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I have been wanting to change the wiring and air lines on my 1954 M 269 wrecker trailer . I changed the light cord from the military to the 7 way round pin at the back of the truck 1967 m52a2 and will keep the military plug in behind the cab . The 1954 m269 came with an 6 volt 12 volt and 24...

What is wrong with the original air system ? What size tires do you have ?

I don't know if your truck is like the 5 tons I fought with this rubber strip when removing the fenders every time.My fix was to remove the rivets and use number 10 machine screws with washers on the strip, and after the fender is put back on put the screws through the old rivet holes and...

I worked on some oil leaks and changed out the air compressor on my 1967 M52A2 I changed out the multifuel a while back and put in a Mack end673E . I cut the back of the finder so I would not have to remove the exhaust pipe when I remove the fender to work on this side of the truck I added a...

I asked a state police officer years back, maybe ten years ago, here in New Mexico, about more people than seat belts. He told me that as long as all the seat belts that the vehicle had factory were being used, adding more people was legal without everyone having one.

Years back I replaced my multifuel motor with a civilian Mack 673 motor and have changed a few things to what the military Mack motor had like cooling manifold and oil filter assembly . I'm needing to know how much oil to add on the oil change ? the one big filter on the motor would not drain...

No, I don't use it for hire . I have a 5000 gallon tanker and a wrecker low boy that own that I use . years back I was with Allstate and there was nothing about weight then they started printing 10'000 pounds as a weight limit I asked the agent and she said it was new and not to worry both my...

Each state is different I have Progressive commercial and can pull trailers weight is 80'000 pounds $ 87 a month

I don't think it is all threaded rod through the center . 1967 M52A2 I ended up cutting off the 1/4 threaded ends center punching the center and drilled and taped 1/4 x28 then lock tight a piece of thread rod .

I drove over the road in the late 80's and all the terminals I went to the shops would filter the used oil when it was drained and pump it back into the fuel tank on the truck it was taken from. This company ran this oil 10,000 miles changed filters and ran another 10,000 miles. I don't...

I'm working on my 67 M52a2 replacing some seals in the transmission put out shaft and transfer case in put also new seals and gaskits in the PTO . The space between them is like 9 inches. I'm using a torque multiplier and a 2 1/8 socket the torque multiplier I could not pull hard enough to...

In my notes I keep I wrote pto shaft all the way out is reverse pay out 5/8 of an inch is natural push in another 5/8 inch is low...

The front winch on my m52A2 was like that it payed off from the bottom some time back I unspooled the cable and put it on the right way

I don't know if this helps it has been some time since worked on wedge brakes mostly on International 5000 paystar trucks the steering axle was always wedge brakes using 14.00 24 tires . I always adjusted by hand the pawl could not be relyed on to hold the revolving cylinder even with new...

Nothing has been done to the trailer Icould not get a picture of the brake light switch. the tan flip-up switch is 12-volt trailer lights, and the red flip-up switch is for the trailer brakes. I don't have a controller hooked up right now but when stopped, the switch will lock them