Leopard pattern camo.

Correct. The tow shackles are inside the bumperetts.

Get yourself a set of TM's for your truck, it will explain a multitude of questions.

Or you can download them for free from Steelsoldiers.com

PoW

That is quite common with ex-military vehicles: They are designed to include many differences from civvy trucks, such as electrics, lighting, and bodywork. What I never understood why so many just ruin the vehicle to turn it into some Frankenstein thing. Cripes, just buy a civvy rig and leave the po...

All engines burn a little oil.

A quart in a thousand is no big deal.

That is why it comes in quarts...

Yes, the pinion has 3 roller bearings.

Definitely not your garden-variety Dana setup.

Setting the preload is a precise and tedious job.

It involves string and spring gauges.

And patience.

And the correct tools.

Otherwise the job is for naught.

You're correct, it belongs inside the cross member.

At least the fix is just nuts & bolts, better than something done with a torch & welder...

The pintle doesn't get close to the tailgate when lowered.

That is, If you have the correct model.

The pioneer tools can touch it, depending on who made them.

No biggie.

PoW

And those original jacks are hen's teeth.

It is the upper tank.

DG

Well, the M37 engine was designed to run OK on 68 octane gas.

Low compression was necessary so as to not knock, even on rotgut gas.

Most of us mill the head enough to get it up to maybe 8:1 or so, with modern gas. Sure will have more pep...

Told ya...

Your cab is missing the two 7/16" fine nuts in the location of your bracket.

Maybe lost in the bodywork restoration?

Feel around inside the body and see it they are there, just filled in with Bondo.

The original M37 radiator has two, deep cores. This is the same thickness as a regular 4-core radiator. The top tank overhangs the core in front, by some 3 inches. The tank takes a mil-standard cap, 4 to 7 lb rating. Both outlets are cast iron, riveted then soldered in. I hope this helps. Too bad yo...

Just curious why you need a recovery system? The truck was engineered without one to handle any hot, desert climate on earth.

Even with global warming.

PoW

Keep in mind the ETW-1 has a unique air cleaner system that also supports the sealed distributor airflow.

The Carter B&B carb will not do this.