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I thought that I could make one myself cheaply, by using a rim of a spare tire laying around. Even bought a good 2 ton garage jack for this. Took some time before I could transport the tire to a shop that separated the tire and the rim. Then I found out that these rims are rather heavy by...

I was too quick with stating that everything looked good actually. The brake cylinder definitely had a problem and was leaking. Also, the hub was not as clean as I thought, I just did not look good. Everything is clean now. Cleaned the brake shoe surfaces with grease remover, cleaned out...

It has been freezing tonight, about 17 F in Dan's workshop. So we put the brake drum in the kitchen in front of the wood stove, the only really heated room in the workshop. It will stay there today and throughout the night. Will not do much, but it will help a bit. The seal goes into the...

Thanks for the good pics and advice, will try it today and report back

Brutacus, thanks, great pics. Putting the seal in freezer: does that not damage the rubber of the seal?

Did you have any problems putting the seal back? I bought two NOS seals for the 5-tons, really US Army surplus, in the Netherlands. Now packed the bearings, wanting to put the new seal in: no dice, maybe a fraction of a mm too wide. Tried the second one, same. Old one I could get back but also...

M39 is the official series name for the 5-tons which started in the 1950s as replacement for the WWII heavy trucks. The most common of these are the M51 (Dump) , M52 (tractor) and the M54 cargo bed. A lot of people talk about the M54 series, because that was the most common version, but an M54...

So I took off the front hubs to check their condition, also trying to see if there was a reason for asymmetric braking. Took some time before I had a closer look at the brake cylinders, had some other things to do, like taking grandkids to the netherlands and then taking care of them while...

Thanks, I will check it out once I am at my truck, hopefully tomorrow.

The problem is, I am living in the Czech Republic. All the brake lines available here - or in most of Europe - are either 8 mm (all person cars) or 12 mm for larger vans. I can get 10 mm from one of the Dutch scrapyards, but only as a roll of 50 m ($$$), while I only need 50 cm. Are copper...

I was looking at one of the scrapyards for my missing fixed brake line. Found something I thought would fit, then noticed it actually was an air line. Were they the same in strength and diameter? The line I am looking for is 0.39 inch (10 mm), from the slave cylinder to the distribution point.

:unsure: what does the O stand for?

I think these trucks and jeeps were at that yard several years, they bought them surplus years and sometimes decades ago. They have a team of about 5 max 10 workers there and slowly repair and repaint the trucks, scavenging the worst trucks to keep the repair of the good ones cheap. Ones enough...

I like the dragline and its orange color. Orange always attracts a true Dutchman!

BinderDan, can you show some more pics and description of the truck. No offense, but it looks a bit like a child's dragline toy, which is my favourite. :) This comes to my mind because we just spent a week with our two grandkids (10 and 13) in the Netherlands, showing them my heritage...

Probably not government, but everything else, yes, especially bigger mining, construction, and agriculture companies. Not even sure they are all sold or they have a African company (or plural) who buys them bulk and sells them individually, taking care of the local paper work. I did not ask...

They bought whole lots of surplus all along, probably from the very beginning in the 60s and 70s. Then slowly, by type, they repair-overhaul them, repaint them, load them with overhauled or NOS parts or complete jeeps, and ship them off. I could buy new and NOS stuff from them, but when I asked...

Three DAF YA 328 water trucks, with details of the cabin and the pump positioned where a whinch would be.

Can't post post titles anymore? Anyway: anybody for a truck or two in perfect condition? Better hurry, because these are all prepared and ready to go to Africa. Why waste space: the truck beds are full of spare parts, tires, generators, ... ... or nicely repainted Mercedes jeeps...

Some more details of the supporting wheel/spare. The first one shows how the wheel is nicely positioned to help raise the truck of the edges. The second shows details of the "hub" after the wheel has been removed. You can see that it is actually connected as a none-powered wheel.