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January 2nd, 2010. If you really want to see expensive parts prices, look around for the secondary low range gear box addition for a S404.114 Unimog, the puppy costs $2000+ to go from 2 low range gears forward and reverse to 8 low range gears F&R.....!:-D It makes MB stockholders...

January 2nd, 2009. I would not write off an M211 or M135 even if it had gotten a good soaking. For the right $$$, one can tear these trucks down and rebuild them, the question is, do you want to bother? Once M135/211's were pretty common trucks, but now they are getting fewer and fewer...

January 1st, 2010. Works like a Swiss Army knife too. A lot of GI's complain that the SEE won't do what a standard backhoe will do, but I gaurantee it beats digging a hole with a pioneer rack tool.... And the 404.114's are lighter then the later series, but they will still go the same...

January 1st, 2009. Carnac: Man, I am really sorry for the situation you are in, but I also regret to tell you that Atlanta has the unfortunate combination of Georgia Crackers and Yankees, a very bad mixture. As the bumper sticker says "Paddle faster, I hear Banjo's".......:twisted: Quite a...

January 1st, 2010. Gentlemen: We are all entitled to our opinions about anything under the sun. I agree with BullDogMack13 about the Kivett's, I've dealt with them and I have had no cause for complaint. I have also dealt with Memphis Equipment Company and have no cause to complain there...

December 29th, 2009. Boy, somebody at Ford was on drugs with that concept for the Bronco. It kinda looks like Ford's take on the Jeep Commando, which was equally unapealing aesthetically. The Bronco in 1966 was pretty plain and was a competitor of Scout's for the power company business...

December 29th, 2009. Since I had to replace one windshield glass due to a crack in in when I bought the truck in 2007, I hauled it to the local auto glass shop and let them have at it. If the gaskets around the glass are ok, just reassemble. If the screws under the acron nuts are bad, cut off...

December 29th, 2009. Gents: I was always under the impression gasoline was a war emergency measure.... On my truck I never run more then 25% gasoline, the rest is either diesel or WMO, but in the winter a little gasoline will keep the diesel from gelling and saves me from...

December 29th, 2009. Gentlemen and Ladies: Hopefully my original answer was not taken to be demeaning, I was trying to explain a few of the things to watch out for. The deuce can be ill tempered on rough terrain or potholed roads as regards the standard steering set up. The front end on his...

December 29th, 2009. To solve your windshield leaks at the center post bottom in the winter, just climb up on the hood and tuck the corners of the weather seal in with your fingers (works best if seals are new), then just don't open the windshield untill late spring. Solves 98% of the deuce...

December 29th, 2009. muta4warrior::ditto: The Air Force did more upgrades and generally took better care of their trucks then the Army ever did. If you have the money for one only, the AF ESP M35A2C or M35A3C would be the one to own. Cheers, Kyle F. McGrogan:-D

December 28th, 2009. I believe the correct term for what those gents were doing is known as "Mechanical Darwinism", its kinda God's way of removing defective genes from the gene pool. They do it all the time down here with civvy trucks and cars, note the white crosses marking where...

December 28th, 2009. You gents are right as to HP, I had not looked up the TM-10, but I seemed to remember one of the later versions of the LD-465 turbo'd variants were up around 180 HP. The normally aspirated unit in my truck is not a fast runner, 54 hits the red line, and as I have no urge...

December 28th, 2009. Dear Sasquatch Santa: You're absolved:-P! I guess what you're gonna do is reversible, but I have seen some very cruel conversions done to what otherwise are rare autos..... Wonder why nobody ever chopped and dropped a White Scout car, for instance? It is a wonder why a...

December 28th, 2009. Definitely a situation for a Unimog.....S404.114's would not even notice the irregularity, and if they did, you just lock the differentials up. I did like the M715 as a hauler and a road truck, as they were faster and better riding then the M37's, but they had...

December 28th, 2009. What a very cool find. I always though the HMTTS were like the Oshkosh version with the lowered cabs and the engines behind the cab, this one is more like a Kenworth cab over in architecture. I bet Santa had a heckuva time getting that one into the chimney...

December 28th, 2009. Curiousity killed the cat, so it is said. I would not have suspected that a 237 to 251 CID conversion would change the top end speed on an M37 very much, as the speed is set by balancing speed of the engine, transmission and axle ratios is it not? And to some lesser...

December 28th, 2009. Dear ArmyEOD::driver: Thanks for serving and also for finding us. You might have known my deuce's former owner, Jay Bennett, who is on here as BullDogMack13 from NC. He used to be in the III 3/3 CAV , crewed on Bradley L-50. That seems to be how my...

December 28th, 2009. Check your brains at the door...... It's a wonder the wizard didn't get run over, and we wonder why our trucks are not always in the best shape! TOO many 20 year olds with a 10 year old mind have been driving them.....:evil: Cheers, Kyle F. McGrogan:-D:-P

December 28th, 2009. GENTS: We need to link this to the earlier discussion last week in "Conversations" and or the "Deuce" as to what makes a Multifuel Engine a Multifuel versus just a common diesel.... I always suspected that these trucks were fairly sophisticated for...