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Great news. CatMan came over this morning and brought the spark plugs. He did an awesome job cleaning up the plugs. They looked brand new. We installed them and hooked up a electric inline fuel pump straight to the carb. After a few turns the old truck fired up. I was happier than pigs in...

With the spark plug wires the rubber insulation is dry rotted and falling off exposing the wire mesh underneith. At some point I'll have to change them out.

Catman came over to assist and train me in the art of being a duece mechanic. He and I worked on the distributor and points. We now have spark in the points. He's going to clean up the plugs, while I recharge my new batteries. The 550 cca turns the motor over slow compared to car starters...

I bought a 1952 M135 from my wifes uncle. It was stored in a barn for the last 20 yrs. I put 2 batteries in it and the motor was turning over. I poured gas in the float bowl but would not fire. I'll put some gas down the card tomorrow to see if it'll start. You have a very nice truck.

Went and bought 2 batteries for my duece. Good news is that the motor was turning over. Bad news, it wasn't starting. I filled the carb bowl, tomorrow I'll open it bac up and re fill it and pour some down the carb to see if it will start.[thumbzup]

Now the fun part will be to get the bed off the wagon to be able to work on it.:beer:

Those are the troop seats and back. I have all of them. The wood was so rotten that I found a painted metal piece with bolts, but have no idea where it goes. I'll take a pic in the daylite and then post it.

There is some repair that needs to be done as well as a good rinse job to remove all the dirt and grass groth. I was able to loosen all bu 2 screws on the tail lites. On the brake light 2 screws broke of inside. Time to drill and tap. Will have to look for a replacement light just in case.:)

Here are some pics of my truck bed. This is the first time in over 20 years that the inside of the bed saw daylite. I was excited to find the truck hood number on the back side of the tailgate. This hurdle is now behind me. I can now put it back on the hood after I get it painted.:):razz:

I'll be getting my bed for my M135 this weekend. My wifes uncle cleared around the bed and will lift it off the ground and put it on blocks. Can't wait to bring it home. I'm going to get batteries for it to try and start the duece and hear it run.:lol:

I went to Car Quest auto parts and found a round muffler that should work for my M135. But, I would still like to get a correct refabricated muffler that will fit correctly. I'll make due for now until I'm able to get my hands on one.:grd:

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Awesome video. Would love to see some video taking from the outside view with the truck going through its paces off road.:D

I would like to send out a greatful thanks to everyone that is being really helpfull. I'm new to MV world and have alot of learning to do from the masters here in S/S. Many thanks.:D

Some more pics.

I finally got my M135 towed to my house yesterday. I'm so excited to have it home. I started playing with it, soon I'll pickup some batteries and try to get it started. I did however encountered a problem with trying to remove the u-joint bolts, the nuts started to round off. Also, broke a...

Alfa Heaven has been looking for years and is unable to find a supplier.:(

Would a muffler for a M35A2 fit with some re-fab pipes?

Here are the pics that are also in my albums. The hearts and just married was painted over on Sunday night. I'll have it towed to my house on Thursday.