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My EUC cleared this week and today was the only day available due to conflicts at work until the second week in September. I have been needing a deuce since I foolishly sold my old one.
I bought a 68 Kaiser Jeep M35A2 W/W and a 71 General Products Division M35A2 W/W. Either I missed it when I previewed the trucks or my 68 has been attacked by a fork lift since the auction. I know they have been moved as the lots to the south of mine are now north of mine.
The light wiring to the right front fender has been severed, no big deal there. But they hit the primary filter can and dented it as well as bending the interior bolt and breaking the seal at the filter housing. When we hit the power switch, diesel was spraying everywhere. I had a bag of filters and swapped it out. I had to bend the center bolt to get the can straight with the mount again. Hit the power, the can sealed, but the line to the secondaries had been crunched and was spraying fuel on the side of the block.
Quick trip to Manhattan... could not find any 1/2" fuel line, so I bought 3/8" and some axle grease and stretched it over the copper tube. It was still dripping a little at the first connector under the pan, but good enough to head home.
The 71 had no brakes, so I would have to tow it with the 68. The 68 was another clean engine oil truck. The oil had not been smoked yet. The upper radiator hose was cut too short and it barely stretched across, so I left the cap loose after attaching the hose, that is correct, brand new hose, that had a very thin gap between the block and the hose. I am not sure how this one left the depot. When we fired it up, coolant blew out of there like crazy. It started almost instantly and quickly built oil pressure. Everything appears new, stamped standard bore, rods and mains, with a 1970 date casting.
My brother came along, we had a nice easy run home. The truck ran perfect and everything stayed cool. It pulled the second deuce fairly easily and I down shifted for the hills, rather than just stand on the fuel. It was pulling them, but I just eased off and found a lower gear when it was working hard.
The slobber tube blows more light gray or white smoke than I am used to, hopefully it will clean up as the engine gets broken in.
We had to air up some tires, the glad hand hose works much better than the under the dash style!
I did not mess with the 71, just put it in neutral on the transfer case and made sure it had lube. All wheels ran cool on the way home.
I had run off without my ear plugs, but when I opened the windshield on the 68 there was a pair sealing off the corner of the windshield frame. Works for me!
We ran 45 to 48 mph with little difficulty, he said we broke 50 going down the hill at Fort Riley. It seems like a pretty solid truck... Found a laminated lubrication order from 1988 behind the passenger's seat. This one has two spring seats in it.
Photos to follow, he even pulled ahead and shot a little video.
I did drop the side panel on the 71 and it also has a new looking engine, standard bore, rods and mains. It appears to be a pretty solid truck, I will find out a lot more next week. I think they both have at least 8 new tires. I feel lucky, hope I can solve that brake issue quickly. Glen
I bought a 68 Kaiser Jeep M35A2 W/W and a 71 General Products Division M35A2 W/W. Either I missed it when I previewed the trucks or my 68 has been attacked by a fork lift since the auction. I know they have been moved as the lots to the south of mine are now north of mine.
The light wiring to the right front fender has been severed, no big deal there. But they hit the primary filter can and dented it as well as bending the interior bolt and breaking the seal at the filter housing. When we hit the power switch, diesel was spraying everywhere. I had a bag of filters and swapped it out. I had to bend the center bolt to get the can straight with the mount again. Hit the power, the can sealed, but the line to the secondaries had been crunched and was spraying fuel on the side of the block.
Quick trip to Manhattan... could not find any 1/2" fuel line, so I bought 3/8" and some axle grease and stretched it over the copper tube. It was still dripping a little at the first connector under the pan, but good enough to head home.
The 71 had no brakes, so I would have to tow it with the 68. The 68 was another clean engine oil truck. The oil had not been smoked yet. The upper radiator hose was cut too short and it barely stretched across, so I left the cap loose after attaching the hose, that is correct, brand new hose, that had a very thin gap between the block and the hose. I am not sure how this one left the depot. When we fired it up, coolant blew out of there like crazy. It started almost instantly and quickly built oil pressure. Everything appears new, stamped standard bore, rods and mains, with a 1970 date casting.
My brother came along, we had a nice easy run home. The truck ran perfect and everything stayed cool. It pulled the second deuce fairly easily and I down shifted for the hills, rather than just stand on the fuel. It was pulling them, but I just eased off and found a lower gear when it was working hard.
The slobber tube blows more light gray or white smoke than I am used to, hopefully it will clean up as the engine gets broken in.
We had to air up some tires, the glad hand hose works much better than the under the dash style!
I did not mess with the 71, just put it in neutral on the transfer case and made sure it had lube. All wheels ran cool on the way home.
I had run off without my ear plugs, but when I opened the windshield on the 68 there was a pair sealing off the corner of the windshield frame. Works for me!
We ran 45 to 48 mph with little difficulty, he said we broke 50 going down the hill at Fort Riley. It seems like a pretty solid truck... Found a laminated lubrication order from 1988 behind the passenger's seat. This one has two spring seats in it.
Photos to follow, he even pulled ahead and shot a little video.
I did drop the side panel on the 71 and it also has a new looking engine, standard bore, rods and mains. It appears to be a pretty solid truck, I will find out a lot more next week. I think they both have at least 8 new tires. I feel lucky, hope I can solve that brake issue quickly. Glen
AAAHA...I finaly got to use this!
