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One of my trucks needs a water pump, does anyone have the part number for this and ideas where is a fast place to get it? Thanks Steve

Ok, so a little complication. I installed the group 31 batteries yesterday and the truck started right up, no problems. I wired up 2 30 amp 24 to 12 volt inverters to run my 12v items in the truck until the new cooper bussman battery equalizer shows up. This morning I go to start the truck and...

Ok, another problem arose tonight. My battery equalizer stopped functioning and took out I think 2 of my oem batteries. Now I need to quickly come up with a suitable civilian counterpart that is workable. There is a storm on the horizon and I have a day to figure this out. Searching resulted...

I put an older style flasher in the truck and we are good. I have a new flasher on the way. I did find out how picky the ground cable is. I ended up putting the ground cable from the column on the same bolt as the harness ground. It was not grounding on the left side bolt so I did them...

I found a switch that I am going to try tomorrow am. I did as Will said and switched the flasher and the switch and that brought the signals back to life. So my upgraded flasher box in my 931 is paired with a switch that can not work with the other type flasher box, no cross compatibility...

Will, thanks! That was spot on. Now I need to borrow one for until I can get one in. Anyone in the Va area have one I could borrow until mine comes in??? I am desperate! I'll drive to you to get it and pay you for rental!!!!! Let me know if you can help me! Thanks Steve

Urgent!! I have a situation with my turn signals I could use some help with. Both my trucks are M931a2s. I was changing the lights on my salt spreader that is mounted to the truck and touched the turn signal wire to ground and now have no turn signals. I switched the flasher box from my...

Thanks Justin! I went with two separate systems just in case I had problems with the sander's hydraulics it wouldn't take out the plow. During bigger storms we are pushing snow 90% of the time and the plow runs off a very simple 12v dump trailer style pump. Its easy to find parts and fix if...

I don't know if this has been sone so I'll share my solution. I can't stand the constant air noise of the wipers so I took some clear hose, and clamped it to the vent on the wiper motor. Then I routed it low under the dash and no more noise! I will try and get some pics tomorrow.

I am going to scuff and paint the hydro tank and fittings olive drab to protect from corrosion and make it match a little more, silly I know, but I love the way these trucks look. Cool thing about painting these trucks I can get all sloppy and get runs, so it will match the rest of the truck...

Hydraulic sander done!!! Number 2 is done! I finished the hydraulic lines today and it works perfectly. Cool thing I added was 2 quick disconnect flat face couplers allow it to easily be removed. We ran 2 yards of heavy wet sand through it and it worked flawlessly with fluid temperature...

I will probably be heading to Wright Patterson AFB in Ohio Sunday and returning Monday. I have a 30' gooseneck that I will be using about 13' of. If anyone has an item needed picked up there let me know I can bring it back to Va for fuel help. I am going to try a couple shipping companies...

Ok, good and bad news. Good news, belt is on and working perfectly and we have a belt that is common (6.4 ford diesel belt). The bad news is the tensioner is not in an ideal situation, the angle is wrong for it to work the way it should. I had to drill a second hole in the alternator bracket...

I was able to get the bracket for the pump done today and will have the right size belt on tomorrow. I used a length of wire to get the belt length and went to my local Fisher Auto parts and they had me hooked up in a couple minutes with the belt on the way for tomorrow. Very pleased how...

Ok, I worked on it today and think I have it figured out. I cut a piece of 5" x 1/2" flat stock to 9" and drilled holes to match the alternator bracket and the pump bracket. I wasn't able to mount it tonight, I'll do it in the morning then work on getting the belt length. Actually worked out...

I have done a lot of searching and found many setups where a alternator has been added with a piggybacked pulley and extra belt. My trucks are M931a2s with the 6CTA 8.3L motors. I would like to use one continuous serpentine but I can't find anyone who has done it and where I would find the belt...

Oops, sorry about that. I didn't want to redirect the original thread.

Oh yeah, the hydraulics are only for the spreader, the plows have dedicated 12v pumps located in the pass side tool box, nice and out of the weather!!!

Plow truck belt driven hydraulics I am putting the belt driven pump on my truck and would like to know if anyone has a picture of brackets they used to mount a second alternator above the oem one or some other belt driven device so I can look at how you guys did it. I also need to know if...

Sorry for the slow response, I have been busting my but getting my trucks and equipment ready for the past weeks and have not had a early night for a while. I still have a lot of things to do still! Thanks for the compliments fellas, it means something to have others acknowledge all the work...