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The battery disconnect is internal to the LBCD or the solenoid pair over by the batteries?

The colors in that washrack photo are absolutely perfect. That is 24087 perfection.

Yes the cooling fins box is the POS LBCD. With your voltmeter, see if 24 and 12 volts are going into and out of that thing. Seach in the FMTV forum using key words “LBCD” or “LOAD BATTERY CONTROL DEVICE” etc.

Where the battery box disconnect switch is, remove the cover, inside there are two solenoid relays, one for 12 volts and one for 24 volts. Start by checking to see if the relays are powering up and if 12 volts are going in and out of the terminals. If all is good there, next area to inspect...

6602 Continental gas from a 5 ton.

M37s are great trucks, mainstay light cargo truck for all 4 branches from ‘51 until late 70’s. Top speed around 50 against the governor.

The in-tank filter was some kind of porous cylinder that is no longer available. Suggest eliminate it and install a commercial in-line filter before the fuel pump.

Website was "vintage power wagons"

RFID tag. Big Brother thing. Same as the tags on clothes they have to remove when you buy lest the alarm goes off. For tracking equipment.

I thought these had diodes inside? Someone explain what capacitors are doing in there? Sorry CE Niehoff, this thing is not one of your better ideas.

Most likely the purge valve under the dryer. Super easy to disassemble in place and clean ice and gook out.

I would say that if the taper dimensions on the new trunnion holes do not match your old trunnion, the new part was machined wrong! Honing it would take forever and a day.

Doesn’t the CUCV frame have more holes in the ends for the tie down extensions? I forgot.

Yes he is correct. If you see tan or green paint overspray on anything then you can be extra sure.

Oh it’s easy to install, just a bolt on. Only tricky part is getting the gear lash right when bolting the PTO to the transmission. Transfer case is untouched.

Isn't your $60K truck in a garage? My 1025 sure is.

Freshly painted MERDC <incorrect camouflage. That scheme was issued right around then. Edit: see next post.

28 gets plugged into the gauge.

Can’t you reach through the blades and uncouple it, then fish it out where you can replace it? I kinda forgot.

DONT use paint stripper, learned that the hard way long ago.