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On the road in the Netherlands with no time and little good internet access. Normally I would search the forum and the TMs, but like said, no time now and lousy internet, and once I am back home, that supplier is 700 miles away and does not deliver abroad (legal restrictions). Once home in...

This MAN military truck was just sold on an auction in Germany for 21 500 EUR (I think). Its a nice example of such a newer truck. Some more info on this truck at this website I included these pictures to make sure that if the auction site closes that thread, (with 27 pics) there still are...

There are a few auction websites in Europe that occasionally have interesting MV stuff, including ongoing now an auction called SURPLUS Veiling (auction) ex US Army 3977 . For smaller things, this might even be interesting for people in the USA. To give an example, I have seen 5-ton...

Tried searching, but too many not relevant hits. The stock army tires on my M51A2 are worn and old. I am looking for a cheap replacement for 8 tires. Getting fitting rims here for other sizes is close to impossible (read: too bl**dy expensive if available), so I need a modern tire size that...

Maybe I should have put this in the Unimog thread, but the Unimoggers would have been sad ;). If you let it run after the finish, it will show a trial ruin of the big brotter "Fat Daf" YA 328 Or just go directly to that video

This would make a perfect couple as MVs for somebody living near a lot of water: The Caspian Sea Monster - "Lun" ekranoplan. Don't expect to see this plane taking off, its supposed to skim over the water with a horrifying speed and fire rockets while doing so. Another contraption that...

Wrestling myself through 15 years of paint and color code threads and linked threads, I came across one which might interest-help somebody: If you plan to use the unexpected free time for some painting of your MV, maybe this can help you Sherwin Williams promo codes and Sherwin Williams...

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The year 2020. And after several days searching I give up trying to find it here and ask for help. Finally decided my truck, which the ID tags say is 1973 (overhauled) but hood and SN makes clear is 1965, will be painted in the correct 1965 paint color OD 24087 with white lettering and star...

I have been looking through TMs and threads quite a lot now, but I am missing something. According the operating instructions, with everything in neutral put, unlock the winch control lever and put the winch control lever in position Low or High, or even more speed levels in between. No...

After 10 years, I found that my truck has two more tags which I never noticed. They were in the driver side rear door post, so "hiding in plain view". Any comment on this is more then welcome, especially if you can help identify the tags. A barcode sticker. This I never saw before on a...

Actually, I hope I don't have a problem, but cannot get things back together. About 10 years ago I made this truck into an M51 - M52 switchable dump-tractor truck. To do so, I disconnected the drive shaft to the pump for the dump hydraulics and also the connections between the controls in the...

M39 - M51A2. I am overhauling the hydraulic air-assisted brake system. The filler cap of the MC has a vent line connection going into the airpack where it joins another line going in. THat vent line irritates me when trying to bleed and fill the system or controlling the system. Can I just cap...

I redid the Airpack and brakes. The front glad-hands are broken beyond repair, so I am replacing them with European glad-hands and now I am trying to connect metric glad-hand with the old air lines using US threaded bolts. Had to use an angle grinder to get the connector through the bumper off...

Just curious. I bought several small canisters with DOT 5 for my truck. Opened one to lubricate stuff while overhauling the MC and Air Pack two or more years ago. Closed the canister, opened it yesterday and the color is much more yellowish, not like the blue hue from the freshly opened...

So I took off the front hubs to check their condition, also trying to see if there was a reason for asymmetric braking. Took some time before I had a closer look at the brake cylinders, had some other things to do, like taking grandkids to the netherlands and then taking care of them while...

I was looking at one of the scrapyards for my missing fixed brake line. Found something I thought would fit, then noticed it actually was an air line. Were they the same in strength and diameter? The line I am looking for is 0.39 inch (10 mm), from the slave cylinder to the distribution point.

I am going to do some paint work now , and still not decided on the color. Not sure if to go with the old olive drab or the newer mat green, al existing between 1965 and early 1973. Definitely NOT camo Does somebody has pictures of a restored 1965-1967 5-ton truck with original 24079 Olive...

Our M51 A2 from 1965 (overhauled 1973) is a Dump Truck W/W; Garwood 20 000 lbs. Unfortunately, the winch assembly was partly broken and without cable. Some questions therefore. Above is how I bought it in 2010, with details of where some kind of guiding system - rollers were broken off...

Time to try again to make a list of European salvage yards and part suppliers now we have such an extensive European Member list. Please, this is a thread to help European and other SteelSoldier members to get parts or complete trucks inside Europe. Please: - add a new post with clear...