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Get a brake cylinder hone, and rebuild. I have never found a brake cylinder that was too far gone for that method. Most of the rust that may exist is inside of the space between the cylinder seal surfaces, and as such doesn't matter. Also, if you buy a complete wheel cylinder, you won't...

The OD Iron kits look beautiful. They are new, and they have the proper expander springs. About $6 bucks each. -Chuck

Catalyzed CARC paint does indeed contain a carcinogen: Silica sand. But then, so does your kid's sand box. -Chuck

Sigh! Here we go again... I already have. It is presumptuous of you to assume you are the only one that has ever fought city hall. It is not easy sticking to your guns and fighting for what you really need. Easy is compromising and settling for less than what you need just because it is...

Groan! If the bills have truly reached the point you say, then you need to vigorously fight against both of them. "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin The WI law as it is now written gives you all...

Put too much gasoline in your engine, and it will stop getting down the road... maybe permanently. The engine in your 1008/1009 is a civilian diesel engine. It won't be happy unless its fuel is as lubricious as diesel, has about the same viscosity as diesel, and has about the same cetane as...

Without the isocyanate you don't have urethane. The MSDS is for Part A only. Part B, the catalyst, has the diisocyanate in it. -Chuck

I'm sorry, I assumed something that wasn't yet in the discussion. My M35A2 Is also a Kaiser/Jeep, and it has the same format ID number. I gave them my 17 digit ID number and told them it was my VIN. They liked that because they are used to 17 digit VIN's. Your truck is 1970 manufacture. -Chuck

Some tiny bits of information can be had just by inspection: 04C16370 - is the vehicle number, which is akin to a tag number. The 70 at the end signifies that it was a 1970 vehicle. 0325 - is the vehicle body type 28722 - is the sequential serial number. Even though Carnac told me it is a...

Uhmmm? Unless something drastically has changed, the M1008, and M1009 are not multifuel engines. The only thing they are supposed to burn is diesel. You can, however get by with blends of diesel and WMO, or WMO and gasoline... and real biodiesel. The trick is whatever you attempt to burn had...

No, that is not true. The issue is statistics. If a particular vehicle has a 50:50 chance of being in an accident (for whatever reason) each time you take it out, the probability that you will have an accident grows as the number of times you take it out increases. You can calculate how many...

WI code currently is silent on the registration of HMV's. Paul Underwood did back WI DOT off through a legal challenge to their policy. WI DOT responded to the challenge by writing a bill to restrict HMV's to parade only status, and by continuing to deny registration. The interpretation that...

This is the very thing the courts are for. Your senators should be able to help you to force WI DOT to follow competent legal reasoning. Talk to your state's attorney general. -Chuck

Fundamentally, it comes down to the fact that your State Representatives agree with the WI DOT's assertion that HMV's are more dangerous than other HV's. This is the issue you need to work on. You need to prove that HMV's are no more dangerous to the population at large than other vehicles in...

Because when I look at one, it speaks to me and makes my heart sing! -Chuck

Very true, but simplistic and lacking any real understanding of the value of one person's vote. I'm out of state, Wisconsin legislators don't care what I think about their laws, even though, as a Wisconsin land owner, they affect me. I can't vote, but I can influence others that are Wisconsin...

In the Wisconsin DOT testimony, they asked the lawyer for the DOT if he had any statistics indicating an unusual number of accidents involving HMV's, he said he didn't. They asked if he knew of any, and he cited an accident between some soldiers in a Striker, and a smaller car; something that...

They will be. Quite honestly, they need to be told about the problem, and they need to start showing up at the hearings. If they don't, they are going to be in for a big expensive surprise. Neither of the proposed bills supports commercial, or even regular use of HMV's. If any of you...

I noticed exactly what the discussion was about. There was a lot of bravado, and chest thumping and suggestions of running over the top and flatten the cars out like doormats. It's great that you have such compassion for Wisconsin. But consider this while you are being smug: What makes you...

You guys might want to check out the SS thread about the Wisconsin DOT hearing on their ban on all MV's as you tell your stories. What you are talking about is exactly why Wisconsin DOT has banned all MV's from being registered in their state. They were looking for examples of HMV accidents as...