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    M35A2 Airpack?????

    the nice man at Spruce Mountain Surplus was selling OHT in small bottles ... check out his website... which I believe iw www.sprucemountainsurplus.com ACE
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    Master Cylinder

    From Bob Kettler's (RIP) Tech Tips.... "Master Cylinder and Air-Pak.. Beware of any surplus Master Cylinder that looks like the one on your GMC. Even if the numbers on it are the same.. They are only Casting Numbers. The 2 1/2 ton Reo 6 x 6 has the same type master cylinder as the GMC but they...
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    Heavy flex & grinding fan/generator.. bad motor mounts?

    RE: Heavy flex & grinding fan/generator.. bad motor moun Get a new belt for the offending device...a shorter one...and your problem will be mitigated...These M series trux... flex... especially the 5 tons.. ACE
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    trucks being scraped

    Buy it all, inventory it and offer it for resale to us.... ACE Where is Minnesota, anyway??? Must be West of the Mississippi...Us Vermontahs never get out much...mud season....
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    Deuce Axle locks

    Have never seen any "Corporate Lockers" on GMC banjoes... ACE However, there are some for the Rockwells on the G742
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    so what does X mean?

    looses is for nooses.... loses is short for lost.... ACE
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    Master Cylinder

    00-753-9627 is the M35 MC... ACE
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    Master Cylinder

    2530-741-0830 is for the M135... I have one new in the box original here in my hand... ACE
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    what does the "C" mean?

    yup.... dropsides on the cargo body is the winning answer.....ACE
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    Master Cylinder

    The extension is not a filler neck, it is additional capacity for fluid as the M135 trucks have 12 wheel cylinders and the M35 only 6....ACE
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    Master Cylinder

    Be Careful... the casting is the same.... the valving is different from M35 to M211... do not mix them up or your brakes may not release... caution caution caution.....ACE
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    Battery post melt down

    Poor installation and poor maintenance... "Check Batteries Daily" stencil is needed and heeded... ACE
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    Boyce Equipment

    Looks like the old days at Sarafan in NY
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    What fuel?

    I suppose that I should mention that if you are going to use alternate fuels you better make sure that the Compensator on the Injector Pump has not been bypassed allowing use of Diesel only....most trucks currently in service with rebuilt engines have been modified...About all of the Tooele...
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    Truck looks like was blue color

    Most of the AirForce deuces on the DEW line and radar stations around da Canadian Border were Strata Blue... there are a couple just over the border in Quebec from me..and a lot of M37s were procured in SB in the 50s... ACE
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    Napa 90W gear oil

    What is "most of these trucks" ? GL1 is the oil of choice for gear boxes on "most of my trucks" ACE btw.. it is a lot cheaper at the farm tractor stores than at NAPA most of the time...
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    Fluids needed for M715 series rebuild

    You can use straight 30 in the summer in your Tornado.. and GL1 gear oil in the gearboxes and diffs... some M715/25 may have been converted to Dot5, but Dot 3 is what they came with...and regular chassis lube and the 50/50 AF is fine... ACE
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    What fuel?

    Mostly for emissions.. and the D model for noise... They will run on D2, D1, low test gas, low test Av gas and any mixture of the above.. some are running bio diesel and so forth...Gasoline should not be run for long distances by it self..add some engine oil or Diesel or peanut oil or...
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    Multifuel trans question

    Yes, the Multifuel 5 ton has a direct 5th and the Mack and the Cummins have overdrive 5th. In the deuces... the gassers have direct 5th and the MF have overdrive 5th... I would imagine the folks who drove the 400000 CCKWs would take umbrage at you calling "it the right spot" as all of the...
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    Possible barn find....what could it be

    especially as it is being referred to as a 4 x 4 !
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