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Deionized water is used to avoid problems with contaminating the paint - since paint can be applied anywhere in the world, and the local water can be hard, high in iron, alkali, acidic, and everything in between, the use of deionized water prevents the paint thinner (water) from causing any...

The Feds require that a battery disconnect switch in a schoolbus must be installed in the negative (grounded) cable. The reason is that if the battery switch ever fails or shorts, it won't start a fire - plus if anything ever contacts the switch's terminals, it won't result in a short circuit...

I've said it before - be careful of collector plates - they can bite 'ya with the restrictions. And its better if you have an off-street place to park it that can't be seen from the street. If all else fails, maybe you can store it in one of the RV storage sites (but it becomes kinda hard to...

The best security is neighbors. I'm lucky - I have a retired guy across the street and a stay-at-home mom next door. Other than that, a disconnect switch, pulling the fuel pump fuse, a cork in the sir intake, and pulling the front tires are all good ideas. But, like others have already said, if...

Absolutely, positively, definitely, 100% perfect. It looks down right beautiful. Warmer, quieter - all the good stuff. I really like how the muffler tucks in nice and neat.

You definitely want the medium towbar - every time we had to move a heavy towbar, we used a forklift. When we had to tow one tank with another tank, we always used a forlkift to support the 'bar since we had to jockey the tow-tank to get the pintle to line up, and the exhaust from the tow-tank...

If you could see an air leak (like you can see a water leak), it would be a lot easier.... Most of your air leakage is probably from the air compressor / unloader, but check the gladhands - lick your thumb and "seal" the gladhand, and see if you build up any presure. Do the same with the air...

Just about any sealant, from Permatex to pipe dope to epoxy to Loctite, will surrender with heat. It shouldn'y take more than about 350-400 F to soften it. Like someone said earlier, if all else fails, weld a nut to the plug - the heat from the welding will loosen it up.

By the way - GL has a bunch of S-250 & S-280 shelters going up for sale in AL right now. There was one Gitchner S-250 that was sold today - the last bid I saw for it was over $ 1400! There wasn't much in it - interesting to see that they had installed the fuel-fired heater in the front upper...

The gas engined trucks, the GMCs and the REOs & Whites, were all that you could find until the multifuels started becoming available as surplus. The multifuels needed repair, not restoration, and civilians who had driven them in the military knew how to take care of them. The gas fueled trucks...

WOW! I thought I've seen every kind of connector on a shelter power line, but that is a new one. My AC also needed a recharge - the original charging valves were the problem. We replaced them with modern Schraeder valves, pulled a vacuum, and recharged the system. By the way - there is an...

Professor - I am envious of your luck in tracking down an air conditioner in MSP (from your older posts) - I wound up buying one from Colemans. It was new in the box, but shipping was $ 165.00! You gotta admire military packaging, though - after I tunneled through 100 Lbs of lumber, cardboard...

The tracks are definitely Stuart track, but it looks lmore like an artillery tractor than a tank. The M4 artillery tractor used a Waukesha 6-cyl engine, model was 145GZ, 817 CID, 190 HP at 2100 RPM. The builder would have been Allis-Chalmers in Rock Island, IL. A used artillery tractor would...

A lost driver's mirror isn't a loss -- as soon as you start the truck, the mirror shakes so much at the end of that long arm that you can't see anything, anyway. I modified a set of M35 west coast mirrors to fit my GMC M135, and they made all the difference in the world. I lengthened some tubes...

If the new switch has four terminals, there is a chance that is really has two switched circuits insteal of one circuit with three output terminals. I have switches like this in some of my equipment. Check it out with an ohm meter before you install it-

Turbine oil is about 10W, and is normally a straight oil without any extras added to it. It should work OK in a multifuel if it is mixed with diesel.

If you want to smooth out the ride, think about balancing your front tires. After I balanced mine, my '135 would roll along real well at 55 (with occasional stops at gas pumps....).

I have NEVER seen such a nice, clean GMC --- You Done Good!!

Trying to patch the old harness means that you will be fighting electrical problems forever - you need to replace it. With the truck's wiring diagram from the TM, plus the old harness as a pattern, you can build your own harness. The wire is available from surplus dealers, and the old style...

Years ago, a friend of mine was doing a 150% restoration (way WAY over-restored) on an MB Jeep. He very carefully had the paint custom mixed to match perfectly. When he removed the data plates from the dash, he found that he very carefully had matched faded paint. The color under the data plates...