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Stb, I found telltale bed ubolt plate marks in the paint on the bottom of the frame. :-) Also, I started researching paint and looking at my truck, and I'm pretty sure its USMC Forest Green, not army olive drab. There are some things that are OD, such as the oil cooler housing and injector...

I think I'm gonna put some in mine...

This. I may not be a 6x6 expert (yet), but I have done a lot of offroading. When you get low, below 15 psi, one or two pounds makes a lot of difference, esp. the lower you go. 6x6s are nose heavy, and winches make it worse, but then you have something to yank yourself out.

Air down. Way down. Flat. How low did you do take it?

Sounds about right. Time to get a group buy together... How about a plate and tube pressed/welded assembly instead of billet? Less material to hack off, but more time to put it together, probably a wash. If the original is cast, some high grade alum might work, but it wouldn't be cheap...

I took a break from turning wrenches tonight, tuckered out and needed to sit back and think. Was stuck at work "safetysitting" until 5:30 am last night, so I was wrenching and finding stuff wrong with the truck. After thinking about it all night, I don't think I want just another Army A.M...

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...or just sell everything and buy a decent deuce...:roll:

Oven cleaner looks promising after some testing the other day. Harsh!

Sentimental I guess, which really doesn't count for much. I know a truck mashup is going to be a ton of work, but it's a ton of work no matter which way I slice it, and I guess I was being optimistic that a little freshening up would get the '62 on the road. Which I guess I could still do, just...

My hangup is if I swap the frame and everything, it's no longer a '62 M35A1 on paper. I talked to MV registration guy, sounds like it shouldn't be a problem, but easier with the '80s AMG truck since it has dash tags.

Front diff and kingpins loose and sloppy. I'm thinking about just tearing this truck and my parts truck apart and putting the best of each together...this one has the "reinforcements" welded on the frame, needs rear spring trunions, springs, and spring mounts on axles changed, all brake lines...

Air pack, wheel cylinders, boots, axle ujoints no good. Long, tough row to hoe.

How much more travel 'til the rear axle hits the bump stops? I imagine it rubs more when the axles articulate side to side.

You would have to have to have the deuce loaded to weight capacity and on some very extreme terrain to damage anything, especially the axle shaft by rubbing.

See if you can find a big machine/welding shop like mine. We rent out the use of ours. Gets stuck stuff apart sometimes too.

They are expensive. Time varies a lot depending on how cruddy is it. Has a ten minute timer. Usually does the trick but the dried up oil/adobe clay mud stuff on these deuce parts takes a couple cycles. Wet stuff comes off much easier. Dry is faster to hit with a power wire wheel.

Weld a pulley or drill a hole for an eyebolt in the bottom of the bed. I have no bed and a crane in the shop...cheater.

Pull the plug, you'll get chunks.

More fodder for the parts cleaner