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  1. fasttruck

    Newbie with M51A2 Dump Truck, need info and hints!

    Brake master cylinder is under floor in front of driver's seat and accessed through trap door in floor. Military has been using DOT 5 brake fluid for some time. Do not mix DOT 3 and 5 together. Primary fuel filter is under left fender . Do you know that this truck has 2ea electric fuel pumps ...
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    What to look for when buying a M35A2?

    Thye best advise I ever got about military vehicles is "Read the reading."Don't make a move without a -10, -20 manual(s) and the applicable LO for the vehicle you have. If you do not know what those are you need to find out. The best kept secret in the United States military is its' publication...
  3. fasttruck

    Trouble shooting TM'S?

    Engine teardowns are usually a 4th eschelon or General Support function in the Army maintenance scheme. This is 4th out of five eschelons in TAMS so you will have to find someone with a -40 manual. These are not too common and the lower eschelon books will state "notify direct support."
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    M123 parts help

    When changing the fuel filters it is necessary to close the shut off valve next to the filter body to avoid taking a bath in diesel fuel. This is not the same valve that controls the cross over line from the right to the left fuel tank. If canisters have drain valves drain them and remove same ...
  5. fasttruck

    M123 parts help

    Fuel filter closest to tank is a scraper filter. Other two take same element: NSN2910-00-287-1912. Filters under hood are for oil and filter element is NSN 2940-00-141-9026 and 2 ea are required for one truck.
  6. fasttruck

    Second heavy truck FT750w m45a2 fire truck 1975

    The tranfer cased is different on fire trucks with pumps because the PTO for the fire pump runs off the transfer case, not the transmission as a winch would. Transmission has to be in 4th gear and transfer in neutral to run fire pump. Similar to a M49C or a wrecker.
  7. fasttruck

    Marking up my M342 truck

    The unit designation is displayed on the passenger's side of the front bumper, the unit's fleet number on the driver's side, usually preceeded by the letter designation of the unit or some other letter designation such as "B 267," or "TMP 267," or TK 267," or whatever the owning unit's SOP was...
  8. fasttruck

    50's model Deuce with Hercules Gas Engine

    "Splitter" on the side of the gearshift is a lockout to prevent the transmission from being inadvertently shifted into reverse. If engien cranks and does not start what is the status of the choke ? The adjustment for this is finicy and large has engines can be difficult to start without the...
  9. fasttruck

    Safe crane operation

    Kindly consider setting all 4 jacks when picking a load alongside, rather than off the end, of a M816, so if the load comes off the crane because a sling breaks or what not the unit does not fall over onto the other side possibly with you under it when it lands.
  10. fasttruck

    Can someone explain these brake canister bolts to me?

    If the caged brake is out of service because of a leaking diaphram in the emergency side then the air line leading to it from the chassis would have to be plugged to maintain the air in the rest of the brake system on both vehicles. Safest solution is either to resolve the air leak prior to...
  11. fasttruck

    Wheel stud swap questions

    The inside nut on a bud wheel stud piloted system is sometimes refered to as the thimble. With commercial trucks you have the replace the hub and the wheels to convert from stud piloted to the newer hub piloted wheels. Crack a stud piloted wheel today and it a special order item to get a new...
  12. fasttruck

    Wheel stud swap questions

    Budd stud piloted wheels use right hand thread on the passenger side and left handed thread on the driver's side. when duealm wheels arte used there is an inside and outside lug nut which on a 5 ton equals twenty lug nuts to remove to get the insside tire off. Hub piloted wheels use one...
  13. fasttruck

    M373A2 trailer from Fort Drum NY to Branchville NJ

    I have done this before but it requires a tractor at each end to load and unload the payload. E-mail shadyside1983@optonline.net
  14. fasttruck

    Transmission and transfer options for 818 (809 series.)

    Remember the existing spicer trans has an air valve on the cover to orient the transfer case to which direction the transmission is going. Not familiar with 900 series automatics; do they have this feature? Otherwise when the army trans comes out you loose the 6X6 when the trans is not...
  15. fasttruck

    m51 Detroit diesel swap

    Remember everything that hooks up from the chassis to the engine will be in a different place and the radiator will have to be replaced too. With enouigh time and money anything is possible but do want to put that into this ?
  16. fasttruck

    Winch filter

    READ THE LUBRICATION ORDER. iT WILL TELL YOU WHAT FLUID IS AUTHORIZED. WITHOUT SEEING THE LO I WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE OE10. NSN FOR FILTER WOULD BE IN THE PARTS BOOK AND HOPEFULLY YOUR PARTS HOUSE CAN TRANSLATE TO A VENDOR PART NUMBER.
  17. fasttruck

    Anyone picking up in Chambersburg PA headed east towards NH

    Brakes ? trailer has airbrakes and 24v lights. Towing one with a pick up on winter roads will be a character building. expierence.
  18. fasttruck

    So anyone near or in New Jersey work on these trucks?

    What kind of trucks, where are they now and where do they have to go ?
  19. fasttruck

    XM818 a semi failed recovery

    Pressurize fuel tank: 0n a tractor you have to remove the deck plate above the fuel tank the selector valve is set to, which will facilitate inspecting the fittings there, remove one screw from the fuel gauge sending unit, remove chuck from tire inflator hose and place tube over screw hole...
  20. fasttruck

    changing tires on the rear

    Lottsa never seize on the thimbles and lug nuts when you put it back on if you ever plan to take this apart again in this life time. pix of tire shop attached. use a clip on chuck with long hose to inflate tires. Problems with unscheduled disassembly during reinflation frequently caused by rust...
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