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Welcome to the deuce club! Did that come out of the service with air-assisted steering?! That's what the warranty plate seems to indicate. I thought only the A3 trucks got that from the factory, but this is the Army we're talking about after all - anything can happen :p

That video has tons of 5-tons in it. This is a deuce forum and now I want a 5-ton even more, even though I had a dream one night that I was taking a wheel off a HMMWV. What am I going to get next? :ROFLMAO: (A HMMWV is pretty likely since my wife wants one.)

Funny you ask since I actually measured the first knuckle on my index finger to check differential oil level recently :ROFLMAO: At least on my hand it's about an inch. Welcome to the deuce club :driver:

I read about that :( I guess Vermont doesn't need the money bad enough! :ROFLMAO:

I put everything back together and took the truck for a test run. I have oil pressure and it's within spec! It seems that up to this point I wasn't getting accurate oil pressure readings. Previously the oil pressure gauge would read 60-75 PSI heading down the road while still somewhat warming...

I'm happy to see that you're figuring it out :) It amazes me how differently states approach vehicle stuff. I'm pretty sure highway compliance stickers aren't a thing in NY. At least here the vehicle must pass inspection considering original equipment (if it wasn't built with back-up...

I've always heard the non-turbo multifuel trucks were particularly smokey throughout the engine's operating range, so I'm guessing it's normal.

What does the title or SF97 call the truck? In my experience with DMVs, less is more. If there's nothing on there indicating it's a military truck, that's not something that needs to be brought up when working with a clerk. For all they know it's just a normal truck and they couldn't care...

I guess only if the clutch is broke? :D The way you described it read like how everyone should stop a vehicle with a manual transmission, or at least how I do it: Downshift to appropriate gear when anticipating stop to engine brake - use service brakes as needed When approaching engine idle...

That's what I do with a manual, or else you stall out :P

My first car was a Jeep Wrangler with the 4.0 I6 and the 5-speed manual. After it would no longer pass inspection due to frame rot, I went on to a Toyota Corolla, another 5-speed manual. I think the modern automatics are pretty nice, but everyone knows how to drive them. With Rochester's...

That's a great-looking M37! Regarding the mystery switch on the deuce - I wonder if it's some kind of transfer switch for the alternator. These trucks could have alternators with outputs greater than 60 A, but I have no idea what the utility would be for that besides radios and maybe some...

That looks great! Now you actually get to drive one :) If you plan on keeping the super singles, I suggest flipping the rear axle hubs. It's my understanding that deuce wheel bearings don't like being singled out without the hubs being flipped. The 5-ton axles, though, don't care.

An update: I solved the problem! And it was kinda silly how and I still have a sender on the way. This post in the HMMWV board describes a condition where the nut inside the rubber Packard connection seal was loose and causing an intermittent connection through the sender. It turns out my oil...

I kinda feel like the A3 is familiar enough to know a lot about how it works like the A2, but different enough for unfamiliar things like this to happen. That's probably because less than 6000 A3s of four flavors were built. A new sender is on the way, then I'll try it again and see what...

I've never driven an A2 so I don't have that version to compare. However, I feel like the A3 is at least faster than my dad's stock M37, even up-hill :driver: Gosh it makes me want to get an M35A2, but I want my next big truck to be a 5-ton of some sort. I do miss driving a manual transmission!

I think the automatic in the A3 is the weakest link. It's max load is around 26000 lbs, which a fully-loaded and towing M36A3 is reallllly pushing. Makes me wonder what the Spicer's max load is - has to be at least 24000 lbs.

An update: It appears the oil gauge troubleshooting instructions for the M35A3 are incorrect. The gauge is working properly- I just had to follow the M998 HMMWV troubleshooting procedure to figure that out :rolleyes: I'm not sure if this is just a thing with gauges going up to 120 psi. The...

We need more pics - that van looks nice!

I'm questioning whether the troubleshooting instructions in the M35A3 TM are correct now. I compared those instructions with the M998 HMMWV and the M939 5-ton: For the M939, if lead 36 is disconnected at the sender and the gauge needle deflects when lead 36 is grounded to the frame, the...