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If you break down, post up here with “help” in the title. Put all the parts dealers phone numbers in your phone. Put numbers of transportation vendors like Wes or USF in your phone. Make sure the transmission oil level is 1” below full. Belts filters hoses need to be changed before you move...

The consensus here is it’s ok to get rid of or bypass the polarity protection device. Just don’t make a mistake if you jump it off because lots of expensive stuff will go poof. There are 4 terminals, 2 are 12 volt in and out, the other 2 are 24 volt in and out. Most people do just like you...

Thank you, but Carnac’s pdf’s have THOUSANDS of trucks listed, just he and firefinder didn’t get around to uploading thousands more deuces. This info is SUPER VALUABLE to come up with year of manufacture from VINs as well as Army registration numbers from VINs.

CARANC, Firefinder, with all of the free time we have now (hopefully), can we PLEASE post up the Deuce list? The data so far has been AMAZING.

Digging around, the highest Studebaker VIN I can find is 1959 M49864. A 1955 is M38281. So maybe they were doing 5000 per year. So yours would maybe be a 1960 or 1961, right before the M35A1 came out with the LDS427 engine.

Your VIN is M56477 and that would have never changed in military service officially. Who knows what happened along the way. Personally I would have a problem with this, and I would re-title the truck so the VIN matches the frame stamp.

Pull the doghouse cover?

You are quite correct, there are 3 versions of the PDP (power distribution panel) that were used on the FMTVs, this is the second generation, and is considered the worst due to the soldered connections being lead free. The manuals for the FMTVs uploaded to this site do not cover this PDP as far...

No. I assumed you had a closed cab, which seeing your other thread, I now know is not the case. Just to be sure , you are looking for the builder plate hole pattern in the center of the firewall, near the starter foot pedal, right? Like I said, the frame serial number will tell the story.

Dis one

Cab swap from a civilian truck could have happened. Stamped frame serial number will tell the story.

is this what you have?

I would switch to the under fender unit in a heartbeat. AMG went that way due to already marginal airflow through the cooling stack. The Red Dot condenser bolted to anything and everything was a sandbox quick fix.

Vietnam era FM backpack transceiver

Says right there PRC-25.

Roof hatch easiest. 10 allen screws and you are in.

The older ones were direct copies with a different engine. The newer ones have more changes such as the front sheetmetal design. All the “NOS” deuce windshields available now as well as many other parts are Kia made.

Great advice, those go by the trade name “Speedi-sleeve” by SKF.

IDK if the OP got his TCK fixed B/C he is AWOL

Very impressed!