M149A2 Water Buffalo adding the chiller TM?

[johndoe007]

If anyone could help me with this I'd really appreciate it as I have found nothing.

What I have found is as follows:

TM 9-2330-267-14&P is the base trailer TM
TM 10-4130-237-24P on pages 31 and 31-1
shows this part number and picture
MEPN90-006 KIT,MOD MOUNTING KIT TO BE USED ONLY FOR MODIFIED TRAILER UNIT, TO MODIFY USE THE PARTS THAT FOLLOW




What I can't find is how to attach the front rack to the trailer. Does anyone have a water buff with it attached that could share some photos?

I am attaching photos of my water buff without it attached and my rack just resting on the front rails.

 

[SCSG-G4]

Looks like the -14 manual is on Liberated Manuals, but the -24P is only on tpub.com. So your free choices are - try to find out what you need in the -14 after downloading it, and reading the manual one page at a time on tpub. If you purchase a subscription to tpub, you could download the manual as a PDF. Installation and operation should be in the -14, you just need the 24P for the parts required.

 

[johndoe007]

-24 no mounting information available.
http://www.liberatedmanuals.com/TM-10-4130-237-24P.pdf

Thank you please let me know if you have any ideas.

 

[jasonjc]

I see what your problem is, your trailer does not have the 4 mounting blocks on the frame. Here are the pic's of mine. They are threaded for the bolts to hold the chiller frame to the trailer frame.

 

[emmado22]

The chillers were a Desert Storm "we need it NOW" type of acquisition at the time. Many of the water buffaloes in 1st BDE, 4ID had them, as 1/4th used to be 1st Bde, 2nd Armored Division, who went to DS.

 

[johndoe007]

JasonJC thanks for your pictures. Those "mounting blocks/feet" are actually attached to my mount and bolted on to the lower feet. Looks like they are tack welded to your frame and then I bet the frame was attached and bolted on. Thank you very much for taking those photos. On the photo with your feet in it. Do you know what that mount on the cross rail was for? I have one of them as well but took it off earlier today.

 

[johndoe007]

emmado thank you for the reference point. Mine is MOGAS fueled-I actually have two. I think the new ones are diesel but not yet available.

 

[jasonjc]

That mount is in the storage position there. It is for mounting the emersion heater in the manhole opening. I think

 

[johndoe007]

Jasonjc Not quite sure what you mean by storage position, and it certainly is non-functioning with the chiller mounted above it. Can you reference something specifically? Thx

 

[jasonjc]

There on the frame is where you store it until you need it for the heater.

 

[jasonjc]

OK, I just double checked the TM 9-2330-267-14&P dated July1991 page 2-19 and 2-20. It tells you and shows how to use the bracket to mount the M67 immersion heater in the man hole. Here are some pic of the bracket.

 

[F18hornetM]

Never saw a "chilled" water bull until we had joint desert exercises with the Army [early 80's]. And never saw another one after they left!!

 

[jasonjc]

I need to get or make a mount for my water chiller. Does any one have one cheap or better yet can some one that has one get the dimension for me? What size is the angle iron used to make it? Thanks.

 

[jasonjc]

Can anyone help me out??????????????

 

[emmado22]

it was 2 inch angle iron. Nothing fancy.