Newest truck - M51A2

[patracy]

Picked up another MV yesterday. It's a Kaiser M51A2 W/W. Lotta work to be done, but lucky we got it home. The air and fuel filters were clogged up. Take a look at all the mess that came out of the filter housing. I also blew out the air filter and found a couple pounds of "moon sand" as well. The lift pump keeps blowing fuses even after I added an extra ground. I'm just going to install another airtex E8135 pump on it like I have on my deuce. I've swapped the secondary and final fuel filters. I've also got the primary ready to be reinstalled. But I wanted to get the fuel pumped up to the housing first to double check the condition of the fuel a little better. I did dip the tank and the fuel looks nice.

Anyhow, the coolant was nice and green, oil will be changed next as well. Has new batts. I need to install a PTO shaft for the front winch. I also need to do a bit of body work and spray it down with some CARC green. I'm not sure what my plans are with it. I'm not really keen on the dump truck. But it's growing on me. I've thought about pulling the dump setup off and selling it and throwing a M35 bed on it. I've thought about bobbing it as well, but I just like the looks of a 6x6 better. It would be a fine candidate for a knucleboom and flat bed...

 

[patracy]

Oh yeah, I think on the to do list is a set of hemtt wheels and 395s too!

 

[jcappeljr]

Dump are great,dont tear it apart.

 

[patracy]

I'm going to get it back into driving shape and see if I could find someone to buy it as it sits or trade for a different 5 ton. If it doesn't move by summer I'll start modifying it.

 

[drgreg]

That thing is almost as ugly as your avatar, just kidding, it looks great. Don't cut-up a nice M51, if you need an idea for it's use, I have two words for you:
GUN TRUCK.

 

[patracy]

I was wondering when I'd start getting grief for my avatar. I use V for my avatar everywhere. I tend to get yelled at by users on my forum about it creeping them out.

Gun truck.... hmmmm...... I could use a Ma Deuce for the collection.

 

[drgreg]

Here are a few pics.

 

[73m819]

I liked what V stood for,

 

[73m819]

the number 2 pic. pretty much is how we did ours in VN

 

[vtdeucedriver]

One day I will have a dump.

 

[Jimma]

I need to take a dump!

 

[Gunnermac]

HI Patracy,

PM me about what you might want to trade for.

Mac

 

[vtdeucedriver]

I need to take a dump!

A good dump is always nice to have!!

 

[MyothersanM1]

A good dump is always nice to have!!

I generally like to leave mine, but I'll take a dump truck.

The multi-fuel "flat-grilles' are becoming few and far between. Cutting 'em up should not be done by the faint-hearted. I personally believe these trucks should restored as they were meant to be. But, that's my. Do as you see fit.

 

[patracy]

HI Patracy,

PM me about what you might want to trade for.

Mac

Sent.

I generally like to leave mine, but I'll take a dump truck.

The multi-fuel "flat-grilles' are becoming few and far between. Cutting 'em up should not be done by the faint-hearted. I personally believe these trucks should restored as they were meant to be. But, that's my. Do as you see fit.

I realize the "flat-grilles" are getting harder to come by. That's why I'm going to get this one back up to snuff and see about trading it/selling it for a while. If it sits for a while, then I'll start looking at changing it around.

 

[joeM62]

That truck looks like the one that is near me.

 

[patracy]

Was for sale on craigslist for a short while. That wrecker for trade?

 

[patracy]

Got the fuel pump back on and filters changed out. Dump works good.

 

[patracy]

Picked up a 800 series PTO shaft from carnac last weekend and cut it down to fit the M51. Shaft is in, cable unspooled and rewound on the drum. Also drained and replaced the oil in the winch. Going to grease everything tomorrow and change the oil this weekend. Last things on the list is fixing the oil leak at the air compressor, repairing the parking brake, then I'll clean up the body and paint it. It's coming along nicely.

 

[patracy]

Got a little more work done to it this weekend. The back axle had a brake fluid leak. Rebuilt the wheel cyl on that axle and flushed the brake system. It's now running DOT 4 fluid. Everything is greased up. Still need to replace the gaskets at the air compressor and fix the parking brake. Once I get those taken care of, I'll start with the bodywork. I'm thinking about swapping the wheels and tires on it as well to a super single setup like my deuce. But tires are last on the list. I'd really like to find someone to trade with before I start modding it.