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Glad to see you are hanging tough on this project. It would definitely be a challenge to deal with an uncommon vehicle which was made overseas and never had a US presence. I commend your efforts. Keep up the good work!

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Don't be a junker hater Westy! :-P Here's the pics as promised. They show the newly connected air lines, the bent/broken front limiting valve assembly, the new front limiting valve, and the shredded PS ram fitting.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has to deal with that kind of rust! Great write-up as usual. Thanks!

Thanks for the update, Bjorn. Looks like you are making some good progress. I am glad you got the silicone gasket adhesive figured out. What kind of glue did you end up using?

I actually went down yesterday, Chuck. I probably won't go back for another couple of weeks. I will PM you when I do. Yesterday was a really nasty day of work. It was blowing wind, cold, and misty for most of the day. I had a lot of stuff to get done. My main priority was the air system...

Ah, that makes sense. I have seen them coming and going on 58 near Franklin so they were probably coming back from Pickett. The truck is at John Winslow's MV Sales in Halifax, NC. Here it is on the map: Your web browser and the Maps site are incompatible You should definitely come down and...

Thanks for posting that answer, BoT.

Thanks Jimbo. I actually emailed Joe about them, but they are for the rear axles only. The fronts are slightly different. :cry: He has the rear relay valves too if I need one of those. Hopefully I won't! I am going to do some more air system work tomorrow. Hopefully I'll post up with some...

Ted wants big money for that HEMTT if I recall correctly. That may even be that one that bkubu was fixing up before he found the one in his avatar. There should be a HEMTT fueler there somewhere. It was sitting at Tommy's when he was working on my 931A1, but I think it went to Ted's not long...

Good pics. Please post a write-up if you decide to rebuild it.

Bob, please list this in the Classified Ads section. vBClassified - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite Good luck with the sale. Sorry to hear your health is forcing you out of the hobby.

LOL! Yep, you're right. Doesn't matter if she was watching him when he got greasy. It's still my fault. "Your son tracked grease in the house after he was playing on your dirty army truck!" :-P "Honey, if you are reading this, remember that I love you!" Thankfully the 5-ton has been at...

Dang! I realized tonight when I was looking up the brake actuator part number that I put the diaphragm in upside down. The exploded parts diagram showed it opposite of the way I put it in. I took it apart and flipped it. At least I found out before I tried to use it ;-) Here are some pics...

Thanks! The Army has an ongoing rebuild program for these trucks so most of the ones coming out are wrecked, rusted out, or have been sitting on the can-lot getting picked like a chicken! If they are beyond some reasonable return-on-investment percentage for rebuild, then they go to DRMO...

Thanks! Funny you should mention that. I have a listing in the classified ads looking for one already :-D One of our fellow members has a good take-out harness so I may go that route if nothing else turns up.

Sorry, no sister, Randy! I'm OK so long as there's no grease on anything when I get done. We have a 2 year old boy at home so I can blame some stuff on him now. He likes to play on and around daddy's trucks so the grease could come from him, right? :-P

Very true! The parts truck was in the same shape because the air lines had been disconnected on those chambers too. At least now I know the diaphragms are good and that it's been done right. The more I work on the air brake system, the less intimidating it becomes. I didn't have to do much...

Brake Chamber Rebuild I have been searching for air brake chambers with no real success. People either wanted too much money for the chambers or had them listed in the system, but didn't have any on hand. I went to my local NAPA Truck and showed them what I was looking for. Out came the huge...

Welcome to the site, Sangamon! I'm glad the 656 went to a good home. Keep posting back with your impressions and definitely with pictures!!:twisted: