Re: [MV] How to make your own lockouts for the M35 Rockwell 240 axle

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Jun 06 2004 - 14:05:26 PDT


At 10:12 PM -0700 6/5/04, Marc Strangfeld wrote:
>Dave,
>
>I think Tom does it to get a kick out of our
>reactions. But then again who care's about Tom. What
>kind of lunatic would spend as many dollars and
>resources on a M35 as he did just to make it go 70+
>mph, have air conditioning, a redundant brake system,
>way too many gages, lights, knobs, and switches, not
>to mention a cheap throw away 3208 Cat engine.

One should so things like this to an 809 Series 5 ton!

;-P

>With that said, I should relay my quest for free wheel
>hubs. Last year I started calling around for a spare
>set of hubs that I could machine the splines out of.
>The cheapest I could find was $35 a piece. So I
>decided to machine my own out of raw stock. I didn't
>want to wear out my welcome by overusing the 15"
>Colchester at work so I bought my own 16" Southbend
>lathe (it's even Navy surplus). One year later the

How much did that go for?

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