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Didn't the Jeep Gladiator have a different motor in it that was more reliable. I thought the Tornado was a lousy motor Jeep had a warehouse full of and they decided to dump them in the Army's trucks. Would any kind of diesel fit in the M715?

It's an annoying process having to get your money back but at least it'll happen eventually. At least you have all this documented! So far I've only bought from Big Mike's and Erik's. They've been kind enough to work with me on shipping smaller parts for lower rates :)

I really like the PDFs, especially the newer ones that allow for the use of word searching. If I need to reference part of the TM while I'm working, I just print what I need (double-sided to save paper!) and bring it out to the truck with me. If I get grease on it to the point I can't read it...

I think everything you need is in the big M35A2 operators' manual. I believe that covers most body styles the truck came with.

Congratulations on your new-to-you truck! I really enjoy my M35A3 and hope you do too! Also... nopics Make sure you have all the M35A2 TMs as well since the M35A3 TMs make a lot of references to the A2 books. Anything different from the M35A2 is going to be in the M35A3 TMs. Anything...

I'm not sure anyone knows how many are left. I know some went to Lebanon, maybe other countries in the Middle East. And some were just salvage or parted out. No one is exactly sure how many of the ESP trucks were built, let alone how many of each type built, besides that no serial numbers...

I'd LOVE to have something like that in the back of an M36! Though I think height clearance driving down the road to a car show may be an issue :p

Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office - the part of the DoD that surpluses stuff. That's a nice truck. I really enjoy my M35A3 and would love an M36A3 to go with it. Someday! :driver: With how rare they are I'm more likely to get a wrecker first, no matter what my wife says :p

I'd freakin' trade you a truck to bob for that thing! :LOL: Or you can sell it and use the money to buy a LMTV which is basically a newer deuce bobbed from the factory. Like everyone else here has said the M36A3 is pretty rare. I'd say the M109A4 trucks are there with it. Does that truck...

That's more than enough. An empty 2 1/2-ton truck's front axle supports about 6000 lbs while each rear axle supports about 4000 lbs. The data plates will tell you for sure what the weight distribution is. I was able to use a 4-ton jack to lift each side of each axle to place an appropriate...

Maybe I'll attempt this some day. I'll be curious to see what the steel looks like under all that insulation. @glcaines have any pictures of your insulation tear-out?

I'm wondering if heat-resistant paint for the washers should be considered. The engine compartment probably gets up to about 200 degrees Fahrenheit, and I'm not sure how well regular automotive paint would hold up to that.

How do you plan on re-coating the insulation? The coating on my hood and side panels is coming off too, little by little.

I'd get a single $1 rivet if you can and measure that to figure out a common rivet to use. I saw a pack of 10 on EBay for $10 after a quick look. It might be a small additional price to pay to get your job done.

I'd be tempted to take those to a shop to get them done. They'll have the big tools to get them apart and back together in no time. Around where I live the shops prefer those wheels to the two-piece bolt-together wheels because they don't take as much time or effort to swap tires.

Ever since I've had the wheels overtightened on my daily drivers by idiot mechanics, I've always torqued my lug nuts to spec. I do more of my own wheel and driveline work now too. Those guys just like to tighten the crap out of stuff and just move on to the next thing. My old minivan had to...

A stock M35A3 with 365/80R20 super singles is about 113 inches high at the top of the bed tarp. If you have the traditional tires like @porkysplace mentioned you'll probably be just a little shorter than that.

Reminds me of a Military Vehicles Magazine article I read awhile ago where there's a fellow who also lives on a little island who has a DUKW for moving supplies back and forth from the main land.

This is the first time I've read about this. I'd totally expect to get hamburgered if I roll my truck. I'm glad he made it out fine! Good luck with the repairs!

I recommend getting at least a 1:64 gear ratio multiplier. If you use a torque wrench with it - a 1/4" drive will do! - add 20% to the torque setting to account for slop in the gear train. For reference, Snap-On torque multipliers have 15% slop.