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Take the top off and have a look...get your replacement tranny and have it ready to put in and you will have a nice weekend of work...after you have read all your manuals and decided if you want to do it...Soldier #2

Don't forget the late production of the M135 in Canada and the late M35 production by Bombardier......guess those would be foreign vehicles to most of us.

Oh well, my definition of early M deuces would be gasoline engined M34/35 and M135/211..that should satisfy everybody.

I force my upshifts by lifting right foot just before automatic shift is about to happen... have set the IP control for easy shifts.. The modulators will vary, and the cucv are famous for delayed shifts because of the IP control...of VACUUM

Dave was a rookie and only restored the one truck...it is a compendium of the articles he wrote for his magazine and is fine for the novice, but certainly not the purist who might want tobacco juice from the factory on his battery box cover...and chalk marks on the firewall.....and crooked...

RE: Re: RE: M1009 Differential The M1009 has one of the lowest numerical gear sets available... To get better mileage you need to put in an overdrive and take out everything in the truck which is heavy and is doing nothing to help you as creature comforts... go slow....put nice radial street...

RE: Starter bracket bolt size?? Here it is.....in the 34P bolt, machine, 14060613. GM Number Don't forget it holds the solenoid heat shield on too....

RE: Starter bracket bolt size?? The starter bolts are special GM and they recommend you not reuse them like head bolts because they stretch. I would suggest you just go to the GM dealer and get the new ones...Those darn manuals come into play again...Bolt, starter motor 15544950 10 x 1.5 x...

Looks like my yard here in VT.. I have done the same thing with my 2 M139s...except am keeping one whole for parades...Have all parts available for sale..

RE: DEATH WOBBLE? Steering stabilizer and steering knuckle shims...along with the wheel balance and even uneven tire pressure can contribute. Hubs disengaged?

RE: it Does David like asbestos?

Kenny, your window must have been from the Bombardier production of the Deuce of 20 years ago.

Heck, from 1949 til now on original frames ain't too bad... look at some Cucvs if you wanna see rust... I just takes em apart from the trucks I scrap and a little wire brushing, and some good primer and OD topcoat and a $35 piece of glass and some black RTV and back in business... same for the...

A M52 would be a gasoline R6602 engine..and 2 mpg loaded ....later ones would be better mileage and compression ignition engines

Kids...do not try this at home...

I had a 12V one on hand when the aluminum head blew off the 24 volt one.. The 12Volter works fine and spins like heck! Don't crank too long, or the solder will run out!!... I am going to leave it in til it blows and by then the 24 volter should be back from "Charlie's" The local starter...

www.portrayalpress.com has a bunch of reprints.

Yea for you... I just read this whole thread and was chomping at the bit to say RYFM....but ya know maybe the message is getting thru by osmosis...

check your bosch relays down by the STEICE connector, may need to clean contacts on them too.

The iron comes from junk and rust in the engine block... do not blame the drain tube for poor maintenance.