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We finished prepping the engine and transmission tonight, will have them out tomorrow. First job for the m816 wrecker!!

Much appreciated

Post #3 in this thread has a link to it.

Still needs lots of attention, getting the truck running and the crane operating were priority. Runs happily with either the crane or rear winch engaged, which is perfect for now. Repairs required: Rear clutch control PTO for front winch Cable for front winch Everything greased All other fluids...

Hard to see in the pics but the crane is working! Needs a better boot on the lower CV shaft but its alive hahahaha.

If the lift is not enough pull the oil pan and spin it around, same setup as the 5 ton multifuel

The rear axles are the problem, their pinion is offset on the wrong side. Could run the pinions backwards in the rear axles but then your running on the weak side of the gears.

Let's see if the video uploads. After Greg towed my deuce to Valence's place we hooked up to the wrecker and used it to place the deuce in position. https://youtu.be/SX_ZEeL1FQI Hopefully tomorrow will top off the fluids and test out the crane!

Will need a transfercase from a 5 ton as well to get the driveshaft angles right.

Similar experience with mine back in June. Coming to a stop I had both feet on the brake pedal and was pulling on the steering wheel hard enough to flex it a few inches up.

Hahahaha wow I hope that's for new or rebuilt heads. Might have a usable set available for an LDT, will know this weekend.

Simple Green works pretty well on other oils, worth a shot. Being on the east now parts are much more common so shouldn't be hard to find some spare heads to have worked over. A second vehicle is nice to have. That's what I use a motorcycle for haha.

Lol I'll keep it in this thread. The deuce will be tractor some of the time, and camper other times. The tractor spare tire carrier and storage box will stay on the truck, only the 5th wheel and ramps will be removable. Thinking of moving the rear tandems back instead of chopping the frame to...

Worked on the wrecker some yesterday, getting the crane operating so the engine and transmission can be pulled from the deuce. Looking the deuce over Valence found that my rear brakes are now leaking. We pulled the cargo cover off to place it in storage along with the parts that were sitting in...

Installed the replacement PTO shaft between the power divider and the crane yesterday and drained the old oil from the reservoirs at the ends of the shaft. Need to pick up a 90 degree fitting for the hose to pump the new oil in there and a grease gun before the crane is tested. With the deuce...

I'd finish the brakes first, one task at a time. With the heads you could pick up a spare to have rebuilt at the machine shop and swap it out. Might be cheaper than the hotel and car rental. For a week.

Finding multiple articles from manufacturers stating that the compression of DOT 5 is a problem, thus 5.1 was designed.

2 deuces, a m923, and a m816 wrecker

Deuce made it to Zane's place, and the PTO shaft for the wreckers crane arrived!

Let me know when, little busy this week but nothing crazy