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Metal Prep A M2 charge is great when you look at the many frame/ cross member faces you have with a small surface area and lots of angles. As some of the more experienced builders have said, "Be careful not to over-restore". I'm told a box would typically have paint splashed on it with...

Dedication The desire to dedicate the build took it's first step today and a rusty ole' valvecover was dropped off at a local powdercoating shop. The OD will go on and we will hand stencil some names of a few good men over the OD with white paint. Once complete a clear-coat will be powdered...

1674 miles Make a trip! Hard tops fit in the back of a pick-up truck and are off in less then an hour with two guys. He wants $400.00 for a low quality top you remove and pick-up yourself......deep in the bush. There was one in the classifieds not long ago, look around locally first or 4...

M135 Bow corners 23" length over the top of the radius 19" tip to tip with 4" radius / offset Not 90 degrees as you can see in the last 2 shots with the top bow requiring a slight degree to pick up the arch. There is a break down of parts in one of the manuals and we should post a pic of that...

Sand Blast Preservation So far the only challenge with sand blasting was keeping it out of the engine and continuous washing/ vacuuming after. Even now, before I pull a spark plug, a wash down is required to get the sand out of 'collector' areas around the plug. Sand blasting in the engine...

MV Preservation Thanks for the kind words, the brakes are the most 'comforting' mechanical re-build. Even after re-building, monitoring and maintaining the entire brake system I still respect the fact they are the most critical item on the truck. You have a 5 ton Robo? I'll search around for...

Tourin' We must get your truck goin'. It's too much fun tourin' around not to share. Renos are a blast. Had to pull my fence down to get a truck in the yard for shingle and stucco removal. The first thing I did was park the 135 on my lawn so I could put er' right where deuce's belong, close to...

Deuce ride along Just an unedited video of a 7 minute ride along. Don't try this at home, the Deuce handles like a cadi so one handing it while taking videos, although not recommended, is very easy. Traffic was light and safety margins were increased as recorded at 3:19. The guy facing the...

Continued Preservation With frost in the mornings, ice starting to form on the puddles and the sun going away just after 7pm........cruise night is probably finished....after tonight. Spent 2 hrs in and under the M135 re-torquing everything, inspecting the parking brake drum assy' for cracks...

G 749 m135 PICTURES, now I can follow along. Mine was virgin white when I bought it too. Leaving the Just married sign on the back justifies tying a dozen 45 gallon drums behind the Deuce, drivin through town honkin the horn. You gotta do it once before you paint over it. I must say that...

Brake fluid capacity I can't find the Brake system volume. Thought I'd be smart and paste up a complete capacity chart but brakes are not on there. Thinkin' no one tried to figure it out. We didn't use more then 2 litres or half gallon. Here is everything else that you are not looking for and...

G 749 series light options I'm thinking iltis. Know a guy that might have one or two or fourty laying around. This video shows the iltis light at the 34 second mark. It might even have the guard like your M35a3 lights. Pause the video and picture your Deuce in front of the light and you got...

Lighten it up I had a great SS/MVPA member give me a new set so we know a bunch of Ho Ho Ho's, but I agree with the Nleatherman. The cab looks sharp and the original lights won't match or give those around you any "VISIBILITY". Whatever it is you decide to go with let me know and I can hunt...

Dems da brakes Did you get the DOTS all sorted out? Tough guessing if someone switched to the higher temp toleratin' DOT5 but if I were a bettin' man, no one in their right mind changed to DOT5 with a brake system designed to stop 11 ton on DOT 3. All the 'purging' info should show up in the...

Now that's a start up plan! If you're reading the thread and have not nailed the above link that the Original Poster (OP) kindly pasted in...it's worth the mouse and finger movement, good info on pre-startin' old gear. Great looking truck. Imagine the stories she could tell, fightin' fires...

The Crush Aye Dr.log......He's been talking about this day for years. I just dumped a bunch 'o' doe on other things so buying and saving more green is out of the budget. Standing next to the thumb knowing it's soon cutting into the stuff I love....and there's nothing I can do..... makes ya...

Scrap, really, to who Axle off a Korea era trailer, cut, re-welded and customized for moving log homes...... Aluminum water tank Cut up jeeps in the third picture Some of the over-sized rigging laying around The wrecker, Helicopter blades.......... smelled like they were off a Huey but not...

The big crush ........the big jaw in the first photo is going to start eating. The 175,000 lb tug, fuselage mover, the wrecker, engines, helicopter blades, axles, 2 trucks and a yard full of vehicles..........cut and containerized for over-seas shipping, Send me a PM if there's something...

G 749 engines in crates After all the Muffler talk with the 211 kids I called the gent that sold me my M135. We went back for a wander in his yard and found 302/ G749 engines still in crates. He thinks they were re-built some 20-30 years ago when he had the contract for 'salvage' and simply...

Muffler brian.asbury@sympatico.ca I got mine from Brian and there is a chance it was the last one. Sometimes a muffler sneaks it's way out from behind something else. Supply Line has Sam Winer listing G749 parts but I don't see exhaust, might be worth a try ....Akron Ohio 330-628-4881. Nothing...