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Sorry to pusle you, I'm an engineer and a government approved motor vehicle expert. Trucks are my main business. So I should know a little about this subject. Wolf

Makes a nice home for MV meetings. Would like to have the space for that. Simelar was seen on the Schmittenhöhe 2008. Wolf from Germany

Due to the age of the trucks the designed livetime of the engine should be between 5000 and 10000 hours. However, if the truck saw depot maintanance, it was set to a standard called new even with old components. All was officially rebuilt to NEW standard. The estimated livetime with the intended...

Is your heating radiator lecking? You can not repair it by yourself due to the kind of make! Wolf

Hey guys, on the other side of the Atlantic river you are tough on speeds. We in Europe have the ETRTO, which is simelar to the tire and rim in the states. The ETRTO gives on the tire side wall a load index and a speed index. Military tires are useually good for F or G in speed index, which...

For the Blazer 33" is the maximum useable tire size with the 3.09 axle ratio. The M1008 can handle 9.00-16 or HUMMER tires easyly due to the axle ratio. 36" or 37" HUMMER tires need HUMMER wheels as well. It will not cost you performance. Anything bigger needs boby lif, wheel house cut out and...

The Deutz is a commercial truck, much to young fro the classic Bundeswehr 6x6 Jupiter. Wolf

The Austrian Army used a tread patern that looks just the same. So these tires can also be Semperit tires. Wolf

The great canvas smell is DDT and not really healthy! If you know a canvas maker arround (in German called Sattler), get the canvas made from new non vinyl stuff. These guys usually know where to get it, it's their profession. Else you have to live with 40 or more years old stuff. If unpropperly...

If you realy want to know, which is the make, you have to present a photo of the front end inner side of the frame and the front cross member. Also the body has some differences to the Willy's/Ford make (parking braking location in the dash board, rear storeage flaps actuation). Also the engine...

This is a problem of the brake light swich adjustment, which is also the rest of the brake padel. This shwich is adjustable with the setting of the distance/clearence to the brake padel. Usually to my experiance the brake light switch in the series is not the very best and normally needs simple...

trailer for M1009 Trailer according to the TM9-2320-289-10 is a M416A1 (means with overrun braking device) officially in the military. However, a M101A2 with overrun brakes is a not to big obstacle for the M1009, if you do not overload it, means respect the 2840 lbs max. trailer weight (TM...

A battery compartment under the passenger seat will make the seat very hight. I had a simelar idea in 1981 during first restauration but I quit that idea after I found out that i will look through the upper windshild frame. And the storrage under the front seats were only 6 inch hight. Wolf

Sometimes you find these plates on MV flee markets in Germany, even new without numbers. Reo plates or M116A1 / M116A2 are easyer. Wolf

Waste! 5 stud rims, small wheels, for shure non military! Wolf

The 2 M880 are a very good pic of a non faded camo paint of the late seventies and 80s until the three tone painting black-brown-green came. For Europe / Germany during winter exercices these coulers were usually covered with a chalk white water soluable paint in irregular shapes. Most the time...

What year is your CD10516 (model designation)? Did you check for rust. Cab mounts are sensitive to that as well as b-pillar connectings to the floor and front seat seat belt ancorrages areas due to poor or incorrect application of rust protection sealings. Try to keep it, I had to scrap mine...

Nice to see it is sometimes snowing in Georgia. The Pics with the wiping area is very good for hobby modellers to see the real range of the military windshild wipers. I was freesing enough during the winter meeting in Pocking this year, below 18 degree Celsius at night. Very cold in a unheated...

Duals on front axle of the Jimmy Heyguys, if you run throught the manuals of 1944 and the lithereature, yot woill find out, that duals on the front axle were within the standard designe. It was intended to use on loose sand and simelar only. On the road it uses for tzhe driver a ral strenght to...

Diesel smoke in CA Calm down, guys! First, then regulation are for NEW trucks EPA seven as far as I know is actual level. Withthe old Army Diesels you of corse will not fullfill theses limit, even with a filter or what so ever. But your "smoke" will fall down and will not be registered as fine...