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  1. msgjd

    Brakes, Airpack not working?

    1: there is a plumbing plug fitting on the pack, and a deuce pack requires lube inside that location.. 2: there's a bunch of talk about lubing the pack on this Site 3: as Will mentioned, sometimes a good hard stomp on the pedal (it's advised not to do while rolling) pops them free , but it's...
  2. msgjd

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    the only thing better than an A2 remotored with a mack is an original A1 , but i certainly would take an A2-to-A1 upgrade any day !! A unit I was with for the longest time had a number of A2's sporting the mack , including this one with M52A2 on the dash tag but you can clearly see what I am...
  3. msgjd

    Information about an XM815 Bolster truck

    you have that almost backwards.. the M62 has the AW crane ...The M543 has the Garwood crane which in turn evolved into the M816
  4. msgjd

    Help with CCKW "H1" tipper, vehicle runs, drives, stops, etc. but I want to try out the tipper mechanism...help???

    make yourself some safety braces and/or blocks to use whenever you're working under it raised ... A 5ft section of heavywall 2" steel pipe can do a good job as a support in the meantime .. Before lifting, one thing you should always check is the condition of the subframe around the rear hinge...
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    Help with CCKW "H1" tipper, vehicle runs, drives, stops, etc. but I want to try out the tipper mechanism...help???

    I can confirm this, SAE20 and SAE30 was the called-for motor oil used in hydraulic systems right up thru the 1950's in trucks, farm equip, industrial, and construction equip .. All my 1950's dumps, tractors, and dozers are still using it .. In the 1980's i drained the SAE30 out of my loader...
  6. msgjd

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Here's a 5T up for municipal auction this week , it was apparently a M51 or M52 which they sat a 2-1/2T cargo bed upon .. Here's what that looks like, for anyone who wishes to know .. BTW, it's located in the northeast Which brings up another visual point from when I had a M49C tanker body...
  7. msgjd

    Guntruck build "The Savior"

  8. msgjd

    Guntruck build "The Savior"

    IIRC, the gasser M54's in motor pools I had worked out of in the 1970's-80's had an exhaust pipe extension dumping out between the RH tandems.. (however, the M51, M52, M139, and M62 gassers I either own or were in the motor pools of my day had the exhaust pipe coming out between the RH front...
  9. msgjd

    55 Gallon 5-Ton Tank on M35

    am just seeing this post for 1st time some reason.. the M809-series 55g's measure 31L x 26W x 18H (including cap and line fittings) .. I believe the M39-series 55g's are identical dimensions but unfortunately I'm 3hrs away from all my M39-series stuff and won't be back there until spring to...
  10. msgjd

    Sandblasting accident today

    when i was about 14 or 15 a hired hand of one of the farmers down the road had a hydraulic hose mishap which injected oil into his arm and it subsequently killed him .. It was my educational wakeup as just a month prior my father bought our first piece of (used) equipment that had a hydraulic...
  11. msgjd

    Fuel Return Line Pressure?

    i have a pack of two gaskets plus the topscrew Oh-Oh ring.. sent you a PM via SS
  12. msgjd

    Fuel Return Line Pressure?

    i will look around for a new gasket this week and mail one pro bono
  13. msgjd

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    At least Plug it and back it up with an internal patch .. Combo Patch/Plugs work even better if good quality and good rubber
  14. msgjd

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    yep that tank was sure a mess ! .. Always had a coating of rust and crud inside, had to have a new filter every time it went to work. The dust control concoction the town carried in the big plastic tank that was on its back rotted everything it touched on that truck , was worse that they...
  15. msgjd

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    a big section of cardboard box across the radiator works wonders .. I learned the hard way too, long ago ..
  16. msgjd

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Being you've installed two batteries, the intake manifold heater's feed wire (#569) attaches to the positive-post clamp of your 12V battery closest to ground , ie; the one whose negative post goes to the truck frame .. This guarantees you will only get 12V to the heater .. 24V will burn it out
  17. msgjd

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    i can't get over how clean that engine is inside .. Had you run a flush through it, or is that the way it was ?
  18. msgjd

    New to me 1966 Ford M151A1

    I recall only one starting a little hard in winter, it was the XO's jeep which some of us got to "steal" on rare occasion.. Certainly not as hard-starting as a M809-series in the cold ! :LOL:
  19. msgjd

    Splines pushing through dust cap on slip yoke - how bad is this?

    yep, my '58 M35 has a mix of the old rounds along with newer "I" beam type .. My 1963 M49(A2)C received new I-beam doggies when it was upgraded to A2 status .. I am also concerned with the steering drag-link-type design of these supposed dogbone replacements , you and i both know how well...
  20. msgjd

    New to me 1966 Ford M151A1

    Hmmmm .. I did not know beer was available in Westdeutschland :unsure: When i was little my father pointed to the steins up on the shelf and said "Wasserkruge".. I believed him. I am not as gullible now, thus i think bier may have been involved with 1946 picture below because...
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