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I was going to say the rig looked like something set up to tow with a farm tractor. Expect to see a slow moving vehicle triangle on the back.
The shear of a hardened bolt is interesting. John Deere uses hardened bolts as shear pins on their small square balers. When they shear it is right now...
Actually, I have made no comment. I simply copied a portion of a post on another forum that included the transfer ratios for an M35a2.
Those particular transmissions were some I researched several years ago. The time frames are 50's through 70's although the Spicers were used by the military...
Transfer ratios from a quick Internet search along with some comments from another forum.
"Two Speed Transfer Case With Ultra Low Gearing"
Not true. The transfer case has a higher ratio than many of today's light duty 4x4s, such as a Jeep.
Jeep NVG 231 transfer case low range gearing: 2.76:1...
The meadow floor looked kind of boggy in the You-Tube. My sis and brother in law bought an M37 at the same time we did (way back in '63) and our first outing was to a similar looking meadow near Guanella Pass. Back then it was $200 for the off road wrecker to come winch a pair of newbies out. We...
I am glad you find the thread useful. The 5 ton (800 series) TM has a section on rebuilding the 5 ton air pak. It is fairly long and detailed with step by step instructions. It sticks in my mind that the air pak section is more than 20 pages. The instructions move you through the process in a...
No, that plastic cover is not part of the rebuild kit. It is the same in the 5 ton air Pak. I think that is what you are talking about. It is a cover so to speak above the power piston. The seal is on the other side of the power piston assembly. If you mean that seal and the rubber washer under...
Yes, no and maybe.
The 5 ton air pak is much longer and has additional components. There are two parts to the 5 ton rebuild kit left over after rebuilding our M220 air pak. They are a couple of rubber parts that go in the double relief valve on the end of the air can on the 5 ton air pak. Our...
I want to add a couple of things to Jollyrogers’ post. After reading Mangus' comments about why he removed his threads, I have pondered at length about what responsibility or liability one may have for posting information for others on this site. Jollyroger has made it clear that we made a...
Could your line lock be On??? (The electric emergency brake.) Having just rebuilt an air pak, I would say all sorts of problems could be come and go issues with a faulty air pak. We discovered a spring that rusted in two on our rebuild. This spring was a counter balance spring on the air side of...
The stock truck was designed to operate on fuel with an Octane rating of 68. I don't know what retail fuel requirements are for BC, but I don't think you can find that low of an octane rating anymore. Again, I have no idea if BC requires oxygen enhancers and if so at what times of the year...
I have to touch up my paint job evey little bit. The flat white shows hand prints around the door handles and if I pressure wash it hard enough to cut some of the prints, I risk lifting some of the paint. Probably why the military paint job was so thick.
Number 9, thanks for the info. I did find a partial cut away engineering drawing for the plug that indicates it should pop out. It looks like the interior metal sleeve will pop out as well. There is an outer metal sleeve that has moulded rubber all around with what looks like pockets for the...
Did not roll it, sprayed the Rustoleum flat white. Used some Rustoleum rattle cans to touch up spots we missed with the spray gun. Also tried some Krylon rattle cans for touch up and it did not cover as well and it ran badly. Can't help with the rest of your question. There is a thread not too...
I just got back from the farm where I checked on all of our trailer pigtails. They all have clamps to hold the shell on the wire just behind the plug. Thats 4 M101's, 6 M105's, 2 M332's and one M1061 that all have the plug shells clamped to the pigtail wire. 8724316/MS75020-1 is the part number...
I have determined my M105 trailer has a bad pigtail. I pulled another pigtail off a parts M105 we have. The continuity is good on all wires, but the plug shell is toast and I want to replace it with the shell off my bad pigtail. My question is how does one remove the shell? It would seem to be a...
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