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  1. joestewart

    Just Picked Up the M816 Wrecker!

    I checked the vice today. It is indeed a Wilton. Not sure what size, but it is big. It appears to have the capacity to swivel, but there are two huge nuts holding it in place and it looks like it has not swiveled in a long time (paint is solid between the top and bottom parts of the vice). I...
  2. joestewart

    Just Picked Up the M816 Wrecker!

    Hey thanks for all the replies! I checked out the manual section on this website. What a great resourceF! I went out there again today and rigged up a temporary fuel tank up on the driver's side fender and I put an electric fuel pump on it. I also reset that switch on top of the injection...
  3. joestewart

    Just Picked Up the M816 Wrecker!

    OK, I went out there today and hooked up some civilian batteries to it. The motor spins freely with the starter, BUT NO START! I disconnected the fuel line distal to that huge fuel filter under the driver's side front fender - thats the engine side of the filter. The fuel line was BONE DRY...
  4. joestewart

    Just Picked Up the M816 Wrecker!

    As for the horse prints, those were made by a couple of lifting shackles that the military had left there - the kind that are on the front bumper of the truck. I had just picked them up and those were the rust prints that were left. Hi Tim, PM sent. Next time you come to Lafayette you can...
  5. joestewart

    Just Picked Up the M816 Wrecker!

    I live near Acadiana Mall. Truck is on the northside. The patrolman that handled the vandalism incident has a pretty good idea who the kids are. They are in the twelve to fifteen year old age range. They didn't stop with the army truck unfortunately. They also broke out two of the roll-down...
  6. joestewart

    Just Picked Up the M816 Wrecker!

    I've had it at my place for one week and the neighborhood kids have already thrown rocks at the windshield and cracked it. Out of the GL yard at Camp Beauregard which is only about an hour from here. I'm excited about getting it started up and running. It appears to be complete. I was hoping...
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