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I have not driven my GMC Yet, Bill. Does the drivetrain on these have a distinct or audible whine to them? I love listening to the old Chevy grain haulers (C65's) with the big 427's in them. Especially in reverse, they had a very audible and sweet sounding drivetrain whine to them. I bet the...

Does anyone know if the M35A2 series air compressors use journal bearings? I thought of using one for another application and it seems to me like if I just plugged the oil ports on the sump and just filled the bottom sump with a couple courts of full synthetic it would do just fine since the...

He just recently bought even more land too!

I imagine Military Vehicles are pretty popular in greece? You guys probably have lots of U.S Military stuff leftover from Korea!

If anyone is rebuilding their M135/M211 compressor and needs a specific gasket, let me know via PM and I can send you a card paper stencil for you to make your own. It's not hard to do if you were able to save the old ones to use as stencils, but this is not always possible. I have stencils for...

Another one saved! I am very fond of the early gassers. Just take your time and enjoy every step of the journey to getting in on the road. :beer:

As the owner of a 54 GMC Deuce powered by a 455ci Oldsmobile and Th400 I can offer my $02 cents on gas engine swaps. Advantages -Easier (for me anyway) to work on -Parts are more readily available and most of the time less expensive -No injector pump -Higher top end speed and power -Plethora...

Tomorrow I have some shopping to do and i'm hoping to pickup a card reader or just a new cord for my camera so I can take a lot of good quality pictures for everyone. A few pages back there should be about 20 or more pics of my first morning with the truck, before I did anything to it. Today I...

Yeah, I am pretty glad I decided to keep the truck. I finally have some extra cash to throw around and soon I can begin working on the big stuff again. In the meantime i've been busy making minor mods and doing cosmetical work like i'm always doing. Life's too short to drive an ugly vehicle. I...

I believe it's against forum rules to post active links to auction sites.

Have you used the forums search feature? There are MANY, MANY threads that cover this problem with the Hydramatic. Another way I search a specific forum for information is by using google. For example, go to google and type in the following: shifting problems site:steelsoldiers.com/early-deuce...

Wow. I went with a local insurance company and they quoted me $55 a month. I am accident free but only 19 so that's why it's probably so high. I told them it was a 1954 GMC and the lady automatically assumed it was a little 1 ton pickup and entered it as such on her computer for the quote. Had I...

This is the converter I was going to use for my ignition. Wonder if it will be enough to handle the ignition, a CD player and a 12V tachometer? 480 Watt 24V DC to 12V DC Power Inverter Pyle PSWNV480

:funny: Really though, if it looks pretty rust free and is in good shape I am going to ask if he wants to trade. He also has 4 drop side beds. I have no idea what the large pillbox looking thing is. Looks like a NASA telescope. :)

Any idea what the heck this thing is? Does not look like a standard van body. Was thinking of swapping it for my cargo bed if the owner of the yard is interested. He is just going to sell it for scrap anyway, he said it's mainly aluminum. The truck it is mounted on is an early gasser too. I...

I went to Home Depot and used my fording cap to get 2 sample cans made of 24087 Olive Drab. The sample cans are flat, but the larger gallon cans come in whatever gloss you wish. After thinning it a little with water and brushing some into a corner of the cargo bed I AM SOLD. Nothing makes my run...

I am going to go for it! I'll admit it sounded REALLY el cheapo redneck at first, but some google searching revealed many posts here on SS on using Latex house paints on MV's. It seems that with today modern technology even latex based paints can rival the durability of the older alkyd enamels...

Latex paint? Very interesting, I am an out of the box kind of guy........not to mention they can mix up nearly any color I need. I know green and brown make Olive drab, would just need to bring a sample in for them to match. How durable is it to say, walking on? I don't mind the usual wear...

Get er done! Awesome truck, really in pretty nice shape as you found it.

1st gear for the Th400 is 2.48:1. No idea how well it performs because I have not driven it more than a couple MPH yet.