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You folks are all invited to the Medal of Honor Parade in Gainesville, Texas, on the morning of April 14, 2012. Join with Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapt. 920, at 7:30 am in the parking lot at 2038 W University Dr, Denton, TX, for the convoy to Gainesville, Texas and parade...

With little to do on a Sunday morning, I ran my usual searches on eBay. Then, for no real reason, I ran pillow block bearing, flange base. Same bearings, 1 1/4 shaft hole, as the parts houses stock. Cheaper! Kind of amazing. Then I went to Northern Tool. Even more amazing.

I have measured the bolt holes to mount the bracket to the frame. 4.5 inch center to center, a bit offset on the bracket to allow a slight slant from top to rear, it appears. We will see how this fits.

We are working on bringing a M113 ACAV to the parade. We still invite local SS members to participate.

If you find 'milkshake' on the bottom of the oil filler cap you have a problem. Sometimes it is not a head gasket. I went crazy till I finally diagnosed the problem as a cracked head, in the intake valve port of the #6 cylinder. It has run fine since.

Any military truck part taken to a scrap yard will be tested here. Mine have all been clean, thankfully.

Happy Texas Independence Day!:jumpin:

I took some additional pics to show next to a tape measure. Can anyone measure theirs for comparison. I already know we got the spacing wrong on the frame holes. They are 3.5" here and should be 4.5" center to center.

I am still not entirely certain on the pillow bearing bracket. If you could pull yours and either send it to me or compare the prototype measurements and shape to yours it would be helpful.

I have obtained a couple of original parts for the winch drive line. The in cab lever will be simple enough to make and cost around $25 to $50 depending on the number I have made. A pic of it is included here. It has a hole and attachment farther forward than the transfer lever and a bit of...

I have gotten in some original winch control parts for the M135/M211 and will be at the fabricator this morning for some estimates on reproduction costs. This is the in cab lever and the below the cab brace and j-bolt. I have ready to look at the prototype pillow bearing bracket and shield...

I doubt the cost will be much. And, being a vulture capitalist, I expect to make big money, maybe even enough to cover the cost of making ten or so.

A couple of years ago I picked up a M35a2c truck there. Got it very low cost. Driving to the truck from the only entrance you can enter to pick up led me through storage fields with at least 1500 Hummers being up armored. There were more MRAP vehicles being up graded than that. That place is...

I am working on reproducing the bracket and shield. The first attempt is being done now. We will see how they come out. This is not making an Iphone after all. rofl

Fig. 343 shows the pillow block bearing bracket labeled as G not the support bracket in Fig. 344.

The pillow bearing bracket and shield are at the fab shop now. I have to figure out if the bracket mount is angle cut as Fig. 343 in TM 8-8024 on the frame side or if there is enough room for a square cut bracket mount. Is yours square cut on the frame side of the bracket?

Thanks Ron. I think they will be easy to re-produce. One more vital part I can have made. It might be much easier to put a winch on the G749 version after all!!!

A pic of at least one kind of PTO control lever in the cab. Does anyone else have in cab pics???

I do not know if mine leak in cold weather. In Texas, we stay inside like God intended.

There should be many threads on this. cranetruck, Bjorn, is the guru of all things and I copied his install.