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ima fuc'in moron. I pasted the wrong shortcut.
This is right if the address is correct and Google Maps is correct (I've never been there but I will next week if I get my truck this weekend)...
I can see the attraction to burning waste oil of almost any type in these engines, but I won't be doing it because gasoline engine waste oil carries a high level of contamination:
"While automobile engine is running, the motor oil collects heavy metal (lead, cadmium, zinc, and barium), iron...
Wikipedia
Diesel Winter Grade
United States
In the United States the states do not have a legislation on a fixed time frame when winter diesel must meet a specific temperature characteristics. The ASTM D 975 standard does not specify a specific value for the cold flow requirements of...
Thanks guys.
I was asking because while the truck will reside in SoCal with temperatures normally well above 40 deg's. F, where I live it has snowed every winter for the last five years (global warming, I know). I also realize this is still not very cold to most of the rest of the U.S., I am...
I am looking at the fuel chart on Page 2-24 in TM 9-2320-209-10-1 and I was wondering if anyone has posted a translation chart or link thereto so I know what grade of diesel relates to what grade of military fuel?
http://test.steelsoldiers.com/upload/M35/TM9-2320-209-10-1.pdf
Thanks!
Focusing on the now apparently scarce M35A2's, the average price at surplus seems to be $1800 to $2200, while the average price for a titled PP sale is over $4500 closer to $5200.
$3,000 is worth it to me to go surplus.
I've been avoiding the 5 ton trucks because Caterpillar parts...
Thanks Guys!
Are there just fewer M35A2's remaining in government inventory then, or is this a temporary sales shortage?
I would prefer the LDT engine, I think.
Hi All:
I'd like to hear from you, opinions on purchasing my first M35 from private party with current state registration vs. purchasing thru GovLiq or others.
I have completed a frame-up restoration of a Dodge 1/2 ton WWII military truck already, have a certificate in diesel tech from UTI...
Top speed based on gearing and max engine RPM.... You can get there quicker, but "there" is only ever gonna be 55! aua
"How about using nitrous?" seems like an innocent-enough question, but is just as inappropriate to ask about using on my WWII Dodge flathead-6. These things are 40-year-old...