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Antique stuff is it's own challenge. Any time you hear somebody griping about modern stuff being hard to work on, you can rest assured they don't actually turn any wrenches. When I do maintenance on modern stuff, it just blows me away. Everything unscrews & unclips like it should!

That is nice, really nice. I love the ... sockets that attach to the truck that the poles then slide over.

I have a takeoff M38A1 exhaust system. It sounded fine, my customer bought a nice repro system and is just finishing up his jeep. Peter DeBella sells new repro systems for $165 plus shipping. I can bring this used kit to the rally for... I don't know, how's $75 sound? If you're building...

Well, most everything Newstar sells is trash. This is probably more of a reflection on Newstar's mgmt. decisions than on the Chinese their outsourcing the actual manufacturing to. I agree that the Chinese have/had a spotty reputation. A friend in manufacturing once told me "The Chinese are...

A. The 4419s were made in the USA forever. At some point in the last 2-5 years (I just can't remember, sorry), I noticed the change to China. B. It's the Horror Freight phenomena. Businesses are greedy, no doubt but consumers are cheapskates. C. I've probably installed at least a hundred...

At the end of the M44 service career, even the military was buying the wrong wheel cylinders. It's hard to say if they knew and didn't care or of vendor(s) changed the spring and didn't say anything and no one caught it.

How to muffler.

I bought these NOS cylinders for a halftrack. This is how they showed up. To use these, you'd have to sandblast and hone them to get all the corrosion out.

No, they're bare metal with a very thin layer of cosmoline (so thin it might as well be WD40). I paint all the wheel cylinders I install to keep them from rusting. The WWII halftrack takes the same 4419 as the M44 series, this is a set I just installed.

U/rustyjunk's truck had a failed dogbone and it had allowed the axle to get about 3/4" out of alignment. I used a come-along to pull the axle to where I needed it.

Yes, there is a difference. Look at this wheel cylinder spring: Now look at this wheel cylinder spring: Notice how the first (top) pictured spring has straight ends but the second (bottom) is tapered on the end? The second (bottom) spring is what's correct and what you need and it's what...

Original tires versus G177s

I have a friend who put 177s on his truck with the Waterloo kit. The left front did mildly rub the arm. He remounted the front tires on M135 rims which have a couple inches of offset and that took care of it. Alternatively you could adjust the axle stops but they're welded in position, so it...

Time to call Tom................ :)

Yes and yes. Here's what we're working on. Our rally attorney and D-town have signed off on combining the rally and D-town waivers. So you're only going to have to sign off on one. Next, the convoy. Sorry about the multiple pictures. Insurance company that covers the rally wants to make...

I've edited my original post, I no longer need an M44A2/M44A3 dual chamber air tank for my dual circuit conversion. Much thanks to Wheelspinner who brought a set of tanks to Denton, even though his leg was messed up from major surgery.

You're doing it the right way. You're going to be a 3053 expert, or at least moderately knowledgeable when you're done. You'll be able to help other people in the hobby diagnose and repair/rebuild theirs. It's easy to swap in a good takeout (I've done it). But one day, they're gonna' dry up...

I have some bad news. Your truck may well have been serviced or overhauled or washed at some point but that tag above only means it had seatbelts added to it. See the 200-35 number on the tag? https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?13542-M35A2-seatbelt-MWO-info A truck overhaul may...

One time when I had the flu, I started trying to index the site. Like, I literally created links for topics in an index. A: I realized I'd die before I got 25% complete B: I realized at some point the site would update to a new style of URLs and the thousands of links would not work and all...

How do you find a snake den? You need to take some of that Deuce money and buy one of those flamethrowing Shermans.