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On hills Chaining up the outside tire front or rear axle will cause the tires with the chain to dig out the ice and not touch the ground because all the weight is sitting on the other tires without the chain and are spinning on the ice on a steep enough hill the truck will be slipping down the...

This disc brake is in a 1943 White something like this with a maxi chamber in it would make a better park brake than the one that was put on these trucks ,

I was able to make a mechanical linkage for my M52A2 it works good

The NDT tires marked with OZ on the side wall are different from other tires they seem to have better rubber .

legally they need replaced adding a tube dose not change anything the tire is coming apart .

Every state is different . I have use Progressive with 2 trucks $ 89 a month includes 2 trailers and a weight of 80.000 . other Companys would insure the trucks and print a 10.000 pound limit on the id cards .

In 82 I bought a new Chevrolet 3/4 ton 4x4 with a 6.2 and a manual transmission it was great no problems .

What I have found on my M211 is the mechanical linkage on the transfer case that pulls the rail out or let the spring pull the rail back in can not be adjusted enough before it interferes with something else . The linkage need to pull the rail out maybe 2 inches but the linkage will only...

The trailer torque arms are just a little shorter then the ones that go on the trucks other then that they are the same . some times I have used a chain and load binder or a come long to do the pulling to get the end aligned . With the tapered surface on these end some time a good vibration...

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I ran in to this one time on a drilling rig when a new gasket was no where a round . Sprayed some kind of aluminum rust spray paint on both side a couple of layers let it dry and put it back together and torqued it down just a little higher . I went back a day later and retorqued it .

This is what it looks like when you use brake cleaner to remove the foam and cover the holes and paint .

When gear oil was not around I have used STP oil treatment as lube and a rag with duct tape or electrical tape to patch the broken plastic . Some caps don't have plastic disks that can be changed out the whole thing has to be replaced . When I came across a trailer with a old hard rubber...

Picture hanging wire works and I don't know if its necessary or not it dose keep any bolts from being lost . Silicon works on the out side of the zipper nothing on the inside . I have always taken the wheel off . The more of them you change out the easier they get .

The plugs get hard over time and can cause the clear plastic to break when removing or pushing the p[lug back in I tried to keep them fresh to avoid this from happening

When using a 5x4 and starting out on a hill or starting out to get up a hill on to the roadway when using 1 gear in the main box and with 2100 RPM and you try to shift the brownie is almost imposable the truck will be at a stop when you push the clutch then you will be trying to take off...

I took my radiator out of my 5 ton M52a2 to have it rebuilt at the only shop in the area where I have taken radiators from trucks and drilling equipment they took it a part and could not get it to seal so strange they fixed every thing large and small before same guys .I bought a new one from...

I drove a 1996 Internarial school bus last week with a DT466 and a automatic transmission last week for a river rafting company in the mountains around Durango Colorado and it had a ( KLAM retarder ) I was amazed at how this drive line retarder would slow this bus down it was almost to...

I liked when the older trucks I drove had shutters that the driver control with a direct drive fan it pulls all the time the shutters worked good to block what the fan was pulling and keep the engine temperature up to 190 or 200 and getting plenty of cool or cold air it helps make power ...

I bought a 1967 M52A2 from Boyce about 15 years ago over the phone and they shipped it to me . I was told the truck sat out side the fence at the Forest service yard and was never used by them then Boyce bought it at a auction and put it back in running condition . when I got it I...