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Thanks, will do Don't you every sleep or do you have a new-post alarm hard-wired to your brains? :wink: It must be 7 AM or even earlier in Georgia (just now listen to the same name Ray Charles song).

I am going through some old threads I started and noticed that several of them end hanging in the air without clear end. Not wanting to start threads on the same topics and at least end some hanging threads, I tried to reactivate a thread and mention that in an edit to the original first post...

Did not find a downloadable pdf file yet, but here is a link to the full text TB 746-93-1

67Beast, I was thinking to reopen a thread on my engine about that because of some further inspection I did after cleaning the engine. It looks that the engine might be from 1965 and that might fit with what you say. Below the ID plate from the dash, left, and one of the ID shields on the...

This truck is more a mess than I initially thought. However, as lowest layer each time this very darkish green comes up. As to the numbering, this does not fit anything I saw and read till now. Maybe it has something to do with the truck being stored in a POMCUS depot in Europe that these...

I am reviving this thread. Just checked my brakes, parked 15 months ago with at least enough Dot 5 in the master cylinder reservoir to brake. Now, the entire master cylinder is completely empty! No idea where the stuff went. With several brake problem threads around, I think it’s worth pursuing...

The truck is painted, so now I have to get the decals or stencils. Is there a font family that should-can be used so you can make your own markings? Shipping everything from the USA seems a bit overkill and expensive, we have good printers here but I have to provide the font family.

I just got a link to a military surplus shop in Germany where they sell the old US stuff NOS. Is that stuff mixable with the modern Dot 5 or better stick to modern (maybe different additives or I don't know what)

Don't tell me. I have the bolts securing the hub to the flange free but cannot get a hold on the drum. It looks that is should be able to just move over the hub flange holding the tire nuts as well.

I have to check the front brake cylinders and brake shoes. Is it possible to remove the front brake drum without the hub or do you always take of the entire hub as per TM ..20? Sounds like overkill to me because you start messing with the bearing automatically, which I always try to avoid. I...

Ever found out what was the problem?

Saw some bad reviews about some Bel Ray oils in a quad forum, but not about the brake oils. Funny thing is that both the US and the Czech site for the Maxima dot 5 oil use a picture of a bottle of dot 4 oil, also not very encouraging

Trying to find Dot 5 braking fluid here in the Czech Republic, a few brands but all different from what I used in the Netherlands and these are not common brand names in continental Europe. Is there any quality difference between the different brands or is it 6 of the one and half dozen of the...

Then came the paint. After the first brushes, it was clear that it was way too light. However, it was Friday afternoon before a long weekend, probably the last few days with really nice weather. And since the truck will be sand-blasted and painted in the real color after restoration anyway, I...

Goodbye RAMBO Painted my truck: goodbye RAMBO A bit of a catch 22: to get veteran papers for this truck in the Czech Republic, it does not have to fulfill any technical checking (this I knew) but ... the vehicle must look 8-). Can be a technical wreck but the outside must be ok (this I did...

Suprman, I answered a similar question in my other thread swbradly, these batteries were out of the car for 16 months, started the car once in November, slow but without problems and once in summer, ditto. Now it was taking too long, so I thought to load them. Then I found out. As mentioned in...

I have a similar problem with a Hawker Armasafe Plus 100 Ah battery from 2007 (this thread). After reading up on battery technology and maintenance, I am looking into buying a Pulsetech charger - desulfator. The link shows the three models mentioned below on the same page. Pulsetech has a nice...

Did you manage to find out what the problem was? There are several threads on M39 (the M5x series trucks) 5-ton brakes running right now. I am starting to work again on my M51A2, lost my oil. I am not sure a problem in the air system could cause this. Different question: I am restoring an...

We used a power cleaner to clean the truck before painting, and I had a better look at the paint and lettering. Correction from first post: All decals are actually painted, no vinyl. The bridge marking reads C 01 (thanks gunboy). Maybe the 0 and the 1 are switched and it should read 10 or...

Read through several of the "which paint number" threads and read part of David Doyle's section on markings and paints. The only thing I now know is that I am not the only one guessing and confused. :lost: Our M51A2 was presumably built in 1973, right in the period "early seventies" when...