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C30 tow vehicle Below are pictures of what I am working with on the dually. It has the 6.2L NA Detroit, and a TH400 in it at the moment. My dad wants the transmission and I want overdrive, so he is going to trade me a heavy duty/built 700R4 with the proper shift points for a diesel for my TH400...

Thank you for the offer and I will keep it in mind. I am looking at a set of blueprints for a 32 ft 24k lb gooseneck trailer from Northern Tool. I am trying to figure out if I want to build it as a pintle trailer instead, but that all depends on what material the blueprints call for. I have a...

Okay folks, your blockade against me appears to have worked. I am in the process of gathering parts for my trailer build to get Tonka home to Illinois from Ohio. My plan is to design and build a 24k lbs trailer that will carry a deuce, designed to be towed behind Tonka. At the same time, I need...

Thanks, I will keep that in mind as a last resort. Like I said, scrapping it is my very last option. I have saved dozens of old cars and trucks from the scrap yards in my life, and I have only taken one classic truck to the scrap heap (after removing anything and everything that could have...

It has to do with custody of my son. Tonka isn't road worthy yet, especially not enough for the 400+ mile trip. I don't have a trailer big enough to get her home to Illinois from Ohio, and Tiny can't sagely drive the trip right now either... So Tiny might be occupying my trailer, and our...

Tonka is for sale. Unfortunately. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?100085-1952-XM-211-Hardtop-Dump&p=1277840#post1277840

Okay, Suburban is FINALLY done and Tonka is back in the barn so I can get back to what I was doing...What was I doing? Oh yeah, the wheel cylinders and brake lines. Anyone need pictures of anything while I am in there? I'll be taking some anyway, but if anyone wants specific pictures inside the...

I doubt I'll sell Tiny at any point, but that's not to say that I won't put her over onto a bobbed (or not bobbed) deuce with a modified Cummins 6BT, an Eaton 9 spd., and 385's... keeping the body and the main interior while ditching all the useless electronics in the truck. But I will not own a...

Well, so much for working on Tonka this weekend :( The heater core in the Suburban turned out to be a bigger hassle than I originally imagined (and I figured it was going to be a PITA!). I finally got to the point of disconnecting the lines so I can pull the old core out, and low an behold...

All of my trucks have been named by women...usually by a woman who forgot to look at the truck's rearend and count the holes.... One tailpipe= male, Two tailpipes= female..... Just like any other work horse on the farm! As far as "upgrading to a F*rd" ... What did I ever do or say for you to...

Another update. After fixing the 11 feet of brake line on Tiny (had to be the longest line, with the most bends, on the truck), I pulled the Suburban in and started pulling the dash for the heater core replacement. Now don't get me wrong, I love my Silverado series trucks (both Tiny and the...

The M105 ran 9.00X20 singles, right? Was there a 'sister' trailer that ran dual? Or tandems? (e.g. with the same tires, 6-lug wheels, and braking system as the M135/M211/M105)

Okay, here's a brief update on the progress. Sam Winer Motors in Akron, Ohio has new wheel cylinders for $30 a piece and good 'take-offs' at $15 a piece. Personally, I would not go with the take-offs unless you are lucky enough to be able to swing by and look at them hands on. Some of the...

Thanks for the info Plowboy. It's good to know that I am not the only one who couldn't find the service brake fluid capacity. And I am right at 1/2 Gal. of fluid from an empty system. I found two missing brake lines, now that I know where they all go and are. I currently have working brakes on...

DOT 3 or DOT 5? And the winner is..... DOT 3, by a land slide! I had to open up three different bleeders to get any fluid (First one on the forward tandem, then the rear tandem, finally the right front steer), but I finally got some fluid out to test with. What I did get was clear and bright...

hendersond, now there's something I didn't think of! I believe that will be my starting point tomorrow morning! And yeah, I was kinda leery about the vinegar bit... sure, it would likely clean out the old fluid, but I am more concerned with the damage it might cause in the process. On an aside...

Not yet. I have a 4 day weekend starting tomorrow. I got Tonka into the barn yesterday morning to start drying off. I am considering running DOT3 in it simply because, like you said, it's cheap. The only thing I have working to my favor right now is that there is not any fluid in it right now...

Brake System Okay, after researching this site, Google, and the TM's, I managed to figure out the plumbing for the hydraulic system side of the brakes. I found several pictures of the individual components and then the text identifying where the components were located. I took my 4 pages of...

It would appear that my brake system is *missing* a few hydraulic lines. TM 1819AC directs me to TM 9-819A. I cannot locate a TM 9-819A (July 1951) online. I do, however have TM 9-8024 (October 1955). Does the 1955 edition supersede the 1951 edition? And since Tonka is a 1952, which Operational...

Okay, so as y'all can read, I brought Tonka home yesterday. I replaced the toggle switch for the fuel pump this morning. I come home from the shop this evening and there's this guy with a mini van wanting to buy the old bank barn out back... Long and Short, I told him no, we changed topics. So...