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Thank you. That piston looks different from mine. Is it one piece? Got the truck running very good and plan to road test this weekend. So far no leaks with the NAPA cups. I'll report back after I get it on the road and work the brakes a bit.

I will try to play with getting some video footage this weekend so we can compare and maybe show that hard 2nd to 3rd shift. Although mine only shifts really hard in low range. Really smooth shifting in high. How far advanced past the pointer did you go on timing? I just have a regular timing...

After fighting with my truck for a few weeks now, I finally got it running. Part of the problem was the stock muffler. It did not seem to be plugged, but as soon as I took it off, things started running a lot better. I have a hollowed out G749 muffler that needs an end welded back on it. I...

My truck is back running and seems to be doing very well. Idling is smooth and no more loading up when at idle. I took it for a short run tonight, but need to get out on the highway and take her up to speed to see how the governor setting being where it is supposed to be affects things. I could...

That MV-161A is for the M37 and M715. It bolts right into those distributors and eliminates the need for points, etc., and no more need to adjust anything/have anything go out of adjustment. I have an M715 distributor that I am going to compare to the M135 distributor and see if we can make it...

As of today, the front brakes are redone. The wheel cylinders were lightly honed just in case there were any burrs and new Napa cups put on the one piece pistons. The back brakes are blocked off and air is bled out of the system. Now we watch to see if any leaks happen. As soon as I get the...

What good timing that you posted this. I am having issues of my own and am really fighting my truck, which led me to start researching. I'm about tired of fighting the ignition stuff and am seriously looking at converting over to the Pertronix MV-161A. People here on Steel Soldiers are saying...

Little by little, I am getting things done on the truck. Still waiting on a working tach/dwell meter so I can set everything and get back on the road. I found this neat link that shows what to look for when using a vacuum gauge that was very helpful for me. Click on the green scenario...

I like that idea. For now, I am going to try the 14451 cups on the new pistons. I'm going to block off the rear brakes for now and just test this on the front to see how it holds up before I do the remaining 8.

I am still trying to solve this issue and prefer to do it once. After jasonjc mentioned having problems with the Napa 14451 cups, it caused me to step back and look some more. Here are the two seals side by side. The outer lip of the Napa seal is thicker and I can see why this may have caused...

Yes. The new cylinders I got are 1 1/4". Next ones I get are going to be 15306.

m1010plowboy found some on his. Check out post #11 here. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?143929-New-Wheel-Cylinder-Issues/page2

Anyone bringing any M135/M211 parts?

Well crud...I hope these cups work. I am wanting to go to the rally if I can get my truck to cooperate. Are you going?

I am using Napa 14451. Is that what you used? I hope to start on the wheel cylinders this weekend, but probably won't finish all of them. One wheel cylinder is already done.

How did the 350 install work out in your mind? I should have put the 15306 on this truck but will try to make due with what I have by changing out the pistons and seals. The Napa cups are identical to the military cups out of the original wheel cylinders. Maybe if a bunch of us went together...

That cup in the picture is what came off of the new wheel cylinders. I just slid it on the old piston while trying to figure out the leaks. I will have to look at the NAPA cups that I have. Before I bought new wheel cylinders, I rebuilt the original wheel cylinders on the front. They were...

I try to whenever I can find them. These trucks are not very easy to find in my area.

I would be curious to see what the internals on your new wheel cylinders look like. I am trying to find a solution to my leaks over in the thread I started. Hopefully this can save you the problems I am dealing with. It is a lot of work to change all this out and to be honest, I did not want to...

Plowboy....I was at the end of a 22+ hour day when I read your post last night and missed a few things. I have not had to get on the brakes hard at all. Just normal braking from normal cruising speed. Would be nice if Wagner could be a little more reasonable on those cylinders. I think $70 is...