mlvw trailer leg M104 CND3 and other info needed

[Tyson Eich]

Hi guys I bought an old mlvw M104 CND3 trailer and its missing the rear trailer leg i doubt i would ever find one for sale so i thought i would make one. Im looking for pictures of what the leg looks like to help make it as authentic as possible. It also did not come with a intervehical wiring connector there is just a screw on wireing plug on the frame where a plug would screw into and the other end would connect to the mlvw maybe some one would know if this is some kind of standered plug that could be found. one last thing it came with the old firestone tires on split rims would the newer mlvw wheels fit on the hubs without modification if i could find any?

Thanks guys

[rob love]

The plug for the inter-vehicle cable is an amphenol plug. They come in a large variety of pins, sizes and configurations. I'll check an intervehicle cable and see if I can get you the part number from the plug, but it can be figured out from the part number on the plug you have.

Alternatively, you can cut the wires before the plug and splice them to any normal inter-vehicle cable of appropriate length. The numbers should be on the wires and will quickly identify where each wire goes to.

The newer bolt together rims will go straight accross onto the trailer. The only exception was the kitchen trailers back in the day. We had to replace all the hubs due to the different offset of the newer rims. But before you change over to the radials and those bolt together rims, be aware that they are very problematic, frequently leaking at the O ring. Sometimes this is due to corrosion in the o ring channel, other times it is due to the bolts not being torqued. One fix attempt that the guys have tried is using the larger O rings form the HLVW to try and get the rims to seal.

Drive by any compound of MLVWs and see how many are sitting on flat tires.

I had the new style tires on my own MLVW, but eventually got tired of fixing the flats, so I managed to get together a full set of the old split rims and tube type bias ply tires. Never had a flat since.

Wrt the stabilzer leg, I'll get you a photo of one next week when I am back at work.

[rob love]

Stuart: do you have any stock numbers on them?

[Ed Storey]

This image may help.

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[Tyson Eich]

If it is a leg for the trailer would you be willing to sell it.? Also since gma went out of business any idea where I could get a new or newer cover for it. The one I have looks like Swiss cheese and is hard and crusty is there any way of reviving the material? Im also in need of some of the curly tie downs to hold the tarp I have 3 broken

[rob love]

I have always found that armourall protectant will revive the tarp. As to the tarp loops on the body, they are identical to the M35 and a host of others, and can be found on ebay as well as various suppliers. Search ebay or google for the part number of 7064246.