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Recent content by US6x4

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    Dressed Dirty Girty up for a photo shoot today...

    That is a macho looking rig
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    An easier way to turbo an M800 truck

    Gonna use a plasma cutter?
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Minor fix, but another item to cross off the list: I got the side view mirror glass that was hazy and crusty replaced with new bright glass. Old New
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Got the new park cable installed (fit like a glove) and got the park brake adjusted. Won't be long until I have to replace the outer shoe. Had a little helper this time!
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    AM General MTVR Prototype

    So how far away from South Bend or Aberdeen did the truck end up?
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    New cable arrived and it's a very good quality cable from the feel of it. Does anyone here recommend lubing the cable up with cable lube before installing it? Doesn't seem like it has that much lube on it from the factory...
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    An easier way to turbo an M800 truck

    Your workbench says this isn't your first rodeo...nice setup. I could use a converter like that - thanks for sharing
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I'll add that to my collection - thanks for the tip! I've been squirting that same brand's chain/cable lube down my cable but now I just hit a snag... After removing the t-case bracket and frame rail bracket to let the cable dangle from the cab, I was able to feel with my fingers that the...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Will try that. I'm also thinking of rotating the inner spiral core in the direction of wrap to bust it loose similar to a speedo cable or weedwhacker - that might be easier than push-pull
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Got my truck out of winter storage and smelled hot brakes on the 6 mile drive home. Didn't feel any braking action or rolling resistance and no smoke, but the smell was there. Park brake handle was released but the temp gun showed 180°F on the park brake when i got home. It worked fine when...
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    Too far gone? 800 series dump truck

    Looks like the throttle linkahe is missing; swapping a complete Cummins KTTA will fix this problem.
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I finally finished the work on my curled over plastic battery boxes. I laser cut some 12 gauge stainless stiffener pieces and attached them with some aluminum solid rivets and an air hammer. I like how the proper concave bit worked with the rounded rivets and used a blacksmiths anvil on the...
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    M915A1 Dump transformation

    There's a little drop down menu in the bottom-left of your post that will expose an "edit" option that allows you to correct the original post (see below)
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    XM816 Wrecker - Only Took Ten Years

    That's awesome stuff to have!
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    XM816 Wrecker - Only Took Ten Years

    From all I've read on here over the years, the cracking t-case in reverse is an issue with the T-1138 in the 939 5-tons and not with the T-138 in the 809 5-tons. This is because the 10:1 reduction of the reverse gear in the Allison automatic created too much torque for the T-1138.
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