Recent content by msgjd

as far as military or farm or commercial engines go, I use 10W-40 in three items i use year-round.. But with everything else that's also dated pre-1975 i stick to what's in the manuals or on the dash tag or on the LO .. This means 99% of my stuff is SAE-30 .. (SAE-40 if the engine is very...

i am unsure of exact location on the multifuels but i would start looking on the outer left frame rail under the left front fender .. search the forums here and you will find the database and perhaps the exact location

i drove a western star for a few months that needed two of those for lack of power ,,, but the floor was too thick for the 2nd one to do any good

Okay okay okay .. you twisted my arm .. I don't think I've ever entered this one

hopefully ! .. having a sticky wiper cylinder can create another issue i had once, and it may have happened to others During a convoy move we ran into a sudden heavy thunderstorm.. I turned the wiper valve, the passenger side ran fine but the driver side limped slowly to one side, stopped...

no problem, and please don't "sir" me , i'm no officer nor a gentleman ;)

if i had said that portugese bit in french she would've flipped out with hot french words this world has never heard before, besides the usual cochon batard porc cretin etc , and the beat goes on :LOL: she had a good job of her own but expected me to eagerly(?) hand over my money without...

The "GCU" your holley manual mentions may only be on civilian applications, as i don't recall anything unusual on my two 5T gassers I could be incorrect though, it's been awhile since i had to have a staring contest with one of the carbs I recall a vacuum line running to the round diaphram...

1: At quick glance the markings are telling me left-to-right, 7th Infantry Division. (although IME should be marked 7ID). Then , 7th (BN? Group? could be anything) of the 155th something or other type (individual unit).. Could be 155th armor, 155th infantry, 155th signal, 155th artillery etc...

haha !! she came from Quebec and swore at me in french, what more do i need to say ? :LOL:

old post ... without revisiting the entire string i believe he bought it

... except when it's my ex-wife :ROFLMAO:

my father spent the final weeks of the war in Germany and stayed afterwards as part of the Constab until late-1947 or early 1948 , i forget. He talked highly about the ford jeeps , some having the script, and mentioned the time he unknowingly grabbed a 4-wheel-steer from the motor pool to go...

that's rusty? you should see some of my "wonder-wheels" , everyone wonders how the fenders and doors stay attached !:LOL: about half the fleet are rescues from town and county highway depts that apparently don't know there's such a thing as a water hose nice workhorse by the way , and so...

1: i've successfully done the old metal ones but only in the sense of a decent clean & lube was all they needed 2: i've have several plastic ones doing same as yours but sometimes a clean & lube doesn't do the job and that's as far as i go, don't have time to fuss with them more than that ...