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Maybe some day I'll take my truck for a snow romp in the field, but I'm keeping it out of the salt up here - that crap eats everything!

I suggest keeping the dead one and getting it repaired. It never hurts to keep a spare!

What does it have now? Are you getting a NOS unit or a modern civvy one?

24.7V is just the two batteries - I don't think you're charging at all. I suspect either alternator or voltage regulator, especially if you're not getting a response from the voltage regulator adjustment screw. Before pulling the alternator check for proper belt tension. If that's good, check...

@msgjd thank you for sharing that experience. I think it reinforces the reason why the 2 1/2-ton truck needed to be kept on-hand. I remember reading a document about FMTV procurement where Congress questioned the need to keep the 2 1/2-ton truck (M35A3/LMTV) when the 5-ton (MTV/M939) could do...

There was an M54A2 that I considered buying when I was looking for a truck. It was owned by fire department and used as a brush truck, with a brush guard going from the bumper to the grill and a headache rack. The only problem was that it was six hours away from me and I wasn't willing to...

Mine is at 14.5 inches from end to end.

So it sounds like you actually have to add 20% to the speedometer reading to get your actual speed. I think that's a pretty big bump-up in speed.

I still run 15W-40 and probably will until it needs a rebuild. The shifts in my truck are pretty obvious, mostly sound-wise. I don't think it shifts much rougher than my 2012 Chrysler 200 with the motor oil in it :p When I first got the truck I thought it had a 6-speed automatic. That's when...

It'll sound like it's going into a 6th gear. Also check the tach against the speedometer - they should be moving at the same time when the torque converter is locked up. When there's no lock-up the tach needle will move up and down before the speedometer does because of the fluid coupling lag...

According to a tire size-speed calculator I looked up, going from a 9.00R20 (40" diameter) to a 395/85R20 (46" diameter) adds 15% to whatever the truck's speedometer is showing. So if you have an M35 (not A3) that goes from the stock tires to the 395s you're doing about 58 mph when your...

Is there enough sheet metal on an old oil pan to weld a patch on?

Totally agree - I won't do more than 50 with mine even with dual-circuit brakes. I just take my time in the truck - I want people to see my truck and not a big green blur :LOL: That's what my daily drivers are for! I don't think even the FMTV is designed to go much faster than 55 - maybe the...

I just used the same caution with my GM van. People on the Facebook group were swearing by AC Delco, whereas others were saying that the OEM stuff didn't matter anymore as it was just the same quality as anything. In my case it was a distributor cap, which I ended up buying from a "Daily...

Is there a line torque wrench? Or is it more of a feel thing? When I've done any brake lines I've just tightened them as far as I can with a line wrench.

LMTV cover? Those are taller and allow more comfort working in the back while standing. I think some others here have lengthened the bow legs to accommodate the LMTV cover. I need to put some patches in my cover too. I only do about 45-50 going down the road but would hate to wreck the...

A barn is on my list for the next house! I have to get the cab top off my truck and address some windshield frame rust. It looks like surface rust right now, but don't want it to get worse!

I think I was confusing injector pump with fuel pump. Hope you figure out what's happening at the injectors!

How did you verify that? Hook a drill up to it and run some diesel through?

Seems it didn't turn to goo after all! Seems like the filters to it were plugged though, so little flow maybe it wouldn't actuate anything. Great to see this survivor working :driver: