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  1. gentrysgarage

    M135 S and M Build

    If anyone can use anything I post or do...I am always glad to help and offer it all freely Getting closer that's for sure! I got ALOT of shoehorning to do with the Cummins/Eaton, but I am not sweating as much as the rear suspension, once placed it dictated the whole build!...so I have alot...
  2. gentrysgarage

    M135 S and M Build

    4.15.18 Update Finished removing overloads and started stripping. Like I said in the video I would be alot further along if I had just removed the rivets for the boogie mount and remade the plate...took out 24 rivets in less than 4 hours! Lost some more weight Anybody need a spare tire mount...
  3. gentrysgarage

    M135 S and M Build

    Good Day, no more clamps! Some fireworks for Plowboy
  4. gentrysgarage

    M135 S and M Build

    Alright Here is my goal what do you guys think? my endgame!!!!! (You Know I did all caps....I got auto edited! LOL!!!!!)
  5. gentrysgarage

    M135 S and M Build

    We got problems, the Torino is getting jealous and feeling neglected! Okay know strange and unexplained things happen everyday, probably more so at the 'Garage than elsewhere, but rarely do I have tangible evidence! I think the boss' Torino is getting jealous and feeling neglected! That's my...
  6. gentrysgarage

    M135 S and M Build

    4.11.18 Got Order Well Guyz, Got my order from Dave and company at Eastern Surplus, they ran out of the NOS pins (I got the last 3) and called to comfirm if used would do, I asked that they pick the best they had, so they did. I should get the mounts plumbed, drilled and attached in the...
  7. gentrysgarage

    LOUISIANA PROPOSED NEW LAW : HB 549 Provides for Military Surplus Motor Vehicles

    Juan and all, When this whole fiasco started, I was looking for automotive lobbiest and SEMA was one of them. I feel that they had a generic proposal of the bill, but it appears that someone was holding the exact wording back. The page you referenced did indeed change between the time I...
  8. gentrysgarage

    Dimensions and clearances for a M900 spare tire carrier for 11r20 tire Please

    According to Porky that's a lot of weight! I will be making it part of the spare tire carrier assembly (my bed can only be 8' 15 63/64" long MAX to be "compliant" so I won't be mounting inside the bed and take up any of the precious square inches I have left) so the extra pics would not do me...
  9. gentrysgarage

    Exhaust Brake on an M35A2

    Formula please What is the formula you used to determine the number and size of the holes you drilled in the flapper and spring pressure needed. I will be modding a NOS M915 Freightliner (read using the actuator only) for 5 inch exhaust . Thanks
  10. gentrysgarage

    Dimensions and clearances for a M900 spare tire carrier for 11r20 tire Please

    Thanks guys Thanks for the link, I am reading the whole thread! Thanks Swamp Donkey pretty simple, any suggested minimum clearance? Dang what a great offer! even at free I can't afford the shipping....:(:(:-(
  11. gentrysgarage

    Dimensions and clearances for a M900 spare tire carrier for 11r20 tire Please

    HiYa Guys, I am at the point of needing to place and design a bed for my M135 project, I am in need of some help. I am wanting to put a early M900 series with the 11R20s spare tire carrier and davit on my M135. It seems all the 75-100.00 set ups are back east, shipping is an issue, and as...
  12. gentrysgarage

    M135 S and M Build

    New Video is OUT!!! By the time you read this the upload will be done on my latest video!!! YEAH BABY! https://youtu.be/2S6XkoXEJIU Please LIKE the video and SUBSCRIBE to my channel .......More fun to come ​! Thanks!
  13. gentrysgarage

    Welded Differentials?

    Uhmm Sir Jbulach and Mr Gimpy, Red Barn abandoned the Eaton H110 decades ago, I called them a few years ago on an old web post I saw in a mudder forum and the guy that answered had no idea what aa H110 was, nor did the guy he passed me to. If you know a place other than the Aussis, please post...
  14. gentrysgarage

    Welded Differentials?

    The best diff would be either a air or electric locker but we are SOL on this unless we have an Aussi company make a one off for VERY big bucks. Not in the books for me at least. I actually sought advice on this subject earlier this year, please see...
  15. gentrysgarage

    G749 Parts List

    Our differentials are Eaton H110s with 27 spline axles. PS start a thread on your truck...we love pics and to see more of it.
  16. gentrysgarage

    Suggestions needed Hanging Clutch and Brake Pedal Retro-fit

    HiYa Folks, Looking for suggestions/recommendations for Medium Duty hanging pedals. After looking at my truck and how they designed the front cab mount, it would be more trouble to re engineer M35 front cab mounts on my M135 than it is worth. I will save the pedals I got from Deuceman for...
  17. gentrysgarage

    1986 CUCV M1009 Decade after being wrecked.

    Enjoying your build, I seem to be only getting GM OD green trucks maybe a M1009 is in the future....
  18. gentrysgarage

    M135 S and M Build

    As promised 4.5.18 Ordered the M105/M35 pins and shackles from Eastern Surplus. The plan is video Saturday morning. Clean/paint brake backing plates. Sand and prime frame/axle cab back. Remove springs and drill rear spring mount to frame. Get Eastern Surplus order and install parts...
  19. gentrysgarage

    M135 S and M Build

    @7:45 on all 4s for the first time! 7:45pm YeeeHawwww! I will take a better photo in morning, but it is sitting on it's springs! As long as the leaf blowers are quiet, I will shoot the final video for the singling operation Saturday morning and hopefully get it edited and published early...
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