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:cookoo: February 28th, 2008. I got a new 2-1/2 or 5 ton Hand throttle cable from Saturn Surplus to replas one some twit cannibalized in service from my 1971 Kaiser Jeep M-35A2 Wo/W "Saddam's Nightmare" , as the ghost of it was in the dashboard paint. I routed it down through the hole...

February 28th, 2008. Dear Maddawg: As long as the transmission output shaft's being rotated, the mileage will be recorded whether the engine's turning it or the wheel's are turning it, but at least your engine hour meter didn't run up too ( if it did, you're in a world...

RE: M35A2 Starting Issues- "Saddam February 28th, 2008. No Click, No Crank, Nothing. But It did attempt to start once when I held the wires and shoved in on the rubber bushing at the back of the switch. The truck was in gearand it would've been exciting if she had fired over then. I have...

nopics February 27th, 2008. Gentlemen: DOES anyone have any good photos or TM drawings to show the attachment of the top header bars to the windshield corners on the M35A2 Soft Top Bow System???? I have a set of 686A Tan header bars (L&R) and roof bows for the M35A2 soft top, but...

RE: Re: RE: Re: air compressor pulley tool February 27th., 2008. Deuceman 51: The Drawings requested were sent out in this AM's mail. Regards, Kyle F. McGrogan 1963 Swiss Mercedes Benz S404.114 Unimog 1971 Kaiser Jeep M35A2 Wo/W "Saddams Nightmare" Vietnam and Desert...

February 27th, 2007. SATURN SURPLUS HAS THE LIGHTS AND POLE (3') complete for $49.50, but I suspect that the decuce needs like a 5' or 6' pole to mount properlyto the cab back wall, but you could cut the top plate off their pole and weld it to a new ne made up to get the right...

:cookoo: February 27th, 2008. Well, It was Below 28*F this morning, she has a NEW SET of DEKA Ordnance batteries last Monday, and wouldn't crank when the starter switch was despressed EXCEPT...... I put her in gear, went back into the house to get the wife's Jeep out, then on a whim...

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Fuel milage w 465-1d M35A2 W/W February 27th, 2008. I can SAFELY SAY that my M35A2 "Saddam's Nightmare", 1971 Kaiser Jeep Wo/W Normally Aspirated LDS465 IS GETTING BETTER MILEAGE THEN THE CIVILLIAN H-1 and H2 HUMMERS WITH GASOLINE ENGINES, Having said that, she's...

:ditto: February 24th., 2008. Gentlemen: I concur with Dan Martin and Bottleworks above. The Rockwell Top Loader axle is almost nothing like a modern highway truck axle, as it was designed with WWII experience and technology (mettallurgy, lubrication and engineering...

February 24th.,2008. Dear Sir: Keep an eye out on EBAY, as they turn up now and then under M35A2 or M35 enteries, and sometimes you can het them cheaper then I did. If you want, send me your mailing address and I can get you out a life size photostat, and probably make you...

February 24th, 2008. :driver: GENTLEMEN OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE DEUCE (or a Dueced Brotherhood?) Note also that M. Walker's Duece in the picture above has the opening for the Sparton horn above the right headlight, and I presume that his horn is likely electric. My 1971...

February 24th, 2008. fat lady sings DMUCHOW: My M35A2 from 1971 has the same button set up as above, but there is a two note airhorn mounted on the inner right fender and connected to the airline splitter "T" up on the firewall in front of the passenger. The horn is operated by an...

February 17th, 2008. In WWII, Korea, and probably Vietnam, it was not unknown for the US ARMY Transportation and the Signal corps to modify Jeeps, Dodges, and Dueces for railroad service in the European and Asian theatres, even the MB's served as locomotives in the Phillipines. The...

February 17th, 2008. S-W-E-E-E-T! :jumpin: THOSE PICTURES ALMOST MAKE ME WANT TO GO OUT AND GET ONE MYSELF!! Howbig a garage do you figure it'd take to house one of these, a CCKW or MB,an M35A2, MB UNIMOG S404.114 (Swiss) a Model A or T ford, and a bunch of blacksmith and 1850-1870's...

February 17th, 2008. I noticed that the Chicota Volunteer Fire Company (down here in Texas) had an M35A2C built by AM GENERAL that had the largest muffler I have ever seen fitted to the exhaust in place of the usual stack and screen assembly. This monster was probably 9 or 12" in...

February 16th, 2008. According tomy 1941 Quartermasters handbook for training the drivers, those were know as "Watson Traction devices" and were designed to give the mobility of a half track to the CCKW in sand, mud or snow. I suspect that they were metal and reubber devices sized...

:driver: February 16th, 2008. SEEMS LIKE WHEN YOU OWN AN M35A2, YOU NEVER HAVE ENOUGHT STUFF FOR IT!! Well, seems like I got a good used winter front for my M35A2, in really good shape from one of our Steel Soldiers members down in New Jersey, but now I find I need some clips...

:ditto: Sincerely, Kyle F. McGrogan 1963 Mercedes Benz Unimog S404.114 (Swiss) 1971 Kaiser Jeep M35A2/Wo/W "Saddam's Nightmare" Vietnam and Desert Storm Veteran Duece.

February 10th, 2008. Have you considered sticking to the OD gloss paint, BUT use either the modified guntruck or EOD scheme from vietnam: One transportation group used black trucks with Yellow 6" on front of hood and grill, one could also do the tailgates in yellow, with National...

February 7th, 2008. Gentlemen: So far Memphis Equipment said that they have done the conversions on their trucks, when the Master Cylinders show up, but apparently AM General controlled the supply of the conversion sets for the ESP, and they are not commonly...