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The old 135/211 compressors were pretty tough, but when they're worn out, they probably aren't worth rebuilding. A York is an intersting idea. Many years ago, my first home compressor was a modified Copeland refrigeration conpressor. I plugged the hole between the compressor intake and the...

The best paint you can find can be defeated by poor metal prep, or rusting through the inner panels. Spray the inside of your doors, front panels, cargo box, and everything you can find with a rust preventive that will penetrate into the corners and joints. Undercoating isn't as big a business...

Any conventional enamel will need time to cure - especially if you want to spray anything on a large, flat surface, like a hood. When you do stencil, watch out for a heavy coat (either the OD or the stencil color), and use a slow drying stencil color instead of something like a lacquer. You want...

Back about 15 years or so ago, Bob Kettler ran Direct Support. He specialized in the gas trucks since the diesels weren't very common on the surplus market yet. He told me that he used to drive a GMC off-road and that he could drive circles around the Jeeps. The advantage to the automatic is...

Bug bodies? You know the old joke: "why don't you ever see many bugs on an Army truck windshiels? Because they have plenty of time to get out of the way.' New iron is a lot faster than an old CCK, but it still is a long way from a grain truck flying across North Dakota....

As a general rule, you can walk on #6 on a cool day - you'll sink, but slowly. It is loaded with all the refinery leftovers - its as close to asphalt as you can get and still call it a heating oil. Even gigantic slow speed marine diesels use a lighter oil than # 6. Long story short --- don't...

If the voltage gradually drops off, start by checking belt tension, then cleaning and tightening all the alternator output connections, also the battery cable terminals - then check the voltage adjustment screw. If the voltage suddenly drops off, you probably lost a rectifier. You can buy a new...

The military uses motor oil - if you do so, use new oil, not drain oil. My personal favorite is LPS - 3. It has a solvent in it that helps it penetrate, and the residue is a tacky oil. It smells a lot like cosmolene, so you could possibly also use solvent-based cosmolene as well.

SCSG is right - back when I bought one for my '135, the ring with legs, adapter plates, trolley, ammo tray, and a 50 cal cradle totaled $ 1200. The trolley was new and deep in cosmolene, & the cradle needed a little fixing. I don't even want to think what a complete uncut M49 ring sells for...

This is the regulator for the old 100 amp generator that was needed if the truck was set up as an M42 command vehicle or carried an S-250 shelter. The shelters could usually be powered from either 24 volts DC, or 115 VAC.

You might check with some of the Canadian surplus dealers for air-pac oil - the Canadians ran the GMCs longer than the US did. They may also have rebuild kits available. Bryan Asbury might be able to offer some advice. I rebuilt mine years ago, and it was straightforward - you DO want a copy of...

It sounds like its time for an Air-Pac rebuild. Memphis may have rebuild kits available

I have an S-250 in my garage that came with what you are asking about. It isn't a plate, its a frame built from thin walled 4" aluminum channel that is bolted to the shelter roof. The bolts go into the shelter's framing using a closed-end 1/4" riv-nut. The frame is designed to store...

I think the most common boarding ladder for the M37 was the ladder designed for use with the S250 shelters. It was designed to hook over the horizontal tailgate. Take a look at the shelter TMs for the shelters, and the lladders will show up. Some were carried in a clamp in the shelter, and some...

Very nice. The right tools do make a job easier. I keep thinking about building one up, and you are helping convince me....

Thanks for all your hard work - we appreciate it. Without you, Steelsoldiers wouldn't exist

That old Lincoln IdealArc is built like a brick phone booth - lots and lots of copper. The newer machines are designed a lot cheaper to save on copper. An old Lincoln like that one will outlive all of us. If you really want to see a welder designed for a 1000 year life, track down an old Lincoln...

Be careful working with CARC - the chemicals in it include some ugly stuff that you can become sensitized to. The Army requires a supplied-air respirator to spray this stuff.

I've used Miller, Lincoln, and Hobart - they are all just about the same. If you will want to sell it down the road, a Miller would probably hold its resale better. You probably want to stay clear of oddball Chinese stuff - new contact tips might be impossible to track down, and their manuals...

Assuming that the front end and steering are tight, I would first see if the front wheels are installed correctly - be sure that the Budd lug nuts are seated inside the wheel's beveled holes - its possible to just catch the flat surface of the nuts on the surface of the wheels. It ain't easy...