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Hi guys, my airpack is blowing brake fluid through the vent line, I guess its due for a rebuild. We're a bit short of replacement parts here in Germany, so I have to consider buying it in the States. I saw that several dealers, who offer the rebuild kits for the long (old) airpack...

Nice video here, flying DC3s in Colombia ! Not 30 years ago, but today! The old workhorse still carries on. http://english.aljazeera.net/program...305049621.html Cheers, Mark PS: in the video, at 1:43, the sentence I put as topic to this thread was uttered by a passenger :-)

Hi guys, I want to retrofit my deuce with old style front turn signals and rear lights. Internally, these lights are basically the same except that the front turn signals have clear glasses and the rear lights have red ones. Now, behind the top glass are two bulbs (one behind a lens in the...

I want to fix my radiator because it leaks slightly around the collar of the upper water inlet. Besides that, the welding spots on the right side of that frame around the radiator failed, another thing that needs fixing. From examining these failed welding spots ("white metal") I would guess...

Now, what I'm gonna write now should definitly __not__ keep anybody from really fixing this. It's just what I found out when I had the problem myself. There's a way of draining the fluid - whatever it is - from the housing of the steering knuckles, without dismounting or opening the boots...

Would be interesting! On my deuce, the relevant part of the VIN says 10094, that should be the 93rd vehicle from the first contract, if I understood the decoding correctly. Shoot! Mark

I found some cool images of this immense aircraft, and thought I'd share them. Right-click in the image / open in new window opens the picture in full resolution. Here we go!

Gents, we have a small grass air strip near Stuttgart here which is operated by a glider club. It has been tradition there that every two years they have a fly in for oldtimers and warbirds, and they have grown bigger every year. This year they absolutly went over the top with a huge program...

I want to thank combst32 aka Tom for sending me a part of the clutch linkage which got lost while driving. I really appreciate that because it can be really problematic to get some spare parts for these trucks outside the US, expecially when you need them ASAP. Thanks! Mark

Gentlemen, as some may have read in my posting http://www.steelsoldiers.com/military-vehicle-road-trips/38879-field-trip-france.html , the bolt and nut which connects the clutch linkage on my deuce went AWOL and are now lying somewhere alongside the street between the cities of Karlsruhe and...

Hey, last weekend we had our annual field trip with the deuce to the Alsace region of France, where we explored some new casemates and bunkers at the Maginot-line. It was quite adventurous, lots of off-road routes, and new impressions. First highlight was that right in the beginning we...

For those with a big back yard (I mean BIG).... Maz543 Scud launcher with missile - Artillery and Self Propelled Weapons - MILWEB CLASSIFIEDS or Your First Choice for Russian Trucks and Military Vehicles - UK Russian Trucks The article on above website is worth reading. That remark...

Hi together, last evening I took the Deuce to a foto session with a Starfighter. Enjoy, Mark

I need to replace a few grease nipples / zerks / fittings and want to make sure to order the right size, since these things are a little hard to come by in non-metric sizes here in Germany. I would need the correct thread-size for the little buggers. Second thing, I noticed quite a few 45° or...

I'm a member of the German-Canadian Airforce Museum, which sees itself as a tribute to the Canadian Airforce which operated on the airbase until the middle of the nineties. The museum is a small one, but with very active members and strong ties into the warbird community. This produces events...

I've had this movie laying around here for a few years now on DVD and watched it yesterday for the first time and must say: this is the most __awesome__ footage of B-25s I've ever seen. And a most bizarre plot on top of that. Its sort of like MASH on steroids. The opening scene of the movie with...

Hello everybody, I'm researching on the beginning of the M34 / M35 Trucks as well as the M135 type and ran into some dead ends, maybe someone could shed some light on the following questions: - I understand that the M34 was the first approved design of the new medium weight clas trucks after...

From an unknown because forgotten source... Four articles or pamphlets on the Pershing missile system! Part 1: Article and infos Cheers, Mark

Many months ago I stumbled upon some pictures of XM757 and Pershings during the cold war in Germany. After once again finding them I thought I'd share them here in the forum. Sorry, don't know the source anymore. I also found very interesting original Martin and army documentation as scans...

The French are known for odd looking vehicles and all sorts of gadgets (mostly with very creative ideas behind them), but this is really noteworthy, I think. A license built Vespa, to be dropped with paratroops, with a M20 75mm recoilles rifle mounted on it. See...