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Try putting the transfer case in neutral and turning the jack shaft to get to the grease fittings. I did a test hit on my 5 ton in preparation for the upcoming race. It spun the rear tires slightly on dirt upon flooring it in first and broke the tires loose slightly going into second! My best...

Looks like it's roughly 150 miles away from Leesburg, maybe my 250 will warm up by then and it's closer to Simp's neighborhood. Should make for a fun outing!

Eli likes to warm his truck up with a road trip. I'll see when the next "Test and Tune" night is at the local drag racing track and race him right off the trailer! First pass of the night!

I'll have to stop watch mine to compare time to 55 mph. I don't have a 1/4 mile track anywhere close, just 1/8 mile tracks. If you post your time slip, it should show your 60 foot, 330, 660 and 1320 times. I'll take mine to the local track and we can compare the first 3 marks. My mods are...

Thinking about it more, the torque converter may be the culprit for some of your issues. I'd try removing an axle shaft on each rear axle and the caps off of the front axles and see what happens when you put the truck in gear. They normally have open differentials on the axles, the transfer...

Has the mechanic verified the batteries are good? A big bump could have broken a lead plate in a battery causing it not to pass enough current to engage the starter. In my experience of trucks that simply drop the voltmeter instead of engaging the starter when attempting to crank, a jump start...

Just read this and figured I'd chime in some off the wall information which may help or may help nothing at all. The only reason I say this is because I had this very similar experience with an M936A2 Wrecker that I used to operate with the National Guard back in the days of yore. It did not...

I never went through this situation myself but I want to give a Big Thanks to Gringletaube for his insight on the problem. He has amazed me with many of his posts. 4XDesign, please respond if his advice helps fix your situation.

Send me a message with your address and I'll send you a key that will work as long as it has the original ignition and door locks. I counted, I've got 5 keys and 1 CUCV. I can spare one. I searched myself to see if one was available via e-pay and whatnot and came up with blanks. e-pay last...

Check with Clinto first, if he's unable to get to it I can possibly help. I'd like to ask some questions so please don't take offense, I simply don't know you. Do you have the tools needed to work on the truck? Do you have a facility? Do you have the time? Can you physically perform the...

Not sure if he's currently taking projects but Clinto was providing services for a while and he's somewhat near Atlanta. I can vouch that he's as good as they come, search around for some of his write-ups and you'll see he is very thorough. I've talked trucks with him quite a few times and...

Refilled my tires with air. Drove my truck onto soft ground close to the house which was dry at the moment so I could charge the batteries. It rained very hard last night and showered a bit today. Read the tm, aired down to 12 psi and thankfully put the 5 ton back in it's normal parking spot...

I'm also happy you got your truck sorted out. I'm on the other side of the fence though, I got rid of my resistor behind the air cleaner and enlarged the hole in the ring terminal for the glowplug relay to hook to the 12V bus bar and never looked back. I also put AC 60g glowplugs in...

Drove mine back home yesterday from a friends shop where it was being stored at yesterday. I was out of town for a few weeks and my better half doesn't like having to move it to mow the grass. Drove it to a local Mexican restaurant today because I wanted some good food after eating MRE's for...

I floated the idea or installing Stemco seals on the rear of my truck awhile back. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?148996-Stemco-Seals/page2&highlight=stemco I never got around to doing it and my hubs are dry and cool running even after long runs at road speed. If the inner...

I agree with Steve, a trickle charger will not revive batteries of this size overnight. Maybe my motorcycle or lawnmower battery if I'm lucky. I have had Hawker 6TAGM's take 2 days of charging at 10 amps each to recover after leaving the lights on for a few days to regain the capacity to turn...

Driving as responsibly as possible and avoiding panic braking scenarios. I have also familiarized myself with how the truck feels under threshold braking on quiet country roads. Through this I learned to lower my rear tire air pressure from the 70 psi called for in the technical manual down to...

Simple enough. Many people who collect these trucks have tons of experience on how to handle such a beast. Flip the coin over and you'll find Soldiers of any kind of background. I've met some who never had a driver's license in their life but now operate big trucks. The M939 series trucks...

I often see at least one such blowout anytime we're in route to Ft. Stewart. I've always thought it was just a low air pressure issue masked by the run flat inserts on the HMMWV's. Soldier's don't check pressures with a gauge most of the time, just a visual inspection. I see the above picture...

Drove mine to a friends shop for temporary storage on Wednesday. I'm going out of town for a few days and my better half doesn't like to mess with the 5 ton while I'm gone. Fresh diesel, desplined front caps, and dual fuel modification helped me run with traffic on the bypass at 70 mph. I...