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Try www.colorserver.net It'll help ID specific shades. Best are samples from under the hood, back wall of cab, other places where the paint was protected from direct sun over the years.

It's always a good idea to have a way to smother an engine when testing. DON'T use a rag or anything else soft as the turbo will inhale it and give you one more thing else to fix. A piece of 1/2" or thicker plywood is a good choice; even better if you've carpet tacked a piece of conveyor belting...

Try www.awcwire.com/ProductSpec.aspx?id=MIL-C-13486 Not sure on the connectors.

A small oak (hardwood) wedge between the starter ring gear and the bell housing works good. Slide it in where the starter flange is and let the rotation draw the wedge into the bellhousing. The wood is good because it'll spread the load across several teeth and won't damage them like something...

No more M-800 series trucks in our motor pool so I can't speak for them; we've got the M-900 series trucks. Their transfer cases break pretty regularly if you try to use reverse gear while in low range. A big enough problem to have brought on low range/reverse lock-out kits and dash instruction...

Thanks to Stalwart's generousity I now have new shocks for the baby HEMTT. Problem is with placement. The shock pins are on the lower spring pads so that's a no-brainer but where do the tops need to go? I'm going to have to make the top mounts and am wondering how far in the shock's travel...

Starting about chap. 2; TB43-0147 and TB43-0209 (in the library) have all of the specs for paint color and sizes for vehicle markings. TB43-0209 says the "Thickness of the characters (stroke width) should be 1/6 to 1/7 of their height".

Try this site www.colorserver.net Click on "Search colors " in the left column. Then in the center of the page, in "Use color picker", click on "(1) Browns". See if anything catches your eye there. "Browse fan deck" will show you everything in the FS595b Color fan deck. Handy for...

Jakob, I'd almost have to look through the pile again to be sure but I think it was off of a GMC or maybe Isuzu box truck (like a FedEx or UPS delivery truck) if that helps. I think there were also some that would fit but were only 12" or so, top to bottom. I went with full height figuring the...

I've got a charge air cooler (intercooler) ahead of a stock deuce radiator on the baby HEMTT. You can see from the first two pictures that it isn't much wider than the radiator. My set-up is for the 6BT Cummins but one for a multifuel would just have different plumbing. Can take some more...

Figuring out the HX35's characteristics is pretty much a done deal. If you can find the A/R ratio and other specs on the multifuel rurbos you might be able to get some comparison numbers. A diesel shop that does turbo work should be able to help; some even have turbo flow benchs. Failing that...

Futuremarine24, I sent you a PM. Did it help?

You're right Westech. I had a 318 (bone stock) in this M-37 but still managed to hit the 'magic combination'.

Has anyone entertained the idea of commercial axles? I think some of the Petes and KWs had a variety of ratios to choose from. Keeping both rear axles as drivers is still possible since those axles have an output shaft through the axle housings (for the rear rear) instead of over the top of the...

Did the math... 150 gal. fuel tank = 300 mile range (As per TM9-2320-279-10-1). Diesel $4.35 / gal. = $652.50 / fill up. Trip miles unknown so let's toss out a figure of 9,960.62 miles ( 2/5 circumference of earth) (I'm assuming it's going to be a round trip; wouldn't make sense to leave the...

The general feeling is that the push button switches had underrated relays and tended to burn up from overloading. No problem if the electrical system is in good shape but any loose connections or bad grounds and the resistance goes up... and so does the load. They're sensitive to static; the...

I'm there frequently and they have two 5 ton rear axles and a steer axle or two left, and maybe a few pallets of small parts. The owner decided there was no market for mil. vehicle parts and most of the good stuff went for steel scrap. At one time they were THE place to go for CCKW, Jeep and...

Since your rig is doing a good job then just continue to refine it if you see a need for small tweeks. We use a trolley set-up for cutting large pipe (up to 8 foot in diameter for CalTrans). It would do for rim widening but it's also adjustable to the point of doing face cuts too. Your powered...

Anything armored makes law enforcement nervous since defeating it is a real chore. You can own it but they don't make it easy for you and there are a lot of hoops to jump through before you can get approval. Might get around large bore ammuntion like the cannon shooters do; by shooting a...

Looks like your set-up is working out good. For the future; what about a little trolley head that would ride on the edge of the rim. It would in turn hold the torch head on an adjustable arm. That way you could set height and extension and cut any size wheel.