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Another good thing to do on thin metal pans such as the trans and engine oil pan. Is to set them on a wood surface, put the round end of a ball peen hammer on each bolt hole and then hit it with another hammer. This flattens out the hole and will let the bolts actually hold the pan up as high...

If you stick your head under the front of the truck and look forward at the front most cross member. You will be staring at the brake proportioning valve. It is actually something called a combination valve because it meters how much goes to the front and rear due to the disc/drum combination...

Drain the oil, let it sit over night with the drain plug out and then pull the pan. Much better on the eyes and hair.

If your complaint is the 3rd to 4th shift. Then you are like all the rest of us. The problem is that a gear is missing. The Gasser M35 trucks used the same transmission. What is 4th on the Multifuel is actually the 1:1 5th gear from the Gassers. When the multifuel came along with less rpm...

Somewhere in one of the many manuals I have for the M35 it says something about loading the truck up to max gross weight, driving it hard on fresh fuel for 100 miles and then see if the problem is still present. I would suggest that for you as well. I know my truck looses umph when I just run...

A fast way to check which corner is the problem is to look under the truck at the inside of the tires. The one all wet is your problem. Buy new parts since calipers and wheel cylinders are only about a dollar or two more than the rebuild kits, remove and replace the broken part, bleed...

Are the sides of the battery ballooned out? That is one symptom of an over charge.

Mine has never liked starting with any throttle applied. Just enough for the fast idle to hold it down a little. She might hae been pumping enough to make that happen and holding it down further. That is the only theory that makes sense so far.

Kind of depends on the weather. Last year Friday was basically the only day of the swap meet because Saturday was a flood. If you are looking for something rare, show up Friday. If you are just needing basic MV parts, Saturday will work. Another thing is that most of the big MV parts houses...

The small bucket lights were stock on all the M series trucks up until the 1970 time frame. M715's had them during their entire production run of 1967-1969. M35's made the switch to the big bucket lights about the same time. As pointed out, the early small buckets had service stop and...

This is going to sound cruel, but it needs to be said. You own an experimental vehicle. We can help you fix a stock CUCV wiring system, but since you and the previous owner are the engineers that designed your current vehicle. You will have to figure out how to fix it. Reading the manuals...

I will let you know.

Turn your headlights on. If they don't dim when you try to start, power isn't getting to the starter. Check relay and solenoid. If they do dim when trying to start and stay dim after you tried. You probably have a bad battery. If they go out and don't come back when you try. Then you...

She didn't want to do a re enactment and I didn't make a deal about it. She did watch me start it with just my hand inside the truck that night. She claims nothing was touched. I will get her in the drivers seat one of these days and watch. I was amazed at how loud the starter was over the...

Thanks Jeff. I had the manual open in my hand as I hooked up the unit and started trying to make it work. That is what I get for just reading how to hook it up and turn it on I guess.

I borrowed a STE/ICE from another member and tried it out today. Only 1 of the 4 display windows works. It isn't mine, so if it is broken, it is broken. However, has anybody taken one apart and done something to make the display work again? Thanks. I like to return stuff in better shape...

I had to haul 17 Scouts and 3 leaders 60 miles away last Saturday. The other leaders in their normal vehicles and my 2000 Suburban were the only vehicles that would work for that trip. That meant my wife would have to drive a MV if she went to town. She called me up and said she was in the...

I have both and use them in different ways: Run to the store= M1009 Pick up son at school= anything green Drive to work= M1009 Go junk yarding=M1009 M715 Driving around the country looking at stuff=M1009 Pulling a trailer=M35 or M715 Pulling a big trailer=M35 Pulling another...

The starter solenoid is supposed to push out the Bendix starter pinion drive gear to engage the ring gear on the flywheel. The solenoid also "turns on" the starter. Sounds like yours is only doing half the work it is supposed to. Drop the starter and test it on the ground for very solenoid...

Yes, a flush machine is the best way to get it done. However, if the truck is new to you, dropping the pan, replacing the filter, puting the pan back on, filling it back up with 1-2 gallons of fluid first should be done. Then flush. Just a flush by itself can then be done 20K-50K miles later...