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  1. butch atkins

    m211 slave cable plug

    it is located on the right hand side of the cab below the cowl vent ,the vent that lets air in on your feet, it will be a plate with 4 bolts holding it on,never seen one on a GMC,TM says they were only on early M135,TM 9-8024,p293-294 shows a picture,you could always install one as the hole...
  2. butch atkins

    log in problem

    computer illiterate that i am,looked under search for this,here is my problem,its not a biggie ,but it is aggrevating,the SS site doesnt "remember me",so every time i log on i have to give my password,this only started recently,took me 2 hrs to find where i had written down all my passwords for...
  3. butch atkins

    M105 data plate

    hey doghead,met you and your wife at the 08 GA SS rally,nice people,going back this weekend with my friends new deuce and couple of jeeps and some 4 wheelers,will be hunting wild pigs at Durhamtown,and trail riding ,pics next week,and the question is ,from the data plate info can i tell if the...
  4. butch atkins

    M105 data plate

    hey yall,bought a M105 ? from an equipment rental place,no title,data plate appears to have been changed,all the places where the info is stamped in has been engraved with an electric engraver,hereis the info,1968 JOHNSON CORPORATION, VEH IDENT USA #06592168,SER #06 92168,DEL DATE JUL67,CONTRACT...
  5. butch atkins

    Official CMVPA 2/21/09 "get together" after report/ picture thread

    would have liked to have been there,thanks to the SPENDULUS package from our elected officials,myself and my wifes jobs are on 32 hrs/wk w 1 wk off per month,lack of $,will try to make the next one,what about a pic of the deuceswild M211,SCMVPA hasnt had but 1 rally so i go to theGAMVPA rally...
  6. butch atkins

    Lam Son 719--Living & Transporting

    Operational losses wont get into a pi##ing match about these figures,the numbers i posted are a direct quote from the afore mentioned book,pg 171,however would like to read where these figures were obtained from,so lf you could help me out by telling me what books you read ,i would appreciate...
  7. butch atkins

    Rare MV? 1956 M220

    GMC top speed on flat level road my M211 will run the max governed speed of 58mph,and has reached 62+ mph on a 2 mile long downhill 2 lane country road in Newberry county,that being said,DAYUM it is scary at that speed,and it needed all of the road to attain that speed, and yes going back...
  8. butch atkins

    Lam Son 719--Living & Transporting

    Lam Son 719 just a footnote to this thread,interesting reading for this topic,THE PRICE OF EXIT,by Tom Marshall,published by Random House publishing,covers in pretty good detail about the helicopter units that participated in this little excurssion into Laos,of 659 helos assigned to this...
  9. butch atkins

    Rare MV? 1956 M220

    To Buy Or Not To Buy i see quite a few things that would need fixing to restore this truck,water temp gauge dissconected,carb been worked on, original military GMC distributor replaced with civilian unit ,original military generator replaced with some kind of alternator,dont know what the...
  10. butch atkins

    Got me a M116A1 Pioneer Trailer this weekend

    trailer hey john,butch here,think i met you at the GAMVPA rally last year,good deal on the trailer,cant remember your friends name but he has an M211,sold him a few parts,just wondering how his truck project is going,dont mean to hijack thread,just saying HEY YALL,good luck to all on your...
  11. butch atkins

    removing hubs on m135 face loads

    cork seals for axles Memphis Equipment sells them,they are called Adjusting Nut Oil Seal,they are made of cork and they go inthe keyway that is cut into the axle hosing ,the seal goes between the inner and outer wheel bearing adjusting nuts in the keyway,the part # is 7411428,and you just put...
  12. butch atkins

    M211 m215 m221

    Hey Superdave,Butch here ,if i would have known you had all those spare parts,we could have traded on that power plant heater kit,if i woul have known you had that kind of $ to spend ,the heater kit would have been way more expensive :roll:,lol,glad to see you made good use of it ,you have the...
  13. butch atkins

    removing hubs on m135 face loads

    first thing you need to do is get TM 9-8024 ,operator maintainance manual,2nd thing,if the hubs have been painted over multiple times like most mvs have,the tapered dowels ,as the TM refers to them as,have a ring of paint built up around them,take off the nuts and use a small screwdriver to chip...
  14. butch atkins

    M 211 with winch

    M211 what do the data plates say,there should be several bolted to the dash panel,on the top of the STEEL SOLDIERS home page,click on resources,then technical manuals,then download these manuals for your truck,TM 9-8024 OPERATORS manual, TM 9- 1819AC,ORDNANCE manual,TM 9-8025-1 GMC 302...
  15. butch atkins

    Historical questions on early deuces

    Gmc g-749 m135/m211 the main reason GMC did not continue to be produced was that GMC corporate refused to subcontract out their work,unlike REO style trucks which were manufactured from various vendor componets,look at all the different companies which manufactured the M35 series of trucks,an...
  16. butch atkins

    GMC transmission questions,(UPDATED)

    dumba## :oops:,TM 9-1819AB is for the 302M model tranny,hope this helps,TM 9-8025-2 also covers the 301MG model tranny which doesnot have the hi lo 2 speed reduction unit
  17. butch atkins

    GMC transmission questions,(UPDATED)

    tranny problem hey.you had previously said tranny was full of sludge,maybe some of the valve/springs that are in the transmisiion control valve are stuck or sludged up so that they cant move,in TM9-8025-2 tranny manual you can remove and clean this without pulling the tranny,this manual is for...
  18. butch atkins

    Hydramatic Heaven

    dont know how i missed this thread :oops: ,extremely good info here,just reading this today,maybe AM GENERAL will see this also,been on since 04 ,still dont know how i missed this,thanks majortom,good luck to all on your projects
  19. butch atkins

    GMC transmission tools

    hey ,i talked to raymond hitt at memphis equipment about this in late nov of this year,hes retiring at the end of this yr and he was the guy who rebuilt all of the hydramatics for the GMCs at memphis eqipment,he told me that he had never had either of these tools and that you really didnt need...
  20. butch atkins

    m135 manuals

    look in the RESOURCES at top of this page,technical manuals,the ones you need are TM 9-8024,operators manual,TM 9-8025-1 GMC engine manual, TM9-1819AC ordnance manual,they are free to download ,but they are rather large files to download,awesome pics in them,just what you need,good luck on your...
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