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Drained the engine oil today, first out came 20 litres of water, then 10 litres of oil. Some diagnosis of water entry. The engine turns over nicely by hand, so not through the head gasket although that might change when I put a cooling system on it with water in it. The oil filler was missing...

Aussie, I might try with purchasing something little to start with, just to give it a go. I don't know much about Pine Gap and it would be really good if my truck was part of it. The truck is Canadian though, I will have to check and see if Canada had a part in the construction. Following your...

m101plowboy Thanks for the photos I have been searching the internet for M216 photos, they appear to be as rare as the trucks. I was scratching away at the blue paint on the truck this afternoon, and noticed the weights listed on the door. So a quick calculation to see if she was overloaded...

Good day rustystud Thanks for your comment. I don't want to change the filter if it doesn't need it. I was looking up from underneath and there is a fairly big vertical cast housing on the right rear of the transmission, if it was a Cat, that housing would hold a transmission filter. The C9...

m1010plowboy, I think this truck came to Australia as an import because it has Canadian markings. The markings gold Maple leaf on red background show that the truck belonged to the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, and it has markings white 17 on blue background that show it was in a engineer...

Photos of some of the engine bay, it is all very sad no generator, regulator, compressor or radiator.

That was a bit optimistic only one came through. I will have another go, this is the spare M211 cab.

A couple of photos maybe.

Thanks, I was poking around under the truck last night trying to get my internal splined shaft to fit and I saw that plug. I thought it was a level plug for the rear housing. Ken

Good day, I did an intro over on new member requirements. My truck with Canadian registration # 54-56169 as explained was a step a way from being a garden ornament, tidied up and with its original markings re-applied. It was due to MLU that I found Steel Soldiers and I have learnt so much on...

Good day, Ken from Australia, owner of the rolling remains of a M216CDN dump, but now cab chassis. I was going to make the truck a garden ornament, but this forum has given me the courage to try and do a get it going restoration. I have owned the truck for 20 years and this forum has so far...