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  1. msgjd

    Steel Soldiers MV of the month 2024 - February VOTE HERE!

    I picked up the XM818 and a sister '71 M818 at Ft Indiantown Gap, PA in 2009 , together on one load.. Left late one evening and didn't get back until two mornings later .. The truck is as OEM as the day it was released from the military and has needed nothing other than normal maintenance ...
  2. msgjd

    Old style Ross on a M51

    mine is sitting on the M51's pass seat in its box waiting until time/weather to install it.. It's been waiting since last summer :(
  3. msgjd

    MV of the Month February 2024 Nomination Thread Everybody is welcome!

    doesn't bother me one bit if the MVM needs to be postponed to next month .. just putting that out there
  4. msgjd

    Old style Ross on a M51

  5. msgjd

    Old style Ross on a M51

    I believe your problem is in the actuator unit on the steering column and not the ross box .. Have not had your exact problem but one of my M51's has a faulty actuator unit.. It fights against a driver when trying to steer to right but steers normal otherwise.. Others in their threads on SS...
  6. msgjd

    8.3L puffs smoke underhood

    you put her under the truck holding the wrench, didn't you.. how many years will it be before you get any help next time? :ROFLMAO:
  7. msgjd

    Steel Soldiers MV of the month 2024 - January VOTE HERE!

    you are correct, that's not my pic and i didn't post it, i don't have a mog .. miggins got people mixed up somewhere .. it happens ;)
  8. msgjd

    Asplundh Tree Service Unimog

    I enjoy seeing tactical vehicles outfitted for utility or other special civ jobs as well .. That mog sounds cool. In the mid-1980's I recall an area tree company with a jimmy M211 (hydramatic deuce) carrying a custom boom with interchangeable attachments (cherrypicker, manbucket, and hyd saw)...
  9. msgjd

    8.3L puffs smoke underhood

    I concur 110% .. I will add it might take some time for it to accumulate enough carbon to be noticeable if it's a recent issue I also advise everyone the following six ancient wisdoms when having wife or gf help you as "soldier B" ,,, 1: per Murphy, tasks take longer than they should 2...
  10. msgjd

    Railroad Forum

    lotsa soft targets there,,,, until the dozers showed up :p
  11. msgjd

    MV of the Month February 2024 Nomination Thread Everybody is welcome!

    winch bumpers will hit if the descending angle is steep enough , like, straight down off a cliff , or at angles close to it :D
  12. msgjd

    MV of the Month February 2024 Nomination Thread Everybody is welcome!

    got a speeding ticket with my m38a1 a long time ago... when i pushed for a probable cause, cop fumbled a bit and then said i was doing 65... i shoulda gone back for a look at his alleged readout.. i fought it by handing the judge the TM bookmarked on the page where is says "max speed" ...
  13. msgjd

    New and need guidance on using steel soldiers!

    i heard him say that name but cannot recall if it's where he specifically was ...i have a bunch of his pics.. compound, barracks, trucks, jeeps, kids, friends, countryside, some small-town war damage ... he didn't label locations but there are names of the guys in pictures .. i have browsed the...
  14. msgjd

    New and need guidance on using steel soldiers!

    my dad was there during the last weeks of the war and then was transferred into the Constabulary in Bavaria .. He was in some little town south of munchen that had a former military school or barracks they occupied and it had a motor pool and shop... He stayed until spring-47 , two years, and...
  15. msgjd

    New and need guidance on using steel soldiers!

    nein, aber ihre Mutter konnte, ,, einige ... Her father's father came from italy and she was only interested in picking up some of that
  16. msgjd

    New and need guidance on using steel soldiers!

    When she's mad there's all kinds of words I've never heard before .. :LOL:
  17. msgjd

    New and need guidance on using steel soldiers!

    .... until i get her mad ;) .... deutsch/italian mix.. she worked on and off in her father's construction company from the late-70's into the 1990's .. yes she's a bit younger than me
  18. msgjd

    M88

    Am glad you enjoyed your time ... My last 5 or 6 years with the armor battalion left me only wishing it were the earlier years and Sp5 again .. Only a few times in the earliest ARNG years did I consider going back to active duty, but I had gained two ranks since and would've forfeited if I had...
  19. msgjd

    M113 variant. .. flamethrower or what?

    good call !! perhaps it is .. i did not see it with the cover off
  20. msgjd

    New and need guidance on using steel soldiers!

    ...or as my girlfriend exclaimed the first time she drove a gasser 5-ton , she said, "All it is is a steering wheel and stickshift !" No big deal !
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