Reaper651
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Hey All,
I went up to look at the M35A2 that I'm in the process of buying last weekend and I have a couple questions. 1: The transmission is a TMC 3053 transmission. I'm wondering, what is the difference between a 3053 and a 3053A and who is TMC? The data plate said Wolverhampton England or something like that. 2: The VIN number on the frame matches the cab plate, however, it seems to be lightly stamped on the frame and one of the numbers is there but hard to read. The VIN looks like it was stamped after being painted. Is the number stamped before painting so its actually in the steel? Might this be a problem with DMV? 3: I looked all over the truck trying to determine if its been overhauled or not. Any dates I found were March of 71 which according to the data plate info, is when the truck was made. Everything on the truck seems to be in like new condition and almost all of the bolt heads have what looks to be original paint on them. Is there a definite way to tell if the truck has been overhauled? 4: I looked at the front axle closely on my truck, I noticed the boots on the axle are the one piece rubber boots and not the ones with the zipper. Is this normal? Also, the data plate on the axle is Blue. Its a Rockwell FC240 HX11. There was something in a old thread about a blue data plate having the U-joint style axle shafts and not the CV's. Is that True? I know some of this has probably been covered but, too much time reading threads that don't really answer the questions gets old quickly.
Thanks in advance.
I went up to look at the M35A2 that I'm in the process of buying last weekend and I have a couple questions. 1: The transmission is a TMC 3053 transmission. I'm wondering, what is the difference between a 3053 and a 3053A and who is TMC? The data plate said Wolverhampton England or something like that. 2: The VIN number on the frame matches the cab plate, however, it seems to be lightly stamped on the frame and one of the numbers is there but hard to read. The VIN looks like it was stamped after being painted. Is the number stamped before painting so its actually in the steel? Might this be a problem with DMV? 3: I looked all over the truck trying to determine if its been overhauled or not. Any dates I found were March of 71 which according to the data plate info, is when the truck was made. Everything on the truck seems to be in like new condition and almost all of the bolt heads have what looks to be original paint on them. Is there a definite way to tell if the truck has been overhauled? 4: I looked at the front axle closely on my truck, I noticed the boots on the axle are the one piece rubber boots and not the ones with the zipper. Is this normal? Also, the data plate on the axle is Blue. Its a Rockwell FC240 HX11. There was something in a old thread about a blue data plate having the U-joint style axle shafts and not the CV's. Is that True? I know some of this has probably been covered but, too much time reading threads that don't really answer the questions gets old quickly.
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