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My nightmare is a rollover in a truck with ZERO ROPS. A forum member here was killed on the drive home in a M35A3 he had just picked up at the auction when a semi rear-ended him, shooting the truck into the median where it rolled. Your friend was incredibly lucky. Hopefully the cab is...

I like the brush idea. I use Jatonka's canvas boots and they look and work great. Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

If you - want a truck that is turn key..um...press button ready when you get it and has the closest thing to a "warranty " one can have with a 60 year old vehicle - do not wish to go through and troubleshoot every major system on the truck or engage in "restoration" type work - find that complex...

@Gunfreak25 peeks into the rockers of his truck and sees they are all rusty inside. Me: "Let's pretend we didn't just see that".

It has been a while but I recall the ends on my air hose to the gauge being the reusable kind (unscrew with two wrenches). Pretty sure I reused them on new hose. Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

Hmm....I would probably crawl underneath and put it into LOW manually, then drive it and see if there is a transfer case issue. If it does go into low and drives fine, weld up the linkage. Many reasons why it broke; pre-existing damage from a Neanderthal driving, made worse by how the linkage...

@Gunfreak25 That tube chassis looks so cool! I can see plenty of fun ahead, tearing around in that thing. Uh, uh..and it likely needs a beefier engine. And brakes. But mainly a beefier engine! vroooooooooooom..........

Yes, works just fine. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/deuce-axle-ratio.64489/ And post #5 describes one with mixed age axles: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/53-studebaker-truck-rebuilt-into-multifuel.195228/

Interesting. I think we'd need a pic that shows it more from the side, showing both scrolls. Is the truck a runner? Listen to the noise it makes and decide whether you like it. If it was me looking for a truck I'd note as a plus that it is a turbocharged engine and move on to other components...

I serviced it to TM specs and it "self-adjusted" after that.

@7bdiver I filled my tranny with 40w to spec, as per TM. All was fine until I ran it on the highway at speed for two hours. It was puking oil, rust-proofing half of the truck. I did not think tranny fluid; I thought major engine oil leak at first. But engine was dry. Well...dry-ish..you know...

It looks cute! It appears to be an American Coleman MB-4. 1970' vintage. Are there any data plates etc that you could take a pic of? What are you planning to do with it? I always wondered how these tugs do off the tarmac, being quite hefty. It is all wheel drive, right? Some info here...

Yes, but did you put a sticker in that says "Mice prohibited "? Black mouse in red circle with red bar across? How are they supposed to know?! Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

Looking good! That plywood deck would rot away hereabouts in a year or so, but I guess in AZ with the dryness it will last for a long time. You are not overloading her with that single tank. Glad to see that she starts to earn her keep!

Ah, that! Originally, the MC cap was vented via this line to the air filter housing. That caused issues and was to be disconnected and replaced with the axle vent. That also causes issues because it only allows flow in one direction, providing it doesn't stick, allowing no air flow. The best...

I like the look of the radials as duals. Looks massive and very capable.

@steelsoldiers "Enlightened" motor pools quite evidently did several things to their M35 to make them perform even better, including singling them out and installing radial tires. I say this, based on the configuration of trucks surplussed out when they appeared on government auction sites. As...

I love the MTVR for their visual deception. They are similarly proportioned to the Deuce, just....so much bigger! It is hard to judge with just a pic of an MTVR, but the pic above is great! The Deuce on the trailer looks like the grown up truck bringing a little ATV runabout along...

I appreciate @gringeltaube stepping in and corrected the info.. Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

@gringeltaube has produced a nice set of drawings that explains the different types of beads and the matching shape of rims and why mis-matching them is problematic. The tire receives mechanical pressure from the edge of the rim in an area of the tire that is not designed for it, and...