Mulemac01 M275 2 1/2 ton Gas truck tractor ON-GOING restoration and rebuild tread.

[MuleMac01]

MuleMac01, try B&M Military Surplus 518-563-6656 They have new parts, and are also parting out 50+ 2.5, 5, & 10 ton trucks. From having looked at pictures of their back lot they have a lot of older trucks. They also have several 5 & 10 ton gas trucks, so, they may have 1 or 2, 2.5 ton gassers. Looks like a fun project ya got going. I think I'll subscribe as well.

Sweet thank you I'll give them a call tomorrow and see what they got.

 

[MuleMac01]

Ok time to get back into the swing of posting stuff on this truck. Weather has cooled down in Las Vegas to start work on my truck. Last few days I've removed and replaced the rear main seal that was leaking very minor on the rebuilt engine. Had to drop the oil pan to do it though it was a pain but easy when you know when and where the 9 oil cork gaskets go after that was done I put everything back together and sealed it up.

 

[Kaiser67M715]

What carb is that? Great work so far.

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[MuleMac01]

I don't know it's not in the TMs it's coming off and I'm putting my rebuilt Holley on.

 

[MuleMac01]

Got the transmission back on the engine yesterday. New belts coming and thermostat and air compressor to be installed soon. (had a striped bolt in the locking groove for the belt pulley)... Anyone know where I can find Exhaust flange gaskets? Finding part for gas m44 trucks is getting hard but I'm almost there engine might go back in this weekend.

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[Kaiser67M715]

You can try White Owl, I'm assuming you are talking the gaskets that connect the manifold to the short extension pipe. The manifold to head gaskets are also hard to find, and mostly need to get the whole engine gasket kit.

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[Another Ahab]

Got the transmission back on the engine yesterday. New belts coming and thermostat and air compressor to be installed soon.

The engine sure looks fine.

There's a LOT going on in that yard.

Is that your place?!

 

[MuleMac01]

The engine sure looks fine.

There's a LOT going on in that yard.

Is that your place?!

A friend's yard he has a forklift to lift the engine.

 

[Tracer]

Got the transmission back on the engine yesterday. New belts coming and thermostat and air compressor to be installed soon. (had a striped bolt in the locking groove for the belt pulley)... Anyone know where I can find Exhaust flange gaskets? Finding part for gas m44 trucks is getting hard but I'm almost there engine might go back in this weekend.

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MuleMac01, your engine & Transmission looks like new. I like Reo engines, and the company made quite a few different engines over the years. Most people don't know, that from 1954 to 1975 Reo made their own 440ci V8 truck motor. It's not a take off of the Chrysler 440, as the Reo engine came out a few years before Chryslers. And after Reo, White continued to produce the engine up to 1975. I thought about dropping one in a 1957 M35 I found at Barstow Truck Parts, but I just didn't have enough room at home for another large project.

 

[MuleMac01]

Time to update you guys on the truck. I took some time off working on the truck but now I'm back to work on her. droped the engine back in. Also painted the engine compartment she's starting to looks like a truck again

 

[MuleMac01]

More pictures of today's work. Put the voltage Regulator back on the fire wall connected the generator to it. Put the foot starter leakage back in also the Throttle linkage back in. Also put the super NOS oil bath air cleaner to carb Molded rubber hose on. And a new front wire harness on.

 

[rustystud]

More pictures of today's work. Put the voltage Regulator back on the fire wall connected the generator to it. Put the foot starter leakage back in also the Throttle linkage back in. Also put the super NOS oil bath air cleaner to carb Molded rubber hose on. And a new front wire harness on.
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That's looking mighty fine !

 

[MuleMac01]

Today I painted inside the cab

 

[cattlerepairman]

That five-blade fan looks like something the seven dwarves hammered together. I wonder why they made an asymmetrical fan for this application. To create a gap to allow tool access to something? Change belts without fan removal?

You do know that your truck never looked that good, right? Not even when it was delivered to the motor pool.

 

[silverstate55]

Great work William, can't wait to see pics of it on the road!

 

[MuleMac01]

Anyone know or have for sale side mirror arms like this for sale? I can get the mirrors just need the arms. Or what they're officially called? So I can find em?

Nevermind found them.

 

[MuleMac01]

More work this week put the cab drivetrain plates back on, also put the data plates on the dash, and installed a new headlight foot switch for high and low beams.



I also need 1 or 2 of thes brackets for the side mirrors

 

[Kaiser67M715]

Just fore warning, I went through three Newstar brand dimmer switches with Douglas connectors before finding a good NOS one. The Newstar brand internal cam would fail one way or the other, and no amount of hitting, tapping or some other external violence worked. You can carefully pull them apart and reset the cam, and try to add material, but it will fail again.

Most use I ever got was 15 pushes before it would stop working.

Good job all around though, makes me jealous.

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[MuleMac01]

Well another gasser lives again.got the truck running this past weekend im so happy all my hard work and $$$ alot of $$$ is paying off she started up on the frist crank when gas was in the carburetor. Now i just need a muffler and im all set now getting ready to tear into axles and check brakes and axles make sure everything is ok and replace as needed


Here is a short video i took of it running.
Update new video up.

https://youtu.be/AF2N-s__eCE

 

[Tracer]

Well another gasser lives again.got the truck running this past weekend im so happy all my hard work and $$$ alot of $$$ is paying off she started up on the frist crank when gas was in the carburetor. Now i just need a muffler and im all set now getting ready to tear into axles and check brakes and axles make sure everything is ok and replace as needed

Here is a video after start up with no muffler. Sorry for the crappy video angle.. i duno how to rotate it.
Ok found out how to rotate it i will post new video soon as it uploads.


Update new video up.

https://youtu.be/AF2N-s__eCE

Congrats Mule, ya got her running. The engine looks good and sounds like a smooth runner. Please keep us posted as you progress.