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Well, I wasted an evening and following morning to prove RChalmlers3 to be the most correct. After pulling the plugs I could reach, I nosed the garden hose sprayer against each and cycled the sprayer until the water drained clear. Surprisingly, the back holes took many sprays, each dislodging...

Thank you! I hope to have them to the machine shop this weekend. I am a little surprised now "non-planer" they are... No wonder they didn't seal well.

The old girl needs a set of exhaust manifold gaskets, and the "manifold clamps" (see the attached image) have been bent pretty bad due to overtightening. Are these things still available? Is there a more common name? Any other GMC 302 quirks that I should know before diving in with a set of...

I pulled the other jacket plugs I could reach, and there was little, if any, sludge and only small amounts of the powdered rust. All of the rust seems to be packed near the bottom (not sure how far up) of cylinder six. It looks like pretty poor circulation... The radiator is free of any bad...

Now you have me thinking... The laundry detergent would have been great for the sludge! Way better than just using the $40 in distilled water. The detergent may also help to break up the packed rust, especially if I pump the mixture directly into tapped hole right beside the cylinder 6... I...

No, I am not going to argue about which brake fluid is better! I did want to share that I, being an idiot newbie to the world of MVs, mixed fresh DOT 4 with the existing DOT 5 in my M215 four months ago. The story is pretty simple, I needed to replace the two wheel cylinders on the right front...

Hi All, I finally started the small jobs required to get my M215 ready for winter, one of those jobs being the cooling system. I had been dreading this, as it appears the previous owner mixed coolants (new OAT stuff with the old green) as green sludge was everywhere. After flushing the...

DeucesWild, Are we pre-programmed to claim that we have "too many" toys? Or is there really a limit to how many toys one can have. A cool bike, beautiful firebird and an M35 should hardly count as too many! Kind of like "too many beers in the fridge". My problem appears to be trusting a...

Wow. It seems like this MV addiction is more widespread (and local) than I thought! I live in Canastota, which is on the Thruway between Syracuse and Utica. I have seen a 5 ton on super singles around town, and knew of a friends "Uncle Jack" with a variety of MVs but... Lance, is Tank Lady...

That is a great looking Dodge. I have bee a life long GM guy (and VW guy for cars), but only because once you have a stockpile of parts, it is hard to change. I imagine that if I owned reliable vehicles that do not require such a stockpile, it would be easier to switch allegiances. What did...

If it really gets worse, what else has to go away? I am not willing to give up drinking beer/whiskey or any vehicles with a blower or big block. From what I understand from the previous owner, the MV community would frown on me "molesting" the MVs by installing such things as a 454... This...

Hello all, Other than putting a M1009 bumper onto the back of my K30 or the odd military clevis on an old Jeep, I thought that I would never own a military vehicle. Then, due to one persuasive fellow in Ohio, I now am the adoptive parent to an M215 dump, a couple of M37s and too much other...