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Made it from a scrap hydraulic cylinder ram. The end was threaded so I got a pair of matching nuts, turned them down to a nice slip-fit in the X-4 handle and red Loctited them to the cylinder threads. It's overkill being a solid rod but it was like $10 and the perfect diameter.

M43 detector is an inventory "sensitive item" like NVG's and weapons systems and is NEVER stored on the trucks. They generally aren't issued at all unless needed. They contain radioactive isotopes and are kept secured with limited access in addition to not being sold as surplus unless rendered...

4:1 multiplayer and an extended reaction arm to reach the ground is what I use. Breaks down to the head, two sections of handle, and the torque wrench. Works out to 125 ft/lbs input = 450 ft/lbs output and with a 24" torque wrench it's 62.5 ft/lbs of force required from me. For a 220 lb human...

Make sure you are turning the left hand lug nuts RIGHTY LOOSY. Left hand lug nuts are left hand thread. Right hand lug nuts are normal thread.

Yes that is the approved method to change tire. Bottle jack under the axle. If you need the suspension unloaded you have to pickup the chassis with a crane.

Jack stands under the axles is the only approved location. They updated the BII with a bottle jack saddle on the A1P2. Worth picking one up IMO. If you need the wheels hanging you have to get creative. The military makes extensive use of overhead lifting devices. Overhead trolley cranes and...

Expensive! I've used these guys for other aviation stuff: https://pilotshq.com/products/phillips-66-x-c-red-spec-aviation-hydraulic-fluid-gallon-can-mil-prf-5606h

We have lots of cute sayings in the Army. "Ain't no kill like overkill"

Must be a difference with the older controllers. I don't experience exhaust brake issues at all. There's actually a really steep grade near my house that is between me a groceries many times. Coming down that hill I might have to use the brakes for a couple seconds once to bring the speeds down...

Oil bath is honestly VERY GOOD under these specific conditions. Apparently volcanic ash has a lot of microscopic glass shards in it and they cut and rip their way through the paper elements poking tiny holes in them like micro-bullets. Attempting to blow the stuff out will probably just damage...

Step one is to fill the air-operated pump at the back of the cab. It takes MIL-PRF-5606 Aviation "RED" hydraulic fluid. Make sure it's full. Any airport will have this. You will probably have to rebuild the latch and the air pump. Once you get the latch working and refill the fluid level though...

Huh - my WTEC-IV gets into 7th gear about 78 MPH and will stay there lower than that. It's not necessary though and not the efficient speed to be driving anyway. I don't personally find the difference in off-the-line performance to be an issue for me. Never noticed much difference, Very slight...

It's a "gazinta" Gazinta tha dumpsta. Newer trucks got AGM's and this got filed under "Extinct" like the Dodo. It's also about the most laughable excuse for "test equipment" I've encountered. Throw that thing away so it can't defile anymore batteries with it's "probe" please.

If they are the steering drag link and tie rod boots, here's the solution to that: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/tie-rod-and-drag-link-dust-boot-part-number-and-links.206375/

If you have a 100A alternator truck, then the recommendation is two group 24's. The 6TL is a little big and definitely don't go to AGM's like the 6T-AGM. That alternator will thank you. Though regulator failures aren't uncommon on older 100's so don't count on that saving it.

Probably fine. I use Amsoil water resistant grease because I've used it for years on lots of stuff and I'm an Amsoil dealer and stock it at my shop on displays in the lobby so it's always handy. It's more important that you do it often and consistently with the SAME grease each time (or at...

My 2008 had a fingertip sized hole rotted through the rubber reducer off the back of the filter housing where it necks down into the intake plumbing. Before any such operation (and really you don't want holes on the engine side of the filter anyway on any truck) I would be inspecting the entire...

You do NOT want to do that. Not that way. If you want to plug it in to a maintainer get one of these and hookup to each battery independently. Charging the 24v bank with a 28v maintainer will imbalance and kill the weaker of the two. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FYS6CL8

Always consider what the folks that come to the Estate Sale you leave behind will think. Don't want to end up as a 60 Minutes episode about the sick MONSTER that derived great pleasure from slaughtering our innocent cellulose brothers and sisters and then displaying them literally on the dash of...

Filthy dead tree carcass in your cab?!? Ewe. I hear that some sick fools like to mechanically or electrically manipulate dead tree carcasses in their "workshop" for pleasure. Horrific. 🤮