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Gaining confidence...

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My Ram 1500 spent some time in the shop last week; therefore I had to press my M37 into service-balky brakes and all. Anyway, I tested the emergency brake and it had full functionality so I was confident enough to put approximately 100 miles or so on the engine (it's a 10 mile round trip to work and back times x days). I never exceeded 35 MPH and traffic was light-I was pleased to not have any major issues other than a slight coolant leak and ran out of gas once (but I had the full jerry can with me so it was no big deal).

Anyway, the M is now back in the garage and awaits my next opportunity to do more fixin'....
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Congrats on getting out on the road with it!
M37s are HMMWV in my world!
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Gary,

I'm glad to hear that you didn't have any problems with the M.

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Good to hear the M served you well as a temporary daily driver. Hope you get your brakes fixed up, you don't want to rely on that parking brake alone if a situation arrises. Given the size of these trucks, that brake band linkage is not the beefiest :wink:
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