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Make sure the 4 bolts holding the steering box to the frame are tight. the box doesent have to move much to let it wander.

On top of the intank pump there is a cap with 3 nuts holding it down. Pull that cap off and check to see it the fuse is blown. Next you probally have injector tips that are coked. WMO does work but it does cause problems also. Try a good injector cleaned and run it under a load. White smoke is...

put it in the freezer overnitght before installing. Keep it as cold as possable untill you install it. When cold they will usall slide right in. Alot less banging if you dont have the right tools

Like everyone else said slow down. Driving a M35 at 55 it's max speed is like driving a civi car at 100. It's going to get poor milage at that speed. It will get it's best milage/power at 1800 to 2000 RPM's. Next air all the tires up to the max pressure. This wont make much difference on a...

I too used the LMC rubber mat. I also purchased the radiant insulation they sell. And added jute padding on the inside of the firewall. I guess i got lucky. Mine fit pretty well. I laid it out in the sun for a couple of days like the instructions said and that made it more pliable. I made a...

Sounds like you have a drippling injector. Or more than one for that matter. White smoke is unburnt fuel. If you ran fuel with alot of water/trash you may have gotten a particle stuck in the injector/needle seat. Id dout the tip is blown out though. Does the engine smoke white when under a...

I had to search long and hard to find a M52a2. I could have gotten a 800 series easily. I'm glad i waited. These trucks are getting harder to find. Most i have seen are restored already. If you can get it then please do so. Save it from the butcher knife if you can. Finding a replacement...

Another possablilty? Mabye when the engine was overhauled they cocked/stuck a cylinder liner. Then hammered it in the rest of the way with a lead hammer. I too have found lead in the oil pan when swapping a LDT enines oil pan around to install it into a 5TON. It was a overhauled engine in the...

Check your wheel bearings. And pull the steering knuckles. Water probally got in behind the boots. The inner seals probally kept it out of the diffs.

My truck used to lean to one side also. I replaced the spring eye bushings with urathane one from energy suspensions. They made a hugh difference.

I too have thought of the air cut out. I've even purchased the parts. But was planning on installing it when i install the new dash. The previous owner a, Fire Dept butchered the dash installing switches, lights and radios. I even got a new dash. Looks like it's getting moved to the front burner.

One other item that has been over looked. Make sure your oil filler cap on top of the valve cover is in good shape! The neiboring fire dept to us lost thier engine when water filled it during tropical storm allison.

Thanks for the resonces guys. I never let the truck roll back when in a forward gear. It was a operator error. I was pretty tired from working offshore with not much sleep the night before. Then in a hurry to get it done before i went to work. But to better news. When i got home last night i...

Early this morning before work i was asked to pull a tractor out of a ditch. So i grabed the M52 and headed over there. After realizing i forgot my chain i stopped at the end of my road and started to turn around. I turned hard right where there is a small hill. After climbing it enough to back...

You have to drill and tap a 1/4 NPT into the bellhousing. Not the trany it's self. The engines crankcase breather has a hose that exits through a hole you have to cut in the side panel next to the air cleaner intake. You then run this hose up and unto/underneath the snorkle mushroom. This hepls...

The air compressor has a filter on it's intake. remove the two bolts holding the intake to the compressor. It's in there. As far as the hose goes. Mine has been there since 1999 and many thousands of miles. With no problems at all

The air is pumped into the bellhousing. The clutch doesent work very well when wet. On another note. Make sure your hub seals are in good shape. I have had water inter there, go through the alxes into the diffs and ruin the gear lube. Any oil leaks on any gearboxes will let water in said...

Are these two openings your are talking about rectangular? And on the new intake manafold gaskets. If so these are for EGR ports on "C" series engines. Leave them blocked.

I have a original equipment fording kit. I dont keep the snorkle on the truck because the tube deteriates in the weather. I have one unused spare tube but i like this design much better. I could leave it on year around.

They one i had came with rungs welded to the back and they alinged with rungs on the tailgate. You could easily climb from the ground over the tailgate and into the trailer. No slide out provision though. Mine was built in 67