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huge lie!!!!!!!

Buy the nicest unit you can afford from GP. That is where all the flippers are getting units from. Most assuredly your sweat equity is cheaper than the "builders". And you won't end up with a "lacquer overhaul".

Welcome! Love the early Broncos and yes, the military did use quite a few. They would be bare bones, no power and no 302 etc. What color was yours originally?

The usual. Blown cv joint.

What about the in tank fuel pickup? They get rusty and develop holes.

You ask this jokingly, but there are numerous MV enthusiasts on Guam that we met when visiting there. Talk about a continuous battle with rust!

Should have parted in the EV spot up front. I know that store, hate going there with all the Prius etc. Feel like a fish out of water.

Maybe the cluster is not grounded very well.

Pump would be struggling, pumping very slow if at all.

When the air hydraulic pump is working hard, it slows way down. If it is just pumping merrily away and nothing is happening, the pump is bypassing internally. Put a gauge on it and verfy.

Boy am I missing GL. At loadout " hey, you still have room on your trailer, do you need some of those???"

Dribbles means pump needs rebuilt.

Nice clean unit, I bet zero rust.

Search "latch" in the FMTV forum for a thread I wrote on fixing the cab latch leak. On the air hydraulic pump, I would start by overhauling it, likely has bad o rings. I wrote a thread on that too, search SPX.

Oh no. If the transfer was engaged, the hydramatic is gonna be hurt bad. Suggest pull the pan and take a look. The consensus here over the years seems to be nobody is really happy with repowers of these trucks.

These hydraulic systems can be tricky to repair. I would find a hydraulic shop that works on stinger cranes and bucket trucks. They will be able to fix it fast. Here in Houston it's South Coast Hydraulics.

Yay!! Glad you did not give up. I have been having excellent luck using cold galvanizing spray paint on areas that will not need to be welded, and then to cover welds. Really controls rust well!

Welcome. The truck chassis is a GMC model CCKW 353, 2 1/2 ton 6x6. It could be a 1943,44, or 45. The Corps of Engineers used those whenever 185 cfm of compressed air was needed. I would attempt to sell it as is, running ads on ebay, Hemmings motor news, here, G503 website. It will be...

Fill the air system from the front emergency glad hand so you can use the air driven pump again.

Welcome. Get a sample of Rapco's 34052 and see if you like it. Not much rhyme or reason to USMC markings. Very unit specific. Generally yellow lettering.