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As I remember, the tubing is 2&1/2", sched 40. Nothing fancy. I put a slight bend in the boom once, but was able to bend it back, then I put another truss on the under side of it. I once needed to to set some trusses & needed another 8 or 10 feet of reach, so I made a little jib for it, to...

This is is all home built - no engineers. To raise the boom, I run the line back to the headache rack to a loop fastened there, being careful not to get too close to the delicate stuff/body. What I know to be wrong with it, are the attaching points, at the top of the boom. They should...

Those fuel pumps were always problematic (& its a cramped place to work on). Usually the vacuum assist for the wipers was the 1st part to fail, that or one of the many valves to be contaminated by spects of dirt. Also the little heat shield was very important in helping to prevent vapor lock...

Charging problem I know nothing about the LMTV, but your battery issue sounds like my old days driving my 211's. 24 V system, Two 12 V batteries, & pulling 12V from the battery next to ground. Basically it was not possible for the regulator to charge the system adequately, with out...

A van/dolly pulled with an M923 calls for a driver with extensive experience. That configuration doesn't back-up,more then a couple of feet, for all practical reasons. One thing one gets, when they hire a reputable moving outfit is insurance. If you want to drive your truck, load it with the...

The slave is a great feature & can really smooth things out in an emergency or inclement weather. Also, "Soldier 2" doesn't have to think as hard, to hook up jumpers.

Today when you tell some one to adjust the valves, "Hot & Running", they look at you as if your kidding! But its the way to get the job done right, and most accurate. Learning that as a Kid, it was probably the most difficult task to learn & to get right. If your not real familiar with the...

Those tires must be obsolete today - sort of hard to replace them today. So is working on one of those along side the road.

Looks like heater hose.

Hello I have been away for a week or so. Also please understand that I am not computer literate & have a new computer & don't understand how to find what pictures I have yet. But my old 211's are still out in my bone yard. It seems that I've stirred up a rhubarb. It seems too, in my early...

There is also a little inside piece that goes inside the tubing, that allows the ferrel to tighten/compress the tubing against. If it is not in place the ferrel continues to collapse, or the nut runs out of threads. That appears to be the case with both of those fittings. If the tubing is...

Its essentially a Hi & Lo range. You have to look in the T-case. The big gear in there is fixed to a shaft. But between the shaft & outside diameter of the gear, there is a large bearing that allows the outside to rotate freely -- or drive the PTO when selected. I turned a spacer that took...

Converting the Automatic Transmission to a 5 speed is far easier said then done! At best you are left with product with several glitches. Even so, I drove it thousands of mile in a rough country - from as far South as Grand Prairie, Alberta to the North Slope. There are several shift levers...

I found that re-wiring is somewhat challenging, even at its best. After the insulation fell off most of the wiring under the dash, and it became increasingly apparent that electrical tape just wasn't going to be the answer, I resolved to re-wire. I have most all the books for the M-37 & lined...

NDT nailed it. Putting new tires on 60+ year old wheels deserves a little care - not necessarily that which is dispensed in a tire shop. Besides, if they were mine there would be new tubes in them too. Doing it yourself, you would know the tubes aren't pinched when mounted. Its best to do a...

The 215 also had a shorter frame & fuel tank, as I remember. If the truck had a winch, then it would have an accessory drive for the dumps hydraulics that mounted to the original PTO, which was all special.

And check the fuel tank for crud - you might want to flush it & the lines while your at it.

Maybe there is "little chance of it being the pilot bearing being stuck", but if it is & you do break it loose by driving it, it can mess up the end of the crank or the input shaft. Doesn't the bell housing have an access hole that allows you to see the edges the the pressure plate & clutch...

I once had a farm tractor with those symptoms. What I found was that the the pilot bearing on the input shaft of the tranny was frozen in the crank. The clutch, per se, was working as it should, but there was constant input from the engine to the transmission. A frozen nose cone in the...

I see a safety chain! Whats your Problem?...... Maybe when we see something like this, we need to just call 911?