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MEK works well for removing the paint marker off CARC. In my area, they are using a GP-X marker to apply the numbers (and the imfamous "don't run" on the doors of one rig I purchased...). 3M Adhesive remover works well for pulling the glue residue off (and the sticer themselves for that...

I've run them, with a fully loaded trailer, at 50psi, for many a mile at 75mph behind my Cummins powered M37 without any problems... You're talking more money than folks in my area charge, but then, I'd be doing them myself anyway... Procedure to mount/demount is the same as for a deuce tire...

Have you just tried the M37/Power Wagon vendors or have you included ones for general 4x4 parts in your quest? Reason that I ask is that the Lockrite model used on these trucks isn't specific to military units, just to the particular Dodge axle used. Anyone who is a Powetrax dealer can get...

RE: Thanks for all the help so far.... Any tire will require a tube in the stock wheel as it is not airtight. You also need a flap. The McCreary (the company actually is Specialty Tire of America) is a great tire, and is of the correct type/specifications. You can reuse the tube/flap that...

The five lug Budd wheel used on the M101/M101A1 is a 6.50Hx16 semi drop center Budd with a GY-LTS lock ring... I have the engineering drawing for it on my website (along with lug nut, lug studd, and other info from a Budd Catalog and from a Tire and Rim Association Yearbook. The M101A2 (the...

Yep, purchased several items and have been waiting for the update and got the same response when I called today... We'll have to see what tommorow brings...

Don't forget that on a M101 or M101A1 (not sure about the A2's) that the hub on the "driver's" side/street side/left depending on how you want to call it will have left hand threads... Unless somebody has changed the studs... Meanwhile, any of the tires that I have listed on my site for use...

Re: RE: Re: RE: Cummins WMO mix Good to hear. My rigs all tend to blow a black (vs blue) cloud on startup, and will idle a little darker than before and then puff a bit on the first romp of the pedel after an extended idle, but otherwise, you can't tell a difference. Running down the...

RE: Re: RE: Cummins WMO mix Hmmm, didn't compage filtering WMO between the two systems as I was not doing it at the time, but in checking up on things beforehand, I found that some folks in my area using spin on filters went through one every 15 gallons with the WVO that they had (and of...

I'm not sure that the drooling emoticon quite captures just how much I am drooling... :drool:

Re: RE: Cummins WMO mix If I'm thinking correctly, you have bassically the same setup on the 89 six banger that I have in my '90 ReCon 4BT in my M37. The manual for the unit mentions running MO as an lubrication aid when running some of the "alternate" fuels through the rotary injection...

I'm using a X100 filter housing with bag filters that are a bit taller than the ones referenced above... Pump the WMO from one tank (either a 55 gallon one in the shop of a 400 gallon tank trailer that I use when collecting from some local repair shops) through the unit over to a storage tank...

Mike, thanks for positing the resolution to your issue. And a great list of suggestions by everyone else for future reference...

Another good photo to file away in case somebody asks "why do you want to buy/own/drive one of those..." or to use to convince someone that you really "need" one for the collection. :) I'm still on the hunt for one for my motorpool...

RE: Sometimes Tom also has a really nice reproduction bed spare tire mount and spinners (that can be used with either the bed or "door" mount spares). Very nice quality pieces at a very reasonable price.

I've cut off the offending post and drilled and tapped (just used a screw, never thought of using one of those adapters like Mangus used--good idea), and I've done the mold and pour in new lead route (helps having a burner and pouring pot from wiping cast iron pipe laying around in the shop)...

RE: Re: RE: got the tires on I’d flip the rears and get a wider stance, especially if you plan on working the truck... I've been on too many projects where a tipper has tipped over and the side slope involved wasn't that great, but the truck became imbalanced and just rolled over to the...

RE: Re: What is your idea of M109 prices Prices recently in my area for cargo and shop vans seem to have evened out. A couple years ago, the shop vans were much less expensive than the cargo trucks... but the vans are going for a tad more, and the cargo trucks aren't as expensive (and they...

Thanks for the post/link/info on the conversion. I've been running a solid state regulator in a M38 for a few years without problems, the old breadbox in a couple of stock M37's and have done away with the setup completely in my Cummins powered truck (has a 10SI alternator with internal...

I've been running at 50% in both the XM813 and the M817 for about six months now with no problems (3k miles on the caro, almost as many on the tipper...).