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I'm giving this a little bump. I plan to troubleshoot this with the seller this Saturday. He wants a working tranny as much as I do! Another detail is that we've only driven the truck off road in a field. Is this mechanical automatic transmission smart enough to adjust its shift points based...

Yes, I forgot to mention the tranny still has motor oil in it. I couldn't find transmission shift points in the manuals that I have for the truck. Are these points published anywhere?

I'm looking at purchasing an M35A3. It's been sitting for about ten years, but it starts right up and everything works, except the transmission won't shift out of first gear in the drive position. Doesn't matter if I'm in high or low range. Run the engine up to 2500 rpm and it just doesn't...

A guy on Facebook is selling the truck you have pictured, but the 5-ton cab's been butchered, otherwise I would've loved to get that piece of history!

I recently read that alongside the M35A3 ESP trucks, the Army was also considering 5-ton ESP trucks with CAT motors and automatic transmissions. I guess these were going to be standardized as M809A3 trucks? I was wondering if anyone had more information or pictures of these trucks. I don't...

While looking over the M35A3 I'm considering buying, I noticed that it has air brake gladhands on the back. Does anyone know of any campers or kits for camper brakes that would allow me to use an air-over-hydraulic brake system on a camper?

Thank you for your feedback and ruling out the manifold for this issue! I think I'll see if I can bargain the truck around a new set of tires. I read somewhere that the thicker commercial truck o rings are the way to go with the rim. Are there commercial alternatives to the other CTIS seals...

If I bought the truck, I'd try to fix the CTIS just because I'd like to keep original equipment functional if I can. I'm just not sure what would cause all the tires on one side to be flat, but I don't really have an understanding of how the manifold divides the air among the wheels. I thought...

I'm looking at purchasing an M35A3. One of the things I noticed about the truck was that the tires on the driver's side of the truck are all flat, but the ones on the passenger side are all holding air. Also, the CTIS ECU will not turn on. Based on a CTIS pipe diagram I saw on FP-5 of...

I'm looking for a SS member near Hudson, NY (between Albany and Poughkeepsie) that can look over a 5-ton for me. It's an M54 multi-fuel. It would be a 10-hour round trip for me if I went to look at it, so any assistance is appreciated. Please PM me if you can help me out.

Skimming this thread makes me not want to buy government surplus vehicles directly. I'm sorry to read about all the trouble folks are having!

I'm looking for a Steel Soldiers member who could help me with looking over an M809-series 5-ton located about 10 miles NE of Utica, NY. I thought about making the drive myself this coming weekend, but unfortunately I don't have five hours of total drive time to spare for something I'm not sure...

My wife and I thought it would be cool to pull a camper behind a deuce for some camping trips. Our camper of choice would be some kind of bumper-pulled trailer. I know that a deuce sits up a bit higher than regular pickups, so are there hitch adapters available that go from a ball hitch to the...

I noticed something else about the data plate from which I pulled the VIN: It has no contract number or manufacturer printed on it. Is that a normal thing for these trucks? The fields are there, but no information given for them.

Haha I hope you didn't find that out the hard way! In PA, do you have to put the "Oversize Load" banners on them while driving on public roads? How big are the 5-ton bridge trucks compared to the 10-ton trucks? I know the 10-tonners are quite big compared to a regular 5-ton.

I've been trying to find some more information about bridge trucks, like the M328 and more modern versions. Searching through this forum has been helpful, but I'm wondering if there are any bridge truck owners here who actually drive them around in all their overwidth glory. They look like...

I'm trying to help out a friend with doing a VIN lookup for a late 70s M814 that is missing a title (was told it was lost by previous owner). I have the number off its data plate, but nothing is coming up on internet VIN searches. I just want to make sure the vehicle isn't stolen and can be...

Thanks for the sources! So are all-tan vehicles more of a recent thing? I see many tan FMTVs and HMMWVs driving around where I live.

I'm considering the purchase of a 1972 deuce, and my wife wants to have it painted tan. I feel like that's more of a modern color considering the current active battlefields, but I'm thinking there was a flat tan paint scheme for desert combat in the 1970s. Does anyone know of or have any...

Hi all, long time lurker but a new poster. I reside in the Finger Lakes region of New York State and find myself attending events such as the Geneseo Air Show and other local parades and car shows. I actually don't own any trucks myself, but I help my father out when he needs drivers for his...