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The key nto success is to make sure the pto is disengaged before starting engine. I have seen situations where win ch clutch was disengaged and pto in and driver drove off with the pto shafgt spinning until it broke and took out hte side of the oil pan so you got the replace the shaft and the...
If you want to pass do not ride the clutch pedal with a government inspector or examiner with you. Use the clutch pedal as a foot rest communicates you don't have the vehicle under control because you want to dump the clutch immediately which is bad technique. Put the transmission in reverse...
As others have said free does not equal safe. My recollection of the NFPA firefighter line of duty death statistics is that most apparatus related deaths are caused by tanker rollovers typically caused by overloading and poor operator training and maintenance. And you have no idea obviously how...
As i recall the system works on the principle that the tm for the trailer lists the vehicles that are approved to tow it rather than the prime mover tm listing the approved trailers for that vehicle. Also the transportability guide manuals for major end items will list the nequipment that is...
The WM300 Dodge buiilt as a chassis cowel version such as would be supplied to build a school bus. They were a ommon sight in Viet Nam with locally built ambulance bodies on them for the ARVN. The maintenance truck is not the same thing as it has a full metal cab. They were a common sight as...
Civilian trucks usually have a check valve in the trailer air circut that will prevent you from charging the system through the trailer lines. This probably why you cannot find this in the tm for the 818 if it has the same check vavle which would prevent a trailer malfunction from charging the...
Your deuce and 5ton are overloaded if you fill them to the capacities of 1200 and 3500 gallons respectfiully. And that is improved road weights not unimproved or no road weights. You say don't kill the messenger we only do what forestry tells us: i say don't kill the operators with false...
Are nyoum going to be overweight ? 2500 gal of water weighs inj excess of 20,000 pounds and the chassis when it was stock weighed 19,000 pounds. Carrying a pump, hose or tools ? Will this stop of fully loaded ? If it was a fuel truck it may be baffled front to back but probably not side to side...
You need a 5/16" tool to get them out and hope they are not frozen to the point they shear off. I always put them back in with never seize min c ase it is necessary to get them out again in this life.
The pin is not supposed to come all the way out: it is held min by a spring loadxed poppet. Get it all the way out and the poppet ball will come flying out and disappear for ever. The clevis should turn when the jam nut is backed off. You turn it up the shaft to gain freeplay. Usually one...
M54A1s and such used ENDT 673 engines with a single disk ckutch. The ENDT675 makes more torque and is typically supplied with a double disk clutch and a bigger radiator which makes it difficult to use in a 5ton. I saw a M 123A1C that had lone grafted into it in replacemedt of the 903 Cummins...
Equipment andc some bus engoines are left handed rotation, most automotive engines are right handed engines. Accessories and the method lof their mounting will be all o vefr the lot. Oil pans are different etc.
it will only fit in a 5 ton and in addition to the motor and the trans you will need several of the harnesses, the throttle linkage, power steering lines etc as almost everything that attaches to the engine is in a different place compared to a continental in a a2.
A series-parallel switch ? Really? Back in my B model Mack days most of them had a series parallel switch for the sfarter. These were also the beginning of my drinking problem in that they are also part of the charging system and the truck will not start if each pair of batteries (There were two...
Numerous posts have appeared in the past on this topic and if you throw enough money at it it may eventually work. beware of unengineered transmission swaps: is the input shaft compatable with you clutch? If trans came from a truck with a double disk clutch it will not fit in yours. Don't ask me...
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