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  1. martinsaunders06

    816 year please

    hey madam whats the different air filter housing? on your truck
  2. martinsaunders06

    Cummins Engine Prices

    i emailed cummins technical here in uk and asked if they could say if my 1984nhc250 eng number 11238813 had oil cooler nozzles for piston skirts fitted= they replied 250 of that date has?.perhaps earlier ones didnt or perhaps they got it wrong. Is taking the sump off the only the only way to...
  3. martinsaunders06

    816 year please

    yeah go for it madsam,a little history with ur vehicle brings them alive. while you are there can you ask the gate guard if he remembers it= tell him it was green,2 seats, couldnt miss it- the one leaving oilly patches everywhere.thanks
  4. martinsaunders06

    towing a m35

    thanks for all replies,Mr doyle asked about spag in m35= well its air shifter/lock type?,only reason i asked bout lift and towing was because before i got 816 i tried towing my m35 with me other m35 on "A" bar and it wasnt great= towed m35 had winch and all it wanted to do was lock wheels right...
  5. martinsaunders06

    towing a m35

    when the show season starts in a few months i will occasionally need to lift and tow my m35 with my 816, on reading the previous posts on this i take it the correct way is with the axle clamps and wiffle tree of which i have both.can anyone put picture of m35 correctly connected to 816...
  6. martinsaunders06

    ?what does or did it do?

    ?alchohol bottle?=yeah it has remains of a small hose on lid but goes nowhere, i know its daft but looks like it should be a washer bottle or coolant overflow.what would alcohol bottle do?
  7. martinsaunders06

    ?what does or did it do?

    under the hood of the 816 wrecker is a plastic bottle/container fiitted to inside of engine upper side panel by aircleaner-what is it for please=mine does nothing,and also in the tm it says the front axle cv joints need lubing via pipe plug infront swivell housing= is this correct or it lubed...
  8. martinsaunders06

    Cummins Engine Prices

    ?are the cyl heads on a mid 70,s 250 cummins interchangeable?coz my 250 is dated nov 84 and they are not so=the casting shapes are different,also it appears to have the later 3 hole coolant outlet in block and after reading the previous post web link this seems to point to my block having the...
  9. martinsaunders06

    816 year please

    now wouldnt that be cool=cant find any sand anywhere??.in an ideal world it be great to have a detailed history of your vehicle,it would prob kill to see how they were treated-but a nice thought anyway. if my wrecker went to ft carson in 1972 can any one tell me what colour it would of...
  10. martinsaunders06

    816 year please

    that info is ace medlog,so i suppose for front/rear winch@crane@engine data plates all to have 1984 on them must mean what ever unit had it must of wore it out and it had a major overhaul?.under green paint is sand/desert colours?.truck has had hard life coz pto for crane totally shot...
  11. martinsaunders06

    816 year please

    hey thanks clinto= thats the truck.must sort out how to do that!.
  12. martinsaunders06

    816 year please

    i found the photos of my 816 in the past posts but dont know how to get the reference of the post up for it. it was posted in the 5ton @ up on june 30th 2006 and comes up with post ref= viewtopic@t=6183@highlight=wrecker.perhaps someone who knows can post this thread ref correctly for me?thanks
  13. martinsaunders06

    816 year please

    yeah will try to put pics on,when i first joined ss a couple months ago i went thro all 5ton posts and i came across some photos of it put on by another uk ss member asking you 816 guys if it looked ok.he didnt buy it and nearly 2years later i did.fuel here in uk is £1.10 litre/£5 plus...
  14. martinsaunders06

    816 year please

    thanks for that,was thinking it meant they had special features on them.hope someone can help with year and or any history.thanks
  15. martinsaunders06

    816 year please

    can any of you guys in the know please help,the fist question is does anyone know the year/details/any other info on my new m816 wrecker with vin C12711962 /MZADTARP and also some people refer to their 800 series as being a "X" m? what does the X refer too.many thanks martin
  16. martinsaunders06

    2nd daft 816 question

    thanks rmgill, it turns out that my pump has some sort of damper unit fitted at bottom which im told is a retro fit to try to help with engine rpm surging? and the connection for this is next to cold start primer supply pipe and the two of them were connected back to front hence the cold start...
  17. martinsaunders06

    816 wrecker year?

    england calling,i have a 816 wrecker and the engine says manufactured 1984(painted grey not green),the winch data plates front and rear say 1984 and the small plate inside drivers door is also 1984.lookin at spec on ss it says 816 was 1970 to 1981.truck is am general and the vice on bumper has...
  18. martinsaunders06

    pt pump/cummins info on disc

    has any one had dealings with a company called chq software in canada,they advertise here uk in our mil mags,i need to to find the test plan for setting up 250 cummins pt pump on test rig so ordered cd from them.it has come but has correct title printed on disc but totally different info...
  19. martinsaunders06

    816 wrecker gearbox air valves

    if the air supply is taken away from valve block on g/box will the sprag unit stay in a "neutral" position and if so would it be safe to drive with it like this? also is there any benefit in doing this?
  20. martinsaunders06

    2nd daft 816 question

    that last post wasnt meant to sound as it reads,perhaps mine has been retro fitted at some time,its been painted sand colour in past and maybe it was done for operating in warm climates?.cant run it as pt pump being checked as previous owner ran it with no fuel filter!!.but thru this site i read...
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