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I was not allowed to remove or copy any info from the library, unfortunately.

All the Packard parts are available on eBay, that's where I get mine.

No, I'm not an accredited teacher per se. Doing GED courses under military auspices was outside the Arizona regulations, but the curriculum wasn't difficult for me to grasp. My two classes were 100% successful. Plus, having a wife with a PhD in English literature was a real benefit as she...

If you are going to run big singles, you might flip the rear hubs. Not too difficult to do. Pull the axle shaft, then the hub. Drive out the wheel studs and reinsert the other way. Mount the hub flange out, the bearings have the same cup number. New seals might be in order, but seal the...

Well, the male & female connectors are dimensionally unique in the automotive wiring world. They have been since the days of the Douglas metal shell cover connector days (over 70 years). The current tactical connectors are referred to as Packard type. Commercial parts are close, but not the...

I taught GED courses to military dependents. Having the entire library with hundreds of TM's and white papers available before and after class was really enlightening in the MV data section.

One thing not noted in these talks is the injection pump and injectors are "hardened" for use with Arctic fuel, which has very little lubricating ability. That would indicate the use of WMO isn't necessary for that function. Stretching your fuel ration is another story, tho. Another thing the...

From a personal point of view, the huge amount of automotive engineering that went into the 50's fleet of tacticals paid us taxpayers great dividends. Look how long they were in front-line service, compared to the last few years with many new designs that are being phased out without getting...

The late 40's/early 50's Test & Evaluation Command gave us heavy tacticals in several wheelbases, i.e. the tractor/dump, the standard cargo, the long wheelbase cargo/extended van in both the 2.5 & 5-ton series. This included the sealed 24V electrical systems with lots of commonality among...

I taught classes in the base library at the YPG back in the 70's. Access to many reports on tactical vehicle testing was available, and I was really into army trucks. I couldn't take any of the material out of the facility, unfortunately. Another thing I remembered was one report said tire...

Military proving ground testing back in the 50's found that in every case, super singles were superior to duals in off-road mobility. That is the reason there were SS 2.5 & 5-tons built with them, like the M34. In later years, most operations were highway routes, and duals were better handling...

Might be for the M809 series 5-tons, they have an Off-On-Start switch.

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Yep. Tho it was usually done by just changing out the entire taillight.

Early M37's only had one stop/tail on the left. BO stop/marker on the right. Later trucks had two stop/turn/tail, with an additional housing like the front BO's on a Jeep.

^ This. The first ones I saw were at the Yuma Proving Grounds. One from Teledyne, one I can't remember who built it, and the AM General with the Deutz air-cooled Diesel. That was in the early 80's.

That large Schrader stem is popular on lots of ag equipment. I've seen tire chucks for that use at our real tire store.

Yep. Simple enuf, a flap & radial tube.

I had a boatload of fun with a very early test fleet HUMVEE serial number 24, a TOW missile carrier. M1024? Back in '84 one didn't see many in private hands back then, Ahnold had one of that fleet as well. 11 months work to get it roadworthy, lots of $ in parts. Since it wasn't mine, I...

CTIS was the answer to leaky wheels on late tacticals. Drive by a guard base and see a lot of trucks listing this way and that, waiting to be started up to set level. The off-road benefit can be useful, but 95% of where you might drive will get you by with highway-pressure in your tires. I...