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I trust people who do quality work. Attention to detail generally indicates someone knows what they're doing and takes the time to research things to make them right. I'm more a "fly by the seat of my pants" type person so lean heavily on the former to get things right :)

That's probably it. My -34P is Jan '76. I trust your word more than the TM anyway but was just wondering if you'd put them on so had 1st hand experience on the length. It is the fan belts I need but I'm getting the ones from MuttParts as back up for the water pump. The ones on the Goat now...

A picture of the Goat and tow bar. I've got to work my way up to enough energy to unhook it and I'm not there yet. The second pic is the mangled belt. You can also see where the overflow tank boiled after losing the fan. The temp gauge was working but I think the driver was concentrating on...

The -34P has the water pump length at 33". Did you replace yours yet? Just wondering if the TM was wrong. They don't have the length listed for the fan belts just the width. MuttParts has them for $9 for the set. I needed some other stuff from them and figured that was about as cheap as I...

Made it home. Surprised that the tires tracked fairly well with the only steering needed was on 90 degree turns. Looks like MuttParts has a set of belts so hopefully I can have them here and installed before too long. I wasn't driving when this one tanked so I still haven't gotten to open it...

So much for the 1st big road trip. They say Goats will eat anything and unfortunately mine ate a fan belt on the way home. My trailer is loaded with tires so we're going to try slowly flat towing it home with me steering. Luckily we're in my subdivision and only have about 3 miles and 4 turns to...

Set up at the Soldier's Angels Charity Rodeo. Got up to 50mph only because I was holding back due to the deuce. I still had half a pedal and was holding back to not run away from the M35. I did shoot some GoPro video on the way over but need to edit it.

I really need to get MV of the Month before your's if finished. By the looks of things mine will be the ugly step sister that fell into the pig stye compared to your's.

Got the BO Drive light on, topped the steering box off with a couple of squirts of JD Cornhead grease and took her for a spin around the neighborhood. Having trouble getting the throttle to return completely so still at a fairly high rev when shifting. I've greased the zirks on the linkage and...

No that was the same jeep that was replaced by the M151 (which was replaced by the HMMWV, which got turned over to ISIS).

My dad said in the '50s every 6 months they were handed a bucket and brush and told to paint the motorpool...not the building just the motorpool.

Went ahead and got the stuff done. I need to nose dive down and check the steering box so I'll save that for this evening. I'll probably put the wrong style BO Drive light on just as a place holder until I get the correct one this evening too.

BO tail lights swapped and 1 troop seat in and bolted down. Already in the mid-80s on its way to the upper 90s. I may get the other troop seat in and the pioneer tools stowed today but more than likely will leave that for this evening. I still have to prep the deuce for the Soldiers Angels...

I'm a bad singer and don't call me "Shirley."

Thanks to Barrman I have the correct Blackout Marker doors for the rear of the Goat. I was using a set of BO Drive covers for the tails. I'm sure very few people noticed or knew the difference (he did) but its nice to have the correct ones. I still need to tape and paint them before changing...

That's an idea but I still have to have the windshield installed to have even that. Maybe I can put a 24v fan on the dash to keep the wind in my face.

Closing in on almost 12,000 views for the thread http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?135414-Working-On-The-M561-Gama-Goat since Feb and only 8 votes? Come on folks you must be interested in it if you keep reading the thread. Throw some support our way. It's not like I'm asking for...

Worked on the lights yesterday and got everything working except the right rear. Tail light works but nothing else. While testing got some flickering like there was a short somewhere and starting to wonder if the internals are grounding out. I don't know enough about electronics to determine...

Unfortunately not only is the 9th ID now defunct but I believe 2/60th has become a training regiment at Ft Jackson. Not even an Infantry training unit. I always found it ironic that they were once part of the 5th ID which was where I had transferred from. Now they're both gone.

Started working on the new troop seats. It's in the upper 90's this afternoon. Aluminum + dark green paint + direct sunlight + 97 = OUCH! I got 2 bolts in then decided to let it go until tomorrow morning. TexAndy is coming up to try and help with the brake lights and I might just see if I...