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Interesting...... The air/hydraulic system looks. ...... different. I might be missing something but it just looked like a hydro max MC bolted to a air brake pod with maxie for park brake. How is that suppose to provide air actuated braking? Would be nice if the site had more write ups on...

To each their own. Some may prefer the original set up of air over hydraulic, while others want strait juice, or full air. I am going the route of the Hydro-max due to parts availability and not having to chase air leaks when they occur. Plus getting rid of the low air buzzer will be a bonus...

Hmmm. Hendersonds remembered motor issue sounds familiar? Did you by chance own a robins egg blue M135 once? LOL! NOS parts are always nice to see. Glad there are still some out there. Could be the starter worm gear is out of sync or has a broken tooth or two. Causes the starter to jam and...

Looks great!! Keep up the good work. Canadian ingenuity at its best!! Love the Dalhousie cab dolly!!! I am curious as to why there is a latter attached to the drivers side of the cab? Was there a cargo rack on top before? Totally jealous of your shop to!!

Welcome to the addiction!!! It's great you have a parts coming to you from near and far. That's a big helper!! Before you buy a hard to find replacement hood with no cracks in it, see if you have a buddy that has a mig welder and could throw a stitch on her for a story and a wobbly pop. Cracks...

Ok I will try to remeber that. Oh man I am chomping at the bit to get at this. So many good ideas and advice here. Just gotta fix my welder now. Pulled the guts it of it in the fall during haying when it sickle mower broke down then our bailer. Plus gotta get that second cab. Lots of time to...

Great minds think alike! That I exactly what ideas thinking to do for the roof line! I figured the center post s are the weak points in the cab. I will either tie them into the internal roll cage or add some gussets. Sure sounds like you would like a do over. Didn't you ever finish your build...

Hendersond, That very well could be your pic you posted of you build. I have a HUGE collection of pic from the forums! There are so many awesome builds going on or that have been done. I try to collect as many pics for fast reference instead of trying to remember what thread they were in...

No I hope the picture load in the proper sequence. My plan is to use a couple long pieces of channel iron from front to back to stabilize the front and rear cabs. Instead of how others have done it by bolting the front of the rear cab on top of the front cab. This is usually done since the...

Ok I figured as much. Thank you Dilligaf13. Now next question is if a person is going to be doing an extended cab/ crew cab, could they not use some x bracing in the ceiling to account for flex? I am contemplating building an internal roll cage in mine to act as extra protection plus have a...

Ok. Here is a question to all you metal fabricators and fellas with operational experience with these trucks. I don't know what their actual designation is but I will take a stab at trying to describe what I am thinking. Upon opening the doors to the cab on the M135/211 series trucks there is...

Did you happen to find a new pulley yet? If not you could try something I saw an old farmer do to his even older John Deere tractor. Easier if the pulley is off of course. Buy a stick of the two part mash together and stick weld puddy or two depending on size of crack or chip missing. Apply to...

For some reason I can't drag the pics to attach to this post. That M135 is one of the ones I mentioned to you on your visit. I was set to buy it last winter but the fellow sold it out from under me. It was used as a bush fire truck post military service. I had posted pics in my thread a while...

All right I managed to dig around and find the black out lights. Instead of 6 I found 7!!! Though I am not sure you could call them all black out lights. One is a tail light for sure. They are all yours M1010plowboy! Some of the lenses are not in the greatest condition and all of them could...

Thank you very much USMC 00-08! It is a huge load off of one shoulders when dealing with the huge debt we had. Will be glad to be able to save a little money here and there to get things accomplished on the build. Slow and stead......

I like the MV fire log. They should play that at Christmas on TV instead of the same old wood logs burning. I would and watch all night! Those mirrors look fine and dandy! Should look nice and slick on one of your rigs! USMC 00-08 if remember right you are correct. The five legged spider was...

Engine dogs! Oh how I miss the good old engine cooking from my running equipment for paving companies and such. Now I am really hoping that tranny is the gold nugget for you. Gonna check the trucks for those lights tomorrow and make sure they are all there and waiting for you. Secrets? I hold no...

Ugh a chunk out of cylinder #2. Not what I was hoping to hear. I am happy to hear that there is proof it ran. I was told it was used as a salvage truck for a scrap yard. They may have dropped the money on the carb or salvaged it from a hot rod back in the day. The plate could have been a home...

I believe it was a 2 barrel Holly. Can't tell you for sure as Ivdont recall the manufactor/ model casting on the bowl.

Snowy, thanks for the words of encouragement. However. I have a 5.9 litre Cummins with a Getrag 360 (5 speed). Not a 6.2 I do plan some day to get a better tranny more capable of handling the weight and torque this truck produce. For now though I am probably just going to use the 395 V8 with...