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PM me your email address and I will send you a copy of the parts list several of us have been working on. There are parts numbers to brake lines that you can get at NAPA, O'Reilly's, Bumper to Bumper, etc.
The truck is in SW Kansas about 45 miles from the Colorado border. I used to live out there almost 2 years ago. It is so flat out there that at night, you can see towns over 50 miles away. The wind never stops blowing and winters were quite miserable. When it would snow, I have seen the snow...
I just realized that I have not posted pictures of my first 1952 M135 (#4984). I've had it almost 8 years. It needs some transmission work. One day soon, I will get it out here where I live now.
I use a 12 ton bottle jack and 6 ton stands.
Is this the port you are talking about? I believe it is for a heater, but my truck does not have a military heater installed right now.
Did you get your transmission figured out yet?
The accelerator pump I used is 2.385" long and 0.61" diameter. Yours should work.
I installed the carburetor with the new pump in it yesterday and it works great!! No more spitting, sputtering or stumbling when accelerating from a complete stop. Today I installed the exhaust system using the...
What is the fording plate? Is it a data plate or the round piece that goes on the dash part that leads to the air cleaner?
I may have one on my parts trucks.
Not much resistance at all. You can feel a little pressure when moved each way, but not near as much as from the one that was in that kit.
If time allows, I will go by the parts store tomorrow and see if they can cross reference that number.
I pulled off the old rusted out muffler and plan on...
I think we have solved the accelerator pump problem. The visit to Ace Carburetor in Tulsa was a success. Richard, who runs the business, had seen the Holley 885-FFG before and knew what to do. The accelerator pump that came in the rebuild kit was too large. He had a whole drawer full of the...
I checked out a carburetor from one of the parts trucks. Everything is the same size as what was in my other carburetor. The pieces in the new kit have smaller openings. I'll be taking the rebuilt carburetor to get looked at tomorrow and will bring the kit pieces to show the guy and ask his...
Are all of the diameters of the openings in your original brass parts larger than the ones with the new kit? (Except for the crimped ends of the above.)
I tried sanding it down (helped a little), removing the spring, soaking in gas, soaking in PB Blaster, throwing across the garage and even cursing at it. Nothing worked. Didn't try the ice water and drying process.
A nitrile seal would be great and I did think of that, but none of the local...
Is that a Canadian Military kit? Mine looked the exact same. The jet openings and fuel metering parts had smaller openings than what was originally in my carb. I just cleaned up and reused the originals. I am going to get the carburetor rebuild guy's opinion on what is best.
We will solve this...
The part number to the carburetor rebuild kit I got is 00-753-9050-2910.
I called a carburetor rebuild shop in Tulsa and explained my problem. The man said to bring it in and we would find the right accelerator pump or fabricate one that will work. I like how he put that, so hopefully he can...
I looked at those threads yesterday and that manual online during the rebuild of the carb. Have you considered posting a copy of the military carburetor rebuild manual in the TM section? It would be awesome if you did.
My problem is definitely the accelerator pump. It is too tight and sticks...
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