Sourcing Leaf Springs
- Buster1
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Sourcing Leaf Springs
Does anyone have any recommendations for locating quality replacement leaf springs? Ron seems to be out for M38s and mine are looking pretty flat. They’re 70 yrs old, and I’m thinking of just replacing vs re-arching.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Re: Sourcing Leaf Springs
QTM is advertising NOS rear springs here https://www.ebay.com/itm/292483257774?h ... SwVoFaqTrS
He might have fronts if you give him a call.
Good luck!
He might have fronts if you give him a call.
Good luck!
Ron D
1951 M38
1951 M100
1951 M38
1951 M100
- Buster1
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Re: Sourcing Leaf Springs
Thanks Ron, those are a great option I wasn’t even aware of. Appreciate it.
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- W. Winget
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Re: Sourcing Leaf Springs
I swear I took a set out of a M416 trailer (actually the flat genset version of that series) for my rear GPW replacements back in the early 90's.
I had nothing to loose in the Desert and a scrapyard with generous piles of turned in military scrap metal to sort through.
V/R W. Winget
I had nothing to loose in the Desert and a scrapyard with generous piles of turned in military scrap metal to sort through.
V/R W. Winget
Looking for 1918 Standard B 'Liberty' truck parts
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Re: Sourcing Leaf Springs
that flat trailer is an M762...don't see them too often.
1951 M38 #22936
1951 M100 DUNBAR
1953 M100 DUNBAR
M416B1
2- M762
MVPA #11788
MVCC
1951 M100 DUNBAR
1953 M100 DUNBAR
M416B1
2- M762
MVPA #11788
MVCC
- dpcd67
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Re: Sourcing Leaf Springs
"Military scrap metal"? Theft of Government Property?
U. S. Army 28 years.
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Re: Sourcing Leaf Springs
That's a bold accusation, direct or implied.
Mail them home in pieces like Radar O'Reilly of MASH fame did with a whole jeep?
Ron D
1951 M38
1951 M100
1951 M38
1951 M100
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Re: Sourcing Leaf Springs
Not an accusation; just reading the words in the post. Piles of military scrap are not personal property. Probably too long ago for CID to be interested, but I can tell you from personal experience with them, (when I was at TACOM) they do read the internet and do investigations. There was a theft of some tank fire control components (GAS), that they found on the internet and we had to work with them to ID where the property came from.
Be careful on the internet.
Be careful on the internet.
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