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Recovery 4x4, I have a shop van on a deuce but it's data plate does not say M109. It had another model number. I think it is a 1965 vehicle and it has a non turbo multi fuel with the sprag t case. I never noticed any skids on the van body, but I'll be sure to check it the next time I'm up there...

If they are both infact built by Ford, perhaps one design was found to have a weak spot, perhaps when the mold was wearing out on the earlier design a younger person made the new mold and used a different style of adding in the raised strengthening ribs. I would guess that the green one is...

That truck on E Bay will need a wide load permit every time it hits the road. The front end is the same width as a deuce or five ton, but the back wheels and framework stick way out. I have seen similar trucks that are used for carrying pontoon boats for bridge erection and they must be very...

Hi,McGuyver, I purchased off of E bay a tow bar kit for the M880 trucks. I don't have it handy right now or I'd give you a detailed description. From memory it was all flat stock arc welded together. There were part numbers stenciled on the parts and they also said left side... ect. there were...

McGuyver, With your lift the clear the fenders nicley and look good on the truck. What comperssion is the engine? What sort of camshaft are you going to run? If you are going to use a stock passenger car grind or even a mild cam, with the 4.10 gears, the 440 should have enough torque for those...

Bob H, My M36A2 has a 17.5' bed. I think they all are and add a couple feet for the opened tail gate and it's pretty long. A dump incert drops between the rails of a deuce but sits higher than the truck frame. I think it adds one foot to the height. The pump is driven from a pto at the transfer...

Hey Perry, I read in a military repair bulletin about the CUCV's having a problem with the left alternator bracket getting loose and at certain speeds putting up a pretty big houl. The problem had a name like "altenator bracket houl" I'm not joking about this" The bulliten said that the left...

The problem I have found with these mopar electronic systems is that the gap between the pickup coil and the reluctor must be pretty exact. There is a copper feeler guage that comes with the new pick up coils for setting the air gap withought magnetizing the reluctor. If a normal steel feeler...

Hi Bob, Sorry for the belated responce, I went on vacation. The tires are Goodyear wranglers. They have a mild tread. THey don't sing while going down the highway. George

Hi Bob, I have seen you post things over on the Gee. I jump between these two sites. Both are interesting to me. I hope you can start working on your jeep soon. I have mine stored 50 miles away from where I live right now. It is a 1943 Mb. Painted bright yellow ba someone who took time to do a...

McGuyver, You should be sitting pretty with that oil pan. Those deep sump jobs seem to be hit by things. I hit the one on my Jeep on something and I bottomed the oil pan a Cuda on a city street. I had installed the 440 with 727 into a Jeep Pick Up. It looks like the Cherokees of the 70's with...

McGuyver, I had it easy. Even though my Jeep Was equiped with full time quadritrack the front wheel hubs were the type that have the protruding hub. Inside under the cap instead of a moving hub locking and unlockind device was just a piece of metal that had internal splines for the axle and...

I have thought of the same thing for years. I have an M36 long wheel base deuce. These were used to haul the carrier for the Guided missiles. These were small tracked vehicles which used an M151 engine and were used to carry the missiles from the truck to the launcher. The back of my bed floor...

McGuyver, I did not change the torque converter to get the difference. Just the removal of rotational mass of the drive shaft, diff and axles helped accelerating through the gears in less time. I did not use the stock 440 converter. I used a stock converter for the 383 engines. It helps the...

Mcguyver, do you have the big block 4x4 727 touque flite trans for your conversion? I Put a 440 with 727 and NP 203 into a 77 Jeep pick up a few years back. I used a conversion kit to convert the transfer case to a part time four wheel dreve. Warn hubs fit right into my hub and rotor assys. I...

BobH, Those tires should have no problem fitting on a 7" wide truck rim. I don't know how they will handle compared to radials or a "normal" bias ply tire though. There is a lot of rubber on the tread of those military tires and a lot of balance weights may be needed. I'm here in California, too...

McGuyver, that is a very nice looking truck. You did a great fob on the paint. I have an 887 and want to put on a regular pick up bed on it. It is painted desert camo. It has had the lower corners of the fenders modified for bigger, possibly humvee tires. It has the black lambda painted on the...

Jegs or Summit will have them. You can make one out of sheetmetal and seal it with permatex 2A or something similar.

Those are excellent fotos. I'm glad you took the time to share them with us. George

Hey Recovery4x4, I have an M887 with the body still on and the welder generator is still there. The wisconsin engine had a carb fire and the carb and its tubular manifole were removed and are not present. I was going to take the body off and install a regular bed until I realised that this...