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Last week I posted a thread about my M35A2 https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?188613-1967-Kaiser-M35A2-oil-pressure-problem&highlight=. I just barely made it home that night with failing oil pressure. The next day I checked the oil and according to the dipstick I found it to be about 6...

Thanks guys for the links and espscially the video. Lenny

I hate to sound stupid here but I don't know what a fuel compensator looks like, where it might be, or how to bypass it. Could you please help me further with this. Thanks, Lenny

I've had this truck for two years now. I use it very infrequently. I've done some work on it but nothing major. It has always run just fine. The other day I took a 15 mile round trip and on the way back I began to notice that at traffic lights while idling my oil pressure gauge had dropped to...

Could someone please tell me what the correct lamp numbers are for this truck. The marker lights and BO lights are different numbers. Is this correct or should they be the same. I know that the turn signal lamp is a larger bulb. Thanks, Lenny

Thanks guys for the suggestions. Just to be sure I just went outside to verify my problem and what you said Oboyjohn. I found that just putting the left hand switch in "Park" doesn't do it, however if the left hand switch is in park and the top switch is in "Service drive" then the...

I haven't run my truck all winter. I would hate to subject it to all the salt they use on the roads here in New Hampshire. However it started right up the other day and it runs fine, however I found that in both front light units (that hold turn signal, black out, and marker lamps) the marker...

That is a good point about the grease. I really never thought of that. Thank you. Lenny

Thanks guys I appreciate the info. Lenny

On my M35A2 there is a valve on the front panel that controls air to the wiper motors. The people I bought this truck from have this valve so tight that it will not move I will need to put pliers on it to get it started, however before I do this, to open this valve from a closed position do I...

I had no idea! How did they ever cram 1948 electronics into those trains? Lenny

Nothing in 1953 was electronic. It was all relays and switches. My equipment is all original as it came from the factory. Probably the only "electronics" in a household back then was the radio or TV, (if they had one). Lenny

This makes a lot of sense. I did notice when this was presenting itself that it was mostly when the engine was running and the supply was 29 volts. So this is how the voltage to the gage was regulated. I hadn't even thought of indication differences between 24 and 29 volts. In the system I...

We want to replace a defective Sprague transfer in my truck with an air shift. Does anyone know of a reasonable source for an air shift unit and of course we'll also need a parts kit as well. We were just quoted a price from Eastern for a rebuilt unit well over 2000.00 Thanks, Lenny

So I've been wondering. An automotive gage is essentially a DC voltmeter. A conventional DC voltmeter has two terminals, a positive and a negative. There is never any connection to chassis or a "ground" of any sort. So what could be inside these gages that is tied to ground? Yesterday I...

I was able to get back into this problem over the past weekend. First let me say thank you to everyone for your input. i would also like to particularly thank SST ret. for providing me with the temperature sender resistance values V temperature information. Having that information proved to...

I know. I've been waiting for the last two days for some nice weather. It's been so cold and rainy here it is just hard to think about working in the yard. I even had to light the wood stove this morning. And we had close to 90 degrees here just the other day. Thats New Hampshire for you...

I have a 1953 M37; I recently had to remove the throttle cable from the dashboard and after repairs were completed re install it. It was very tight working and after cramming it all back together I took a test drive. About 2 miles up the road I noticed that the temperature gage was reading...

Thanks a lot guys for keeping up with this thread. Truthfully it's been so ****ed cold up here and I have no garage so unfortunately this project is on hold until at lease some 65 degree weather and no more snow comes our way. That probably won't be for another three months or so. Sadly this...

I would like to build just the harness that connects the different circuits to the lighting control switch. I have a source for the multi conductor switch connector as well as the individual connectors. This is going into a plain vanilla M37 with no turn signals. The schematic is easy enough to...