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With all the worthy contestants, the extra's, additional details, and background (in this case, tailgate) have to decide the vote. These are very worthy causes supported here. Gets my vote. Secondary effect is that these efforts help giving our hobby a better image.

I started to clean out the gear box, using straight diesel and small paint brushes. Lot of stuff came out. Also took off the power cylinder. The connection to the gearbox did not look that great (left) compared with the one from the original box (right). Inside and the higher...

Thanks, you have a Mxxx number and which tractor often went in combo with it?

Got a new used Ross steering gear. On the truck, it moved very smooth. About a month ago, some idiots loosened the return hose (return to oil reservoir) on the control valve assembly and left it open, so it got rusted a bit inside. When back in the Czech Republic, and taking off the steering...

Looking there again is a bit of a problem; I am 926 km away :( The trailer came out of a private museum that is downsizing. They said the trailer is not WW II, so he can have it. He did some research, and actually it is 1944-45, so WW II. Whatever, he his happy. I am not sure if he got the...

I was in a hurry, arrived late Monday afternoon and I could not get the steering shaft-tube out of the control house, probably the bearings or the splines got stuck. Called it a day when it got dark and got back the next morning. Still not much success, in the end we loosened the control house...

And some pics of the more destroyed trucks he has standing around. Although some definitely are not for destruction. And a very surprising find overgrown in the field: I could not get a good light angle and with my phone, quality is not perfect. However, this GMC standing here...

Some more nice toys standing in the back. The biggest surprise was the M520 Goer, dwarfing the 5-ton wrecker standing next to it. Only a handful remain, and this is one of them in a very good condition. Another toy for if your neighbor parks his car in front of your driveway

I found this place while looking for a new steering gear for our M51A2. Man, this is going to pop some eyes out, I bet. Sorry gals and guys, the place in in the Netherlands, so a wee bit too far away for most. This is a bit of what I saw arriving at his place. Then he showed me...

Mine (5-ton) turned very easy and smooth despite the fact that the tapered stud had much more damage than shown above.

Went to the Netherlands to pick up a used Ross steering gear including steering wheel etc. It is still mounted in a parts truck (M52A2), about the only thing left on the carcass. We ran into a problem. We cannot get off the steering wheel. That should be no problem; remove the entire...

With the older M39 5-ton, I adjusted also without much effect. Than I noticed that the pittman shaft can move laterally quite a lot. When you try to adjust that play, you have to make sure that the pittman arm is pulled away from the box. Otherwise you are adjusting very high in the groove...

I am talking with two companies in the Netherlands who may have used Ross Hydrapower HF70 steering gear boxes for my M51A2 standing in the Czech Republic. What would such a thing cost state side? I know that on your side you still can get a NOS one for around $ 600. I could not find prices for...

I think I was too hasty with my judgement. Today I had the air pack and the MC on the bench, cleaned them, and inspected them again. With the MC, most of what I though was rust turned out to be debris, and after cleaning and inspecting with a strong flash light, the reservoir looked ok. The...

Thought it would be useful to start a new thread on the air pack rebuild (attempt) I was loosing DOT 5 brake fluid while the truck was parked for two years. No visible leakage. In the end decided to bite the bullet and got the MC and the air pack out on the bench. With the AP, all the air...

So I have got a used Deuce air pack to sell at the next GA Rally rofl Nice way to balance my suitcase for the things I want to take back. :beer: Managed to take off the air pack today, tomorrow will start take it apart. Should have done it five years ago in the Netherlands, but was too busy...

Took off the MC of my M51A2. Despite the white color, the tag on it states its for a 5-ton only, and seems to be military origin. During the several years standing without driving and topping it up a few times, I lost all the fluid in the MC reservoir, but some was left in the cylinder...

I work with websites and forums myself on small scale, know what a pain this can be. It probably is possible at least for an administrator or moderator, to do a search on the term "923" in the TITLE, then select the proper results, and move them as block to the new location. Then do the...

From the 2014 GA Rally buy/sell thread My memory on this is a bit hazy, but CBR Metalworks was supposed to bring a 5-ton Air Pack to the rally. In the end, the only thing he had with him was the Deuce one. I knew from the beginning that it was a Deuce AP, but he or somebody else told me that...

I have been told the old long deuce air pack and the 5-ton air pack on the M39 are interchangeable, or better, you supposedly can use the long deuce air pack on the 5-ton. From the 2014 GA Rally, I brought home a Deuce air pack, since I have problems with my brake system, including loosing dot...