From: Alex (alex@glx.net)
Date: Fri Aug 06 2004 - 20:27:13 PDT
Matt,
Matt,
I’m jealous… I wish I had those tires. I spoke with Gary at Lexor and
all he had in 11.00x20 were the std mil ND’s so I picked up some from
him. They have 70-90% tread. If you go to Lexington to see him, stop by
the military museum right off the interstate… lots of cool mil vehicles.
Gary is a pretty good guy too.
I sure haven’t seen too many answers to my tube size and radial tube
questions… so I guess I’m not the only one not too sure about these
things, eh?
In my mind the jury is still out on the fuel fired vs hot water units… I
got replies back both ways. The fuel fired unit has some interesting
possibilities like….
1) A divertible copper loop around the right heater point to act as a
block and/or battery and/or fuel tank heater. Think of the utility…
warming things up on a cold winter’s day without a 120 volt source...
like in the parking lot at work at the end of the day. Would take a
little engineering… but sounds intriguing. Of course if you don't do it
right you'll have a steam powered grenade.
2) A quickly warmed cab on a cold day.
Well… some thing to think about before winter, but I will have to do
something. I don’t want to have to scrape my windows on the inside too.
:)
-----Original Message-----
From: MSTEVENS@FSLF.COM [mailto:MSTEVENS@FSLF.COM]
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 10:56 AM
To: alex@glx.net
Subject: RE: [MV] M35A2 tire and heater questions...
Alex, mine has the Michelin tires on it. They are a 11R20XL. There is a
guy who sells them on E-bay that is out of western Nebraska (Lexington
200 miles away) called LEXOR SURPLUS. I'm not sure if he has any but you
could try calling him. Here's his E-bay store:
http://stores.ebay.com/LEXOR-SURPLUS
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About the heater, I plan to get one like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=79143
23104&category=6763 this one is actually pretty cheap! I have heard
about the diesel fired ones and I guess they are a real pain and get
very too hot for such a small cab. I might even go to the junkyard and
try and get one from a toyota 4runner with rear heat. (I actually had
one I threw away a few months back DOH) they have a self contained rear
heat. Just need a 12v source and it's done.
Matt
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex [mailto:alex@glx.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 10:09 PM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: [MV] M35A2 tire and heater questions...
My non running M35 is now home, sleeves are rolled up and am learning to
work on it. Until the next unknown rears it's head, the simple questions
I have today are:
1)What size tires can I mount on it. It now has 9.00x20 mil ND's. Can I
mount 11.00x20 Mil ND's? What about those cool Michelin tires? What
sizes? Can I use the 9.00 tubes and flaps with the other size/type
tires. Are the Michelins radial. and would I need radial tubes? Why?
What else do I need to know about tires for this truck. I understand the
ND's are bad in snow. right?
2)My truck doesn't have a heater. There is a guy on ebay with a fuel
powered heater for this truck. It looks new but doesn't have a control
or distribution box. Should I get this as a basis for a cab heater? They
go for about $50. I remember the great heat put out by my gas heater in
my old V W. I've seen m35 H2O heater kits for $225 on some web sites.
seems a little steep???
Thanks,
Alex
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