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Hey Mike - labour of love - nice to see it coming along. Are you going to reproduce the black/yellow stripes on the outrigger feet/bumper as per delivery pics? Looks a lot like the ones the RAEME had in Viet Nam (Australia army engineers)..... Howard.

But the wreckers (M984E1...) have a heavier version - still Grove.

Horses n Bulldozers - what else is there to say! Don't know if they ever had these as 'door art' but I'd like to represent my M916A1 as being from the USAF 819th REDHORSE who were stationed in the sand box when my truck was current inventory. I'd already painted mine sand when I found out...

Red - have you tried to slide apart your new boom support legs yet? I recently tried to get mine apart with the winch + snatch block on my 916A1 and braced to the back of the lowboy - no go. Need to come up with a new, more powerful plan - they have been soaking for 2 years... I think I am...

I'll send you a knob gratis if you have a 1/4 x 20 die or want to weld a 1/4 x 20 bolt to the end of the lever... I have a humungous box of them! It's nice having a different size knob on the transfer lever so you can tell the difference without looking..

I've made extended levers for "Split shifting" the 5 tons (M816 etc.) ....... www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?98438-Split-shift-transfer-lever-extension&highlight=split+shift Shirehorse, Feroequinologist, Patracy and some others have had these for a while. I can adjust the geometry as...

Local MV's invited to the 109th Tactical Supply Wing "Skibirds" Family Day at Schenectady. These are the C-130s that do some resupply to Greenland and the Antarctic.

Duh!!! Thanks Matt!!! I guess I saw "drag winch" and thus assumed it was the wrecker rear, as in M936 - totally missing the 1 ..... WHICH I HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! though mine is an A1 as you know... OK - simply multiply all tool sizes by a factor of 7/8 over 3/4.

NB. Wrap an oily rag around free cable end before using grippy [Mole-] wrench. Start here then work slack back into drum to manipulate each wrap tangle. You don't have to thread the whole cable free end through - just enough to give you slack at the drum to chase the buried part. Deleted...

There's something else that has been dropped from the wreckers BII and 'use of' probably not taught any more..... Marline Spikes ... may or may not damage cable, but at this point what else you gonna do? and it won't do as much damage to surrounding (good) cable as hot cutting will.

Unfortunately I'll have to miss this years sarcasm-fest, hope you all have a great time. Thanks to all of the offers for a lift out there. Knee injury is healing but my client base has taken a big hit so I'll have to save the pennies for a while 'till I can come up with plan B/2 + Plan C. See...

Seams like a whole load of fuss. Why not just calibrate it at home. After all you are measuring "foot"-"pounds". Got a tape measure and a shopping bag? Everything from the grocery store has a weight on it (less the tin/jar etc), but loose veggies, or packets of grains/sugar etc., have...

Having trouble following your references; 24P - 2 has a fig 387 but not relevant and 34 - 2 doesn't list fig's......? However - There are two controls there #'s 8 and 11 (from the -10 TM, page 2-120) One is for the clutch (engine -transmission) the other is for the rear winch cable...

I've done a rebuild thread for both level winds (which do a wonderful job when working) - they are easy enough to strip and service, even a little modification if appropriate grease fitting is missing. Spare parts will be the issue if you cannot rejuvenate the damage. Though stuff like felt...

John - where did you pull the 24v for the lamps from? I thought the trucks main (lighting) system was 12...... with only the trailer port on the crossmember (pintle towing) as 24v. Bye the way - I have almost finished my flatbed attachment (PLS type deal for the fifth wheel - ballast platform...

Arrrrgh! LEGO has no plural! - email LEGO USA or pop into the LEGO store Rockefeller center/ LEGOLAND if you like, but that is the honest truth. LEGO describes the bricks. (A bit like deer or sugar) Really cool model though! Hey - it's OK to "Have a Thing" (rant) etc.......

NO, you don't need a battery for this test. You are measuring continuity. You are looking for 'clean' circuits that have infinite resistance (1) because they should be switched off and not running to ground (the -ve side) which is the drain you are looking for. Any circuits that have SOME...

The only way I have ever found a drain was to remove the batteries altogether, connect the battery cables together -ve to +ve at each battery, pull all the fuses then meter across each fuse holder to see which circuit has continuity - which they shouldn't if everything is "off". Once you have...

Yup - I lost a front tyre (34K original miles) on my 916A1 last year/'14 going to and from the Sussex NJ and Weare NH events. Found out that I had almost an inch of 'toe in' - got a pair of G-177's and put the toe in back out to only 1/8" and wear since seems acceptable.

Hey Carl - what's with the banjo hole in the cab cill?... or did I miss something in an earlier post.... Was it for lifting the cab into place? Securing antiglare scrim over windscreen? For friends to chain door when you are sleeping inside?