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If it isn't completely full you have no power steering. I have an Eaton in my LN9000 that I have had for over 10 years and it will still pump when the oil is below the filter. This one quits pumping when you can just see the top of the filter. It is pumping the oil out like the reservoir...

Working on building another fire truck for our district. We got a M813 super single 5ton. It wants to blow fluid out of the breather. From reading on here it apparently has an internal leak that is letting pressurized oil into the reservoir. How hard is it to rebuild one of these or is it...

Looking at buying a LB20 trailer to use on the farm to haul hay and water tanks. I plan on pulling it with a commercial semi. Is the King Pin standard size or is it the larger size? I assume they are dual voltage 24/12 volt light systems? Air brakes? I read the thread by R Racing on his...

Went to Manhattan and picked up a M813 from Kansas Forest Service to build another Brush Truck out of. They called last week to tell me that it was our turn for a truck if we were still interested. I wasn't sure until he said it had super singles. Not too many come off of the Fort as...

I have all three resistors up front. I think I will get some lights and wire it up with regular lights. Then I know what I have.

I was working on the trailer lights on my M871 trailer last night and I can't figure out how the brake lights are supposed to work. On the back of the trailer there are two junction boxes. The one on the right has the right and left turn wires and the tail and clearance lights hooked up. It also...

Thanks for the replies. This is what I wanted to hear. I have not been around the 900 series trucks but I thought some of the features were better on them but by the way it sounds the 809 series trucks would work better for what we do with them. We have alot of different drivers and not all...

Our Rural Fire District currently has 3 809 series trucks. Two were tractors and one was a dump truck that we converted to fire trucks. The Forestry Service is starting to get some 939 series trucks in. In talking to them they feel like the 900 series trucks are a higher maintenance vehicle...

Thanks guys. We have three 800 series trucks that we have converted. Truck 308 is stationed at my house. I wanted to get a picture of all three trucks but the only time we had all three together on the same fires was at night. We have had these trucks for probably close to 4 years now...

Here are a few pics from this week of my ride. It is a 1970 AM General 5ton 6x6 that we converted to a heavy brush truck. It is one heck of a truck. In the last 3 weeks we have fought 16 grass fires in our district which covers about 350 square miles in Clay, Cloud and Ottawa Counties in...

Yesterday we drove the 5ton into town to the mechanic. Brakes were unlocked and we drove the truck using the transmission to slow up for corners. They looked the truck over from front to back and ended up taking on of the rear duals apart to determine what was going on. After inspecting the...

I looked at the glad hand on the front and it did not look like it was blocked. I had read that in one of the other posts. I am going to call the mechanic this morning and see if he can work it in today. We dumped the water off last night so it would be that much lighter. I will post what...

My kit had the 2 seals for the piston, a seal for the shaft going into the transfer case, 2 snap rings for the springs, 2 O rings that I could not figure out where they sent, and the two copper washers that were the wrong size.

Did you have the O rings too? I couldn't find any place to use them. Did you? Sorry about the posting error. The other forum I am used to posting on the threads disappear down the page so you have to post updates under a new thread.

I went and looked at the truck today. I started it up and pumped the brake pedal a few times and the brakes were locked just sitting in the station. I disconnected the glad hand on the back but it did nothing. From the feel of the pedal I think it is the master cylinder not venting back. I could...

I went and worked on the two five tons today. The one with the sprag issue turned out to be the air cylinder needed rebuilt. I took it apart and the rubber seals were hard and the piston fell out on the floor. I installed the new seal cups and the snap rings. I ended up with two O rings left...

Sprag Valve and Brake update I went and worked on the two five tons today. The one with the sprag issue turned out to be the air cylinder needed rebuilt. I took it apart and the rubber seals were hard and the piston fell out on the floor. I installed the new seal cups and the snap rings. I...

I got a complete valve from Memphis. When I called them I talked to the shop foreman. Seemed to be a very helpful guy. I told him what it was doing and he suggested that it was probably the air shift cylinder on the transfer case. He said that most likely the seal on it has a cut in it and...

One of our 5 ton fire trucks had the brakes lock up on it yesterday. We picked up an air pack to install today but had a few questions before we install it. They drove it tonight and it only locked up once but released when they backed up to return to the station. Last night all four wheels...

Are you think that the vent could have become plugged? I will have them check it. Thanks.