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  1. majortom

    Trailers?

    the 1009 has a short wheelbase. bumpy roads at speed can get dicey with a big trailer. i towed a 105 full of duece parts 200 miles, was tricky.
  2. majortom

    M880 at -17F

    i may be down south, but i have burnt tires for warmth dunlops work best
  3. majortom

    10 Ton Arctic test

    the bolt pattern is too small and the offset is wrong. i have hemtt rims on my 543 wrecker
  4. majortom

    10 Ton Arctic test

    dirtyfingernails 45 DEGREES. how do you not melt? AMGeneral a1c and an e2 very good. i have six ten tons 3 a1c, 2 e2, 125
  5. majortom

    10 Ton Arctic test

    all our trucks have multi weight lubes, and i agree that warming the gear box and diffs is the right way, but when you drop the d8 in the lake you only have a short time to get it out before it is there till spring. the test was to get the truck moving as soon as possible with no aids. thanks lee
  6. majortom

    M880 at -17F

    i agree with you it is life threatening at 20 below. i dont know about up there, but northern wis. has some cell service. add a phone to the list. i have a weed burner, but a compact propane torch will light frozen trees just fine. check the post on 5 ton and up- m123 artic test.
  7. majortom

    10 Ton Arctic test

    i could have plugged it in but that would defeat the idea. you cannot depend on power out here. the tires are the correct 1400 24 nd. 54 inches tall. i am making wheels for the 1600 r 20 hemmet tires. singled ishould get close to legal width.
  8. majortom

    10 Ton Arctic test

    Saturday the high temp was -7 and she got down to 20 below last night. Perfect weather to find out how good your truck runs, I always like to try to operate a truck under severe conditions so that the day i need it i know it will work, if your not familiar with ten tons its 9' 1/2' wide 30000+...
  9. majortom

    Picked up a M328 Bridging Truck. It's BIG!!

    Thats not that big, thats a little truck, want to see a big truck, heres my M123 A1C
  10. majortom

    M880 at -17F

    Just gave an old doge a major winter test 500+ miles at night ambient temp at -17 or lower wind chill god only knows by blocking the radiator halfway off with cardboard the old girl was quite comfy but weird things happen at that temperature the speedometer needle would not return to zero after...
  11. majortom

    Heater gone -5 degrees CODE RED!!

    Common GM blower Fits all 1973-87 Trucks and full sized GM cars, Sometimes when it gets real cold the blower will not spin Open the hood and firmly wap the end of the blower motor with a medium sized weapon, worked for me at minus 17
  12. majortom

    Help finding axles!!!

    Rear is about 65 1/2" on M1008/1028 Front is a little wider, it would be easier to cut you jeep in half and widen it than to narrow these axles.
  13. majortom

    injection pump number

    Every time a modification was made at stanadyne the pump got a different number all of the CUCV pumps are obsolete due to the plastic weight ring, thats the part that fails, jams up the governor and the pump doesn't get any fuel that part was changed in about 1990 the fuel delivery curves are...
  14. majortom

    6.2 oil pump prime

    Look at the end of the vacuum pump that you just removed, it has a hex head securely tape the approate socket on the end of a long extension, the oil cooler must be connected, because the oil goes from the pan through the pump through the cooler though the filter and then to the bearings, about...
  15. majortom

    Manual Trans early deuce...?

    Over the years i have tried various motor and transmissions in M series GMCs. I tried the CCKW trans and transfer installing the transfer required lots of hacking and slashing, i found it woefully inadequate as the M series was so much heavier and had much more power than the CCKW. I tried a 366...
  16. majortom

    Swollen glow plug removal

    We have had about 200 CUCVs swollen glowplugs are a common problem Its not just carbon they go so big they will not come out the hole. Heres our removal process: first we get the engine warm, unscrew the plug, clap a vicegrip on it, pry with a large screw driver between the vicegrip and head...
  17. majortom

    TIRE AND RIM COMBINATION QUESTIONS

    i used the single wheels from the m44 telephone mant, truck with 14r20 tires. fit and work great. pics at alfaheaven.com go to toms army. i got a lot of 20 from gl
  18. majortom

    10 ton Tractor For Sale

    i forgot the fla truck is a diesel missing lots of stuf but he will probably sell it to a house mover see mega movers on hist chanel
  19. majortom

    10 ton Tractor For Sale

    i own six ten tons all diesels ranging from extremly nice to scap iron here is the ones sold in the last year 123 gas runs red no winch 1300 m123 gas lime green runs no winch 500 m123 diesel no run no tires 1800 m123 diesel runs rusty compleat 8000 m123 diesel runs rusty junk tires 9500 m125 gas...
  20. majortom

    My first hooker.. Hubba! Hubba!

    nise truck needs big tires
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