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July 11th, 2008. Gentlemen: The M151 MUTT, was designed like all Army tactical vehicles, for slow speed off road work. They had a deserved reputation for rolling over under the right conditions... IF Ford had used the quarter leaf spring suspension that the USMC...

July 10th, 2008. Gentlemen: I concur with Bull Dog Mack 13 and Daneil above..... The M35 series had great potential for upgrading to newer vehicle status with the essential frame and running gear being but little changed..... To steal an advertisement" They take a...

July 10th, 2008. Gentlemen: I see your point, but the questions is- would you rather that the fish in US Coastal waters get new "Condos"..... Or that the Chinese will be firing them back at us in a few years???? Please remember what happened to a lot of American...

July 10 th, 2008. For the Unimog S.404.114 (Swiss) cargo truck owners: NEW TOPS FOR THE SWISS S.404.114 Cargo Unimogs.....? I am considering having a new cab paulin, bed tarpaulin and half door frame covers made for my 1963 Swiss Army Cargo Unimog S.404.114, possibly...

July 5th, 2008. On the Multifuel M35A's, the passenger door was stencilled with an 8 in a circle for the bridge weight, the front bridge plates would be 06 for gas deuce empty, 07 for Diesel deuces empty, add 3 for off road load, 5 for on road load, plus "4" for M105A2 loaded trailer...

July 4th, 2008. Might I suggest a couple of other places to look for your offending leak? That is, after you've replaced the windshield seals..... On my duece, she was a notorious leaker around the center of the cowling, and over on the driver's side. The center cowl area had...

June 29th, 2008. Olive Drab.com has an article on the Pioneer Rack Tools that lists the NSN numbers, if you take the numbers and have your hardware guy call his supplier, they could probably get the civillian direct equivalent for you.... Also check Saturn Surplus...... :grd: fat lady...

June 29th, 2008. Slightly off theme: When the deuces were modified into the ESP program 1040 trucks, did they retain the two speed transfer cases, and if so, how are they shifted with the automatic transmissions? Cheers, Kyle F. McGrogan 1971 Kaiser Jeep...

June 29th, 2008. Alternate location per sop of the particular unit.... On the bed and frame side rails behind the spaire tire in 1" high lettering, usually in 2 or3 lines, viz: Drain Air Tanks Daily or: Drain Air Tanks...

June 29th, 2008. Light Oil (kerosine) or even diesel fuel, on a rag will clean up the paint.... but make sure that the trucks really clean, or you'll have dirt untill the oil washes off. We used to use valve oil on the steam locomotives to polish the boiler and cylinder jackets, cab and...

RE: Re: RE: Deuce short comings June 29th, 2008. :beer: Mike: You should've kept the Unimog, BUT I could find another way around that ledge with a Mighty Mite...... In the east the trick is to be able to avoid the impossible items....., generally trees and cliffs (strip...

RE: Re: RE: Deuce short comings June 28th, 2008. Dear Mike: Sorry you sold your diesel Unimog, but for what it's worth, the Duece will eat the smaller Unimogs as medium duty Tactical CARGO trucks, only the larger diesel can equal them for their utility... Put lockers...

RE: Re: RE: M35A3 Engine and Transmission oil June 22nd., 2008. Thanks Gringletaube! I haven't had cause to pull my cylinder liners yet, but I have heard pretty extensive discussion about the ill effects the yellow antifreezes have on the diesels operation..... As a...

June 21st, 2008. DANEIL: Put my vote down as "Keep it stock!!!", but then I'm partial to 686A Tan deuces with hard tops.... likely yours was either in Desert Shield/ Desert Storm, or possibly "Operation Iraqi Freedom" , in any case it's a piece of history... Also, if your in the...

June 21st, 2008. JPINST: 15W40 Rotella seems to be what the engines are set for on the deuce, but the Auto tranny's???? As to antifreeze, there seems to be a general feeling here that the usual yellow green automotive antifreeze is not good for the multifuels, that they...

RE: Re: Northern VA Deuce June 21st, 2008. Good luck to you guys (and gals) in Northern Virginia..... I don't know if I would want to get within 70+ miles of D.C. with a deuce, given the traffic, the twerps (other drivers) and the amount of gearshifting and braking you'd need to...

June 21st, 2008. Maccus: Thanks for the pointers.... I drove my 1961 M422A1 (USMC) for a few years with the old style mirrors and they were kind of like trying to live with motorcycle mirrors.... The hardest part of living with the "single arm" mounting was that I had to...

RE: Re: I didn June 20th, 2008. JOSH: Read what these guys have to say... they'll steer you right, as far as that can be done in California.... WHEN you have the luck to return to Texas, you'll love it... No license plate is required, you can use the Hood or Bumper...

June 20th, 2008. DM22630: Like the old jingle goes "So good, you can't stop at just one!" Man, with all you guys buying five and ten at a time, what's a working stiff to do??? I thought that having more then two M35's was a little ostentatious..... Now that the M35's the...

June 20th, 2008. ACHTUNG, Oh SHEISSE! What's that deuce going to do now????? In any case, it is a pretty good example of an early G742 truck, and those mirrors were quite common up into the Vietnam era..... Not as easy to drive with as the West Coasters....... If the bicycle driver...