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On the first set of pictures where would you run the cables?

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Found this out in the woods yesterday.

Yep, I had the exact same problem. Checked all of my ground connections battery cables everything. Nothing helped. Finally made all new cables out of welding lead wire. Starts first time every time. Got to thinking later it kind of makes sense, after all those battery cables are all 30 years old...

As of about a 1 year ago Seco also had brand new rubber pads available for the M75 and M41.

Good work, It will look great when you get it done.

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I buy blasting sand at our local lumber yard for $8 for a 80 lb bag. Call around, its probably closer then you think.

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M75 Moved Today After three years of work our M75 rolled out of the shop for the first time today. Still lots of work to do but it sure was fun to see it move. Ours was out of the same original bunch as the one pictured, but had gone under water several times over the last 25 years.

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M813rc, Your setup is slightly different then ours but what your after is the bearing under the gun ring. That is going to be a large timken bearing. I think what you will find is that it is full of sand. These are very heavy built and take a lot of abuse. There should be a ring of bolts on the...

Did you ever find the part you were looking for. I have an AO-895-3 parts engine.

What exactly are you working on when you say cupola. Our M75 has the same hatch as the M41 tank. What I would call the main traversing bearing is a timken bearing. It can not be dismantled but with a little work you can clean the rollers and regrease it with a needle attachment for your grease...

halftrack, Don't know that I have a good answere for you, other then that is how I found them when we dismantaled it. Don't know if this configuration is suppose to reduse the drag somehow or keep the rollers cleaner. This is the only one I've ever worked on so I have no comparison. I do know...