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Three straps is standard the pic with 5 is a fine modification... Your OVM can be painted, varnished, or rusty depending on your local commander's preference which usually changes weekly depending on his mood.. ACE
In the gas engined M35 and Jeeps etc... the crankcase vent valve are cut off by pulling the T-handle...fording control...This pressurizes the crankcase and keeps water out... but if you have excessive blowby or weak seals, the oil goes out underpressure in areas you never thought possible...That...
Remember you want one for the Mulitfuel... I think.. Cuz deuce applies to CCKW, M135, M35, M35A2 etc... I have a fording kit for a M135/M211 if anyone wants it....cute little snorkel goes in the cab and hooks to the pipe coming out of the dash... ACE
RE: VERY Big winch ???
That winch is for the front of a M125, and for the rear of the 5 ton wreckers... It also fits in a special frame and is the recovery winch for the M123. I had 11 of them brand new a while back and sold em to folks who were making homemade wreckers and big outback style...
RE: M37 corner bows & timing ?
there is an adaptor kit for timing and other functions. Lets you put your gun on the Coil output. I have a used set here for $40. You can use a 12V gun by using just one battery. The adaptor kit lets you test generator and distributor and regulator and so...
Never had to do one in 40 years... they should be all the same and then you adjust the linkage so the bearing has free play to about 2 inches of pedal travel...The fingers move as the disc wears, hence the need to adjust the free play in the pedal linkage... ACE
The mechanisms are replaceable and are different left to right.. Many of the folks here have them for sale... you can get new or used and replace them with simple hand tools... Take off the outer handle 2 screws, and the inner handle, one screw.. and try to operate the mech with a vise grip...
or use a nail in a variable speed drill and slowly turn the speedo input...to test speedo... Best to take cable off back of speedo and bring it out front so you can see it and take the truck for a ride and see if the cable is turning at the top end... sometimes the drive gear in the xfer case...
RE: Battery
4HN can replace the two 2HN in small engine applications...If fact I ran a Gasser Reo for a couple years on one of them...but not in extremely cold weather...
Remember that if the paint is all one color it won't look authentic as a user...even out of the factory there were variances from different suppliers...some bolts shiny, some not, some cushions different color canvas etc...do the job like a 18 year old grunt with a hangover and it will be just...
read your lube order... there is a measurement to full level from the fill plug in the top....or you just drain and fill with the also mentioned quantity for the housing. For the hundredth time... Get the manuals and read them in bed... there will be a test.. ACE
Do you have air assisted power steering? Do you have an air shift front axle engagement? If it is a sticky sprag you will have a big bang and things will be allright after that...or if you wanna, just jack up one of the front wheels and stand clear as you do it... I just back up and get on...
Ace had a foot of snow yesterday and with another foot for Sunday...the 300 mile drive each way pulling a trailer full of MV parts at $3 a gallon has lost some of its glamor...ya all have fun... I have a State Guard Training today with Disaster Team assignments coming up for Monday... CUCV to...
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