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A nightmare you will have bringing this truck back to life is the fuel pickup/sender assy. It will be rusted and full of holes. Suggest pulling the tank and going through the fuel system completely.
Nice rig! Looks like a wrecker push bumper on there. Yeah 16.5 tires are a huge issue. I am running Transforce 9.5R16.5s by Firestone. About all that is available in a name brand tire.
Simplest solution might be to print out a JIC fitting ID chart and back into the hose configurations you need. Then head over to your local hydraulic hose shop.
100% for sure it's USMC. Fording control, rear lifting brackets and of course the paper clips confirm the data plate. Bed top rails look like the chain gang was not gentle with whatever they were doing.
With the truck idling in park, the torque converter is transmitting motion to the planetaries in the transmission as well as the transmission oil pump.
Resealing the transmission is not too difficult, remove the transfer first, then slide the transmission back onto a stack of wood.
Sweet telephone truck! When these dot 3 brake fluid trucks sit forever, the fluid tends to leak out of the wheel cylinders and make a big rusty mess on the shoes and drums. Try backing off the shoes and dragging the truck back and forth to pop the shoes loose. If the drums stay stuck, it...
That is your axle vent. There is nothing wrong with it. What has failed is a wheel hub CTIS seal which is pressurizing your axle housing.
Edit: Well you added more pictures. It is not your axle vent.
Adorable little unit. Be aware if you plan to actually use it, the grease in the armature end bearing might be no good after 78 years, leading to a failure. The oil pan may be half full of goop as well, leading to oil starvation.
Well since you ALREADY read supplement 7, you know you are in limp mode and you have “undefined ratio errors”. That means the computer is expecting a certain numerical ratio between the tiss and toss and it’s not seeing that. Why is the question. Could be several reasons such as smoked...
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