Barrman
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Why does your tailgate not have "Jeep" embossed? It doesn't look home made?At some point, the M715 had been backed into a post or something that put a dent right in the middle of the tailgate top rail. This caused the top left side to be torqued out, making the tailgate very difficult to close. You basically had to put a shoulder to it and hope you could get the chain hook into the slot. The left hinge was bent up a tad, which certainly didn't help matters.
One must use finesse to remedy such problems.
In this case, the dent was finessed by getting smacked on top with a BFH, which took most of the upper crumple out.
Then heat was applied to the left hinge, while applying downward pressure with the forklift (!).
It worked, too, because now the tailgate is pretty much straight and latches easily.
The second picture below makes it look bowed down in the center, but it isn't, it is quite flat across the top now.
This morning, the truck was loaded onto a trailer and driven to a muffler shop with a very good reputation to have an exhaust system built. We probably could have done that task, but without the expert knowledge and specialized equipment, it would take five times as long as the professionals would take, and not be nearly as good.
Cheers
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My understanding of M715 history is that Jeep got around the military prohibition of company brands on vehicles by claiming the tailgate and other parts of the M715 family were stock civilian truck parts.Why does your tailgate not have "Jeep" embossed? It doesn't look home made?
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