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  1. SgtMajHarper

    I'm BACK!

    Also have my insurance thru Hagerty....easy people to deal with. Hope to get my Goat finished and on the road this fall.
  2. SgtMajHarper

    Steel Soldiers MV of the month 2018 - June VOTE HERE!

    Here's the back story on my 1967 M715 truck and 1960 M101 trailer. I found it while cruising the internet looking for a "cool old military truck" to bring back to life. I have the time being mostly retired and certainly need "something to do" sometimes. I was mostly looking at M37 type trucks...
  3. SgtMajHarper

    save M715 original or making it practical ?

    I just can't stay away..gotta chime in (again). We drve mine with M101 trailer up to Denver for a parade recently. Took the back roads insterad of the interstate and met a couple of othe MV'a along the way to run up together forthe big link up with several others at the parade. What should have...
  4. SgtMajHarper

    WY/CO Chapter

    Howdy neighbor !! Welcome aboard.
  5. SgtMajHarper

    MV of the Month June 2018 Nominations

    OK, I'm in.....VietNam era 1967 USMC M715 w/w, deep water fording kit and M60. PB says....I'm gonna help ya out here....
  6. SgtMajHarper

    Parts Needed

    I went thru several surplus parts outfits to find all the parts I needed to get my M715 all fixed up. Some have surprisingly good prices and others are in the "you gotta be $tuXXin me" price range. That place that auctions things starting with an "E" always has a variety of items listed. The...
  7. SgtMajHarper

    save M715 original or making it practical ?

    Big Mikes Motor Pool dot com has a single switch advertised for $4.25.....found it while I was looking it for other stuff.
  8. SgtMajHarper

    I have joined the Goat herd

    I just absolutely love reading everyone else's posts about working on things and their useful pictures a few times before I venture out and cautiously consider doing anything to my trucks. For what it is worth......all of you guys have suffered and banged knuckles and cussed but not for in vain...
  9. SgtMajHarper

    save M715 original or making it practical ?

    That place where you can buy / sell stuff on the internet ("something"-bay) would be a good start to locate said lever.......my guess is that finding a single lever would be harder to find than just biting the bullet and going for an entire switch assembly, but there some guys on there that do...
  10. SgtMajHarper

    Spotted a cannon? while getting gas for my bobbed deuce

    I know the thread is old and probably already answered..but its an M198 155 mm howitzer used by Marines and Army.
  11. SgtMajHarper

    save M715 original or making it practical ?

    Greetings and welcome to the M715 world. I have a refurbished 1967 mostly original USMC M715 truck with winch and a 1962 M101 trailer. I spent @ 2 1/2 years scrounging parts, getting wrong parts, getting unreliable information, etc., but with patience brought it back to life. Mine was in great...
  12. SgtMajHarper

    WSUCougarx's M561 Gama Goat Acquisition and Build Thread

    One last comment for now......is your Leprechaun octopus that you have to use to work down low under the dash and in the very roomy drivers compartment available for outside work? Obviously a full sized grown man cannot contort himself inside out while standing on his head and one foot wrapped...
  13. SgtMajHarper

    WSUCougarx's M561 Gama Goat Acquisition and Build Thread

    Again I have spent a lot of time going over yours and other posts to help me thru the head scratching ides I have for getting my Goat "cherried out". I'm one of those guys where a picture usually does more for me that a thousand words. Your last picture showing the switch location is another...
  14. SgtMajHarper

    Gama Goat Heater options?

    It looks like a good set up, clean and I'm sure lots of work. I like how it keeps the cab uncluttered and looking original also. I'm curious if you had a chance to test it out at operating temperature yet? Wondering if that long run on the air duct causes a loss in temperature and / or air...
  15. SgtMajHarper

    Gama Goat Heater options?

    Mine came with an aftermarket hot water heater mounted on top of the rear of the doghouse between the seats and has two duct holes that blow forward. Other than being in my way I doubt it reaches the windshield but may have been better than nothing. I bought an M38 hot water heater and plan on...
  16. SgtMajHarper

    Turn signals

    I got anew solid state flasher unit in the mail from a popular E-mail type site that sells lots of stuff. Screwed on the wiring harness, bolted it to the dash plate, turned on the master switch and raised the turn signal arm.......Woooo Hoooo !!! Did a quick walk round flipping the switch up...
  17. SgtMajHarper

    WY/CO Chapter

    Colorado Springs area here. M561 w/w USMC Gama goat in the works, M715 w/w USMC truck, M101 USMC trailer, civilianized M416 trailer (for my Jeep Scrambler).
  18. SgtMajHarper

    Turn signals

    I am in the process of trying to get the signals working on my Goat. The indicator light on the signal arm stays steady when switched. Today I took the panel off the passenger compartment expecting to find the old style Spartan box, but instead it had a solid state flasher unit. I took the old...
  19. SgtMajHarper

    M715 Troop Seats

    Hi there...not sure if you are still looking for seats or not. Most everyone I know of gets a set from a duce or a 5 ton and cuts them down to size, the bows are close and can be cut to fit also. Try M715 zone there is a ton of info. there. I found a set for a military dump truck of all things...
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