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Tire information, mainly for David Doyle, but then again, if you happen to have some sitting around, let me know. :-) Items missing on the truck include the 80 gallon fuel tanks and the soft top tubular support structure. The tire that blew out on the way from Oklahoma was a Uniroyal marked...

No, but then I'm "known" for taking my good old time with the good parts. :-)

Oh, well I tried..:-) Highlighted here.

The education continous...here one of the "sealed for life" brakedrums is shown. Brakes are 100% air. We pressurized the system before the trip in OK and the brakes worked and released just fine. Light pedal pressure was all that weas needed. The truck was built from scratch to mil spec and was...

Meanwhile, perhaps this will help. The automatic choke linkage is missing on mine, but it is easily handled manually and the unit runs great. Snuck in a picture of the oil filter also, think it came up on a different thread.

RE: Road Trip Update My son has driven his '53 M37 for thousands of miles over the years with very few problems that couldn't be handled "on the road". If you make a trip like that, plan to have a lot of extra time on hand and bring tons of tools. Having driven extensively on the interstate...

Working with Leonard was a pleasure, best place in the country to break down when some machining work is required to get back on the road. Image below shows the hoist in use (one of the few times the HIAB didn't work). aua Leonard, you should show the troops some of the precision work...

Apparently they were custom made for this family of trucks. I have Goodyear and BF Goodrich tires on mine. The Goodrich ones have the military FSN number right on the tire, indicating that it's indeed a military part. (FSN 2610-886-1262) Guess I'll need 2 or 3 more tires for short road trips...

Changed engine oil today. Nothing like sitting down on the job. [thumbzup] Texaco Ursa 30W it is.

See what gauges will do to you. :-)

The tires were developed specifically for this application, as can be read in this paragraph from David's SAE paper. The cranetruck is a perfect "tender" for the 8x8. :-)

Received the SAE paper David. Excellent, excellent! I'm much more interested in restoring functionality than color and markings, so this kind of info is perfect. Thank you Sir!. Parts of it are impossible to read (poor copy), but I'll ask for particulars when I get stuck. :-) Thanks again,

Thanks Robert, the winch is there (see image).

Yes it does. It's pretty much all there except the start switch has been rplaced with a key type switch.

When towing the 8x8 home from Oklahoma, I used a mix of 50% veggie oil for 1/2 a tank full or so and noticed a rather big difference in performance pulling the 37,000 lb rig uphill. I used 100% petro diesel for the remainder of the trip.... If you can afford to suffer some loss in performance...

Otter, the difference between post and pre turbo is about 300°F (read that somewhere) and you need to ease off if your post turbo mounted probe hits 1000. My pre turbo pyro will easily hit 1,100-1,200°F on a climb in 5th gear... I find the boost gauge very useful as well, a very quick response...

Jon, your deuce doesn's smoke running all out (55mph) on the way to Barstow. :-) Did you get the transfer case problem fixed?

I use a manual valve, located in line right near the top of the fuel tank. It's the coolant control valve. The "pilot operated" (not direct acting) control valve failed on a trip to Florida and has not yet been replaced. It will eventually be replaced with a 3-way valve, which switches coolant...

You probably mean the M656, the only version in the series that can swim. About the tires, mine are dated '69 and '70 so they are original, hopefully newer tires with fresh rubber will wear better. I tore one up just towing it home.

Checked my pictures and there were no images of the bumpers... guess that's what makes this hobby a "sport", we are never done. :-)