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Check Your Bumpers! Today I was out at my parts trucks and some stampings on the top driver side of the bumper of #556 caught my eye. A closer look showed that some of the numbers are the registration number that is on the hood! (41121215) Out of curiosity, I went over to truck #3194 that has...

I will check the vent on the master cylinder to see if anything is clogged. These are new manufacture cylinders so I did not figure the seals would leak. Maybe I should run a hone through them and replace with NAPA seals?? Maybe reuse the pistons out of the old original wheel cylinders? The...

Before you assembly your truck, check this thread. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?143929-New-Wheel-Cylinder-Issues I am having problems with my new wheel cylinders that look just like yours. I did not get them from the same place as you so the internals may be different.

About 3 months ago, I purchased 12 brand new wheel cylinders for my M135 from a reputable military parts dealer online. The wheel cylinders looked great and are very close to the originals that were on the truck. All 12 wheel cylinders were installed and the truck has had less than 100 miles on...

It was a little under $63 shipped. I hope this is the right one. I looked through my TM's and searched online for what was supposed to be used with these trucks, but found nothing.

I searched all over for a tach/dwell meter today. No one but the older guys knew what I was talking about. There were none in stock locally and all were over $100. I ended up finding this military tach and dwell tester online and bought it. Looks like it will be next week before I adjust anything.

What tach/dwell meter do you have? I am going to try to find one when I get off work today.

I'd be glad to talk you through the process whenever you are ready. I have some good pictures of how to do it in the carburetor TM. I'll try to get that posted up soon. I went out to tune the carburetor this evening and my Tach/dwell meter decided not to work, so now I am back in a holding...

Has your temp gauge always read low like in your first video? My gauge reads just like that if not just a little higher, but when I install a civilian gauge, I am between 190 and 205. I remember the temp gauges in the vehicles I drove in the Marines always read low unless something was burning...

My carburetor is rebuilt. I had to improvise on a couple of seals but it turned out nicely. For the adjustment screws, I had to use rubber grommets and the seal between the bowl and base I used an o ring of similar diameter and thickness as the old brittle seal. The carburetor was mounted on...

This is not my truck, but a friend of mine sent me the picture of this G749 fighting fires in the western part of the country right now. Neat to see them still in use!

I got it at Sherwin Williams after reading about the ineffective modern day carburetor cleaner and what other people are using on some hotrod forums. This was one of the most highly recommended things to use. I was using the spray cans at first. Completely worthless for anything except burning...

Quieter is part of the goal. Lower RPMs, maybe a little more power on hills. I don't plan on getting wild with it or exceeding speeds of 50-55 mph. Would just like to see what it would do with a different engine and transmission. I'm hoping to use the same transfer case so I don't loose the 6x6...

I keep coming up with more projects than I probably have time or money for. I am seriously considering the 366 V8 engine swap into this parts truck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=890-W_BJSIk Meanwhile, the carburetor rebuild is coming along nice and the leaking wheel cylinder has been fixed.

That is really neat. My kids love the trucks I have. If they even hear one start, they come running out of the house so they don't miss a ride or something. My wife was not too happy with my trucks until she saw how much the kids liked them. Then she made the mistake of riding along and now...

Finally got around to retrieving my last parts truck. I am guessing that the engine will need rebuilt since the manifolds have been off of it for many years. Part of me cannot decide if I want to turn it into parts or not. It is really straight, but would be a lot of work to put back original...

What oil are you running in yours?

I may be interested in 2 or 3 mufflers if it is cost effective to have them built and shipped south of your border. I have a good original muffler (currently on my truck) and a hollow shell without an end on it. Been meaning to get that end welded on the hollow one so I can test the two. Life...

Here is a thread from a while back that discussed these transmissions. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?17023-Hydramatic-Heaven I have changed mine over to a Hytran equivalent and noticed smoother shifting after doing so. Mine only shifts very hard when going from 2nd to 3rd in low...

I found the thread where you found the part number that is not any good. Maybe send a PM to the person who posted it and see where they got it from. That could just be the part number that is used by who sold it and not really the number from National Oil Seal. I'll keep searching though to see...