MRAP DREAM GIRL
Active member
- 127
- 91
- 28
- Location
- Washington
It has the newer air dryer. just need the new filters I think
Steel Soldiers now has a few new forums, read more about it at: New Munitions Forums!
all the TM's for your truck fit on a little 8 dollar Sandisk thumbdrive so you can access them anywhere.OK, we are home Rick and your suggestion is first thing on the agenda. Thank you sir. We have tools coming out of our ears, soldier A is a tool junkie. We need to source a new drier cartridge and find the instructions on how to perform the procedure. Our biggest problem now that we are in fact home is time to come up with the time to read the ridiculous amount of pages in the manuals to actually find what we need. We are remodeling our home to try and get it on the market as soon as possible, so we can go do our off grid homestead. That is actually why we bought this truck.
Thank you for all the help, K
We're hoping socool beans
That one has a replaceable cartridge?
So, Rick the link you provided here matches the cartridge sold by midwest for $176 to a T pretty sure that's what we need. However, Soldier A's OCD being as bad as it is he wants to take the canister off and see for himself first hand.My mistake they are $165 from NAPA. About the best price I can find is on eBay at the moment:
![]()
Haldex MTC Desiccant Cartridge Kit for Purest Air Dryer DQ6050 for sale online | eBay
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Haldex MTC Desiccant Cartridge Kit for Purest Air Dryer DQ6050 at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!rover.ebay.com
Make sure yours looks like this one. The plastic cartridge that is under the big aluminum dome on the top.
Rick
I think his intuition (OCD) is on the right track. Doing a little searching I would tentatively say you have a (much more common) Bendix AD-9 Dryer or a knock off of same (it appears to be a popular design that is copied):So, Rick the link you provided here matches the cartridge sold by midwest for $176 to a T pretty sure that's what we need. However, Soldier A's OCD being as bad as it is he wants to take the canister off and see for himself first hand.
Well it looks like that Bendix AD-9 is a reasonable choice and cheap too. The pic above is clearly an A0 truck since there's no battery disconnect.I’m having dryer problems too. I have 1078A0 with the original finned dryer. Which upgrade fits the older trucks?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
That one appears to be 12v. Do you know if there is a 24v option?Well it looks like that Bendix AD-9 is a reasonable choice and cheap too. The pic above is clearly an A0 truck since there's no battery disconnect.
Rick
Yeah looks like that's a candidate. My only concern is are the mounting straps included? They are included with the original Bendix unit.That one appears to be 12v. Do you know if there is a 24v option?
Would this one work?
AIR DRYER - 24 VOLT 24V - AD-9 AD9 STYLE https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07583F29H/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_J2TMTQ33KRX5V3VAXZ8G
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Have you cleaned your old one? Frank put a link to my video on how to do it.I’m having dryer problems too. I have 1078A0 with the original finned dryer. Which upgrade fits the older trucks?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Mine just started leaking out of the top where it bolts on. I have seen so many people upgrade that I figured this was a good time to do so.Have you cleaned your old one? Frank put a link to my video on how to do it.
All these dryers work on the exact same principal, the moist air passes thru the porus media and the moisture coalesces out of the air into droplets and gravity pulls those to the bottom to collect. The purge cycle exhausts the collected water. The only real difference is they put the desiccant and filtration into a cartridge on the new style that is easier to replace, but impossible to simply clean and service…
The old style actually has some good design going for it, with the large heat exchanger/cooler and it has a long pass dessicant chamber which gives more time for the air to transfer moisture. It may actually contain more media which means more surface area to coalesce…
Havn’t been able to find any specs on the old units though, but in the end they all are more than adequate if properly serviced, and the new ones will give just as much problem if neglected. This posting is the 3rd problem with newer dryers failing I have heard of in just the past few months.
As mentioned, dry air is the life blood of the brake system, and you must take care of the dryer…
It looks like an AD9…OK Gentlemen, here is tonight's bedtime story.
MR OCD started the day with a couple of rounds of the purple degreaser, followed by a good soap wash of the area, and finally a good blow dry. No wondering minds here lol
We ended up having to take the entire thing out to remove the cartridge. There are no identifying numbers or markings on the casted base or cartridge, very suspicious. This whole assembly was beyond disgusting.
So, if I can get a couple of confirming opinions, I'm going to say this is indeed the Bendix AD-9. If that is truly the case I have found replacement cartridges for $28 if we buy in bulk. Soldier A thinks we should put in a new unit and run the truck for 30 days and change out again to try and get as much crud out of the system as possible. God he is anal! When he turned the assembly upside down this little spring and ball thing fell out of somewhere. Gotta figure out where. View attachment 855515View attachment 855515View attachment 855516View attachment 855517View attachment 855518View attachment 855519View attachment 855519View attachment 855520View attachment 855521View attachment 855522
We get it, advertisements are annoying!
Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website like our supporting vendors. Their ads help keep Steel Soldiers going. Please consider disabling your ad blockers for the site. Thanks!