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You can still get them in the Czech Republic. I was not sure if GAZ has a good name in reliability but the 66 seems to be OK. My son had a modern version, something like a big long Ford Transit with double cabin and double tires in the back. Bought in 2009. We had to replace the drive shaft...

Keep them rolling and keep them coming, a few more contestants please. Although when they throw in trains, competition is going to be fierce.

I vote YES. Maybe if you win, as award the big chiefs will finally start the railroad forum

Keep them coming; so close to Veteran's day its time to make an impression.

Front hub removal M51 A2 I will do a detailed write up later, but here some pics that might help The hub with cap, ready to be taken down. Middle how it looks after you take the grease away, right, the cap full of grease but nothing else. Looks promising. Then ... :shock...

Other thing, if its the last nut with the wheel on, the wheel will be at an angle also frustrating your efforts. Put a few nuts back, at least one opposite of the bad nut and two on each side of it, tighten them good and try again, both directions

When getting the bolts from the bumper free, we had two people, hardened power sockets and connectors, and a 6 foot and thick steel tube on it, one person making sure the wrench stayed in place and hammering on it, while the other was hanging on the tube. Still was a problem, and caused some...

I saw Kenny busy with it at the 2014 GA Rally. After having to wait for a second person and then using 4 foot pipes as extra, and breaking tools, still without getting bolts free, I decided I needed one. But ... too expensive here: $ 870. Then I went to a tool day from one shop and the had...

Looked like an emptied fishpond Czech style to me :beer:

Thanks to advice of Kenny, I now have a brutal 1500 NM Milwaukee Power M18 Fuel cordless impact wrench, and thanks to Mike and Swamp Donkey, I also have the full set of power sockets including both wheel nut sockets: 6-edge and square. Man, its just pure fun to remove bolts and nuts just for...

If I see those threads I have to go lay down with a serious depression of working here alone, far away from help and cheap parts and ... and .. :cry: :oops::shrugs: and then I seriously have to kick myself and :grd:

I am going to do some paint work now , and still not decided on the color. Not sure if to go with the old olive drab or the newer mat green, al existing between 1965 and early 1973. Definitely NOT camo Does somebody has pictures of a restored 1965-1967 5-ton truck with original 24079 Olive...

Reviving old thread for new evidence Reviving this old thread on color and marking for new evidence. It is now completely sure that the truck is from between 1965 and 1967, based on The Hood Number, which is a registration number which STAYS WITH THE TRUCK THROUGHOUT ITS LIVE CYLCE That...

Going through my old threads, found these references to the same job. Just to help others looking at this, two earlier threads on this for the deuce and the five ton. The write-ups are great. Deuce front axle 5-ton rear axle

Netherlands - Sindorf Trading Netherlands - Sindorf Trading For those with verrrryyyy deeeeeeep pockets in love with very big stuff. Close to the Dutch army training grounds, they bought up a lot of surplus stuff, then switched partly to cranes. Boy, those cranes are HUGH. Not sure if you...

Germany - Lots of pictures and some parts as well Germany - Army Military Surplus Not sure how active the site still is. The pics section seems a bit dead, not actualized since 2014 The shop seems alive, but not sure, check it out first before ordering. Contact is in...

France - Surplus Militaires et Industriels France: Surplus Militaires et Industriels, D1092, la gare - 38840 La Sône\ Found this one looking through my old posts, an US surplus scrap yard in southeast France, south of Lyon link: Jeep - Dodge - GMC

Where are the other contestants??? I am already there, so I cannot fill up the list to get to ten.

I checked the .. 20P for the M39 and the 809 series. The 809 TM is better and more detailed than the M39 one, no problem finding the stuff you mentioned there.

How much grease would you need for the bearings and replacing the axle boot?