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I've got the Milton from Amazon. I'll fill two tires and see how it goes. The next 4 tires will arrive in the middle of April. I've paid for them already, but I'll be in Las Vegas for a week at a trade show. I don't go there for fun, so I've delayed delivery until the middle of April.
I don't believe they do spit. But no one seems to be be on the page I'm on so.... FWIW.
I very much appreciate your wisdom.
I certainly get the 7 year limit. I want the tires off my rig at 7 years.
Oh that's a "projection" based on usage statistics and that's what the military would *like* to see but it never happens. I've never seen an FMTV exit service with more than 20k.
Tractor Supply typically has a good selection of grade 8 bolts and nuts—
I'm thinking to delete the manifold box, but I don't understand it yet. There is obviously an air connection from the manifold box to the cab airbags. If I delete the manifold box, how do the cab airbags get air?
Do it. If you're doing what I did, the only function you'll need is the cab tilt, which I would highly recommend powering with it's own manual pump. The AOH unit just seems to be asking for trouble. The OE manifold function and plumbing will make sense as you dismantle it.
Independently. There is a level switch on the crossbar which feeds or vents the bags as needed.
The bags are on the chassis, as you've now discovered, at the base of the horseshoe on which the rear latch is located. No air ride components are on the cab.
I use one of these for my cab suspension fed from the same port after the protection valve as the original that was run over to the manifold valve. Push to inflate the cab suspension, pull to deflate thru that sintered bronze filter.
on the 1078 A0 they put that remote valve on the service tanks as it samples pri/sec air from the tanks. I did a video removing that valve from my tanks, it is the same basic process removing it from over the axles, simply follow all its lines back and cap them at their sources…
Thanks for the details. I'll look at all of that when I can. Today was my last day working on the truck for 8 or 10 days. I'm off to Las Vegas for a trade show.I use one of these for my cab suspension fed from the same port after the protection valve as the original that was run over to the manifold valve. Push to inflate the cab suspension, pull to deflate thru that sintered bronze filter.
The hydraulic manifold has 2 separate air inputs, one for AOP and the other for cab suspension…
you will also have to follow the other air line from the manifold that is used for the AOP. It most likley runs back to the rear axle to a remote control valve that is connected into park air. If park air is applied(brakes released) it disables air to the AOP so you cannot tip the cab while driving…
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I ordered the valve stems and installed one on a tire I built up yesterday. Unfortunately the CTIS elbow doesn't screw onto these valve stems. It seems to be a different thread pitch. They also have a long unthreaded section above the thread, which makes it hard to clamp the air chuck onto it. I don't know how that will affect the elbowsAlways use NEW valve stems and o-rings. This is the correct turret valve stem from Haltec:
They are supposed to have that unthreaded section - that is what the CTIS elbow seals against because there's no shrader core used if the wheel valve is installed and it needs that smooth area above the threads to seal with an o-ring inside the elbow. You have to push it past the seal to get the threads to grab. That's why some inflators work with them and some don't. It's not a standard valve stem because of the CTIS.
