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Can I hazard a guess that you are not familiar with how to find the operators manual? It will explain all of the controls in detail for you. That and the maintenance manuals are all available here - https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/updated-tms-tbs-mwos-for-the-m939.168990/ Go down the...

On one of my 915 trips, I stopped for a visit with family. My nephew got up in the cab and checked it out, afterwards he said "You've got a lot of hood going on there". Cheers

Congratulations on the truck, and an event free recovery (aside from navigational digressions!). [thumbzup] I wonder if its tires that make it feel squirrely at speed? I've put about 4000 miles on a couple of 915s, both were very stable at speed, but they had stock road tires on them. Funny...

Well done!! Cheers

Lovely truck! Will you be returning it to Air Force colours? Looking forward to seeing your progress. Cheers

And there he is! I don't name names without permission. ;) Cheers

That BOV belongs to one of the local guys in our club, he's on the board here. This picture is from the Burnet Airshow in March, the BOV is parked next to my M1028A2 Cheers

And another minor job completed on Friday, another "to do" picture marked done - When I first got the truck, the mirrors were canted inwards and that highly offended my sense of aesthetics and balance in the world. I have seen these "west coast" type mirrors on in-service M715 series vehicles...

Towing with the M1009 reminds me of moving the V100 with one of mine. We were headed to an event, and I didn't realize that the V100 had thrown the alternator belt on the way, so when I stopped to fill up, she didn't want to start again. I couldn't bring myself to jump start her, even with...

Hmmm.. I'll have to experiment with that. I don't want to be tearing up my tires either. If she's not going to behave, flat towing may have to be for emergency only. Cheers

I do like the way your M35 shackle mount looks, and functions. It was one of the things I looked at, but the way the bumper on this M715 is, they just wouldn't fit properly. For my other M715s, I do have the proper "behind the bumper" shackles I picked up many years ago. The one with the fire...

I wanted to add tow-bar points to the front of the M715, either for breakdowns or when I want to take more vehicles to an event than I have drivers for. Having tried out various stock bolt-on parts from M35, M813, and other MVs, I found that none of them would fit properly on the M715 bumper...

This is the radio bracket that is usually found there. Whoever drove this 1009 in the Army got hold of a Dymo label maker and went to town, there are "helpful" labels everywhere in the truck, including under the hood! Cheers

I added a comparison picture to the post where I talked about the 24v versus omnivolt clearance lights. For those who are long past that post, I'll add it again here. The pictures also demonstrates well why you can't trust digital pictures to judge colour accurately. Is that truck OD green...

It was because of the lousy way it was mounted, with five bolts smaller than the six holes. If you pushed the truck back by hand using the grill guard, it would move. When it had no engine, it got pushed a lot! The bumper was also mounted so far back that it was hung up in the bodywork, which...

One thing I should have mentioned earlier in the front bumper remount post- In an early post I had noted that the winch well in the bumper held water when it rained. Turned out this was because the bumper itself was tilted back a bit. Once we pulled the bumper off and remounted it 3/4"...

See his post above (#5), he also said so while we were PM'ing. Let him confirm for you, though. ;) Cheers

Condolences to you and your family, Papabear, and I doubt anyone here believes you owe an apology. Cheers

I measured, I was off the official MWO location by 1/2", so a tad further forward. I can live with that, and as my dad used to say "No one would notice that from a trotting horse". :D Cheers

Slow progress lately on the M715, as I've been away quite a bit in the last couple of weeks. I did make a run to the "big city" of Marble Falls because they have a Harbor Freight store. They were offering the $379 12,000 lb electric winch I was interested in for $120 off if you were a club...