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It is a fiberglass tilt hood with a stamped chrome sheet grille. Im honestly not sure where it's from or if it was fabricated just for this truck or what the story is. It looks similar to some mack truck designs to me but the fenders fit the 5 ton body style too well so it makes me wonder...

My M-62 It has been converted to the 673 Mack with an exhaust brake and all. Haven't had a chance to paint anything yet and it needs it, inside and out. I would also like to replace the hood with all the original steel stuff, the tilt forward feature is nice but it's kinda flimsy built and...

Both of my trucks had no brakes what so ever but a 15 minute bleed job and both work flawlessly. I would definitely pick the least populated route with lower speeds like 65mph highways vs. 75 mph freeways. My M-55 bounces and shakes so bad 65 is scary and my wrecker M-62 doesn't do more than 50...

I know with the brake fluid on the older trucks they put in DOT 3 in the beginning and then the trucks were switched over to DOT 5 but some were not. It is easy to check which fluid you have a dropper, just drop a sample in a cup of water and if it floats on top like oil, its Dot 5 and if it...

I think you have the idea spot on, realistically the stiff tires we use do have some serious structure to them and would affect the calculation a lot, along with the tread. For instance, an empty truck's rear tires can sit at 70PSI or 35PSI and have a very similar footprint, and a similar PSI...

I'm glad to hear that rayzer! and thanks a bunch for that piece of advice M543A2. I was working on the truck all day today and got quite a bit done on the interior, finding leaks, powerwashing the truck, greasing lots of zerks, changing the air filter and air compressor intake filter etc. I also...

Oh jeeze, I hope I don't have to pull all of that apart. I feel like soaking the whole thing in penetrating oil just in case though. Are all of the soft hoses NPT? I know the hard lines are that ermeto or whatever it is, but pipe thread is easy. The Napa in town that I worked at builds hoses, I...

There is definitely some hydraulic leaks because when I used it I ended up with a puddle under the truck, not a big one but none the less.

vtdeucedriver, that would be amazing, I brought the truck home today and inspected the lines and a few are looking iffy. That adapter sounds like a great idea too Recovery4x4, that would make life simple. The truck drove the short 30 mile trip quite well for how long it has been sitting. It...

Where does one find the ermeto threaded fittings should I need to? I don't like the look of this hood either but it sure is nice to work on. Maybe if I could find the hood, fenders, side panels, and grille of a regular 5 ton I could make a tilt forward version with them that looks original...

I believe that they are the long boom jacks for heavy stationary lifting. That boom extension with the man bucket also comes with the truck but I am a little skeptical of it so I will definitely test it out with weight before I ever get in the bucket if I ever need to. Also, has anybody seen...

Sweet, thanks for the reply on the cable. I was looking today and found a sweet deal on a 100' roll of 1/2" 27,000lb break strength cable so that's great to hear.

Yes, about the front bumper anyways, it may end up red, black, and a bit of yellow because it is going to be a company truck for my new business I am starting and those are my company colors. I will probably build a new sweet bumper for it because my buiness is metal working so it will be great...

I have just purchased a 1953 M-62 with the Mack engine, within the first half hour of touching it, I had the brakes bled, the fluids topped, and was cruising it around the guy's place where I bought it. Everything seems to be in really great shape especially considering I got it for well under...

So I am in the process of getting my M-55 road ready for the first time in over 20 years, and am trying to get all the lights in running order. I have a few questions and would also love some opinions and input from what others have done. First off, i'll start with the questions: how many...

it seems like it would be much easier to just setup a clutch PTO or at least a clutch on your pump that you could disengage when not in use, the only thing of the ones you mentioned that you would need to do while moving is the front plow, and occasionally a dump on the fly but you're not going...

This thread is right up my alley! I am looking at putting a pump on my truck ('62 M55) to run a dumping bed, a hydraulic crane, and operate a rear winch hopefully. I was planning on the accessory PTO that runs off of the winch PTO and sends power rearward, then mounting the pump just behind the...

If I understand how it works right, rolling backwards in a forward gear (or rolling forwards in reverse) will lock up the sprag because of the gearing difference between the front and rear outputs of the transfercase, but putting it in the right gear and continuing to roll would unlock the sprag...

I have also seen an accessory PTO available for like $600 from one of the vendors here that sends power to the rear that bolts to the current PTO So I pulled the winch apart today and decided that is far from worth fixing... I am going to cut the bad sections out of the cable and make some...

Ok, thanks a bunch for the input, I'll leave it for now and worry about it if I ever need to take the oilpan off. I have a new question, its a long shot but do you think that the PTO from the front winch would fit facing backwards on the other side or upside down? I am considering all sorts of...