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Check your check valves in the axles. Just replace em with hose barbs and run the hose somewhere high. I have towed home a few trucks that puke fluid from the pinion seals. The weakest spot to relieve the pressure.Mmm, zika flavored skeeters!
Today I traded my M1061A1 for a tan M1082 LMTV trailer with BRob18E. Put 250 miles on it, as we met about half way. It again, ran great. A differential rear input seal slung a little oil on my way to Finlay, but quit on the way back and no leakage today at all. It seems the truck really likes driven. It heals itself (well, most of the time).
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So on top of being the only mechanic for my towns Public Works dept. I also have a public operators pesticide licence, i.e. I'm the skeeter control dude. Go figure.Adding insult to injury, over in the D.C. area now, we got the Asian Tiger mosquito that bites in the daytime. They showed up here a few years back.
We no longer have to wait until sunset for that special joy of mosquitoes.
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Both of those trailers are solid work horses, but I sure do like the look of the new one and how it matches up with your dump bed. That looks sharp.Today I traded my M1061A1 for a tan M1082 LMTV trailer with BRob18E.
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Oh, thanks. That makes a lot of sense. I will do that.Check your check valves in the axles. Just replace em with hose barbs and run the hose somewhere high. I have towed home a few trucks that puke fluid from the pinion seals. The weakest spot to relieve the pressure.
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I worried about that but the way I did it today was that I knew I put 50 gallons in it so I had about 45 gallons of usable fuel. The pump is 10-14psi AirTek and does 35gph. so I hit the switch when I was sitting under half in my main tank and set the timer on my phone for an hour. I checked the tank after an hour and yeah it was near down to the bottom. I ran it a few mins when I was heading back and then when I got diesel in the main tank I had it pumping the last bit over. I will say though that going thru the 1/8" vent line it still is very fast. faster than I thought it would be. I am going to substitute my transmission temperature gauge for the passenger fuel gauge more than likely.Exactly what I want. I did the dual tank with my deuce and with the 5 ton Im defiantly adding a light so when teh switch is on It reminds me and no leave it running.
I thought about the check ball I replaced the return line from front to rear with the push on line. I am sure it is low pressure but the 1/8" fitting takes on fuel better than I thought.Simp5782,
I am going to borrow your ideas for the spare tank.
I like the return line cross-over from the new tank plumbing idea.
To dissipate the worry of the 2nd tank pumping to the engine maybe use a check valve coming from engine to #1 tank.
https://www.amazon.com/Check-Valve-Diesel-Fuel-Flow/dp/B0084NNCK0
Scott you might put a float switch in #1 tank to brake the #2 tanks power to the pump.
That way #1 would never over flow.
https://www.grainger.com/product/BOBBY-Mini-Float-Valve-WP162621/
Nice install, make sure you take a picture of it along to your chiropractor so he knows how bad your back hurts. I took 4 of the standard military batteries out today, you don't know how bad I just want to throw or push them off the truck than get them down.Changed my 4 battery system over to a two battery system spent most of the day doing the fabricating don't want them bouncing around. I hope I don't have to remove the battery's anytime soon packing them up into the cab was fun, I've included a photo as boring as it may be but it does show a
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