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Okay, as promised I had my wife dig out her pics of her grandpa, and his trucks during WWII. She thought they were a g749 series truck but nope. The pic with the two trucks is actually his friend, December 26, 1952 in Korea. It was written on one of the other pic COLD. The other is summer 1952...

Okay, I am happy to report that the old deuce is home! Very uneventful trip. I cut the copper line, spliced a rubber hose in place of the smashed part for a temporary fix. Filled the tires with air, replaced the batteries(group 31s fit awesome), I changed the fuel filters. I also drained some of...

Well, today is the day-plan on running over to the truck and seeing if we can get her going. After trickle charging the batteries, then load testing-it was quickly apparent they are history. Two seconds into the load, they dropped down to almost 8 volts. No surprise. I haven't decided whether...

Forgive my ignorance, but I was curious about the front axle-can it be locked in on the fly? Or does one need to stop to engage it(obviously it shouldn't be locked in when you already have wheel slippage)? I read the operator's TM, but did no recall seeing a section on locking the front axle. It...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8pth9G0UT4 Watch as this guy rolls back off the embankment, that fuel line sits right behind the winch, on the bottom of the cross member under the radiator. I would suspect it was damaged by something like that.

Sure could always use another MV lover. Just don't turn it into Denver, holy smokes that place is nuts

they are wearing jackets. After that 95-100 degrees we had last week it dropped back down to 60 degrees and was about 45 last night. Of course our humidity is only about 20% even when it is hot! I wouldn't make it in ok with the humidity! I have one for one battery setup, but not two. You've...

Just curious does the service air glad hand have pressure on it all the time or is it just with the brake depressed? How is the emergency glad hand designed to be used?

My first order of business was to pull the batteries. The battery tray was the updated plastic one. Gonna try trickle charging these, which is probably pointless, but worth a shot. The batteries have stamped shipped 2009. The truck sat here in Montana from about 2011ish on. Just maybe they will...

So on my first list of things to replace, I need a passenger lower seat cushion, and the fuel line from the primary filter under the radiator-that line almost looked like copper? Where is the best place to scrounge that stuff up?

Some of the pics. Notice the smashed fuel line, in multiple spots!!!

So what is it women really want? A deuce of course!!! I should know I have four of them-women that is(actually don't have a clue what the older one wants, but the young ones wanted a deuce!). I wanted to take the time to thank everyone, with a special thanks to okie1008morrison and usmc 00-08...

Finally got my fuel tank replaced. It was an original Olaco that has rusted out on the bottom, right next to the seam. I haven't had the time to fix it, so I decided to order a new one. Found Peter Debella stocked a tank with the original Olaco markings. Comparing the two it was a very good...

Yes they all had lights mounted in the back panel. The trailer plug was added July 42 around MB serial number 150,000 roughly.

The three pics I am trying to show how the body file adjust to be concave or convex depending on the shape of the panel you r trying to work. The four shows that the paddles have different contours. You could really make a paddle out of any different woods. The Eastwood kit is nice and as you...

You lead a side panel by controlling your heat. It is easier to learn to lead on horizontal to the ground panel. The more heat you apply the more the lead flows. The less, the more solid it is. If you watch the first video he has it pretty hot and kind of piles it on. The video with gene...

no doubt. He passed a lot of info on to my father. He would work on a panels with a hammer and dolly, not damage the paint, and get the vehicle back in the road where other were replacing and painting panels. He was amazing. He took a Mazda van, cut a bunch of different features off different...

If you are wanting something that is permanent, lead-ing is permanent. The way you shape it is by using a body file. It's old school before the body filler days, but can be a lot of work. If you think of solder copper pipe, body leading is similar. The metal must be prepped with an acid(flux)...

Heres another XM211 close to home. Owner sounds like he might be willing to part with it. Another Civil Defense truck was really clean inside.