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  1. trukhead

    new guy looking into a3's

    :ditto: Yup on all of the above. i enjoy my A3 to no end but I drive it off road a lot and have no desire to make it an every day driver. I have great luck with my CTIS but i use it to keep it working and I sit stationary idling at 1300-1500 rpm and let the CTIS pump the tires when it is...
  2. trukhead

    M35A3 is shimmying

    I took apart a wheel and it had 3 gallons of water in it. you may have water in a tire. I think if they sit as spares and the tire leaks down, sitting rain water may get past the o-ring.:idea: I bet if the tires sat flat, rain might get past the o ring and collect as well. Wait, does it rain...
  3. trukhead

    2012 Wis Motor Vehicle Registration Rights Act

    Well the cool thing is there is an HMV plat for the M35A3, CUCVs can be titled and licensed and the rest of what got done!!!:jumpin::drool: thanks Undysworld and the other gentleman for working on all this. At least we all didn't roll over cry like whipped puppies. Now we just have to keep...
  4. trukhead

    2012 Wis Motor Vehicle Registration Rights Act

    Well, I got this back: Dear Dennis, Thank you for your email and for your support of SB 462. After the bill was passed unanimously in the Senate, it was sent over to the Assembly and ordered immediately messaged (passed) last Thursday, March 15. Many important pieces of legislation were passed...
  5. trukhead

    2012 Wis Motor Vehicle Registration Rights Act

    I phoned Rep. Suder and Knodl office today and sent them this eemail as well: I STRONGLY SUPPORT SB-462/AB-580. It is a small, non-controversial bill which was passed unanimously by the Senate. It is supported by Rep. Petrowski and DOT-approved. I want you...
  6. trukhead

    2012 Wis Motor Vehicle Registration Rights Act

    I just emailed the email to Rep Fitzgerald and just got off the phone with his office aide and asked: Please pull SB-462 / AB-580 out of committee and bring it to a vote before the llegislative session ends. I gave my name and asked if there was any other information they needed and they said...
  7. trukhead

    2012 Wis Motor Vehicle Registration Rights Act

    Use the Rep Fitzgerald gold link posted above to send an email and phone number to call him as well. SB-462 / AB-580 Are the correct numbers to put in the subject line , correct? How is this for a letter? Rep Fitzgerald, Please pull this bill (SB-462 / AB-580) out of committee and bring it...
  8. trukhead

    2012 Wis Motor Vehicle Registration Rights Act

    SB-462 / AB-580 Are the correct numbers to put in the subject line , correct? How is this for a letter? Rep Fitzgerald, Please pull this bill (SB-462 / AB-580) out of committee and bring it to the floor for a vote before this week before the session is adjourned. Thankyou, your name...
  9. trukhead

    Quick start bottle

    To answer your questions: Only when it's cold and only when the engine is turning over, Never ever, ever,everaua "turn on" the cold switch, It doesn't work that way. In the M35A3, the cold start switch Is activated-moved to the left for 3 seconds to charge the cold start circuit then released...
  10. trukhead

    Deuce dump conversion

    Nice setup! Do the 2 length wise rails under the duece bed need to be cut or will they sit upon the angle over the hinges and the frame you made at the front of the bed area.[thumbzup]
  11. trukhead

    WMO for home heating

    Look for the old fashioned parlor stove. It is the sheet metal cabinet with a door that opens to a door with the mica window to observe the flame. It is gravity fed and you put a piece of paper in the fire box to light the stove. The fuel runs in from the tank through an ancient oval box at the...
  12. trukhead

    Delco 27SI Type 200 vs. Type 100

    Isolated ground alternator.
  13. trukhead

    Got the MV bug in Wisconsin

    Welcome to the site. Do a search and find out about the work being done for Wisconsin licensing and use laws for MVs. This one is critical: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/politics-related-mv-hobby/82289-2012-wis-motor-vehicle-registration-rights-act.html?highlight=Wisconsin+Law I live about 15...
  14. trukhead

    Delco 27SI Type 200 vs. Type 100

    I'm gonna use a chasis ground on the driver side and paint it red with danger stripes and put a skull and cross bones on it as well as write on it "Chasis ground alternator, use on driver side only, use in any other position, sparks will fly and it won't be luv!!" I have 3 CUCV's and 3 iso...
  15. trukhead

    Delco 27SI Type 200 vs. Type 100

    Will the rotor from a non isolated ground 27si interchange with the isolated ground alternator rotor. In other words, will the isolated ground case and appropriate internal connections work with regular rebuild guts to make an isolated ground alternator?:whistle:
  16. trukhead

    M35A3 Owners unite

    Try page 626 of the manual: TM-9-2320-386-24-1-2 . I downloaded it from a link here on SS some where. Adobe reader 9 on the computer is the app?, do-hinky thing i have on the computer and will make it a joy to read.:grd: checkout Page 628. It illustrates 5 as it indicates the power manifold and...
  17. trukhead

    2012 Wis Motor Vehicle Registration Rights Act

    Put it on face book as well. :D
  18. trukhead

    2012 Wis Motor Vehicle Registration Rights Act

    [thumbzup] :not worthy: I copied the Http..........act-4:html#1063936 from the browser and sent it to my yahoo friends and told them to go there (here) and read and click here
  19. trukhead

    My axle fell off on the way home!

    Thanks. I completely didn't think of articulation, I thought of how the axles shift as the truck makes a turn but that movement is not near as much flex as severe articulation over uneven obstacles.[thumbzup] Rebuilt 70 diesel with a pony motor styled G styled D from near the end of production...
  20. trukhead

    My axle fell off on the way home!

    Dog Gone Dog Bones How about for the Duece dog bones pivot points at least: Taking a 1/2 x 1/2 square stock 3 inches long and put a dip in it in the middle, clean the center pivot point and wire weld the stock on the end of the pivot point at the 12 oclock-6 o'clock position. The purpose of...
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