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Well, it's coming home tomorrow. I have thought about it and this trailer does not deserve to rot away behind someone's barn, this thing should be in a museum some where with all of the history behind it. It's gonna take alot of work, and I can't find anywhere that sells parts or has even heard...
Simple stuff like brake lines, new wiring, ect... but there are some levere on the front and back of the trailer that are air control valves. I followed the air lines from the valves and they go to air cylinders on each corner of the trailer, I believe they might be for load leveling purposes...
My next even more important question is where in the world can you get parts for it?
Pics as promised, sorry about the quality I only had my cell phone
Does anybody happen to have any pictures of an M261 NIKE Missile Trailer in use, or at least one that has been restored? How rare are they? And how much are they worth?
I found a trailer in a friend of the family's barn yard, the data plate says XM261. I haven't heard much about them in the...
The screen is on the bottom of the in tank pump, either the pump is settin too low and in what ever kind of filth has filled up the bottom of the tank or as said above it's too high and not getting any fuel at all.
On my truck my fuel pump was too high and I would run out of fuel when the guage...
If it starts then dies after it idles for a little bit then it pretty much has to be a fuel issue. My guess would be clogged up fuel filters, or something blocking up the pick up screen on the in tank pump.
The fenders go into the engine compartment quite a ways and they are flat on top, thats what he was talking about with the fenders. The hinged side panels that you are talking about are on all deuces. They were talking about hinged mudflaps that were on the earlier trucks. I have also heard that...
If it is a turbo issue there are a few guys with turbos for sale right now. If you really want it rebuilt I believe from what I have read that Ken and jwaller rebuild them (not 100% sure)
rneely Haspin is located in Laurel Indiana. Here is a link to their site, you can get directions there. Haspin Acres | Off-Road & Motocross Park in Laurel, Indiana
That sounds good to me, but I'm affraid if we did that we would tick them off and wouldn't be allowed back. I would rather break them in slowly and who knows maybe by next summer we will have another place for a rally :-D