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Kerri has a direct in 5th tranny. I wonder what speed I would have obtained in OD. Governer was not operating at the time of the test.

The 465 in my M52A2 has a knock in the lower end and I am going to swap it out this week with a rebuilt one. I was wondering how fast I could get her up to, so I conducted a test. I pulled the air cleaner element, mixed 50/50 diesel/gasoline and upped the pump a tad. Took her out on a long...

The M-37 mounts the Braden LU4 winch.

The FD in my town has an M49A2C. This is a tanker version that has been converted to a brush truck. It has a 1200 gal. capacity, but they only put about 900 gals. at a time in it. The frefighters like it but it is slow, really,really slow.

I was sifting through some parts and found 3 new 5ton data plates. #1 is a weight & dimension data plate fo the M51A1 w/w. I also have 2 weight & dimension data plates for Chassis 5ton 6x6 M63A2 wo/w.These plates are brand new and the ID numbers are unstamped. Free to you from me,The...

Billybob, nice find and a way cool way of loading!!!!!!!!!!! The 6.9 is a fairly stout engine although a little shy on power as it is naturally aspirated. Gail Banks made a turbo kit for them that really made some serious ponies. I am not an auto tranny fan but that C6 is top of the line. Have...

Nice Land Rover! The Deuce price is on the high side, but if they are in super nice AZ shape they may be a bargain in the long run. I was in AZ a few years ago and saw some AZ NG trucks for sale at a yard and I was amazed at the condition. I am used to the rust buckets up here in the northeast...

I have a cdl so I am covered. The tires are Firestone and are new, the guy I bought it from also has a 2.5 ton with a sander. I had an A2 5ton with the OD tranny and I liked the performance a lot better. But since I posted my buddy found a 9spd Road Ranger (OD) that I am going to take a look at...

I found this on Ebay and the seller gave me a great deal. He used it to plow snow. I picked it up in NJ and drove 250 mi. to central MA. It ran a steady 55 mph until I pumped some fuel from the aux. tank.Then it lost power and ran really rough, I could only get 25-30 mph out of it on the...

Thank uou for thr replies. It was at Aberdeen about 3 years ago. Junkyard Wars Crusher, your link showed a picture of a truck that had that body. You people are great.

I have a question about a military firetruck I saw in action at APG. It was based on a SWB 800 series 5-ton. It had a large tanker body with a pump and booster lines. It was not a 530 style fire body, but it looked like it may have been made on the base. It was painted Very shiney red and...

SECO in Augusta, GA has it for $39.50 per slice.

I had removed the inter axle drive shaft and both axle shafts on the rear rear axle. That yielded much better performance, and I did not loose traction as the truck was street driven 95% of the time. It took me twenty min. to put it back together. After the Royal Purple I got 14 mpg. The ease...

Just before I sold my M51A1 I changed the gear lube in all 3 diffs and the transmission with Royal Purple MAX-GEAR synthetic oil. The increase in performance was very impressive. The truck ran very well and the tranny shifted very smoothly and quicker. I took it out on a route that I usually...

DM96 that truck sounds fantastic. I love messing around with steel. My middle daughter starts college in the fall so I sold my M123A1C and M51A1 to a logger this weekend. Now I have a totally disassembled M51 in the garage that will start to morph. It had a cracked frog leg so I torched off the...

The Douglas AD/ A 1 Skyraider!!!!!!!!!!!! A single engine attack plane that could carry more payload than a B-17, had great endurance, fought in 2 wars and even killed a few Migs. Many downed pilots in Viet Nam were rescued with the Skyraiders help.Nicknamed the Spad in SEA.

Nice project. What are you going to use for poppers? I am attempting to make upper door tops, that would have a complete channel for the door glass to ride in so the glass is supported in the up position. I hate the way the windows flop around. I think it will give the window channel and...

The torque rods prevent lateral and rotational movement of the axle. The spring is sitting on top of the perch, what you called a guide. The spring has no influence on lateral movement, the spring is not fixed to the perch just sitting on top and it must be free to slide as it is compressed.

My M51A1 gets 11-12 mpg. But I removed the inter axle drive shaft and cut the axle shafts off of the flanges, so the rear rear axle is basically a tag. The truck is road driven 95% of the time. It takes me 20 min. to put it back together of I go off road.

Hard to tell but they look like IHC, judging by the 5 studs and flare in the hub. My guess.