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  1. miltruckman

    M35 engine, transmission swap, & road gear

    HI Lance, I'll start a new thread on the subject. Bill
  2. miltruckman

    M35 engine, transmission swap, & road gear

    Here are a couple more photos of the swap I couldnt get in to the last post. Bill Michigan
  3. miltruckman

    M35 engine, transmission swap, & road gear

    Well, I swapped out the truck's engine once again. In went a rebuilt LDS465-1A I purchased from GovLiquidation. I drove to Alabama to pick it up earlier this year. It took about a day to pull the old engine, a day to convert the new one to LDT465-1C configuration and install the fittings...
  4. miltruckman

    M35 engine, transmission swap, & road gear

    starting the project. Thanks everyone for the welcome and advice, I got a chance to start a little work on the project this afternoon. I pulled my rebuilt 1A engine and an old 1C parts engine I had out of their cans today. I started disassembling the parts engine to get what I needed for the...
  5. miltruckman

    M35 engine, transmission swap, & road gear

    paint color strata blue The truck is an ex air force M49 fuel tanker. When I sanded off all the red paint it was blue underneath. And being as i am also ex air force I am also partial to Strata blue. So I went with it. Everyones truck is green. I thought it would be nice to be a little...
  6. miltruckman

    M35 engine, transmission swap, & road gear

    more pics M342 You ask for more pics of the truck, Hope I don't get in trouble for sending all these. Bill Michigan
  7. miltruckman

    M35 engine, transmission swap, & road gear

    Not so old! From the 2005 fall trail ride. The last event my truck made it to! On the way home I barely made it, It stalled so many times. There were a lot of unhappy drivers behind me most of the way home. Bill I'll attach a couple more photos of the same event.
  8. miltruckman

    M35 engine, transmission swap, & road gear

    Hi, A quick introduction. I live in Birch Run, Michigan, Am a member of the MVPA & GLMVPA(Great lakes Chapter) and currently have only one Military truck, an M342. (M35 dump truck) and an ammo trailer. I am relatively new to the steel soldiers website but have been an avid restorer of...
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