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  1. K

    Deuce Air System Questions

    I will try to help here as far as I can and trust nothing is for certain! As far as the fastening joints I believe its a 3 part system for nylon lines, one way to make sure is to look at your injection lines just pull one off and see whats there. I do not know about the different sizes of...
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    I’M BLIND!!

    Try a small squirt of lubricant in the air motor and actuate the wiper with the lever for a few swipes to spread the lube inside the motor and if that doesnt fix it then take the motor off and clean it up or just overhaul it or just replace it with a NOS one. If your really willing to get crazy...
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    Rebuilding Troop seats

    I have rebuilt 2 troop seat complete assemblies and yep its a bit of time and if you use the white oak its very expensive I used red oak on my first set and pine on my second set. Taking all the steel off and cleaning it up is all straight forward along with the painting of it. Then get all...
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    Winch Weirdness

    Along with the above suggestions I would also check my connections on the PTO sensor to see if its dirty, sticky etc. I am assuming you have the TMs for this truck, if you dont you should, but all of these trucks with hydraulic winches have a minimum engine speed to be running to operate the...
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    S280 on a M1078.. Need ideas for lifting it off.

    Dont let the 280 drop at all unless you have some tires or something to soften the shock or you will damage it, they are a very well built shelter but do something to them that they werent designed to handle and you will have problems! I always used chains on the top corners and a payloader...
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    84 Blazer "Thankful I'm alive"

    Blazers and travel trailers are dirt cheap compared to what COULD have been the result! Thanks God your all OK!
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    New M561 in family

    Words to live by!
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    Blown tire need pneumatic bottle jack suggestion

    I generally use like a bridge planking to put under the jack just enough to accommodate the height needed and to also provide the floatation needed to be a good solid base!
  9. K

    Actual amount of boost

    Thanks much Wes its appreciated!
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    Actual amount of boost

    Hey guys i have looked for this information online and did not come up with a number that I can confirm as even close to accurate. I have a 88 HEMTT with an 8V92 of course it supercharged but its also turbo charged do any of you folks know what the actual end result of boost going into the...
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    so I think I want a tank

    Interesting! I am part of the ND Military Vehicle collectors group and I am also part of a big show coming up the end of this month at Rollag MN featuring lots of Military vehicles etc. and I found a fellow in MN That had a tank that he bought 10 or 15 years ago its a British Chieftain its Got...
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    Been a long time. Reinstalling head on Dads M1028, what size tap do I need for the bolt holes to run through it?

    What size and thread pitch are the bolts? Match accordingly and you should be good!
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    Finally bought a M37!

    I have owned a few 37s and they are a good easy to work on little truck. Very reliable and their prices keep going up. Yours looks like just about the right amount of work to be done, I see the paint doing some things because of rust but doesnt look to bad, clean it up get rid of the bad...
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    Cooking oil as coolant?

    Two big issues I see in using cooking oil a coolant. Oil retains heat very well as opposed to conventional coolant which displaces heat very well as its pumped through the cooling system. How are you going to cool the oil down? The water pump is NOT called an oil pump, can it even circulate...
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    Blown tire need pneumatic bottle jack suggestion

    I have a 20 ton red bottle jack that I bought from Northern tool and use cribbing to get it to the height I need and lift the truck and change the tire. I have 2 of these jacks and will be using them again for my 5 ton and my M977 going to a truck show at the end of the month. Plus they get...
  16. K

    What is this? And what was it designed to haul?

    Looks to me like its a generator trailer without the generator!
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    Newish M35 owner - ticking noise & first major repair?

    Hook47 congrats on the Deuce, she looks good! As far as the ticking noise start with the easy things first, I would look hard at the exhaust manifold and gasket. If you have a leak there its going to be to far gone already and your gasket has burnt through. With that said the exhaust manifold...
  18. K

    M977 HEMTT

    Thanks you guys very much all great ideas and I have the old cap but the seal is questionable, armed with that and the information you provided I can find one locally! Thanks again!
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    My 404

    The mighty 404, congratulations on the Unimog and welcome to the Club! My first along with many Mog owners was a 404, its a great way to get your feet wet so to speak. They are easy to work on and will teach you a lot of the reasons for why they are designed the way they are and how this...
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    M977 HEMTT

    Hey guys I cannot believe this but I am having a hard time finding a Radiator cap for an 1988 M977 HEMTT, Eastern doesnt have any and I seem to be striking out elsewhere also? The truck has a General Thermodynamics model 816A radiator core in it and its original all I need to finish this unit...
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