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I completed a blank version of this box which can be seen here. Holes can be drilled into the blank to fit whichever switches, buttons, cannon plugs, etc. are desired. This was a request from a member here. This is a control box for a vehicle smoke grenade launcher. My references are only...

Anything can be printed with a big enough printer :p It's even possible to 3D print entire structures with pumped concrete! Reproductions like that involve some reverse-engineering. 3D scanners might help too, but only having read about them, consumer-grade ones like what I could afford...

Maybe one of the small trees you ran over twisted a ground connection under the truck and solved your problem? 🤷‍♂️ Interesting!

There are four seals involved in the hub CTIS, and they're all part of the quad seal: An o-ring on both the inner and outer bearing, and a ridged (it has an X-shaped cross section) in each of the bearing cups where the bearing bores protrude. The flange cap or flange gasket shouldn't affect...

I never realized that - cool!

That's all it weighs, about 600 lbs? I guess that's aluminum for you! Was there anything wrong with the body?

That's cool! Now I wonder where the ring mount went... :p

Is that holding the exhaust pipe guard on? It looks like a kind of bracket for that from this angle. I can't say I've seen many M44 or M39 trucks with a guard like that mounted.

The truck sounds great!

What part of the airpacks don't work? Are there fitment issues, or internal defects?

Have you performed any troubleshooting steps yet? Winch troubleshooting procedures are on page 0293 00-11 of TM 9-2320-386-24-1-2. Winch mechanical maintenance instructions are in the M35 multifuel manual TM 9-2320-361-34. Front winch hydraulics maintenance instructions are in M35A3 TM...

Hey, another truck owner in the Finger Lakes - welcome! Also nopics Well, pics of the rest of the truck anyway:p

I second the recommendation of taking the truck to a smaller shop. From my experience, commercial truck shops aren't really interested in working on former military trucks (or antique trucks for that matter) unless it's a HMMWV, and they'll make excuses to refuse to repair and/or inspect it...

LOL I'm not so much worried about the weight, but control of it. I'd hate to drop a 30-lb alternator on the water pump or plastic cooling fan after undoing the mount bolts with one hand! Maybe it can be blocked-up somehow. I haven't really taken a good look at it yet to figure it out.

If you have some overhead support available, like a thick tree branch or a beam in a barn, you could set up a comealong or some kind of hoist to help support the alternator. I might try it with an engine crane - somehow!

You can find the instructions starting on page 0012 00-8 of TM 9-2320-386-24-1-1. It goes through charging system troubleshooting for both 60 Amp and 100 Amp systems. The instructions don't isolate the voltage regulator - they just say to replace the alternator if the troubleshooting procedure...

Maybe the voltage regulator died? I have the same problem with my truck and have yet to seriously troubleshoot it. The voltage regulator can be removed from the alternator so you don't have to spend $600+ for another alternator. The regulators can be had for under $200. Just make sure you...

I didn't balance my tires. They drive fine as-is at 45 MPH. If you decide to re-mount the CTIS valves, you will have to reinstall the wheel weight. I mention what stud the weight goes on somewhere in my thread which I linked as I saw i n the TM picture. Some of my truck's wheel weights...

If you look closely at my second picture, you can see the remains of the truck # stickers under the paint. The extra hooks were installed over them, a #2 specifically. Because of that I'm not sure if this was a unit-based modification or if this was something one of the truck's previous...

The truck belonged to a military mail terminal at Fort Totten at some point. I'm a little surprised that the hooks would be placed where they could obscure the bumper numbers. Would that have been a problem? There aren't any additional rear numbers I can find on the bumperettes unless they...