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I was flying along at 55 mph or so in the Gasser the other evening enjoying the mechanical noise when a loud thunk came from under the hood, followed by another and then a really odd vibration. In goes the clutch and the gauges get checked. Volts still in the green, oil psi normal, temp right...

The air pack has a hydraulic side and an air side along with another part that deals with turning the air on and off. I have one apart at home and want to replace every part the kit came with. I am having trouble with the seal on the air side for the piston rod. Below are two pictures showing...

I have noticed what seems to be an oily film on my drivers side running board and inner fender the last week or so. I have a plastic 5 gallon jug of fuel sitting there and figured it had a pin hole leak or something. I also had a little mess on the frame rail above the axle. I figured that...

One of the perks of getting the correct M35 fuel filters compared to the WIX 3511 and 3512 filters is that supposedly the military ones are cleanable. I am using a M35 secondary fuel filter set to filter my WMO. I have a little bit of water in one of the drums. I of course didn't know it was...

I needed more 55 gallon drums for my on going WMO works. Kwai wanted some barrels as well since I was making a run. I had no clue how many drums would fit in the bed of a M35, but I planned to buy up to 20 of them. Turns out that 28 will fit in the bed and barely be above the troop seats...

I am putting a set of CUCV axles under a M715. The M715 belongs to Sermis and the axles belonged to another member. He had them under a M715 but had severe shimmy and drivability issues with them. He also moved the front leaf springs to under the frame instead of outboard like the M715 is...

I can run the Whistler around town or for runs less than 50 miles at any speed I want and it will idle great at all times. I get on the road and run 2200-2400 rpm for an hour or two and it won't idle when I slow down. I have to go 2 clicks out on the hand throttle to hold 800 rpm. If I keep...

I was taught from the time I first started messing with mechanical items that a turbo needs to idle for about 5 minutes after it has been run to let it cool down and get all the hot oil out of it. To not do this would result in a blocked oil line which will lead to a very expensive turbo...

I left work at 1030 Central time today to go to my son's school for lunch. As I pulled up to US290 a tractor truck loaded down with a rusty tank went by headed East toward Houston. I couldn't get the camera out in time to get a picture. I also don't have David's book here at work so I thought...

Until I picked up my new to me M35A2 from OKC. I had never seen a multifuel pre-cleaner mushroom cap held on with the actual clamp before. Of course, my clamp was rusted solid in the too loose to hold the thing on position, but too tight to slide off the sleeve itself. That meant I couldn't...

Both of my M105 trailers have a set of square holes in both sides and the front bed side. I have been meaning to ask for a long time now what those holes could possibly be for. Anybody know?

2,300 rpm is 45 mph on my M35A2. That is what the gauges indicate at least. The speed is correct. Verified by a normal vehicle chase truck and gps. I can think of several reasons for the tach to be slow, but none that make sense to me for the tach to be 200-300 rpm high. Any suggestions or...

When I finally got to go pick up my newest M35 from Wart Hog last weekend, I of course had to drive it around. I tried the blinker before going anywhere and they didn't work. The respective lights would light up and stay solid. I figured the blinker box was bad and forgot about it. Sermis...

If the timing works out, I will be picking up 2 M105's and a M101 at the same time. I don't have room for 3 trailers though and they are 400 miles away. Space saving thinking got applied and I came up with this. Looking at the manuals, the max overal width of a M101 is 73.4". The inside...

I just got back from making a scrap run to Bryan. I passed a NG 5 ton, 5 ton wrecker and HUMVEE on the side of the road. They had a flat front drivers side rear super single on the 5 ton. The wrecker was turned around and ready to pick up the rear of the other truck. 3 guys were hanging from...

Now that I drove the thing at speed for 60 miles or so and then parked it over a clean spot on my floor. I walked out this morning to look at the drip patterns. I am able to see what is leaking and where. My 25+ year old coil is leaking oil. I need another anyway. Who has them? My valve...

Now that I am back from a wonderful 2 weeks of driving the M715 around in Colorado. I get to play with the Gasser again. So far, I have only driven it around town and short distances. I needed a road test to a location that could help me if I had troubles. Pistolnut lives 30 miles away and...

A bunch of us M715 types are going to be heading out this weekend for Buena Vista, Colorado. Anybody with a MV is welcome to show up. We have several group areas reserved at the KOA.

We have been averaging 98-102 for day time high's. My Gasser used to start up without a pump or choke no matter what the outside air temp with the first kick of the starter. Now, since I started driving it on the road and getting real hot underhood temps, it won't start back up after a run...

My county has a fair and a rodeo each May. So, they kind of combine the events and Memorial Day and have a single parade for them all. Today was the parade. The local VFW approached me a year ago about me driving them in the M715. We did two parades last year. They made me an honorary...