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Ahhhh...spring is coming. QUEEN LOLA is out of storage and back on the road! She is oozing on the front axle. Probably time to do the front axle stepXstep procedure.... Started up lika a champ, good brakes and everything works. One cannot ask for more on a 40 year old truck.

You are asking the right questions, fredster. The purchase price is one thing - bringing the truck up to snuff is another. Not much to say to the price; IMHO 5500 sounds a little rich, unless it is decked out with winch, hard top, heater, dropside bed. Jaded, experienced green iron owners will...

Wow...and they rest on the tailgate? I would have thought the weight of a pickup could shear those tailgate bolts right off.

As emmado said. The only issue I ran into with mine was the need to replace an air fitting that was the wrong diameter in the kit. I think the kit had a 1/2 inch fitting and I needed a 3/4, or the other way around.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?43280-lugnut-removal-installation-tip http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?82479-Geared-lug-wrench http://www.steelsoldiers.com/archive/index.php/t-65681.html http://www.steelsoldiers.com/archive/index.php/t-24867.html Here is how magic...

Ok, so what is the history? Was it starting and running well, then it developed a problem that you needed to fix and now it only starts and idles with massive help? Or? what did you fix? Did you do anything to the injection pump, such as "turn up the fuel"? When it runs and you drive it, does it...

When I did the brakes on my axles for the first time and the associated bearing/seal work, hot hubs drove me nuts. I played with loosening and tightening the hub nuts for a while until I figured out that realistically only the brakes generate sufficient heat to warm up things to the point where...

I remember driving a diesel wrecker that had a manual priming pump; it was a cabover and you had to open the lid in the cab, reach down into the bowels, find the round pump plunger head, turn a quarter turn to unlock and pump slowly for a while, preferably with the screw at the bottom of the...

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check the bolts ont he short shaft between tranny and transfer case!

From the factory, late model M35A2 trucks, many of which were from an USAF contract, have a split brake system (2 air packs). Their year of manufacture is between very late 1985 and 1987. A hint is the blue warranty sticker on the dash. Trucks rebuilt into M35A3 trucks also have a split brake...

So did I.

You may find the info in this thread helpful: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?84087-CTIS-Controller-problem

I think that a place for the stock to rest on or in, with rubber cushioning, would also prevent the chafing that is certain to occur when the stock is resting on the cab floor.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?102749-Head-gasket-replacement-tips-and-tricks some concurrent info in the Modding forum.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?16736-Clutch-Adjustment Here is how I found it: http://bit.ly/Xqtza2

Not to stir you up or anything, but many people actively look for an A3 with all the goodies. You may want to have a good, long look at what the resale value of a cherry A3 is. Then consider selling the A3 and getting a spick and span 5-ton, 900 series truck, with winch and true power steering...

Since you did ask - NOPE! Fix that red abomination with the silver hub.

No. Over time it fails in a consistent way at locations that need heavier lifting, more chit to be removed and take three times longer than the last failure you repaired! Murphy has a woodland camo outfit, too.

TM 9-2320-209-10-4, page 39. http://test.steelsoldiers.com/upload/M35/TM9-2320-209-10-4.pdf Five foot breaker bar and standing on it should be about right. 325-350 foot pounds.