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MAC 1370 chain and cable lube spray from NAPA or elsewhere. It has a low viscosity penetrant, then leaves behind a film of heavy lube. I use it on the hinges and on the door limiter track underneath.
Wheel bounce is probably due to out of round tires. Common with the tires I have tried, sadly. No solution that I know of other than slow down or get the tires trued. Balance beads do not help.
Moving the worse tire to the rear might help.
A quality charger like the multi-function NOCO's will bring them back. Alternate charge mode and repair mode when you pass by. Might take a month, literally, but an $800 battery is worth it. Haven't seen one yet that didn't respond, unless physically damaged.
Following up on one of the original questions about whether brake lights come on with exhaust brake: i listen a lot on CB when on road trips. I heard a couple of CB'ers laughing about the 18 wheeler descending a long grade with his brakes on continuously. They were laughing that his brakes...
About that poor or no idle: If you can screw each of the idle air screws all the way in, gently, and idle does not change, then most likely the idle jets have plugged. A tiny amount of crud will plug them. remove the jets and check and clean. You no doubt cleaned them but dirt shows up fast...
You don't have to blast to metal. Just rough the surface. If you have a compressor, you can get a cheap media blaster that holds maybe a quart of media (looks like a paint sprayer). I do that with play sand (with protections) for cheap. Any other method by hand will miss the crevasses.
Congratulations! These old trucks have souls! They get beaten down but bounce right back with TLC. Enjoy your adventure!
That box does not appear to have the pop-up portals on top or the protective framework above the ports. If it hasn't been modified then the box may be the ambulance...
Considering a quick-detach winch to drop into one of the four 4" holes on the LMTV bed where the crane went. What do you all figure it could handle? Pulls would be in shear force across the deck. I am assuming a 9k lb winch would be no issue. A double line could return to the chassis to...
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