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by m15256
Wed Mar 15, 2017 8:59 am
Forum: General M37
Topic: Restomod m37 video
Replies: 16
Views: 3050

Re: Restomod m37 video

Hey Justin,

Did you use the T98?
You found a flywheel for an 11" clutch?

We'll be up to see you soon. Rick
by m15256
Tue Jan 31, 2017 12:20 pm
Forum: Technical group
Topic: Map light socket
Replies: 43
Views: 6190

Re: Map light socket

All of the various size plugs and sockets with and without "dust" caps are built by a variety of manufacturers to mil spec. Search ITT CANNON or AMPHENOL 97 Series and you can find petty much any solution to a plug/socket need. Look up the link below and you will discover the variety avail...
by m15256
Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:45 am
Forum: General M37
Topic: m152 only Canadian?
Replies: 9
Views: 1466

Re: m152 only Canadian?

Actually there were a few US ones built. Zentmeyer's book mentions them. I think the rear door(s) are a give away because the CDN has one and the US like the M-43 have two. See below. There is a small book titled “TM 9-1840C M37 – The Production Story” from the IPC Research Department (John Zentmyer...
by m15256
Tue Oct 04, 2016 9:10 am
Forum: Technical group
Topic: New Owner and I Already Broke It!
Replies: 28
Views: 3861

Re: New Owner and I Already Broke It!

There are a lot of excellent observations given here. There's probably a century of car/truck fixing experience behind those comments. I just have one point to add and "just me" already made this point. If you are new to the truck and it sat for awhile there could be all kinds of unknowns....
by m15256
Tue Oct 04, 2016 8:41 am
Forum: Technical group
Topic: Speedometer screw
Replies: 3
Views: 809

Re: Speedometer screw

billy, Thanks very much. After sitting on the shed step staring at it long enough I had finally arrived at the same conclusion. The drive was very dry and almost stuck in place. The speedo cable broke years ago and since the last owner (the one who bought it at Military auction) used it on a tree fa...
by m15256
Wed Jul 13, 2016 8:14 am
Forum: Swap Meet
Topic: Wanting to buy M43 rear step
Replies: 3
Views: 877

Re: Wanting to buy M43 rear step

I think that those are fairly hard to come by. Your best bet would be to make one. The drawings in the manual are probably clear enough that you could come real close.
But, who knows maybe someone has one they don't want.
Good luck
by m15256
Sun May 08, 2016 6:37 am
Forum: Technical group
Topic: Speedometer screw
Replies: 3
Views: 809

Speedometer screw

I have the instrument cluster out to put on a new 5 wire spider and clean the years of gunk off the light lenses. On the back of the speedometer is a slotted screw head that is sort of knurled. It points directly at the input bushing. Is it an adjustment of some kind or a small lubrication port cove...
by m15256
Fri May 06, 2016 5:00 pm
Forum: General M37
Topic: Mystery T thing.
Replies: 11
Views: 1575

Re: Mystery T thing.

I work on the local ambulance. It certainly looks like an IV Pole. However the back of an ambulance is pretty cramped and there really isn't any reason to take up that much space with bags that far apart. You'd keep bumping into the pole. But then again I suppose an IV Pole designed by the Governmen...
by m15256
Thu May 05, 2016 4:44 pm
Forum: Technical group
Topic: New windshield fit problem
Replies: 2
Views: 518

New windshield fit problem

I purchased replacement inner windshields from a reputable dealer that probably we all are familiar with. I imagine that all the replacement "inner" windshields are probably manufactured by only one supplier. They are intended for a metal Winter top that came out of Colorado. As far as I c...
by m15256
Tue Apr 05, 2016 6:26 pm
Forum: Swap Meet
Topic: NOS parts for sale
Replies: 6
Views: 1628

Re: NOS parts for sale

Hi,
PM sent
Thanks
by m15256
Sun Nov 15, 2015 7:14 pm
Forum: Technical group
Topic: Soft Top Hardware: J-bolts? Bows to replace straps?
Replies: 8
Views: 1161

Re: Soft Top Hardware: J-bolts? Bows to replace straps?

My hard top has U and J bolts. The upper ones are J and as Mike said are made by cutting one leg off of a U bolt. They look original. I know that the two owners that had the truck after release from the Air Force never did much to it.
by m15256
Sun Nov 15, 2015 7:02 pm
Forum: General M37
Topic: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World M37
Replies: 11
Views: 2013

Re: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World M37

Interesting spotlight mount. I've never seen that before.
by m15256
Fri Jul 10, 2015 7:16 pm
Forum: Technical group
Topic: new to the whole m37
Replies: 7
Views: 1016

Re: new to the whole m37

Use a VOM to check each battery while disconnected and separated from each other to determine which has low voltage. Then reconnect them and then put the jumpers on the low or dead one just long enough to start the M and have a friend take the jumper off the 24V set fast or the 12 V battery in the ...
by m15256
Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:50 pm
Forum: General M37
Topic: Hardest M37 Part to Find
Replies: 40
Views: 5668

Re: Hardest M37 Part to Find

Can't find a paddle latch for an M201/V41 tool body door anywhere. They are just a little different than everything that's produced now for tool body trucks.
by m15256
Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:36 pm
Forum: Technical group
Topic: Tie Rod/Knuckle Issue
Replies: 5
Views: 941

Re: Tie Rod/Knuckle Issue

I'm having the same problem with both sides of my truck. Was just going to create a thread asking if somehow there was a supply of NOS tie rod ends out there with a slightly too small taper. I bottomed the castle nuts out and couldn't get more than 100 lbs of torque. That left the cotter pin hole fa...