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Recent content by dmetalmiki

  1. dmetalmiki

    (negative) battery cutoff not working

    "Chump Method"!... Remove a battery terminal. (Still on?), Remove Another battery Terminal. (Still On?,). Remove Another Battery Terminal..(Still on?..)..Keep going (I don't know how many batteries you have..). HA!, Off!, no power at last. (That's were cut out switches go). OR, ADD switches...
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    Broken Head Stud Removal

    Well world 'things' Had me not enamored to the worlds events.. And others had said "well maybe it's time to start cutting down on stuff" ..or to 'something' smaller as we age.. So OK, I did just that..Sort Of!. "Come home to daddy".. the ambulance..from 25 years ago A recent Gaz69. Diesel engine...
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    Broken Head Stud Removal

    buy a drill that (WILL) drill "anything". Carefully Center pop the broken stud. drill out / down the stud. Tap the block thread / use a stud removal tool. There are stud bolt removal sets. next best crafty way. the way I do it is hard to detail, So here is someone using the same 'Trick'...
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    M62 Master Cylinder

    Get a re-build kit. And make sure it comes with the check valve. Or, Clean and 'restore/ service' the master cylinder with the check valve yourself.
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    New Gama Goat Owner. Help! How do I connect the cargo section???

    TM-9-2320-242-20 chapter xx. Paragraph. 2-141, 2-146, page 2-199. An 'Enjoyable' day's work, max. Repot when completed.
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    BRDM-2 street legal.

    Daily driver? No, too much difficulty with the steering and view. That V8 engine is VERY greedy on fuel. Unless you are FULLY aufai with the maintanance proceedures, the vehicle WILL (literally)..'destroy itself!.
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    How Much Diff Oil is Enough?

    Now THAT brought a (Much needed now'days)..Giggle.. :deadhorse:
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    Huge task undertaken

    Thank yuz'e all for the advice's... O'wever...OCD is..forever..(No bad thing..?). So I DID take it easy today....Could not get the M35A2 in the shop because the OT 65 was in the way,....Flat batteries..Oh well..CLIMB up and in..neutral..Hand brake off..Climb out and down.. Lift the back end...
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    Huge task undertaken

    I had an eye operation, They changed the lens in my left eye. Fantastic vision there now, " Do NOT do any strenuous work".. Do NOT drive for two weeks...etc etc.. Then the O.C.D. Kicks in..Annnddd.... Last week I had (BAD!) fall from the top of the OT 65 G 'Fug'..( Is there a good fall??), Of...
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    Can't get the engine to idle

    1/3 stroke is NEVER going let your truck run below 1500 R.P.M. ( IF, That is in fact the problem ). And it usually is....Or could be.
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    Thank you

    Hmmmm, Weil, There is always the "Steel Soldier of the Month Award".......?
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    Girlfriend in the next town

    Good luck and carry out the 'good' work on your truck. To this day I STILL rim paint and 'decorate' my Collection.
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    Girlfriend in the next town

    OOOOH..Errrr.. OO..K.. (So), What you can and can't do....Humph!.. then picture this in y'er 'bonce. Recovery scammell, and 30 ton tasker trailer........Desert Cammo.......oooo..k. so far? A Bored BUT proud Barely 18 years old squaddie...Mebb'e wi' juss' a 'touch' (?) a' O.C.D.!. Then, A day...
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    M35a2 Deuce NO START

    GET IT ... T O W E D!!..(Ar'fter you put 'humpty' together again of course)...
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    Flip a switch to use gas?

    M62 wreckers have a fuel tank switch....only for transfer though..depends what's transferred...others have dual tanks..'and,'..so.
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