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Hello I am going to begin my journey with takin tires, whelks and everything to the axles off on my front end and was wondering how high to jack it?. I am going to get the standard 18-19” heigh bottle jack and with the tires I have I am sitting at 21” from floor to bottom of axle beam where...

Tucson, AZ

Out here there’s an older guy who owns 10’s upon 10’s of acres of Military vehicles, I’m talking hundreds of M35A2 etc and he’s also a mechanic etc and he str8 up says he uses 85w140 for Trans, Transfer and Axles and then Straight 40 for Oil snd his comments were cause it’s always hot out here.

I am in Arizona and aside from a cold month or so it’s generally 80’s and now for 2 months it’s in the 100’s. I am only using 85w140 cause it’s good at higher temps in the gears and I have to assume it gets hot in there. But at the end of the day, I really don’t know.

I know, right? I ended up using 85w140 for Trans, Transfer and Axles. Not sure if it was right but it’s been months and I see no issues, thus far.

Awesome. Thank you all for the responses I definitely feel more confident in doing this. I can say that the only leaking is the bottom seal. Not gushing or anything but oil beading up at the seal and seems to spray out under load. But nothing in great mass. I actually do have the 2 wrenches for...

hello, thank you for the response. I will admit I was hoping for the easy way out of this situation but I know I will be glad that I go through with it. going to have to verify what you mean by intake filter (on the Compressor I assume?) and then also the 33lbs... You mean the bolt that holds on...

Sorry to bring up an old thread but it is the exact thread I’d make again anyway... My 72 M35A2 has a new leak and I noticed it at the bottom right corner of the air compressor where the prior owner apparently did use that RTV (sealant). Well the time has come that that no longer works. I...

Hello I’ve never taken the wheels, hubs or anything off of my vehicle yet and am going to do so replacing every seal from hub to axle, brake lines and all of it. But it occurred to me the prior owner had custom (as in not stock) locking hubs put in. Does this change the way I dismantle...

I know, right? But now I took it for a drive and came back and checked everything and right where the 6 lines feed into the fuel injector pump it’s leaking out fuel. I can see it puddled in the grooves where the lines meet and I see it all sprayed under the compressor. I am hoping it’s a simple...

Hello! So I was looking through some pages and game uponhttps://www.steelsoldiers.com/upload/M35/TM9-2320-209-34-2-1.pdf Great link. But I was wondering, am I to assume that any given bolt size no matter where it goes will have a set torque for it? Like all and any 9/16 (example) in the truck...

I forgot to respond to this a while back. It seems the noise was the speedo cable had somehow ripped out of the transmission and wrapped itself around it and was ticking. After removed all of it the noise went away. Of all the things.

Hello I was going to begin tearing down, for the first time, my axle/hub/wheel cylinder and everything in between and was wondering what my options were if I have a claw and ball axle.. I’ve heard the UJoint style is stronger? Does it matter? Are the seal and retainer the same style for both? I...

Ahhh thank you I understand.

Interesting. So you connect it to one of the wheel cylinder brake valves and leave it open and it doesn’t leak unless it’s under pressure? Interesting. So you connect one to the valve on whichever brake cylinder your bleeding and then it only bleeds under pressure when using the Power Bleeder...

I appreciate those links and information. At this point both the air pack and master cylinder are indeed new (5 years old) and I have 0 issues with the system. My main concern was getting proactive with the maintenance and also, the 5 rubber hoses near the axels are looking rough so those are a...

Awesome information. I will indeed do one at a time.. Would it be best to drain the whole system from the wheel cylinders before removing the fluid? when I pump the canister with pressure and release at the cylinder , is it safe to say that when a stream comes out it’s good? also thank you for...

I apologize for the redundant questions but brakes can be my life so I wanna go into this 100%. When replacing the brake lines do I do them one at a time or can I just straight up take them all off then replace them then bleed one at a time in the previously mentioned order. I assume then that...

Thank you all for the responses and I apologize for the delay. I want to first mention that it is indeed just a reservoir for the fluid to easily check and that there is indeed a connector for a power bleeding system like the ones mentioned/shown which can be hooked up to a canister or such...

Hello! So I got my ‘72 over a year ago and have had no issues with the brakes. Prior owner had replaced the air pack, master cylinder and so forth and also had installed the remote MC. He also mentioned using DOT3. I want to drain the whole system and place DOT5 but have never bled brakes...