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  1. sprucemt

    hydraulic fluid?

    Check your motor oil.
  2. sprucemt

    Is DOT 3 Fluid OK?

    2006 mfg by Conroe, brownish in the sealed can. Gov't issue, different part #. I'll let you know the # when I get back from my southern warehouse. I have been doing this 10 years now and this is not the first time I have seen this.
  3. sprucemt

    Is DOT 3 Fluid OK?

    Some of the Dot 5 I have here is brownish, new in the can.
  4. sprucemt

    M35a2c Died while driving

    :ditto:
  5. sprucemt

    Cold starting

    I was at Jatonkas's the other night. 40* out. He started 3 trucks that are recently released, brought to his yard and just sitting there. No service done on his part. All three started within 3 seconds of hitting the start button, all but one started and ran at idle, the third had a miss at low...
  6. sprucemt

    Cold starting

    It is the time of year to keep your tanks full. Hot-cold creates condensation in the fuel tank. Don't put anything red in your fuel tank. Kero mix starting at 10% thru 50% depending on how much driving you intend to do. If the truck is gonna sit there and you want to fire it up at -10* then...
  7. sprucemt

    installing cargo tie-downs inside deuce bed

    Mike, On my dump truck, I used 3/8", grade 100 chain, 4 links long, one of which was welded to the bed. It would accept 5/16" clevis or the end of the mil ratchet straps. Still were secure after 10 years of hard use and when I pushed the truck up onto the scrap hauler last month. Just a...
  8. sprucemt

    Looking for TMs to M113

    Danger, Danger, Will Robinson. That would be a "NO Export" item.
  9. sprucemt

    color scheme

    Easy to solve. Turn the lights back on. Done deal.
  10. sprucemt

    XM381 Would be the correct name

    Still is experimental. Never went into production. In my opinion it would still stay XM. I believe each conversion out there is different from the next, so I would stick with XM.
  11. sprucemt

    Looking for a Deuce

    Check in with Kevin Hilding at Desert Deuce. 623-535-9706 623-680-7171. He is Avondale AZ.
  12. sprucemt

    XM381 Would be the correct name

    So, the current version could be called XM381A2.
  13. sprucemt

    XM381 Would be the correct name

    John Tennis was the call, researched Fred Crismon who does books on military vehicles and such and then google coughed up the Aberdeen sheet.
  14. sprucemt

    XM381 Would be the correct name

    Someone got a little testy on the "Bobbed duece, why use M105"trailer body post today. Made a couple calls and did some reseach and poof, there you go.
  15. sprucemt

    XM381 Would be the correct name

    Not Bobbed. XM381is correct.
  16. sprucemt

    Bobbed Deuce - Why use M105 trailer frame too?????????

    The Army did do a version of the single axle deuce. It was a XM381 and XM381E1, but never went into production.
  17. sprucemt

    hydraulic fluid?

    Hyd fluid up here is around $10.00 per gallon. So, Kenny, I would agree with you.
  18. sprucemt

    M101 Sideboard Lumber

    Yea, locust would be good. Oak or maple is what I have seen the gov't use.
  19. sprucemt

    EUC? Stuffs gone

    Then you just might see some serious redneck type of riots.
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