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A local welding shop has this engine in a trailer out back. It was used by a local Vo -tech school as a teaching aid. They say it is from a 5 ton truck and is a multifuel engine. Can anyone ID this engine ?? He is looking to sell it, but not sure on price. He says it runs.

Gents, We have a M52 Gasser. On the last run we heard a distict "HISS" coming from under the engine area.After shutting off the engine, we found that tha large diameter air line that runs from the air tanks to the air compressor has a SMALL abrasion hole in it. The line had rubbbed against a...

Gents, We are adding a step deck trailer to out M52 to haul a WW2 halftrack and armoured car to events. The step deck is 36" at the rear end to the ground. I am lookig for ideas/designs of what guys have done to add ramps to semi - trailers. Pics would also be great of the finished product...

Looking to move a running halftrack from Culpeper VA to Hatfeild PA ( 5 min off NE extention of the PA turnpike). Halftrack runs and drives. 250 miles one way Weight is approx 6-7 tons (no rear armor). Length is approx 20 feet, width approx 6 1/2 feet

Looking to move a running halftrack from Huntsville area to culpeper VA. Halftrack runs and drives. Weight is approx 6-7 tons (no rear armor). Length is approx 20 feet, width approx 6 1/2 feet Cheers, David

We have a M52 with power steeering. From other reading i beleive it is the "old style" as out steerring wheel is large. We have issues will leaking a low speed and a geneal loos feel at speed. If you turn the wheel over , while at idle, you will get a lot of fluid out of the power steering unit...

Gents, Here are pics of what appears to be a half track rear floor front half. I think it from a M16 50 cal quad mount version. Any other ideas?

Gents, For you halftrack guys who have the orginal brakes... I am looking for the dimensions of the Hydrovac unit that is used on a Halftrack. I need the length and the diameter ( of the main housing)to try and find a replacment unit. Here is a pic of the rear of a unit , but i need the...

Gents, A&A Truck parts. 80 Hendrickson Rd., Freehold, NJ USA 07728 Tel: 732.780.4962 Fax: 732.780.0573 I have visited the salvage yard several times. They do Heavy truck parts. They seem to not deal with your average retail customer - they seem to sell to the industry. I went looking for a...

Gents, We have a M2A1 halftrack that was "modfied" if times past. It has a Ford engine, tranny, transfer case. The brakes line only run to the rear. The front lines had been removed , and we only have the flexiable brake lines of the wheels. I have the orginal master cylinder. The hydrovac...

Just swaped out 8 rear tire on the M52. Tires are 11.00x20. I noticed the attached on one of the rims. Can anyone help me ID what all this means? This is 3 shots of the same rim.

Gents, We have just replaced 8 tires on a M52. We are llloking to get the spares set up with a single spare tire and some tubes & flaps. Can anyone suggest a place to get 11.00x20 tubes & flaps? I tried the website listed under old tube threads, but it is down ( www.innertubes.net) Can...

Gents, We are going to be installing new tires( Rims and all) on the M52. Since we are going to be removing all the Tires anywhy, i was thinking it might be a good time to peek in at the brakes inside the hubs, to see what condition they are in. How do you tell if it is time for new brake...

Folks, We are taking the M52(gasser) for it's maiden voyage. We will be leaving Hatfield PA at approx 11 am on Friday 9/11/09 heading to Odessa NY. We will Head up 476 ( PA turnpike NE extension) to 81 north to binghamton NY. From there we will head west on NY route 17 till horsehead, NY. We...

Folks, We have an M52 with 2 Old rusty tanks. One has been replaced by an NOS tank. We also have a new fuel system (24 volt electric) and are not using the fuel selector switch. When we get to adding a second tank, it will also be NOS. So we have these 2 tanks that take up alot of space. We...

Gents, We have a 1957 M52 with the Continental 6602 Gas engine. We are planning on using it to pull WW2 vehicles to events(Armoured cars, Halftrack, etc). I think the listed Over The Road tow weight was 30,000 lbs = approx 15 tons. Engine stats ( From TM 9-2320-211-20): Brake HP = 224 @...

Gents, I am hoping this is around... I am working on a 1967 M52 with a continental 6602 gas engine. I am getting into the the engine parts now. I want to due a tune-up on it, change the fluids, etc. I am looking for a napa (or other auto parts store cross refrence) with this engine for the...

Gents, I have a 1957 M52(gas engine) which had two rusted 55 gal saddle tanks. Both tanks have been removed, and a pony tank was installed. The pony tank runs directly to a 24 volt fule pump and thru a spin on fule filter. The old lines are in place, just disconnected. I have installed a NOS...

Folks, In working on the truck (1957 M52 gass engine) we had to remove the passenger side fender to get at the exshaust system (see other thread on that). In looking over the engine i noticed that the air compressor belt has a large crack in it and needs to be replaced. Do i need to remove the...

Folks, Installed all new exhaust system (from header to tail pipe) on a 1957 M52 gas engine. Had bought all the parts from memphis equipment ( thanks Roy !) and had the time to do it. The old system had 1 bolt missing in the header , and the tail pipe past the muffler was rusted off, and...