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This will be my first pick up at Doyle Storage. Anything I should be aware of? Address is Doyle Storage 448-460 Simms Rd. Doyle, CA 96109. On the map it's not to far from the Sierra Army Depot....Thanks.
Welcome aboard from Nevada. While your waiting for our CUCV folks to come onboard. You can get familiar with some of this websites TMs (Tech Manuals) for the CUCV trucks. Just go to the left hand top of this page and click on Forum.
Mrmag1, your looking good so far. From your picture the only thing I see wrong is that your battery box is in backward, or 180 out. I'm glad you posted a picture as this will save you from some extra work. In your picture, the line of 5 holes near the top of the box are for your battery box...
Mrmag1. The Bow Handles came on the plastic battery box when I purchased it. It's not new but it cleaned up ok. One of our members here on SS might have a battery box, or a pair of bow handles they would like to sell. If not you might keep an eye out for a beat up battery box that you can...
Finished drilling the holes for the new battery box Bow Handles. Then I installed the new plastic battery box and new batteries. Next I got the new battery box with batteries installed in the battery comp., then cleaned the terminals and clamps. Finished up by making sure everything was tight...
johan77. Looks like you've found a nice clean original truck. NDT is correct about the fifth wheel not being original. Here are some pictures of the aft end of an M275A2 showing the correct fifth wheel. On your brakes, check your Master Cylinder, then the, Air Pack, Flex Lines, Wheel Cylinders...
Is Bobs ARMY/NAVY Store in Mojave, CA. still open? I've been by several times over the last several months usually on a Saturday and he's been closed. Out back there's a couple of trailers and an M38 left, just about everything else outside is gone.