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Although I've had experience working on my dad's halftrack, I think it has a lot more in common with trucks from the period than fully-tracked vehicles. My dream tank is a Leopard 1 to romp around my property with. But what does it take to maintain one? Stuff I can think of off the top of my...

Sweatshirts to wear to car shows in cooler weather:

Maybe he got it cheap recently? Not everyone knows the current value of their stuff. The tach could be broken too ;) (I've never driven a multifuel so I don't know what they sound like at different speeds)

At least it wasn't an M36 😓 Reminds me of a video I saw on YouTube of a guy damaging his M939 something or other ramping four cars to crush them. Eh, their money 🤷‍♂️

My A3 appears to have an insulated soft top, so it helps keep the heat in the cab on colder days. I'll oil up the top components one day and run the truck with the windshield down like my dad's WW2 jeep!

I just accept that I like driving death traps. I feel safer in a wreck with my deuce than if I were driving my dad's WW2 jeep, but I know it's game over if any of the old trucks I'm driving roll over. I like wearing seat belts to keep my butt from moving around in the seat when I'm working the...

Question: With other projects I've had in the past, if I doubted what grade bolt was required, I would always get grade 8. Is there a case where I wouldn't want the highest grade possible if I had no idea what was from the OEM? The only thing I can think of is the difference between stripping...

I remember my dad getting a pair of aftermarket windshield panels for his M37. He's only replaced the driver's windshield and he had to modify the new frame a little bit to get it to lock into the windshield frame properly. How hard would it be to actually fabricate new windshield window...

Thanks for the update! Maybe @DDoyle would have some info for you?

I didn't realize this forum existed until now. Do these eventually get uploaded to the TM section up top? Anyway here's a service manual I found for the AT545 and AT1545, which are used in the M35A3.

Here's the service manual! Maybe it should go in the Deuce TMs section? I don't think this is in there.

That's in the service manual. I just found the PDF, which I'll post later when I get on that computer.

Thank you for that @tobyS . I listened to my truck shifting in my sound recording and I thought I heard the 4th gear re-locking. Here's a sound recording of my truck starting at an intersection and running through the gears: You can clearly hear the shift into 3rd gear, then 3rd gear...

The transmission is supposed to unlock between 3rd and 4th gear. And thank you for the 4L80E mention. That's a pretty common transmission outside HMMWV applications, I think, so it shouldn't be hard to get those parts!

Parades were definitely lacking in my area this year, but having the newborn would've forced me to miss them anyway! I hope to contribute some pics to this thread next year :) Looking at all these pics has me looking forward to running my truck in parades :driver:

Were full air brakes a thing when these trucks were designed? Maybe the military guys didn't trust the technology and wanted to stick with powered hydraulics. The CCKW before it had vacuum-assisted hydraulic brakes.

Wild guess: could it be the thermostat? I know busted thermostats can sometimes make a clicking noise that might be turning into a tinking sound.

I was thinking of a snake camera too, but I am also snake cameraless. @glcaines @rtk @Sgt Jiggins any input regarding the tinking sound?

I'm really curious about this. I wouldn't think an impeller would be necessary for pre-cleaning/dust ejecting because I always thought exhaust vacuum alone would be good enough. But then again I don't know much about precleaning air and dust ejecting. A quick Google search shows that a rotor...