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Hey ya'll, I've got a slight coolant leak from the solder joint on the upper radiator hose nipple. Has anyone tryied to repair their radiators themselfs? I was thinking of just using JB Weld to reseal it, of course after partially draining and cleaning the joint. Do you think it would bond...

Guys would you mind posting some pics of the fuel tanks in your 5 tons, listing what it's out of and how many gallons? I've been trying to find some pics to no avail with search. What I'm trying to do is make a easily removable aux. fuel tank to go in the bed of my M35A2 to haul waste oil fuel...

Hey has anyone here ever used paint thinner to cut WMO/WVO? My wife does estimates for a body shop and said they have to pay to get the old paint thinner picked up and they said I could have it if it worked. It's real thin and flammable, I was thinking about using it as a gas substute, being I'm...

I saw that some of yall had 2in recivers mounted on the back of your M35's. My question is did you use one from a passenger truck or did you make it yourself? I've been measuring frames here at work and found that of all things a Ranger trailer hitch will fit perfect but it's not rated at but...

I got a primary fuel filter in to put in my M35 and I'm wondering if it's the right filter. It's kind of short compared to the housing and the pic in the TM. It's 3&7/8 in tall including the cork gaskets on both ends. Does this sound right? It's a Luber Finer 261F Filter that I got from White...

Hey guys getting my truck back together and can't remeber how the wires running to the alt were routed. Any ideas? It has a wire keeper on it for a bolt, but to which one? Under the exaust or attached to the intake? Help please!

I'm fixing to reinstall the intake and exaust manifolds on my truck and was looking for the torque spec on these nuts.... I looked in the TM and it just refer's me to a chart that I don't see the torque value's for nuts on, just the bolts. Mabey i'm reading it wrong? But I haven' been able to...

Hey ya'll I've got my truck all tore down fixing the exaust manifold issue and replacing the t-stat while I'm in there. Well I ran into a issue, I got a new seal for the inside of the t-stat housing, the round one. And was trying to install the new one with a socket and hammer and it got cocked...

My filter station flaw UPDATED WITH PICS! Updated with pics further down! IRS LAWS pertaining to Fuel blending on Page 2 Hey guys I'm finally got my WMO filter station up and running and I found a issue that I didn't take into account when I built it. I'm useing a well tank for the main parts...

Hey guys I've got 2 really simple questions that I can't seem to find the answers to. I have searched the forum and the TM's especially about the 2nd question. #1 I have a front parking bulb burned out it's a 2 filament bulb marked ML 623 I assume it's 24 volt. Is this a mil-surplus supplier...

1967 AMG M35A2 I bought this one from High Point NC. this weekend. Runs great, seems to be in good shape, just a couple of minor oil leaks. All the plates on the dash are there and in great shape. Engine tag shows last rebuild was in 1988. The list so far before I start running it alot: Pull...

anyone here live in NC and have thier fuel blenders license for paying the road tax? i am looking for info on how to get the license. i can't seem to find the license application or the requiremnts.

i was wondering what shift pattern ya'll normally used when driving ? for examble do you only use high range if your unloaded driving around town? or do you start in low shift 1-5 then shift to high and go 4-5? it seems in the manual that you could do it this way, i was just unsure if anyone...

Hey guys I have been reading on this forum a lot recently and getting ready to buy my own m35a2. But i have some questions about some things that i have been seeing on the threads, and me only having experiance with tubless passenger tires. Are tubes required in the common tires for it? What...

I'm getting ready to get a m35a2 and I want to run it on a mix of WMO and diesil or gas? And i was wondering what weight WMO ya'll normally use? I have got a line on all the straight 40w and atf that i could ever use (a buddy with several tug boats). Can i burn a oil that thick? I've been...

Hey guys i'm new here and i'm looking at buying a bobbed m35a2 and have a couple of questions. How reliable is this truck? Can i drive it for years with pretty much nothing but normal maint? i am thinking about selling my very reliable daily driver to buy one and drive every day....Am i...