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For a deal on the spark plugs, I mail order from rockauto.com. The 2243 or 2245 shielded spark plugs are around $6 each. My local NAPA (in Canada) wants $$38.49 each for them. NAPA trade price is $21.02....still no bargain.

I see that Mid Ohio Valley Surplus (ebay name x-stuff) has the front pipes right now on ebay for $45 each with free shipping. Hard to beat that price. Brian Asbury also has them for a similar price...I just got two from him a couple weeks ago. As mentioned earlier in this thread, the complete...

The setup is original to the line trucks...it shows in the manual as well. The one he sent to Ontario is likely the one in the Kingston museum. Any chance you took a photo of the body dataplate located on the box just behind the exhaust stack?

Thanks for those pics Dave. I wonder why they mounted the front winch so high? They used some kind of drop box to power the winch, since the input shaft would be through the radiator at that position. On another forum I was told there were at least 11 of these trucks made. Interesting that at...

Speaking of early serial numbers, I saw serial number 15 on a XM222 (cab only) here in Canada not that long ago. An American built truck, but ended up in Canadian service. I will likely rescue the data plate for my collection. Portrayal press mentions on their homepage that, due to health...

Just saw this thread for the first time, and wanted to mention that the heater mounted in the cab on the firewall that M1010plowboy shows was one of the two options in Canadian service. It is listed in the parts manual with a Canadian NSN. I have seen some of these with the GMC logo on them, and...

The Dumps have a shorter frame than the cargo trucks, so in that case you would be better off with the M211 deck, although it will overhang the back by about a foot. A M135 bed would have to be shortened at the front for the wheel wells to be in the right spot, although with the smaller duals...

I just went thru the valve job/ clean-up ordeal a few weeks ago and ran into the same problem. 50/50 chance and sure enough I had my distributor out by 180°. Pull the number one spark plug, turn over the engine until you have compression, and align the timing mark on the pulley with the...

The lineup of trucks are along the Yellowhead highway at Westbourne surplus, here in Manitoba. They were located in two yards....we moved them all into the lineup a few months ago. There are still a half dozen parts trucks in the yards, along with a M211 that had a wheel locked up so we were...

Here are a couple shots I took today of a lineup of other deuces nearby. Most are the standard M135 but there is a M211 in the yard, along with a couple of the van style trucks at the back end of the row. The white stuff on the hoods and on the ground, for those of you who are in the South, is...

Yes, I believe it is on the base in Kingston Ontario. It is the National Museum for the signal branch of the Cdn Forces.

Data plate on the dash is M135, and the truck only has single wheels. But according to a listing of vehicles in the Cdn Army, these trucks were built on both M133 and M207 chassis. There was a data plate on the line body that made me think that it may have been a US pattern.

It won't be me saving it....the stable is already too full. The biggest downside to a specialty truck this size is that it has no cargo capacity, yet will drink fuel like there is no tomorrow.

There is an interesting variant of the deuce at a farmyard about 20 miles from me. It has the line truck body. When I first saw it I thought it might have been a deuce/DUKW hybrid. These were used by the line troops in Canadian service for telephone line installation and repair. It would...

I believe the PTOs could be changed from front to rear output by simple disassembly and re-assembly. Very possible the chain drive could have been for a manure spreader.

It is available for download here: http://www.jatonkam35s.com/jatonkaM135-211sTMdownloadpage.htm Personally, I prefer hard-copies, so I have ordered one of the ones from ebay. Call me old school, but I prefer something I can rest on the fender while I am working. Lap tops are too susceptible to...

With any luck I'll be installing it later this week and I can compare it with the old one. I want to get the engine running first.

I just didn't want to see anyone spending good money when NOS parts were still available. Here is a a couple shots of my new muffler. Total cost shipped was $283 or thereabouts. More than I like to pay for a muffler, but I think I paid that much one time for my honda accord muffler and this...

Didn't mean to be a smart ass....just things like this are too easy to find on the internet. For stuff like this I just google the part number from out of the parts manual. That was how I found a NOS muffler a couple weeks ago. Saturn doesn't list any mufflers, but they do have the long center...

Not sure why you would want to have the center pipes made up....they are listed on Saturn surplus site for $48.50 each. Hard to beat that price.