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  1. Nonotagain

    gl ending 05/14/09 sales

    Lot:Title:High Bid:Closed:4241/1785(KS3. R5. P66) LOT(6) PNEUMATIC TIRE WHEEL MFG: HAYES WHEEL INTERNATIONAL INC. 20 IN. DIAMETER, HOLES LOCATED 5/ 8 IN. OFFSET FROM CENTER OF RIM, 6 MOUNTING HOLES$1,860.0005/14/2009 05:27PM Eastern Time4241/1786(KS3. R5. P29) LOT(6) PNEUMATIC TIRE WHEEL MFG...
  2. Nonotagain

    Starter fluid?

    With a lot of the smaller trucks being relocated from up north to a more southernly location, a lot of folks have complained about bent drive shafts. Do you feel lucky or are you planning on taking a spare shaft with you?
  3. Nonotagain

    I got me a Winch!!

    The best part about a hydraulic powered winch is that when it reaches the maximum working pressure it will stop on its own. Mechanical winches will operate until they break something which in my opinion is not a good thing.
  4. Nonotagain

    adiabetic 5 ton truck

    15-20 years ago, they were marketing air cooled diesel engines to the construction trades for use in cement and dump trucks.as well as for wrecker applications They were Deutz diesels, and available in 6, 8, 10, and 12 cylinder versions, all 90 degree Vee's. Deutz still sells some fairly...
  5. Nonotagain

    Running gas in a multifuel engine

    Before I would re-power a fleet of 160 trucks to comply with the environmental wacko state of California, I would move my base of operations to Nevada. My first large wrecker was a GMC 7500 with a Chevy tall block 427. It survived 6 years of daily use (225,000 miles) with a Century 20 ton...
  6. Nonotagain

    MEP002 not charging batteries

    Check page number 143 of TM6115-585-12 f(paragraph 4-27) for trouble shooting this unit. " (a) Tag and disconnect stator lead (1) frcm stator at terminal block (3) Check between two stator leads for approximately 0.6 ohms continuity. If open cr shorted, notify higher level of maintenance. Check...
  7. Nonotagain

    Need licence plate sugestions...

    Since you are going along that line, SNAFU or TARFU or BIGMOFO
  8. Nonotagain

    WTF!? Freeze plugs popping out.

    I don't seem to recall whether you stated cup or dish style or the material that they are made of, brass or steel. My preference is brass cup style freeze plugs installed with 3M gorillia snot, aka weather strip adhesive. The brass cup style plugs will take the shape of a slightly mis-shaped...
  9. Nonotagain

    Primer and WD CARC

    Any good automotive paint store will know what ingredients are in the paints they sell. If in doubt, look at the MSDS sheet, which you should look at for the safe handling guidelines. You want an epoxy primer preferably containing chromates. If they don't have a chromated epoxy primer, then...
  10. Nonotagain

    Primer and WD CARC

    Mil-Dtl-64159 CARC (WD CARC water dispersible) does not have the corrosion resistance as a system as does the solvent based systems of Mil-C-46168 or the Mil-Dtl-53039. The main problem lies in the primer used, either Mil-P-53022 or Mil-P-53030. Mil-P-53022 is both lead and chromate free but...
  11. Nonotagain

    Do all military trailers have air brakes??

    The M1048a1, the M1061a1 and the M1073, all have air over hydraulic brakes. The only problem is that the maximum weight rating for the M1073 is only 15,000 lbs. One SS member here converted a Hemit trailer to use a lunette instead of the bolt together contraption that the Hemit uses. I can't...
  12. Nonotagain

    Deuce axle load rating

    The way see it is that you have two choices, pull the axle shafts or pull the drive shafts. When I did heavy duty towing, unless the tow was less than 10 miles, either the axle or drive shaft were removed. Air the tires to the maximum pressure and travel during low travel times keeping your...
  13. Nonotagain

    M113 weight

    Back in the mid 1980's the company that I work for built a composite M113. The hull was still aluminum, but all of the rest of the structure was fiberglass composites with ceramic for the armor. I was able to use a 10 ton overhead monorail crane to lift the assembly so that I could drag the...
  14. Nonotagain

    Speeding Deuce

    Looks like an old tachograph. Records, speed, distance traveled, when stopped and when moving as well as engine rpm. Should be a small circular chart under the face.
  15. Nonotagain

    CARC Scratches

    Flat finish paint does scuff easier than gloss or semi-gloss paints. Some colors show scuff marks faster than others due in part to the size and color of the pigments. As for durability of the single verses two component CARC, I've seen no difference. The single component CARC has the...
  16. Nonotagain

    CARC Scratches

    As I attempted to state earlier, the major paint manufacturers know which companies test their paints on receipt verses relying on the provided vendor certifications. I, on average reject 1 out of 15 lots of paint sent to me for use on various aircraft parts due to not meeting one requirement...
  17. Nonotagain

    CARC Scratches

    Hentzen still makes the two part solvent based CARC, I recently got some in for use on some assemblies for a major helicopter manufacturer. There have been no formulation changes to these products in many years. What might be causing some of the problem that some people have observed is that...
  18. Nonotagain

    CARC Scratches

    There are three specifications for CARC. Mil-Dtl-53039...single component, Mil-Prf-46168...two part solvent based, and Mil-Dtl-64159....two component waterborne All three versions have the same pencil hardness requirements after fluid immersion testing in various solvents and oils. If your...
  19. Nonotagain

    Milling machine pickup from Albany, GA

    Been there done that. I moved my Bridgeport from Richmond to Baltimore on a U-haul car trailer. I brought my cherry picker with me and just lifted the mill up around a foot high then backed the trailer up till the mill was just into the bed. Then I sprayed the bed with WD-40, to make the...
  20. Nonotagain

    Driveshaft between T-case and Tranny...

    If you are really concerned about the nuts getting loose again, have the bolts cross drilled for safety wire and use a castle nut. Safety wire all of the nuts together. As for reusing the deformed thread nuts over again, in aerospace componets, deformed nut locking features are required to be...
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