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The "S" stands for "suppressed" as in electrical noise supression for operation near radios. Wow you are so lucky to have found those numbers! Since they are blue drab, that would have been the Ford factory application. And now we know you have a Navy contract truck, and it would have been...

How about this closed cab 353 wow I found today. Since GL, GSA and Ebay are insufficient to feed the addiction, I have started looking on Craigslist as well. This poor truck was listed there. Funny thing, I saw this truck (in the same place) about 15 years ago. We'll see if the owner...

I used to pull a triple axle bumper pull trailer with my D-3 Cat dozer on it. Tractor was 13,000. Kept it under 40 mph to keep the brake calipers from overheating.

There is a little less than 12' of frame behind the cab, so a M35 bed will go on easy. The 5th wheel unbolts.

Excellent information! Now we know what I said a few posts ago about only cargo trucks being stamped GTB is a false assumption. Thanks.

Mine is 7/53, s/n 51130, USA2985747. You could add the difference in s/n to the USA number and have something workable. You might ask over at G503 if anyone is running a database for M38A1s.

Justin didn't you say your ESP 5 ton had all the overdrive in the transfer case? The Allison M916's seem to bring a $3000 premium from my observations.

Yup, that seems to be a USMC retrofit. If that Electronic Allison has no overdrive like the M915A1, you are looking at a 45 MPH truck.

Well it took me about 45 minutes of digging, but I found Bryce Sunderlin's article on the GTB in the MVPA's Army Motors #25, Summer 1983. (Geeze I have been doing this a long time) According to the production summary, a bomb truck would have been a GTBS or GTBC. I will assume the frame would...

Did you find the serial number? Look in the usual Ford places like on top of the frame channel or on the side of the frame channel near the steering gear. MVPA Army Motors had a series of articles on the Burma Ford back in the 80's, I'll see if I can dig them up and reveal any clues. Your...

One lever is transfer case engage/disengage and the other is PTO forward/neutral/reverse. You might try running a want ad in the classifieds for the linkages. No surplus dealers have these kinds of parts anymore, so you will need to find someone with a parts truck.

]Hi, I just got a 915a1 in Texas any advise in the recovery? HD wrecker to get it off the yard and loaded on a step deck headed back to your neck of the woods.

Even with the open axle differentials, with the transfer in low-lock, the truck is just about unstoppable. And find me a military vehicle that runs 75 mph+ stock! I've had mine since 1989 and use it for almost everything!

If you are using the Clark 5 speed out of a CCKW (most conversions were), just use the cover from a CCKW. It is a very light stamping.

The M172's landing gear is a special mil-spec design, it is round and a civilian square landing leg will not bolt right on. My experience has been that parts for M172's are nearly impossible to find on the loose. You might try having the part fabricated by disassembling the other side and...

Great post! Lots of users of the M-series trucks do not realize the importance of the distributor vent. Applies to all gasoline engine waterproof ignition trucks, 1/4 ton, 3/4 ton, 1 1/4 ton, 2 1/2 ton, 5 ton. Points and coil have a death sentence without airflow inside the dist!

Broman78 has the towbar clamp brackets for sale in the classifieds. Just bought a pair.

Yup that is how it goes. You bid 4 or 5 lots, hoping to win one. You're winning until the last 5 minutes. Then everyone jumps in and drives the auction into overtime. Then, you watch the items close while you try for one. The later it gets, the higher things get. You end up paying much...

Nice looking GMC CCKW! Yours looks to be a 41 or early 42 which never left the US. Your bed is from a later deuce, so it is wider than the original. If you find a canvas top (paulin) for it, make sure you get one that fits a "M35A2" deuce. New they run over $500 from vendors like Beachwood...

That's easy. Selenium Rectifier for the first generation Leece Neville 100 amp charging system. Someone pulled the alternator and the regulator for that system and replaced them with the standard 25 amp generator and regulator. That rectifier was very prone to burning up and locking the...