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Jeff, Hang tight, bud. I'm selling stuff too. I just don't have much to peddle. I'm going to tap out my 401K today to pay the rent and storage on my deuce. I have some good prospects, though. BTW, welcome home brother. Are those markings from your unit in Nam? I've started digging through...

oifvet wrote: Absolutely! But, it is good to understand what you are getting into. If you have experience with old iron, whether it is with Jeeps, Fords, etc, you should be able to handle whatever comes up. If, on the other hand, you are new to pulling wrenches on your own equipment, having...

Congrat's and go for it! All the way! Here are a couple of links on this site to read through. http://steelsoldiers.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=143 and http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=133417&highlight=#133417 I won the bid on an M109A3...

I was wrong about the steel lines; there is a flex line from the body to the axle and the axle moves with the brake plate. They do look a little vulnerable, though. I am planning to take an M105 I bought that was stripped down and make a trailer to pull behind my 1 ton PU. I would like to...

Interesting! Thanks for posting those pic's. Did you notice that it looks like they ran steel brake lines from the stationary axle directly to the wheel cylinders? That doesn't look good. I would be very suspicious of them. Jason, I will try to get the wasp excluders in the mail today...

I would be interested in seeing pic's of the axle and springs. I would like to know how they do that with such a low deck height.

I think that what you have is a kit to put a engine into and older truck. Those are all parts that you would already have and wouldn't need if you had say an M35. There's even the input shaft and the 4-5 slider gear for the top shaft in the transmission.

Vinny, Those pictures tell me a lot. There is more info on this subject at http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=153849. Thanks for taking the time to help.

Jones, Thanks for the good pictures. Between yours and Vinny’s, http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=153797 I can figure out what mine used to look like. There appear to be at least 3 varieties of the flappers. The excluder is not available alone, but is part...

I got a callback from Air Brake Specialties http://www.airbrakespec.com/ today and the small parts will be available. We got interrupted before we traded addresses, so I'll keep you posted. They also have valves and rebuild kits. He suggested that the pipe from the reservoir be re-plumbed...

I'm sure there are folks who would like to know where to get an equivelent. http://bepco.biz is a source on an exact replacement. I would like to find a way to solve the broken wasp excluder problem for about $5 instead of $65 to $98. I swore off Chrysler when I had to buy a $350 cooling fan...

That is all well and nice, but if it is so fragile that nobody has a working unit, what good is it? I would rather bypass it and know I don’t have it than have it get obstructed by a wasp’s nest and fail on the road. The 2 I have were broken being moved around in motor pools. There are marks...

And that's how the emergency relay valve gets damaged! Did you notice that the red 105 doesn't have those mysterious square holes?

There is an internal 'C' clip tht holds some internal parts in. In this picture you can see it if you know what you are looking for. It is a little rusty, it opens to about the 4 o'clock position. I haven't taken it off to see what comes out. A question for someone who knows brakes: Will...

Several of us on this list have damaged Emergency Relay Valves manufactured by Midland. See the pictures below to identify it. See http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=15324&postdays=0&postorder=asc If you have an undamaged unit, please photograph the bottom...

I have narrowed the relay valve down to 1 of 4 models, depending upon the size of the ports. It will take a trip to my storage yard to measure the ports to resolve it further. This still doesn't provide me with info on replacing the wasp excluder port, though. The source for this clip...

RE: John In the 15th CEB we had a 106 recoilless rifle (an overgrown bazooka) mounted on an M38. They fired it once with an M37 behind it and burned the paint off in a circle about the size of a wheel.

Jason, If you're ever up Denver way with that rig stop by. I have some 4x4s that Jiffy Lube doesn't know how to service. I always have to go down under with them and now I have a 6x6 and some trailers! These kids they hire can't concieve that a clutch linkage or steering nuckles would need...

Mil-to-chevy hook up I'm chiming in a little late. I was cruising the old postings because I am planning to do something just like that. I've been doing stuff like that for some time. I would suggest that you not try to haul more than the trailer + 1000# with it extended all the way up...

What would be nice is to be able to get just the broken wasp excluder replaced. I priced the complete valves and found that they run from $100 to $150, a high price to pay for a couple of bucks of plastic and rubber. I emailed Midland about this, but I don't expect a reply for a few days. I...