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My platoon SFC that I had back at Ft. Stewart when he went into Iraq in 2003 said he had to run his m35a2 at one point on kerosene. They ran low on fuel and raided an Iraqi storage depot. So it has come in handy since Vietnam.
defently GPS your truck my speedo is off by 5MPH. When my speedo reads 55mph my GPS says I am doing 60MHP. I am running stock 9.00-20 NDT on my truck. I do realize that I have an A2 not a A3 but I bealve they bolth runn the speedo off the transfer case.
I am deffently in my wife has been begging me to go camping what better place to do it with my duec. As long as military excorcies don't get in the way.
This sounds like fun dose it take place on a week end? If not I might still be able to get my chain of command to let me participate they know how much I am into military trucks. Let me know what I have to do so I can bring my truck to the event. Fuel won't be a problem I live in lacey and every...
Long drive in a duce
I can't say about a m35a3 but my M35a2 crosed cost to cost and the worst thing that happend was I blue a fule line going from my master pump to my fule injector. My total drive was some 4,000 miles. Had I not been realy close to my brother in laws house in IL and planing...
I would look on govermentliquidashion.com and bid on them. You should have a base fairly close to you. I keep my eyse out for tires all the time. I bought 32 of them from goverment action for 700 with rims. If you don't want to do that then memphis equipment out of memphis TN will defently have...
I think most of the M35 type trucks when they were over halled in the late 80's threw the 90's must have been upgraded to air shift. I have look at every m35 that i see on the side of the road thats for sale. I have been to a goverment action lot a that had 20+ trucks up for grabs and every one...
Talk to the guys at russles military veicals about paint www.generationjeep.net. My truck is their strait forest green color and I love it. I got my truck from theis guys. For seat covers go to wall mart they have this stuff in their fabric section that is almost the same kind of fabric as...
Welcom to the club next your going to be wanting a cucv, jeep, gama goat ect. That is a very nice looking truck looking at the interor you may want to repaint it after you get the macanical stuff done. I am just running stock 9.00-20 on my truck the rears are set to 65 stears at 70. I have...
I saw a Duece with 145,000 milies on it on ebay once said it was used by a guy that was getting out of the military surplus store business. I don't know how many engions he had gon threw I imagin not many because if he had he would have bought a civilyan truck. I can say this I have put just...
I had to subsribe to this thread because I want to go next year depending on weatehr or not the army has me in the doing traing agin. If i am able to come My M35A2 will defently be going with me along with sence you said wepons my M-4, and why not my M1 grand to.
The manul says to inflate your tires to 65 psi. I had my stear tires inflated to 70psi and drove my Duece from GA-WA way with the truck weighing in at 20,000LB wile pulling a 5,000 pound trailer. My tires were not dry roted like yours apear to be. I red on a couple of threads on hear before I...
I have not taken my duece to the air port but I have taken it threw a Mcdonalds drive threw at a truck stop. I had the cover on over my truck bed and it fit just barly under their minum vehical hight sine. I had to step down frome the cab to get my food I asked if this was the bigest truck that...
Thats good to know. My brothers have had their FDC's bypassed I thought that had elimintated their muiltie fule ablity with out getting FDC put back into the equashion. I will make sure that I don't mix vegie oil and wast oil.
Some of the guys in my platoon chanlaged me to run my duec off...
I run it in my truck all the time I can get it about 10 cents a gallon cheaper than regular disel on fort lewis so thats my primary fule. I usuly like to run a quart or more of morter oil every time I fill up probly not nessacry with biofule but it seems to run better.
Googal biodiesel filter...
The best thing to do is get hooked up with usaa. If your dad or grandpa served in the military you might qulafy. Once you are in with usaa then get a hold of their general agency they will then hook you up with progresive who will then insure your truck on a comercial for personal use policy. As...
My dad told me that when the duec was still in servis with his gard unit back in the early 90s that they should be driven at least 10 miles at highway spead to keep them working good every 90 days. You should also ideal them for at least 20 minits one time a month.
If I don't have any reason...
whear are you getting 5 micron bag filters. I have been all over looking for a cheap way to filter oil with no luck. nothing has micron ratings on fliters I have seen and I dont want to risk my truck by filtering with unrated filters. i dont care if its a hardware store in the back woods theirs...
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