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Well, it's official. My m816 is now all one color, took a few weeks to scrape off old loose paint on spray it with house paint in the shade of 383Green. Lol
Ill be headin to lamoore California due to new orders, currently in the Navy and own an M816. I am interested in a rally, any ideas when the next one will be? I hope i dont miss it, not sure when it will arrive from Hawaii.
Life altering sand blaster,i love it.
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i replaced the transmission poppet valve a while back and it bothered me that it was leaking. everything was working on it and the transfer case so i was unsure what it was. I decided to remove the transfer case air valve and was astonished, how the heck was this thing working?
the seals were...
Found a new hoist cable on ebay, installed and found a problem.
The cable twisted at the end, so i unhooked it, stretched it back out and untwisted it again.
So i sucked the cable back up and it finaly is perfect, greased the cable to prevent rusting.
Below:Im in hawaii so finding the socket was imposable, and im not using a drift so i went to homedepot and found a 5in set of watter pump pliers. couldent move it by it self so i had to hold the handles together to get it off.
Below:took the hub off to replace the wheel cylinder and...
Ok so as promised, Her is my attempt at changing the rear hub seal
Below:I was hoping the drum would slide off, originally i thought the wheel cylinder went out due to the massive leak only after i put in some break fluid witch latter on i found out i used the wrong kind. (ill fix it later)...
I've had a few inquiry's into some photos of my progress and I decided to make this post. I will update it as regularly as possible with images and how I found the best way for me to perform the task.
It should be simple. Even length tubing on both lines, no kinks and no loops. I still have the brass selector on my 816, thinking about switching it over but keeping the selector for a reserve tank.
Me Wanty... I have 11x20, set now. was wanting to do super singles but didnt do the research. Im moving to cali in oct, afre you willing to swap or can i get the info for new tires either 11x20's or super singles.
I worked on a few semi's and what your looking for is a top draw system.The draw from both tanks, to a "T" in the middle. They also have a "T" on the return line.
Heres a site that should help to figure out some of the steps.
Install...
ok so it was the crane engagement handle by the rear winch. Disengaged the crane and now i have full throttle back, but now i cant use the crane. im going to adjust the valve and see what happens.
Ok, soI have an M816 and all the sudden the darn valve goes max extend the instant the pressure is charged and stalls the motor. i pull max throttle and it barely idles, im not using the hydros or the pto. i didnt adjust it, touch it, or even look at it. I finally got to drive it and out of...