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Welcome to Steel Soldiers! You will find a lot of good information on SS and a lot of good people. Welcome to the MV addition. There is no known cure.

Very nice looking goat!

I picked up an M35A3 at Sparta a few days ago. Mine cleared in 12 days also.

In the Army they taught us that if there was a tactical emergency and eggs were available, to put two eggs in the radiator. As the egg material leaks out of the hole, it seals it off very quickly. However, I can't imagine the mess that would make of the cooling system. As hndrsonj stated...

A lot of people seem to be hesitant to try to start their Deuce in cold weather. If you don't need the truck, then don't start it. However, we need to remember these are tactical vehicles designed to operate in all kinds of weather, including extreme cold. Properly maintained Deuces will...

Leaving a battery charger hooked up all night does two things. Obviously, it charges the battery. It also warms the battery from the chemical reaction taking place in the cells from the charging process. A warm battery makes a lot of difference.

When in the Army, we routinely started Deuces at even colder temperatures. If you have good batteries and either a manifold heater or ether system, you should not have a problem. One thing I learned in the Army was to turn on the headlights for a few minutes before trying to start the vehicle...

The multifuel engine does not have glow plugs. The high compression makes this engine relatively easy to start and they come with either a manifold heater or ether injection system for extreme cold. Many deuces don't come with hot water heaters. Living where you do, make sure yours has a...

It depends on the site as to whether you can drive it off or not, but in my case both sites allowed drive-offs of trucks.

Dexron is a product licensed by GM. All Dexron III licensing expired at the end of 2006. Dexron VI is the current Dexron product and is backwards compatible with all ATF applications requiring a previous version of Dexron. That being said, I am going to change out the fluid in my A3's Allison...

I have picked up two MVs that I had no idea if they would run or not, but suspected they would since they were driven onto the lot. To cover my bases, I asked the GL reps at the two sites for a recommendation on a wrecker service. I called and worked out an arrangement with the wrecker...

I think using a Deuce fuel tank on the M116A2 trailer is a good idea. I have one caveat. The Deuce fuel tank is approximately 39-3/4 long X 15-3/4 high X 21-3/4 deep. Even if you mount the deuce tank on the floor of the trailer and all the way to the right on the battery side, the tank will...

In the past I've seen some good deals on E-bay for take-offs. I was able to get an NOS coiled feed wire for the convoy beacon on my M35A2 from E-bay. Perfect replacement. I haven't looked recently. I was lucky, my A2 came with a beacon.

:ditto:

You did way better than OK!

I went through Basic at Ft Knox in starting in January 1970 I was also in the old wooden barracks (D-17-5)). For 11D AIT at Knox I was in the Disney barracks - a whole lot nicer. (D-5R-2). Some things you never forget.

If you do pull the pan, which I don't recommend, use a real gasket.

Thanks for the pictures. Brings back memories of Basic and AIT (11D) at Fort Knox in 1970. I had to pull guard and fire duty many a night at the Patton Museum in winter. Nothing worse than shoveling coal in the freezing cold at 0200. They had a lot of neat stuff at the museum and elsewhere...

The Gillespie 383 green and brown I got is an absolutely perfect match for the green and brown on my M35A2.

My numbers are made of black vinyl and painted over with black paint, but since they stand out they were very easy to read without removing any paint.