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Ok, I'll help push this off topic! My dad bought a 1972 Mazda RX2 rotary coupe brand new and that is my childhood car. White with blue pinstripes. I remember being between the two front seats ('cause kids were expendable, back then!) when he blasted up the highway onramps and certainly did not...

Ah, so easy up here in Ontario, Canada. We get shafted either way, because a vehicle is "commercial" as soon as it exceeds 4600kg GVWR (11,000lbs), regardless of actual use. So, your F-350 has "commercial" on the registration, even though you only get groceries with it. Exempt from daily log...

I admire the tenacity and the sheer sales skills that some of these scammers have. As so often, if they applied their skills in the legal world, they would be able to pull a hefty and legal income in product sales. One of those creatures caught me unawares and, man, was he good. Ended up not...

10k in the bed and 10k towed. Just peek at the data plate. Agreed that the truck (frame, axles) can handle more; the ancient brake system not so much and the low power to weight ratio would be suicidal in today's traffic at max weights.

I feel qualified to chime in, because somehow I find myself in situations where I have to do shady stuff. - can the LDT pull a 14t excavator plus float trailer (tandem axle, I suspect)? Yes. The LDT will be able to get going on flat ground in low range in first gear and your clutch better be...

Good writeups! Any such ingenuity will keep our trucks running longer!

Wait! That does not look military enough! You need to paint it using a mop and bucket! This is waaaayyyyy too nice ;-)

Define "works". Brake fluid should be able to do a few things. Be non-compressible (check; it's a liquid), not corrode everything it comes into contact with, including all the seals and rubber parts (check; ideally it also will inhibit corrosion), not attract and mix with water (DOT 5 does a...

If you ain't bleeding, you ain't doing it right! Changing the master cylinder is one of the more miserable jobs, depending. There is one fastener that is in a very tight spot and, if the master has been worked on before, is likely to have been "omitted" upon reassembly. I was very pleased to...

https://steelsoldiers.com/threads/new-to-me-deuce-with-matching-trailer-wrenching-post.208083/page-11#post-2466528

It wasn't a lot of effort to install. The brackets are nifty; the passenger side uses the air filter housing bolts in the firewall and one has to drill four holes into the top of the hood to attach the other end of the gas struts. I can take pics if it helps somebody out. I have had it for a few...

The hood handle and the gas struts to lift and hold the hood are great additions.

She is a beauty!

The technical term is "Super Rope" and it is 5/16 EPDM. 3/8 will work as well. If you can get it locally from a trailer or tarp supply it would likely be more cost efficient, methinks. You need about 50ft to do the whole truck. A bit more if you need to do a soft top, too. Otherwise, the usual...

Good that you found that!! No, I am not aware that they were "lined" (although anything is possible). I recall them being painted with a reddish coloured primer. You definitely want that stuff out of there because random blockages of random air orifices are not fun. Probably disconnect the air...

https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/powersteering-and-395-85r20s-rub-issue.158657/#post-1923981 https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/m35a2-power-steering-options.201703/ I run 11.00R20 and in a right turn with a lot of pressure on the tire (i.e. offroad) I "can" get it to rub on the castle...

FWIW I have been running 80/90 in the diffs; no issues. Also @Balalala where in Canada are you?

@Gunfreak25 Careful there with that beer! That has, like, real alcohol in it ;-)

Sorry, this sounds too good to let it go to waste; can one of the moderators perhaps offer to help? Maybe PDF it?

@msgjd Yes, and while we are all rightfully concerned about our 13,000-26,000 lbs rig's stopping power so we do not hit and crush lesser vehicles around us, let's not forget that our M35 compared to an 80,000-100,000 lbs transport or triaxle/lowboy combo is exactly such a small vehicle...