice truck. Does it run? Any mechanical problems? If you are required to buy both trucks, I would restore the first one...