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Tight valves will also cause a hard start when hot issue..but not the no crank thing.

Ditto on the bucket full of fuel. Start it and let it sit. If the fuel bleeds back to the bucket, you have failed front seals. If it starts right up, there are issues on the truck.

Looks good! Sooo...next desert trip? :wink: You would be surprised how well they work. M998junkie's truck walked right up the shale road up to the mine. His is still a "tractor" with no wt. over the rears and the road was steep enough it you almost couldn't walk up it.

Two 5 gallon buckets work fine. Drain the rear sump first, get the second bucket and drain the front.

90 degrees, a light breeze to keep dust down, two weeks ago at Dirtbag. Same today, just around 50 at night.

The shop is covered and cement floors, but is open. When it rains we get a bit wet, but it serves it's purpose, there have been some awsome projects come out of there!

There is an "Easy 8" at the museum...I do believe it is a runner! Shermans are sweet pieces of armor.

MAN, you are lucky! I gotta do all my stuff outside! If you weren't 1500 miles away, i'd be there in a heartbeat. Congrats and good luck. Keeo the pics comming.

Leaks END UP on the low side, they start high. Most of your pics are of the bottom of the engine. Start from the top and work your way down 'till you see a wet spot, that's where your leak STARTS. On your vibration, you should check the drive line flange bolts, especially the shaft between the...

Brian, you get your truck yet?

Thanks for the advice NDT. I WILL be using a forklift! That stuff is heavy. The TM from '42 showa a single guy with a 2 x 4 fulcrum lifting the track off! More pics to follow as I get started on it in a few days.

Well, didn't see a halftrack forum, figured this would be the best place to start this. A guy that knows Craig...the Museum Curator..has a halftrack. An M3A1. A USN Cheif and Mine Man :shock:. He drove the Pee Pee out of it. I think a bit of too much driving and not enough maintenence took it's...

They bend, you ever TRY to hook a loaded 105 to the truck without the crank up gear?

NAY. As long as the ring and seat area are clean and the ring isn't all bent up, the ring will seat itself when you put it on. Stay away from that bad boy when you inflate it and leave the valve out of the stem. As long as the ring is clean, the tire will go onto the ring nice and easy. After...

Good idea! I'd love to be there but there are lotsa miles between here and there!

Make sure you have a parking brake and gear on the front. That will be heavy! I like it.

What does it smell like, oil or fuel? Oil, could be a turbo. Fuel, could just be from not working it or plugged filters. Plugged filters can have so much restriction across them that the fuel is actually pulled apart making air bubbles. That in turn changes the injection timing due to the pump...

26k aint nuthin'! The 2010 HPI engines Cummins is fielding produce 35k + rail pressure and up to 5 injection events per firing event. The turbo is now 1/2 the size of the 2007 emission year model engines...good thing, those things are heavy!

The "C's" do have flame heaters but not on the aftercooled engines in the 900 series trucks. If it were charge air cooled, it would. The throttle should still be there even in cold weather. There could be issues with the overflow valve or the fuel shut off not pulling up all the way.

There is a parts manual in the TM section. Go to the top of this page, click on the resources tab and then on tech manuals. Download the manual...as well as the others if you don't have them, they are a good read...to your puter then open them. The NSN will be in there. Someone here probably...