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  1. NDT

    M1070 recovery

    Please accept my comments as sage advice and not peeing in your cheerios. If your HET breaks down, the best contingency plan would be a cell phone to call a hd wrecker to get a tow to a local diesel shop. It will not be safe to use the 818 to tow the 37,000 lb HET along I-10 at 15 mph.
  2. NDT

    M1070 recovery

    Silly question, why are you driving a M818 from La to Ft Bliss in order to recover a M1070 back to Fla? You should have left the M818 at home and flown to El Paso. The road surface is already too hot for older tires to hold up.
  3. NDT

    GTB (G-622) with G8T Engine, Compression question

    The 226 was never a hotrod engine, but all compression readings should be within 10 psi of each other. Time for overhaul.
  4. NDT

    Different Shipping Company Than FastTrack?

    What is it? If it a item banded to a pallet, send a motor freight company directly to GL. For rolling stock, you need to enlist the services of any one of hundreds of transportation brokers who match trucks and loads. Make sure to tell all details such as if trailer ramps or winch-on are needed.
  5. NDT

    Loadout at Ft Worth Truckcenter

    Here are some pics from yesterday's adventure. Great bunch of folks, very helpful. They have literally acres of trucks and trailers, I lost count on how many 34 ton trailers. Anyway, my loadout was uneventful except for a large sidewall crack that developed in one trailer tire. I kept speed...
  6. NDT

    I need to know about putting larger single radials on

    Looks like a take off fmtv wheel/tire.
  7. NDT

    I need to know about putting larger single radials on

    Can you share where this place is ?
  8. NDT

    Fuel problem

    I would put a gas can under the hood on the passenger side and connect to the pump and go for a spin. That will eliminate the tank, or not. Don't sell the truck, you are missing something simple but hidden, once you figure it out, the 880 will be super reliable.
  9. NDT

    M41 Air Compressor

    Are you sure about your diagnosis? Sounds more like your air pack has failed, and on the early trucks, those vent back to the air cleaner.
  10. NDT

    Fuel problem

    My 880s have never vapor locked ever using the stock metal tubes. And it is HOT here. I have filters before and after the mech fuel pump to protect the valves from debris.
  11. NDT

    M915A1 voltage regulator change help

    Neat back story! Heck, the stock unit only puts out 16 amps and it catches fire randomly! The stock alternator (Leece Neville) is just a plain jane 85 amp 12 volt alternator that happens to have 3 leads coming from it to feed AC to the transformer-regulator-smoke generator.
  12. NDT

    LMTV Air Conditioner

    Thank jpinst. I have ordered one. I know from working in A/C that the btus of the evap, condenser and compressor should match. Does anyone agree that all of the Red Dot military products are the same rating, i.e. , components from the HMMWV kits should interchange?
  13. NDT

    M915A1 voltage regulator change help

    I think you may be the guinea pig on that one.
  14. NDT

    M915A1 voltage regulator change help

    All three wires are stator wires, each a different leg of the 3 phases. Looks like your replacement only uses one phase.
  15. NDT

    New Deuce is here. Parts Bonanza Too!

    The round poles are for the framework that supports the cab canvas.
  16. NDT

    Normandy 70th anniversary.

    Yup. (my reference to "he" meant the mannequin)
  17. NDT

    Normandy 70th anniversary.

    Google "John Steele" "Sainte Mere Eglise". He was a 82 ABN paratrooper that got, well, in that predicament on D-day. The town has hung that mannequin up there for every celebration for a long time, I know he was there when I saw him at the 40th.
  18. NDT

    Help identify CCKW top bows

    Are 6 of the staves (uprights) shorter than the rest? That would make your set for the GMC M135. Otherwise yes, the narrower bed is WWII deuce.
  19. NDT

    LMTV Air Conditioner

    Check with a Red Dot dealer for the condenser and compressor mount for the FMTV.
  20. NDT

    Value of truck question

    A long time ago my M135 was my daily driver (gas was a lot cheaper). I drove it against the governor (55+ mph) everywhere I went. I think I put about 10,000 miles on it. It is retired now in the back of my shop. I bought it in 1982.
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