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    M 35 mulitfuel questions

    Price is right... sprag x fer... heater? Hardtop? Winch? seat belts? spring ride seat? M35A2C Dropside? Rear canvas and bows? tires and spare? that VIN would indicate a truck which was made as a gasser and transformed into a M/F. Tooele was the rebuilder of M/F engines... look at...
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    Shock Change Gurus, Help!

    RE: Re: RE: Shock Change Gurus, Help! Guess I am confused re the OEM comment... my advice was to use the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) mounting method... And I fail to see how a method could become dated...you put the new ones on the way the old ones came off.. Good thing we're not...
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    6 Wheels vs. 10 WheelsthereT

    RE: Re: RE: 6 Wheels vs. 10 WheelsthereT be sure to measure the advantages regarding cost..not just vanity or perceived benefits... Why not double up the front of the M35 and have 12 tires on the road...use two worn ones on the outside so you will not have increased steering effort.. lower the...
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    101A2 Parts Compatability Question

    I have a almost brandy new vinyl top for the M101 for $175... pm to rampartsllc@aol.com
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    Shock Change Gurus, Help!

    Guess everybody says you should have stayed oem...
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    M37 bed for near Worcester, MA

    Ya shoulda brought it to Webster last weekend.. fer sure... those guys woulda bot it in a nanosecond.. for a lesser price.
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    Decoding CUCV Vin numbers

    If there is no D1 or D3 in your VIN, you have something other than a CUCV... amen
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    Combat rims ????

    RE: O-rings Are those mounting holes tapered? they sure do not look like Budd..
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    Cost for started, bumpers, and other misc???

    VTCSM37 has take off bumpers and guards and a lot of other parts only 3000 miles from you.
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    Deuce in GL

    And of course, who is to say that it is the original tachometer... I have a nice M139 from 1958 with 1 mile and 300 hours on its current instrumentation and patch panels on the dog legs and pop rivits in the doors...for example.
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    GAA Grease

    Will be a lot better than the thousands of M880s which were shipped with no oil in the steering boxes..!!
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    A question about cargo bows

    you can extend the sides upward with longer verticals, but then the original canvas is too short on the sides..the Mess Trucks and tool trucks we fabbed in the field had stand up room...we had the German Labor Service guys sew up some side canvas extensions.
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    M54 winch question

    The winch and extensions are the same for the M54 series, the M5A2 series and the M800 series... the drive shafts vary somewhat by application...the pto's are the same... You can mount a pto on the rear of the xfer case, but it is usually for running a pump for a rear application..all detailed...
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    Leaking fluids!!! need help!!

    You better have the inner seal..inner hub seal that is...not inner axle seal....for each one you do... all 6 wheel cylinders on the M35 series are the same...all 6 inner hub seals are the same, 4 rear outer axle seals are the same and do not forget the little cork dingus which seals the...
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    DEUCE spin on oil filters!!!!

    John had them for sale at the Webster Show this past weekend.. email him at jatonka@telenet.net
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    A question about cargo bows

    you are all right...the wood verticals only stick up about afoot above the seats....
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    Allen wrench size for trans fill / drain plugs???

    RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Allen wrench size for trans fill / drain I have been known to use a pipe wrench on the OD of the plug where a bit of it (sometimes)extends from the hole in an emergency...
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    Allen wrench size for trans fill / drain plugs???

    RE: Re: RE: Allen wrench size for trans fill / drain plugs?? Every small tool box should have the two aforementioned items as standard equipment if you have any inclination at all of working on large trucks...Of course you checked all the fluid levels before you drove the said truck home from...
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    soldering headlights. Anyone done this?

    If you cut em off longer, you can just use butt connectors to put the Packard or Douglas connectors on... and use black shrink tube to cover the butt connector.
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    MEP-016E

    should be on the gummint manual download site.. go there and put in your keywords. the addy is somewhere on this site as I saw it a few days ago...
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