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Goes by Milparts but officially called Berkshire Mountain army trucks. Website is something like milparts.weebly.com .. Yard closed, said they scrapped a lot after poor sales due to economy the last 12 years, but what remains has been relocated to a farm Sometimes takes a week to respond to...

It's spelled "Mainieri." Has taken me a very long time to talk about George. He is still in my phone. Once in awhile I'd get an annoying call, and usually at the most inopportune time (I think he had ESP). "Heeeey! You know who I am. You better get up here. I'm scrapping some stuff and...

My 1st guess would be Tennis Industries. John bought out a good deal of stuff from george mainieri (RIP pal) at Vt Commercial Salvage several years ago now. But again, it's only my guess and I've been wrong many a time. Not starting any rumors here :whistle:

m125 which might no longer exist at moore's I have heard of B&B up there but they are a bit of a ride even for my location. About 40 miles south of them in Keeseville is George Moore's. About 10yrs ago someone on here posted "If you have a high tolerance for crotchety old men..." :roll: Well...

Here is a pic of an M809-series hood modified for a stock cummins turbo crossover pipe , and of course you can see the panel cutout for the relocated air cleaner pipe much like the M39-series. It was apparently made high enough to add jake heads in the future. I still have this hood and side...

For those considering installing a big-cam 855 in their M809-series instead of turbo-ing a 250: Before purchasing an engine, pay very close attention to varying features on an 855. Take lots of pics and measurements. There's more to watch out for other than what kind of front mount or bell...

I know what you mean exactly. Macks were always excellent luggers. I've hauled overweight-interstate part time for the last 30+ years. Even when the "new" CH-models arrived, you grabbed a gear, and like their predecessors they would drop below 1400 and just hover there no matter what. I...

"" The Continental 6602 is a wonderful motor. Biggest upgrade I ever did was to shave .120 off the heads " I would like to consider the shave, for I occasionally do all-day hauls out of quarry pits and over several hilly miles to my place, but am concerned about increased wear on the...

I concur. Just go slow until it dies out. I think I remember a PS article about it in the 70's. I also remember a few mad drivers yanking the things almost out of the dash. I recently picked up a 3rd truck with the button problem. GSA said it had a bad injection pump, a no-start/no-run...

"" For #3, is the pressure plate/trans input shaft of an 809 series 2"? "" Good call. In the complication of the matter and time running out on getting too many other things done before winter, I missed the obvious. "" I would simply judge it by observing for any counter-weights on the...

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fasttruck posted: "Mack ENDTt 673 weighs less than a NH250 and are easier to start in cold weather. You didn't say what chassis you have but my experience in the service was that a M52A1 with an overdrive transmission would run faster than a M818 with a NH250 and out pull a M52A2 with a...

A town highway dept near here put a 13-speed in a M813 they had a commercial dump box on. I inspected their work. It's quite an involved project if you want to retain 6x6 capability as they did. Booster pack was relocated due to tranny width, transfer case remounted further back to accomodate...

I'm re-motoring a former army commercial truck that had a big-cam NTC-230, by installing a NTC-290 big-cam series-1 that was in a privately-owned M818 wreck I purchased for parts for my other M809's etc. The 230 had a pot-style flywheel for dual-disk clutch, and the 290 had a flat flywheel...

I know this is an old post but it is still comes up in simple HH searches. I have had the button fall off in two trucks (5T and deuce) within 6 months of each other. I dabbed a small amount of "jb weld" on each of the spokes of the retainer clip. Many years and hours on each since then, so...

Hey M139, thanks for the info on the zenith... I'll look into that as an option as well. I have also heard ofa "fuel miser" update kit on the original Holley's. What I'd really like to find is a carb with a mechanical accel pump and no vacuum crap on it.

Hi jason, yes, they are rich for a couple reasons, you sorta hit one on the head, which I'll get to last. First, the carbs are a very simple design to provide a generic and adequate fuel mix for full power at any rpm. Fuel consumption/economy wasn't an issue to the military in those days...

to jason 5... the holley found on 5T gassers is jetted heavy. There is no adjustment for lean/rich other than idle screw, which you can lean right down to a point it will not stay running, yet it will still be a rich mixture during working rpm's. I haven't seen a 5T gasser that didn't run rich...

to jwaller in this string... no offense, but what part of "...cutting up everything as they get to it...", and, "...get rid of everything military, (via) scrap or sale whichever comes first..." don't you understand? In other words, yes they will scrap the M125 if you don't get your ass up...