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I took a break from turning wrenches tonight, tuckered out and needed to sit back and think. Was stuck at work "safetysitting" until 5:30 am last night, so I was wrenching and finding stuff wrong with the truck. After thinking about it all night, I don't think I want just another Army A.M...

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...or just sell everything and buy a decent deuce...:roll:

Oven cleaner looks promising after some testing the other day. Harsh!

Sentimental I guess, which really doesn't count for much. I know a truck mashup is going to be a ton of work, but it's a ton of work no matter which way I slice it, and I guess I was being optimistic that a little freshening up would get the '62 on the road. Which I guess I could still do, just...

My hangup is if I swap the frame and everything, it's no longer a '62 M35A1 on paper. I talked to MV registration guy, sounds like it shouldn't be a problem, but easier with the '80s AMG truck since it has dash tags.

Front diff and kingpins loose and sloppy. I'm thinking about just tearing this truck and my parts truck apart and putting the best of each together...this one has the "reinforcements" welded on the frame, needs rear spring trunions, springs, and spring mounts on axles changed, all brake lines...

Air pack, wheel cylinders, boots, axle ujoints no good. Long, tough row to hoe.

How much more travel 'til the rear axle hits the bump stops? I imagine it rubs more when the axles articulate side to side.

You would have to have to have the deuce loaded to weight capacity and on some very extreme terrain to damage anything, especially the axle shaft by rubbing.

See if you can find a big machine/welding shop like mine. We rent out the use of ours. Gets stuck stuff apart sometimes too.

They are expensive. Time varies a lot depending on how cruddy is it. Has a ten minute timer. Usually does the trick but the dried up oil/adobe clay mud stuff on these deuce parts takes a couple cycles. Wet stuff comes off much easier. Dry is faster to hit with a power wire wheel.

Weld a pulley or drill a hole for an eyebolt in the bottom of the bed. I have no bed and a crane in the shop...cheater.

Pull the plug, you'll get chunks.

More fodder for the parts cleaner

It was a water truck for a long time at a local hay company that is a long time customer of my family's machine and welding shop, and then was used to water down horse corrals and an arena for long time friends of my grandparents. We bought it and took the tank off and made it into a trailer. My...

I was at TDS with dezert ratt (the next day). I had just gotten done swapping the center diff in my ex civvy water truck deuce(see sig). I got spare parts from a neighboring shop yard with a few parts deuces, and the guys there have been around forever. They said back in the day when they were...

So about the only thing electrical that works on my the '62 M35A1 I am rebuilding is the solenoid and starter, and the wiring for that has been replaced because the original rotted away, as has the rest of the wiring. The starter is the A1 LDS-427 style with the foot button on the floor...

I've actually been meaning to look into finding a harsh chemical I can use to strip the old grease, dirt, oil, mud, and hopefully the civvy paint while I'm at it...

Ordered a water pump (good price, Walker Truck Parts I think on fleabay) and intake and exhaust gaskets from TNJ Murray. Gonna pull the radiator (repair leaks), water pump, and manifolds off (has exhaust leak) and clean the heck out of the cooling system.