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Went to the Netherlands to pick up a used Ross steering gear including steering wheel etc. It is still mounted in a parts truck (M52A2), about the only thing left on the carcass. We ran into a problem. We cannot get off the steering wheel. That should be no problem; remove the entire...

With the older M39 5-ton, I adjusted also without much effect. Than I noticed that the pittman shaft can move laterally quite a lot. When you try to adjust that play, you have to make sure that the pittman arm is pulled away from the box. Otherwise you are adjusting very high in the groove...

I am talking with two companies in the Netherlands who may have used Ross Hydrapower HF70 steering gear boxes for my M51A2 standing in the Czech Republic. What would such a thing cost state side? I know that on your side you still can get a NOS one for around $ 600. I could not find prices for...

I think I was too hasty with my judgement. Today I had the air pack and the MC on the bench, cleaned them, and inspected them again. With the MC, most of what I though was rust turned out to be debris, and after cleaning and inspecting with a strong flash light, the reservoir looked ok. The...

Thought it would be useful to start a new thread on the air pack rebuild (attempt) I was loosing DOT 5 brake fluid while the truck was parked for two years. No visible leakage. In the end decided to bite the bullet and got the MC and the air pack out on the bench. With the AP, all the air...

So I have got a used Deuce air pack to sell at the next GA Rally rofl Nice way to balance my suitcase for the things I want to take back. :beer: Managed to take off the air pack today, tomorrow will start take it apart. Should have done it five years ago in the Netherlands, but was too busy...

Took off the MC of my M51A2. Despite the white color, the tag on it states its for a 5-ton only, and seems to be military origin. During the several years standing without driving and topping it up a few times, I lost all the fluid in the MC reservoir, but some was left in the cylinder...

I work with websites and forums myself on small scale, know what a pain this can be. It probably is possible at least for an administrator or moderator, to do a search on the term "923" in the TITLE, then select the proper results, and move them as block to the new location. Then do the...

From the 2014 GA Rally buy/sell thread My memory on this is a bit hazy, but CBR Metalworks was supposed to bring a 5-ton Air Pack to the rally. In the end, the only thing he had with him was the Deuce one. I knew from the beginning that it was a Deuce AP, but he or somebody else told me that...

I have been told the old long deuce air pack and the 5-ton air pack on the M39 are interchangeable, or better, you supposedly can use the long deuce air pack on the 5-ton. From the 2014 GA Rally, I brought home a Deuce air pack, since I have problems with my brake system, including loosing dot...

Answered in the other thread on my steering problems, to keep that problem and its solutions in one thread.

I did not drive this truck more than 75 miles (less than 100 km) between 2010 and 2012, when I made it street legal. Since 2012, I drove with it about 1 (ONE) miles in the meadows. Probably most of the wear had already occurred before I got the truck. I changed the oil shortly after I got...

Rustystud, gearbox is out and I found the big problem. Frank8003, nice articles. See also this a bit older video on steering

Got the steering gear box out and inspected. At left, the box looking inside. The housing for the spline is still attached. At right the housing removed and detail of the splines of the steering shaft. Everything moves very smooth, without obstruction, buttt ..... The stud assembly...

I tried to figure out how the Ross Hydrpower HP70 works, especially how the turning of the steering wheel is transferred into moving the lever that regulated the oil flow. When searching, came across an old military movie explaining it all, if even a bit long winded...

I always wondered why all 5-tons are "post Vietnam"; the M39s and most of the M809s are definitely Vietnam area trucks. Probably, in the early days of the site, it seemed the easiest solution. In addition, with time passing, search results in the 5-ton section are more and more dominated by...

I have to find me a truck or bring one over to join the convoy provided we make a night stop in Mile 422 Toad River Lodge. Spent 6 months there in 1981, high time to get some fresh coffee there. About two hours further on the road are the Liard hot springs, also a very relaxing stop, especially...

I thought it would be this one, but am checking with some Danish to see if we missed something. Reomie actually is in the Netherlands. The octogenarian owner is doing US trucks, his older brother in the north of the Netherlands is doing the more modern NATO Dutch and German trucks.

In the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, I got away, but that was in a private car. Trucks are treated less lenient. All the other stuff always is in the car, but sometimes I find that my spare bulbs are out or kaput as well. To be clear, "stay where it is" in Europe means: a safe spot the...

Easier said than done. The nearest scrapyard is more than 600 miles from here. They are looking for a used set for me, but at most they maybe have a used old Ross HP70, not the newer M809 series. I talked with Dave from Easternsurplus, but shipping costs alone from the USA to the Czech Republic...