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So my question appears to have been lost, lost, lost..... We have to rotate the pintal over to the 10 o'clock position to get it to open wide enough to accept the M101 ring. Looks like it hits the bottom of the box when its at the 12 o'clock. The ring on the m101 looks to be a very fat 1" in diameter. Is this normal to make the tralier connection?

My 1952 M37 pintle does not require rotating to hook up my M101a1. Are you sure you have a M37 versus a commercial pintle?

I've heard that there is a different between M37 and M37B1 pintles. If true, I wonder if this is part of the difference.

Is it possible that someone might have installed a deuce pintle on your M37? (Stranger things have happened.)

Can you post a picture of your pintle so that we might be able to give you better advice?

I have to do the same with my truck and trailer. My pintle was bought from AB Linn and is a one piece design.

I got to believe this is the original pintle but as you can see when open it hits the tailgate support bracket. We have the correct spacers on the box. Any ideas?

Oh - before everyone jumps.... those 5/8" eyebolts are for the m101 trailer that we didn't want to use the lift rings for...yes, we are planning on painting them!

Kieth,
The pintel hook does not bolt to the frame.
There is a plate that it bolts to, then it goes thru the hole.
The four bolts to the left and right of the pintel hold the pivot bracket with the large hole that the other two fit into and are held by the large castelated pintel nut.
Rick
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Note the bolts come from the frame side and must be mounted to bracket before installation to truck.

My pintle is like milstencils it bolts to a plate that goes through the frame and sets off the frame which allows it to stick out past the tail gate and allows it to open all the way. Looks like your needs this. It needs to come out a little bit.

I read a copy of an Army motors issue that said you need to rotate the pintle on some trucks. Can't recall what the difference was.
Rick

Thanks for clarifying. We planned on adding in folding seats like the truck and making up removable roof bow extensions for the trailer to quickly convert it into a people transport for veterans. We also have the original M37 canvas which we will use for a bikini top/sun block on the trailer. That way we can have the standard m101 trailer with vinyl cover AND a somewhat correct looking era transport for parades.

Being that the pintle is a PIA to get to and we only plan on an occasional parade or two, we are going to leave it as is, and do the "rotate". Thanks guys!

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Son of a &%*&!. If I didn't install mine the same way. I thought the plate was more of a re-enforcement than a spacer, so I put it on the backside. I swear thats how I found it...LOL. Add another thing to the list for this weekend....

Looks like ours is back assward as well. Our spacer is on the gas tank side of the rear rail. Looks like we'll add it to the list of things to do. Thanks everyone.