Dead Pilot's M36a2 Build

[71DeuceAK]

Coming together!

 

[Dead pilot]

Made some progress on the troop seats. Got one out four done. Lots of cutting and drilling of the fiberglass boards and the seat legs have to be cut too seems like the bed is shorter then what these racks came off of.

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[Black Ops]

The support legs typically sit at an angle where the floor meets the bed wall.

 

[Dead pilot]

The support legs typically sit at an angle where the floor meets the bed wall.

Well that makes sense hahaha. Probably should have looked that up before cutting. Luckily I have extras. Thanks pointing that out

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[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

If you are able to provide dimensions and/or a drawing of your modifications, I'm sure others will appreciate being able to replicate your efforts without having to "reinvent" these troop seats.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Dead pilot]

If you are able to provide dimensions and/or a drawing of your modifications, I'm sure others will appreciate being able to replicate your efforts without having to "reinvent" these troop seats.

Thanks for sharing!

Good idea. I'll do up a new post with drawings dimensions and some pictures of the rest of the project.

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[Dead pilot]

Got the troop seats all done and the headache rack done. Everything looks good and works good. Even pulled out the cover looks like my uprights are a bit short. Have to go look the TM to see what it should be for the M36.

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[71DeuceAK]

She's looking good. Once again I commend you for bringing her back to life!

 

[DavidWymore]

Awesome

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Looks GREAT !

And those longer legs tucked into the bed corners will not be prone to collapsing like your previous vertical ones would surely have done.

 

[Dead pilot]

Finally got around to fixing the rear axle after the failed test run awhile back. Took awhile to be able to get out to get the rear axle set got a pretty good deal on the both axles complete with a the section of frame they were cut out of.
Forgot to take some before pictures of the donor axles but grabbed some after day 1 of work.
Most of the parts off the bent axle came off with out too much issues. The donor axle well some of the bolts may just become liquid.
The bent axle was bent on outer driverside towards the cab about 1".

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[GT4U]

Nice!

 

[Dead pilot]

More work finally done. It's a slow process. But ran into something that I'm not sure is any issue or not. I found out the donor axles came out of a gasser. The axles are stamped with 3 27 53 and are Timken Detroit axles.
The axles that came off my M36 are Rockwell.
Now the question is will these axles work on the 36.
They both are marked as 6 27 ratio

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[cattlerepairman]

Yes, works just fine.

Deuce axle ratio

Can anyone tell me if the axle ratio on a 1953 M35 gasser is the same as a later M35A2 multifuel? [ 6:72 to 1 ? ]

www.steelsoldiers.com

And post #5 describes one with mixed age axles: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/53-studebaker-truck-rebuilt-into-multifuel.195228/

 

[Dead pilot]

Yes, works just fine.

Deuce axle ratio

Can anyone tell me if the axle ratio on a 1953 M35 gasser is the same as a later M35A2 multifuel? [ 6:72 to 1 ? ]

www.steelsoldiers.com

And post #5 describes one with mixed age axles: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/53-studebaker-truck-rebuilt-into-multifuel.195228/

Ok cool that will make life so much easier. One of the axle is leaking water out of the top end. The second one seems to be good. But still gonna tear into it and make sure

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[dmetalmiki]

Bob it.....

OOO! there's no "Dislike button"!.

 

[Dead pilot]

Finally got both rears out from under the truck and then did a quick power wash to clean them off some.
Now to set the area up for tear down and rebuild. And I gotta figure out a better way to get these heavy things back under the truck when done.

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[Mullaney]

Finally got both rears out from under the truck and then did a quick power wash to clean them off some.
Now to set the area up for tear down and rebuild. And I gotta figure out a better way to get these heavy things back under the truck when done.

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Wow.
Looks like you have a BIG job ahead of you.
Those look like First Class jack stands out back too.

 

[Dead pilot]

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Wow.
Looks like you have a BIG job ahead of you.
Those look like First Class jack stands out back too.

Definitely not those harbor freight ones hahaha

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[Dead pilot]

Weather and time has finally lined up. So I was finally able to take the rest of the suspension off. Rear spring came off the trunion pretty easily. I could it hasn't been serviced in a very long time. The grease was pretty hard in spots. So that will all get cleaned up.

But the question is do it put the roller bearings back in or get the newer bushings?

Up next is ordering parts and rebuilding the rear axles then paint.
Goal is to be back up and running by April or early May

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