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January 29th, 2010. Interesting install. I don't know if I would have done it though, as most state motor vehicle codes grandfather the older vehicles to only require what they had on them when built. An inspector in West Virginia tried that stunt many years ago on an M422A1 that I had at the...

January 29th, 2010. At least you gentlemen have not met up with the practice of thermite grenading the engines (yet). Back in the 1960's Weirton Steel Company bought a bunch of Alco S-2/S-4 switchers from the U.S.Army Transportation Corps, the engines were sold as scrap (intact) when...

January 28th, 2010. So what's the problem here, boys? Uncle won't sell you an HMMWV? Given the inefficient design of the machine itself, as it was spec'd to military design standards, most civillians in their right minds would not want one. So Uncle sells them back to whoever owns AM General...

January 28th, 2010. Russia's got MV collectors AND Bubba's Too!!!8-) I wonder if their HOA's cause grief for them over the trucks? I don't think cranking the truck by pushing down on the crank's a good idea..... If a Model "T" with 20HP can bust your arm, imagine what a gas deuce engine could...

January 28th, 2010. We used to have two of the old civillian 1948 Dodge Power Wagons with PTO winches, and the mechanics were able to fabricate the gin poles to fit the front bumper sling hook feet, just like the deuce. The poles were probably between 15 and 20' or so long, and the trucks...

January 28th, 2010. KBarrel: If it were me, I'd either pull the cab, or remove the radiator and pull the engine forward to get at the clutch disc. Then I would inspect, free up, lube or replace as needed, and put the truck back togather. Most Swiss Unimogs have very...

January 28th, 2010. Catman: I am quite certain that MVPA stands for Military Vehicle Preservation Association, but it's elitist attitudes to those of us who work our vehicles or use them daily as part of our "Preservation" ethos, so far see nothing in that organization's charter that makes...

January 28th, 2010. M37_Power: Sorry to hear of your problems, it's really unfortunate for West Virginia (where I was born, I might add), that you happen to live in a college town, and with colleges come egghead busybodies. Personally, I would not live within city limits where they...

January 27th, 2010. :grd: Geez! Are we ever getting to be a touchy group anymore.... I kinda figure that the Boy Scouts are gonna benefit from the exposure to nature and to the military vehicle that hauled them in there. Yes, it might have been better to leave no tracks, but the reality of the...

January 26th, 2010. Fellow Steel Soldiers members: Strange to say, we all DO have a dog in this fight, and while I have refrained from saying too much out of deference to our friends in Wisconsin's sensitivities, I do AGREE we (all of us users of ex MV's, for whatever purpose), had better...

January 26th, 2010. Undysworld: I have asked R.Lee Ermey to look up this thread and contact you in regards to the Wisconsin DOT action. I remarked to him his WWII jeep would not be registerable under the proposed regulations, and that you folks could use his input. Let...

January 25th, 2010. Watching from the side lines way down here in Texas..... I still say that while you guys in Wisconsin seem to be moving towards some solution to the HMV issue, I would say because it does not allow for those of us who use our vehicles as working trucks daily...

January 25th, 2010. The video back on page 3 pretty much proves my reason for fearing stupid car drivers. Admittedly the Jeep did not have it's wheels on, but it was larger then a lot of the more modern cars and did not survive the accident. I would have liked to see an accessment of the...

January 24th, 2010. bigugh: You are in trouble now, boy!:D When you get bitten by the OD bug it leads you on to other things. At least with the Navy and the Air Force in Charleston, it shouldn't be too hard to find a surplus fix...... CUCV's are cheap and useful, deuces will get...

Head Bolts on deuce January 24th, 2010. bickdbinkl: Uncle had a special set of wrenches for the M35A2 series multifuel engines that were designed expressly to work around the obstructions(injectors and such) on the top of the engine. I'd suggest either checking with Steel...

January 24th, 2010. I've seen Korean War era military vehicles that had a stencil that said" This vehicle cost the taxpayer $-,--- Treat it like its yours". or some such to that effect. I have seen it more rarely on Vietnam era equipment, too. Maybe Uncle should stencil his 5 tons...

January 23rd, 2010. Super Dave: A Mercedes Benz design? Since I have not seen an Iltis personally, they must be a strange little machine, but your restoration is A-No.-1! Cheers, Kyle F. McGrogan:-D

January 23rd, 2010. USAFSS-Coldwarrior: Perhaps the correct term to use would be to obtain the truck for public display as an operating museum artifact. Either way, the family would benefit by donation to an IRS acceptable museum or charity. Owning one of this is akin to the...

January 22nd, 2010. Looks like a paint crack to me, because of no oil or antifreeze on the block. DO NOT use the torch to check it, if your blocks sound now (most likely), it won't be after the application of heat to a limited area like that. Use the chemical test kits alluded to above...

January 22nd, 2010. David Doyle does an excellent explanation of the bridge plates in the markings section of his "Standard Catalog of U.S. Militarty Vehicles" in one of the appendixes. The system was apparently instuituted during WWII so bridge guards and MPs could know if a bridge could take...