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You're doing it the right way. You're going to be a 3053 expert, or at least moderately knowledgeable when you're done. You'll be able to help other people in the hobby diagnose and repair/rebuild theirs. It's easy to swap in a good takeout (I've done it). But one day, they're gonna' dry up...

I have some bad news. Your truck may well have been serviced or overhauled or washed at some point but that tag above only means it had seatbelts added to it. See the 200-35 number on the tag? https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?13542-M35A2-seatbelt-MWO-info A truck overhaul may...

One time when I had the flu, I started trying to index the site. Like, I literally created links for topics in an index. A: I realized I'd die before I got 25% complete B: I realized at some point the site would update to a new style of URLs and the thousands of links would not work and all...

How do you find a snake den? You need to take some of that Deuce money and buy one of those flamethrowing Shermans.

There's a couple things to consider: What it's physically capable of and what it's legally capable of. The physical, I can't help with. No 1008/1028 towing experience. The legal: I briefly looked and couldn't find a 1980's spec sheet for K30s. I suspect there was a civilian K30/6.2/4.56...

This is what happens when the button is left out altogether. That's the bottom plate, which without the puck on top, allowed the entire knuckle to move upward, rubbing the kingpin bushing plate into the kingpin.

I'm very sorry to hear this. Bob was one of the oldest (not in age, I mean on SS the longest) members and he went really far with his deuce and a half. Most people seem to think pressure washing it and brushing some house paint on is a "restoration". Bob pulled his cab and bed and really went...

Couple of thoughts..................... It is my humble opinion, informed by my total lack of a mechanical engineering degree, that the engine is insufficiently robust and turns too many rpms. A stronger crank, stronger rods, better or thicker liners and an oiling system that doesn't starve...

I have a '42 GPW and it has all the correct stuff: 4.88 gears, 6:00x16 tires, etc. Speedo is a modern repro and it reads about 10 mph low. I know some of the repro speedos have a rep as running slow, but I'd like to verify the gears I have are the right ones. The one inside the transfer...

I really appreciate the kind comments from some of you here. Thank you. Aolinge did PM me, I responded to him. I am performing mechanical and restoration work still. It has grown to be a much larger aspect of my life/work than I anticipated. Here is a little bit of what I'm doing right now...

You can't download the program, but you can download your diagram. I'm using it as the free version, I don't do a lot of schematics, so I don't wanna' pay if I don't have to. Maybe the paid version allows you to download the software, but I doubt it. It's probably just more capability in the...

That looks clean.

Per this thread: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?156684-Best-free-software-for-drawing-wiring-schematics&highlight= I was referred to Digikey. Of all the sites recommended, I found it the easiest to grasp. It took me a few hours, but once I had an idea of how it worked, my...

So, the way all those gauges work is.............. 24V to the "IGN" side of the gauge. The gauge body has to the grounded to the chassis. This is done via the mounting bracket that touches the panel, which grounds to the chassis via the 4 twist locks. The "SEND" side is wired to the sending...

I have a client with an M38 and I need to rebuild all the steering linkage. I hate using the cheap Chinese reproduction stuff and I've had good luck with Moog stuff with my musclecar clients, does anyone have the Moog #s for the steering linkage? Everything, so inner and outer tie rod ends...

I mean, it's almost time. 5 months out. That's not long. Did you guys see the videos I posted on the prior year's multimedia threads? 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtcL4Ap8cI0 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH1QYbFzROo&t=7s

MN is correct. Sounds like that's a truck that someone just rode hard and put away wet and when it finally got to the point that they couldn't do that anymore, they sold it. If I bought that truck, I would start with: Totally flush the fuel system. If you have money, let a radiator shop vat...

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I realize this is the 2016 thread and it's currently 2018............................ but our videographer just sent me the 2016 and 2017 videos. Sorry this took so long. Our buddy does this for us for free and although it takes forever, I kind of have an issue with hassling someone to do a...

I don't think so. I think when i converted to this box from the plastic that I tried to move the extra flasher into it and it wouldn't fit. The Stig (who I got the part # for this box from) used this one because the bolt holes allowed it to bolt to the vehicle using the factory holes.