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Put what you think the least he might take in your right pocket. Put a little more in a couple of other pockets if you want to negotiate up. And if he's really a pothead, maybe you can talk to him when he has bloodshot eyes...
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Welcome to the Outfit!
Snap us a few pictures of your new-to-you trailer so the rest of us can oogle it. Pix will be a good way to see your progress. Time to do a little maintenance like wheel bearing grease and checking out the brakes too. TM's are in the trailer section for pictures of...
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Everybody has an opinion, but if you know you had two bad GP's and replaced them - and you tested and the others are functioning - I'm not sure if it was my money I would replace working GP's.
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I do have a ten cent question...
You have done well grasshopper - but what about this paint? You are going to stick another 4 tires onto those Budd inner nuts. You will of course paint the rims on the inside so they don't rust. Then the new lug nuts, then paint everything.
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You could be dead nut level with the fill plug and be okay,
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You could reach in with your finger (bend the first nuckle) and touch oil and still be perfect too. That measurement would be about a half inch down.
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If you can get hooked up with a LSO (Landing Signals Officer) getting some real operational details would be useful. If nothing shows up here, Ward Carroll on YouTube could be a contact. @WardCarroll
He is on your side of the country and he has several contacts had that job on assorted...
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Welcome to the Outfit!
Come on now... Don't be bashful. Pictures. More Pictures! This will be a great spot for you to chronicle your vehicle as you build it out.
You may want to download the manuals for your new-to-you truck too.
This particular truck is part of the 939 Series.
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It seems like I am little late to the party, but Welcome to the Outfit! Download the owners manual and all the others too for your new-to-you truck. The link is below. Yeah, I know these few thousand pages of writing will put you to sleep in your recliner - but knowing the terminology will...
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Mighty Fine!!
Definitely looking awful good...
Oh, and by the way that wheel dolly sure is a nice tool to have. In particularly when you have a nice concrete floor to work on.
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Wow!
Nice work on the testing and documentation too
Clorox has generally been one of my favorite cleaners for almost any application.
Nice to see that it came out on top!
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Welcome to the Outfit!
Well, here goes. The M1009 is a Chevy Blazer. At least if something goes wrong it won't cost you an arm and a leg to have it hauled to the local Chevrolet Dealership. Many more people know how to work on these than a "Hummmer" for example. All going in your favor so...
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Well, I can't help but wonder if you couldn't have found a truck a little further away from you up there in Alaska... That is going to be a drive for sure and you may as well pay for a second seat on the airplane to get you and some tools down to the truck. Or maybe you are planning to drive...
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Wow. That's the voice of experience. Especially since everything on a generator is fighting vibration. The "zip side" easily gives you an extra eighth of in inch of "rub resistance" safety margin.
Thanks for sharing that @Guyfang
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Nice to know. Back in the day, we used 80/90 in all the gearboxes on Deuces, 5-Tons, the Internationals, GMC's, Dodges and to be completely honest - anything else that we had that needed gear oil. I'm sure that was a plan to simplify the lube orders. Three oils covered everything that way...
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Wonder if you could use the old canister filter housings to recirculate and clean your fuel? Maybe an intake line on the bottom of the fuel tank and a return that pours the fuel back into the tank. With an electric pump to do the cycling, it could be any voltage - guessing that...
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Generally 80w90 Gear Oil - and like @HDN mentioned - be sure to be sure that it is good for use with bronze / brass gears syncro's.
Maybe up north where you are a lighter weight oil in those gearboxes are required as mentioned by @ToddJK ?
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Welcome to the Outfit!
We've got pictures of things being fixed and new guys who recently got themselves a "new" piece of green hardware. All sorted somewhat by time. And there are TM's you could rummage for pictures - so you can search for trucks by their "M Number"
Again, Welcome to the...
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Best that I have to offer is a smile for your handle because a Chevy is my preferred choice of Non-MV transportation.
And maybe a Welcome to the Outfit!
Since you are one of the new guys, be sure to make use of the TM's Technical Manuals posted here. The "Dash 10" (-10) is the operator's...
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You might even consider jacking up the front wheels to keep from stressing the system unnecessarily.
And yes, believe it or not bleeding the power steering system is really that simple.
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