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I register all of my trucks on a bill of sale or GL paperwork. I don't have titles on anything but a M105 trailer that came out of Florida and GL is required to provide the paperwork to get one in that state. I'm not much on selling green iron though so as long as I can get a tag and...
I may not know much and the fact that your flip flops are shown away from the pedals but your left hand is not filmed makes me think this. You're pulling the throttle cable on the dash. I've never heard of a multi jumping from idle to 1500 3 times in a row in less than 5 seconds unless it had...
If your M818 is road ready to go roughly 790 miles each way, I'll dance with ya. You'd be talking roughly 31.6 hours of straight driving with no stops which won't likely happen (figuring 50 mph.) You'd have to cover fuel, time and 2 hotel stops for that trip if you'd like me to do it. More...
Chuck,
I believe it came out in a stream of melted plastic. No more noise and the turbo spools freely. As stated, it did skip a few times while it was ingesting the plastic cap but it cleared up pretty quickly.
I'll try the candle wax trick today. Maybe I can just let it run until the exhaust manifold is hot and jump right in. Also, the feeding of the plastic was no intentional but it handled it just fine. Scared the S$#% out of me when it first went in.
I'm working on pulling the turbo on my truck and got as far as the bolts that hold it to the exhaust manifold. Well, I hooked the oil line back up thinking that a little heat should help. I cranked it up, took the top to the PB Blaster can and put it up to the intake for a little testing...
7.1 Tons off road, 15 tons on road and you're correct, it's commonly known as a 7 ton by the Marines. They are beast's and I'd trade my Deuce for one any day, even with the articulation ramp shortcomings!!!! I train people how to drive these trucks at the base here in Albany along with...
Ditto on MikeON's post, I thought that's how a Deuce was supposed to sound cold. I've driven many in the Guard and my personal truck sounds just like that and has been going strong for quite a while now.
Bruce,
You're likely fighting Oshkosh Equipment on those Wisconsin trucks. They're very proud of the stuff they sale when you look at the prices and most of those Wisconsin trucks don't look as though they need any work.
Gary Sifford is the dad!!! He paid for the recovery a little after the fact but the check cleared and we are square as a block. It just took some time. If they abandon the M109, I need one!!!! Let me know the price, it won't sit in the yard long!!!
special wrench needed (that you can make) to remove and retorque the driver's side head bolts under the injectors. Other than that, pretty straight forward job for an above average mechanic. Pull the intake, exhaust and turbo, drain coolant level down and the get with it!!!! I'll be doing...
Dean, I'm glad you've worked hard on you M817 and had some great progress on it. Maybe one day I'll own a 5 ton. As for now, I'm still working on these things for other folks. As for the primer being useful, it might be after a filter change if you open the valve by the air intake. For What...
10-4, Where would I find some of this hard plastic line? I've honestly never seen it at any parts stores but it could be in the "back room". I'm sure I can match the O-rings pretty easy at my local Napa. I've got a great part's guy there and that's not an advertisement. It only works in...
I'm currently working on an M818 that I recovered out of Thomasville, GA. Anyhow, I replaced all the rubber lines to the selector valve and the main rubber line from the filter housing to the IP. It ran great for a little while, idled for once and was somewhat responsive to the throttle. Now...
I bought one in excellent condition with only 2100 miles on it for $2500 a year ago. Try that now. The paint, the interior, all of looks as if it sat in a time machine in a cave in Norway. Oh yeah, it did!!! If that thing went to auction now, it'd kill me trying to get it. They're nice...
I'd like to get feet for my MRAP Oshkosh towbar as well. I've got a good Medium towbar complete and it works fine but I'd like to justify buying the Square Tube towbar that won't work on anything in my current fleet. It's a beast and rated at 83,000 pounds with the 1 1/2" pins. I'm sure that...
Mine has a NEW in 92 (not rebuilt) Hercules. From what I've read on here, it was one of the last 5,000 that the government was allowed to by due to the EPA working diligently to send the multifuel into the graveyard.
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