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Dear Fellow Members, I have recently purchased a 1990 Dodge Ram 2500 tow tractor from auction. As I am sure many of you know the rear ends in those trucks are geared really low for heavy duty pulling. I like the truck and it has a great powerplant and would like to make it more streetable. Can...

Thanks Guys. I was thinking about taking one of my old M35's and removing the bed and installing a 5th wheel and going with a goosneck style trailer. Do you think that would be okay. I have heard guys talking about using one M35 to tow another with a tow bar. Is that safe, does the vehicle...

Dear Fellow Members, I will need to bring a few M35A2's home in the next couple of months and want to know the best way to do so. I have never towed one before. I am trying to figure out what kind of trailer I should purchase. I dont want to spend too much money yet I want to be safe. I...

what i am really hung up on is how to remove the shaft. On each end of the shaft there are two rounded keys, that sit into keyways. I am assuming they come out, yet i had a hard time getting them to budge. each time i tried to grap them i left indents on the keys themselves. i did not want to f...

i checked manual Tm 9-2320-361-20. i did not see any detailed information on winch disassembly. There was a bunch of diagrams for the rear winch. any other manuals i can check. seth

Could someone please give me the tm number that covers the m35a2 winch disassembly and reassembly. Thanks.

I have decided to freshen up my winch and have reached a snag. It is just about completely disassembled. I am having trouble figuring out how the spool and shaft come out of the housing. The worm gear is out yet can't get the bull gear off or the shaft that its attached to out. Any advice...

Another problem was noticed today going up a hill. I could not make it up. The front axle was not engaging. The air switch on the dash was indeed engaged. Could it be a bad switch not delivering enough air to the transfer case. I did upgrade to an after market switch. Any ideas. Real...

I went to use the winch today for an emergency and it started off well until an abnormal winch noise began. The winch engages and turns fine yet when under strain it starts to grind, clunk, rumble and vibrate. The noise is comming from the winch housing up front, not the transfer case. Please...

Guys I could really use some help still. It is not the sprags. I jacked the front up just to make sure. Airpac lines are all plumbed up right. I then thought it might be because I used a remote resevoir yet I made sure mine was vented. So where does the leave me. Did I rebuild the air...

Thanks for the info about the sprags. I think it was a combination between the sprags and the booster hooked up wrong. So all I have to do is jack the front end up and it will release the tension and the wheels will spin free? Do you happen to be familar with the brake booster lines? Seth

M35a2 brake booster lines Dear Fellow Members, After some head ache I think I figured out why my brakes were locking up. I believe I have the air lines comming to the brake booster all messed up. Is there any one that could tell me which lines need to go where. I have 4 line that I need...

Front propshaft off? Is that the same as the front drive shaft ( the shaft running from the transfer case to the front axle? What are sprags? I very well could have screwed something up, this was my first conversion yet everything was going smoothly until now. I shortened the rear drive...

Guys went out again and completely disconnected the main air line from the booster. It seemed to work and I was able to take a drive around the block, yet barely had any brakes. Do you think if I had the main air source comming into the brake booster in a wrong port it would do this. This was...

Emergency brake is off, atleast the handle is down. I had replaced the emergency brake pads as well. The back tires seem to be turning fine, yet maybe the e-brake is dragging a little bit. I just went out there and backed the pads all the way off the drums and still nothing. Maybe the next...