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Stuck lug nuts are easy;
1- Make SURE you are spinning them in the correct direction!
2- Make up and use a home-made telescoping breaker bar.***
I have the standard issue lug nut wrench w/ the 3/4" Solid Round Bar,
next slip a piece of pipe over that and do it again and viola, you have a 6'...
Warthog what would you like to see as far as SF-97 / Titling doc procedures and fees?
(Anyone else care to chime in go for-it!)
What would please you, staying within the walls of reality of course, whereas we
understand there are real costs incurred to produce these documents?
My personal view...
...and that is one of the best sales pitches I have ever seen!
"ALL BIDS START AT $25.00 " NOT! ... when in fact no one actually bid $25.00 , in reality the first bid is always "$35.00".
***** New Intel *****
* Ironplanet has created a new website/company called GOVPLANET.COM *
I read in another thread where someone reminded us that IronPlanet.com was not
selling trucks to California residents. This is no longer true.
I can tell you as a matter of fact, not hearsay but fact...
THIS IS NOT TRUE. (not yelling :-) ) I can tell you as a matter of fact, not hearsay but fact,
that now "Anyone" even a California resident and not just a California dealer can buy
trucks and take delivery on them directly.
I just had a wonderful conversation w/ the folks at IRONPLANET.com...
The "fix" for a hard shifting MT654Cr is to
Just tow another 5ton around for about 100 miles. It takes
the edge off them. Ask me how I know... Glad I did it.
I finished piping the Air Compressor inlet to the Air Manifold upgrade.
1" x 3" brass Nipple
1" Brass 90
1" x Close brass Nipple
1" Brass 45
1" MNPT x 1" Brass Barbed Adaptor (McMaster #5346K71 )
Be careful not to get any krap into the lines.
(I did not use Teflon Tape, I used a lil dab of...
I deleted the post where I said I found something 'cheaper'.
When I went to actually buy the parts they could not produce them. :-x
Good, because now I may be onto an even bigger savings and they "may" be several
units available. I am sounding like a broken record now but I will get a
resolve...
When those puppies are new, if you hit them w/ WD40 and a rag it will
remove the cosmoline, that anti-rust film of grease on them.
I have a couple of those bad boys left and for sale in the classifieds.
There is a you tube link there w/ some great instructions and stuff.
Check it out HERE
FWIW
In my M925A1 I added drain down valves to both sides of my radiator and flushed out krap.
I pulled hoses off heater box and made adaptor fittings and back flushed and forward flushed several times and a ton of krap came out.
I pulled every single radiator and cooler hose and flushed...
You guys were missing some extra fun. Open the front windows!
It is a whole new world driving these beasts w/ the windows open.
They look really mean w/ both windows open about 4" too.
You mean I can honk the air horns frequently while riding the brakes trying to gingerly back up
my driveway w/o hitting the house or the fence and still have air? HA!
You have no idea how much I want to "get out on the road" ! Not in this SO Calif heat though.
One step at a time and I will...
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