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    Wanted: M1010 Ignition Control Box

    Simple way is to use one of the leece neville alternators with the internal regulator and eliminate the third regulator..under normal conditions your batteries will remain semi balanced unless you are using the heated filtered air set up in the back and other stuff all the time.. Or you can just...
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    Looking for tow bar chains

    RE: Re: Looking for tow bar chains I have used the safety chains from the shelter carriers with great success..they are longer than those on the normal M series units.
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    M1009 front axle

    Bigger hammer
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    Hitch for m416

    I have the landing leg for $50, no casting, just the bent steel leg with two holes in the top...PM to rampartsllc@aol.com
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    Front rack for M35

    Does the 5 ton dropside only have 5 bows? There is only storage space on that rack for 10 vertical pieces, which to me says M35A2C. The hooks for the side racks are not visible in the views presented.
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    Vinyl cab part needed

    The problem with the channel is that it becomes brittle.. I have one with the channel broken in 3 pieces and I know of one that John Tennis has that the thread all rotted and the channel separated from the top.. Apparently you need a special sewing machine with hot needles to repair them..as...
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    Deuce Hours..indicator of use vs mileage?

    RE: Re: Deuce Hours..indicator of use vs mileage? My latest M139 from 1958 shows 3 miles and 300 hours....nice new instruments...
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    R-3018A - 885-FFG Carb rebuild kit

    Would that be M35 or M211 application? the kit # is not Military nomenclature 7368643 is the M35 version of the carb
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    New CUCV owner, several questions: 1st is trailer hitch

    Hitch bolted right up to mine, the braces for the rear step and tow need to be moved.
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    Anyone care to de-code this VIN for me please?

    your fears of 84s are unfounded...they are all the same for all practical purposes. Make sure you read all the GL rules you signed off on when you bid...
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    Wanted: M1010 Ignition Control Box

    What is it? As it has a Diesel, there is no ignition, other than compression ignition.
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    GP medium

    Ya, I can fill up the back seat of the Crown Vickie Interceptor...ha.....
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    Thermostat testing

    Most all Multifuels hardly ever get up to operating temperature unless working hard...I have left the winter front on my M543A2 all year round, albeit with the little flaps open in the summer, just to get it up to a good temperature...they are severely overcooled and like to be warmed up every...
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    M52A2 Home

    Drums hot? secondly, do you have a vented glad hand cover on the right front glad hand? if not, any leakage past the check valve results in a pressurized line and partail brake application...
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    Sagging CUCV springs

    Any spring shop or good parts store can get you new springs... it is just a one ton chevy of 1985 vintage..and the local Chebby dealer will be happy to help you. rear 14071877 and front 460354 etc...there is a booster spring for the shelter carrier..etc.. all in your Chebby dealers parts...
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    GL-1 vs GL-5/MT-1

    Depends on whether you have brass knuckles or not...I prefer GL1 for the smell...of course I used to wash all my parts in leaded gasoline before the gummint took it away and it may have addlled my judgement...but my parts were nice and clean..
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    Ken Tool 34543

    RE: Re: RE: Ken Tool 34543 Yup, and you will find em in Minnesota at the antique truck and tractor shows for the same $75 and a bushel of inflated ethanol corn..
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    Drive belt date codes ?

    Well, when I wqs the the military, I was first in line to get my copy of the book... to see what the Sgt and Connie and Bonnie were up to... and I read em cover to cover...I now have about 500 of them and they are still helping me...
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    GP medium

    I have all the side posts and wooden stakes and the ridge poles on the cheap here in VT....come on over and get some... For the GP medium and large and even some of the collapsible center poles for the small..
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    GL-1 vs GL-5/MT-1

    All these trucks designed in 1949 were intended for GL1...and most old farm tractor shops still stock 5 gallon pails of it... Use of the newer variations with "brass" additives and other hooplah are just wasted money... However the new yuppie diehards can spend their easy gotten moolah for the...
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