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All of the cab reinforcement plates I had made in this last batch are sold. I hope everyone who got one is happy and content. I may have made as much as $42 on this batch. Unless there are further requests from you who have bought M66 ring mounts to make more, I believe it is all over. My...

It would be a good idea to find out if you CAN own the thing before buying it. I am willing to bet it still belongs legally to the government. And, I am currently involved in a dispute over a M113 with the government so I am telling you it is possible you might buy into something more than a tank.

Make that Air Pack not ARI pack. :-D

Lubing the Air Pack OK, if you get a Sears 5/16 eight point socket it is easy to remove the plug. If the plug is buggered, forget it. So, today I removed the air line, two 3/4 brass fittings going into a 7/8 brass fitting. Use both the 3/4 and 7/8 inch open end wrenches. Squirt the...

You may have put the cups in backwards on the hydraulic cylinder. That is the most likely.

It appears to have been stepped on a bit. To take the dents out, I used a 4 ton ram from Northern Tool. I think I paid $104 for it. They are now about $115. Great tool for the job.

I have a law office, not a warehouse. I also have a client in the metal business who has a warehouse and not a law office. I keep my stuff there.:wink: So, when it rains I sit around on the computer waiting to pick stuff up. When it is raining he is working, and when it is sunny, he is...

It should go out tomorrow. It rained here until we got webbed feet. As I only have a pick up to move it around, I waited until today to pick the last of the lot up from the shop. I also have found grease in one of the air packs I am rebuilding. Some kind of white grease, I do not think...

Looking in the TM's it appears the deuce air pack needs some lube in the air piston chamber. The lubrication hole is on the rear plate, a square head plug. I have struggled to get something on it to loosen it, messed up the plug and pulled the air line off to put tool oil in the cylinder...

cranetruck is spot on with the flasher protector. Do it. You may have bad grounds on the marker lights and tail lights, also. I replaced every bolt, nut and washer plus wire brushed the contact points on the marker and tail lights on one of my deuces. I swear it was the most frustrating...

McMaster-Carr has it. It takes a bit more than 50 feet to do the cargo cover.

There are actually four pieces to the M211 winch mount. Two spacers that fit at the end of the mounting brackets and two brackets. The brackets are beveled at the rear to allow a force fit over the two spacers, one on each side. The hard parts are the brackets because the spacers can easily...

I called them about the warrants. They are on the way back.:-P

The first two pics here show the rusty bore of the third air pack's hydraulic cylinder. The spring was very rusty. I will use a wheel cylinder hone to clean it up. The second two pics show the end cap from the air cylinder with crud from gasket sealer and apparently a defective paper gasket...

The first pic shows the cap for the hydraulic piston. This has a hole where formerly the brake light switch was placed. I capped it with a 3/8 fine thread plug and a 3/8 fine thread jam nut. Works great. The second pic shows the hydraulic cylinder end gasket, the piston, bottom gasket and...

After removing the air piston can, you can see the rear of the hydraulic cylinder with the spring cap and spring poking out in the first two pics. In the second pic you can see the 7/8 o-ring which is not included in the rebuild kits. Frankly, the way the gasket fits over the breathing hole, I...

A few more pics. The first shows the end cap as removed. Notice all the gasket sealer present on the first two pics. Also note the ill fitting paper replacement gasket. Close, just no cigar. I am going to see if a square o-ring gasket will work better. The next three pics show the...

I was going to fax you one tomorrow. But, since you are OK now, I will not.

Until you have been to Ft. Hood, Texas, you have never seen an M1 Tank. There must be close to 2,000 there. We consider them as common as armadillos. Not as vulnerable, however.:roll:

Try the War Museum in Ottawa for some fantastic Canadian exhibits.