Re: [MV] M35 adventures

From: Patrick Jankowiak (recycler@swbell.net)
Date: Wed Aug 18 2004 - 18:11:34 PDT


This is very wierd, as I never heard or felt anything unusual.

Steve & Jeannie Keith wrote:

> Not sure that is a good test because corners and how far you drive will
> affect the
> marks.
>
> A better test to to get the vehicle on a paved flat surface and see it you
> can
> roll it by hand. Any "binding" will make it almost impossible to move it
> by hand.
>
> I am a stickler about matching the tires my deuce rides on in the rear. It
> is
> probably the most important maintence item other than oil as far as I am
> concerned for a long life.
>
> A couple years ago I was on a trip with my club. I was leading the group
> with
> my CCKW. As we got onto a smooth paved road and up to about 40 mph,
> I commented to my wife that either there was something seriously wrong with
> the truck OR we had a flat on one of the outside tires (the matched set that
> it
> rides on) was flat. I could hear the binding and additional noise it was
> making.
> I had a flat
>
> Steve AKA Dr Deuce (I have put 50k+ miles on my cargo CCKW)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bjorn Brandstedt" <super_deuce@hotmail.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 7:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] M35 adventures
>
>
>
>>Pat,
>>Based on the speedo adapters, the difference is about 7%. (0.187:1 vs
>>0.200:1).
>>Do you have the rear axles coupled together or not?
>>To see how much the tires drag, remove the short drive shaft and mark the
>>tires with dabs of paint. Notice how the marks are matching up before and
>>after a drive. The amount of "drag" is indicated by how much the marks are
>>moving relative to each other.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Bjorn
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: Patrick Jankowiak <recycler@swbell.net>
>>>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>>Subject: [MV] M35 adventures
>>>Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:15:25 -0500
>>>
>>>]]]]]]]]
>>>
>>>just some highway MPG tidbits first:
>>>
>>>On the turbo diesel M35A2 with S-280 shelter (2700 lbs),
>>>
>>>57.75mph, 167 miles, 23.3 gallons, = 7.17 mpg
>>>47.25mph, 133 miles, 16.6 gallons, = 8.01 mpg
>>>
>>>about the speeds:
>>>
>>>Since I have 1100x20 tires instead of 900x20, the speed is 9% greater
>
> than
>
>>>normal due to the greter circumference.
>>>
>>>Since the speedometer is reading 4% high due to its slight inaccuracy (as
>>>measured by police radar at 50MPH), the overall speed is not 9% greater
>>>than indicated, but 5% % greater than the speedometer indicates.
>>>
>>>]]]]]]]]
>>>
>>>Deuce ran great.. as usual quite sluggish and slow-down-ish when climbing
>>>grades, but that's ok.
>>>
>>>The spedometer cable is making noise now and at low speeds the speedo
>>>needle jerks.. I think the cable is jerking as it turns in the casing.
>
> Can
>
>>>I fix this easily somehow? Oil it maybe?
>>>
>>>]]]]]]]]]]
>>>
>>>I pulled into a rest stop.. as i usually do, I feel each hub and kick
>
> each
>
>>>tire. Outer rear drivers side was soft. 10 lbs. Never noticed it while
>>>driving. Used the glad hand and the hose to air it up on the spot. I
>>>consider that the hose has just paid for itself. The hubs on the rears:
>
> The
>
>>>driver side ones were quite warm, uncomfortably so. the passenger side
>
> ones
>
>>>were cooler. Is it normal due to the gear arrangements inside the axle?
>
> any
>
>>>reason for this, maybe the tire?
>>>
>>>]]]]]]]]]]
>>>
>>>The cause of the drive was Texas Guard annual training. HOOAH (and OORAH
>>>for my former Marine buddies) It was great, especially when a tarantula
>>>crawled up my sleeve onto my heck. Good thing my buddy saw it and knocked
>>>it off. I didn't even feel it. I caught it, and took it over to the SGT
>>>Major, (he appreciates such things) told him I had got a little pet. He
>>>said he was going to have to charge me for it, as it was government
>>>property. I said it was issued here, and I am returning it here..
>>>
>>>Saw another deuce there, very nice, white lettering on hood, dark semi
>>>gloss OD green. Whistler, sounded sweet. Didn't get the guy's name, as
>
> they
>
>>>were leaving.
>>>
>>>Also a couple of personally owned HMMWVs. I was overseeing the como nets
>>>and simultaneously rewiring the como system in my own truck and pulling
>
> 18
>
>>>hour shifts all weekend so I did not get to recreationally interact much.
>>>
>>>Talked to a SINCGARS on 50MHz ham band using an RT246. There was supposed
>>>to be some PRC-77's on 30.30 but I must have missed the action.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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