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Idles without VROOOOM I always start with a good picture of my truck before I try fixing anything. Do you have a good picture?.....of your truck? The M211 and M135 are similar trucks and the same manuals apply. ( A year ago I didn't know that) These guys MilitaryTrucks.ca - Welcome...

Diamond Duty Called, We answered. Priceless, the Niece's hubby works for Diamond and just got me 'the shirt' today. His love for them went away after spending a year replacing wiring harnesses on brand new trucks. Something about isolators, fire and the 12/24 volt system. We'll be doing a...

We'll never be done Good call on the replacement, there's no sense taking a chance with a bad tank and 100psi. With 2 tanks per truck that should be an easy find. If you don't get one before I leave here we'll grab one off a donor. I wish I was leaving now.....forecasts are for -30c and...

Pump Good day Seatyger, I just got off the phone with a guy who had a dozen or so of the cranes and he said he didn't like the pump. Apparently they didn't provide a smooth flow and were a little jerky. Are you using one for a project? I still enjoy the hunt!

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Mo pics M1010 and 1930 Ford M1010 and Renegade Freightliner and hopefully Wayne in the background hoisting the cup

Canadiana Yes Sir, luck certainly plays a roll when the green bug bites. Another LUCKY 4 hours under the truck replacing slightly worn trani/throttle linkage pins and re-torquing every bolt. I'm not lucky enough to have the throttle linkage gauge, bending tool, trani oil pressure gauge or...

It actually takes quite a bit of courage to get on the SS stage and ask questions. Thanks for doing that. The level of expertise and experience here can be intimidating. It's better to lay one's ego on the line and ask then take the jump and do it without support. Circumstances can sometimes...

Recovery Preparation Add the Handy Emergency Preparedness Products: Fire Extinguisher First Aid Kit Road Flares or Reflectors Tow strap and Chains A Pillow and a Blanket Flashlight Water, Chocolate, Gouda Cheese and Red Wine..... Better take a tooth brush.

"""My father had convoys of the GMCs in Korea where they piled 5 tons in the trucks and took off up the mountain roads with no problem - not fast, but no problems. He said that they would often run into a British convoy that couldn't make the hills, and they would tie their trucks on behind...

Major Tom No,,, Butch and I both missed it. :oops: It's the primary reason for cycling the information again...... finding more in-put from the guys that have been there. Out of the hundreds of pages of threads and TM's I'm in for a "major" certification in Trani 303M. Thanks Gunfreak, The...

Shifty 135GMC, do you remember your truck shifting aggressively 'down' from 3rd to 2nd? After you ran hydraulic oil did the filter seem to collect any extra "junk" from the trani? I'll take the advice and try some 10/30 hydraulic once I run it a bit and let the 'new' straight 10wt...

Test Drive I'd Love to hear from some of the experienced M135 Pilots that have 'peddled' these trucks before. There's lots of good info in Tm9 8024 Par40 page 55 onward, however there's nothing like gaining the knowledge of those with seat time. It's very clear that the trani is "throttle...

Box and Tires I haven't tried to sell the box so if it can be put to use it's one less thing to run into. I'll take some measurements. Depending on what you're doing, a little weight might be good on the back axle....but If you keep it light, a pick-up can pull you out. Oh decisions! The...

M135 tool box Hey Little Fort Section8, The easiest thing to do is keep this thread and just add your adventure's, plans, pics, successes right here. If something new comes up just keep it under this thread and put a topic in the subject line. Keep one thread updated and everyone will chime in...

Pre-trip inspection Great timing Mr. Nightmare.......... I've found all kinds of pre-trip inspection (CDL?) forms online........with a "pre-inspection forms" and an "MV pre-trip inspection" google. http://dmv.ca.gov/forms/dl/dl65prt1.pdf...

Icing on the Cake SuperDave.....Sweet icing, thanks again for all the tips, cylinders and the solutions to all the challenges that I've yet to find. You know how new I am to the MV thing so one more day of listening will do me GOOD. The Cornhead grease has an extreme temp range and a great...

greased knuckles, paint Learnin's fun.......... thinking I'd be saving a whole lot of guessing about how much grease was in the knuckle, I squeezed 2 tubes of Cornhead grease into the knuckle prior to assembly. Cornhead grease doesn't wait to start working and it's yogurt consistency was...

Inners seals, brakes, bows and crack Taking a break is good...........but the green crack keeps callin' Got the two seals into each inner axle using a nice 'replacer' tool and hopefully it will be drip free for twice as long. Replaced knuckles and re-assembled brakes which will be painted at...

Santa comes from India Had a great opportunity to visit the southern states so I arranged to have a knuckle seal kit waiting for me. One call to Memphis Equipment and the two seal kits got shipped to a friends shop in San Diego. They showed up in a well packed box in great shape and Memphis...