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    M543 crane control data plate info needed

    I will look on mine tomorrow if no one else posts.
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    Official 2013 SS Georgia Rally Info SSGR13 thread

    The only thing missing from the Ga Rally is that guy from the mountains of Virgina.
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    Need mechanics opinion on my next move

    I was told the paint trick by the John deere shop Foreman. He said they had lots of head gasket problems till they started useing paint on the gasket. Of course they used John deere green.:-D
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    Need mechanics opinion on my next move

    I would at least lay a straight edge across the head and use a feeler gauge to see if its warped.
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    Hydroboost hum and crazy wheel hop?

    Just getting started, believe me it will probably get a lot worse.
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    Hydroboost hum and crazy wheel hop?

    If the hydaboost has fluid in it and still whines it probably needs replacing. I just had to replace one on my Chevy Dually for the same reason. The wheel hop is called death wobble and is covered extensively on site. Do a search for death wobble and you will find it. the king pins and...
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    Water in transmission, question about cleaning.

    I don't think it will hurt a thing. Let it soak and pressure wash it best you can, blow out good and get some lube in it and rotate it. They get water in them around the shift lever when the book get cracked.
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    Front sway bar bushes

    Ditto on the 2 piece, I could not install the one piece either.
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    Official 2013 SS Georgia Rally Info SSGR13 thread

    Lord willing and the creek don't rise I will be there again with stone ground grits and homemade sugarcane syrup. I think I worked every breakfast, even the one after I fell out of my truck in the middle of the night on a pee run, And plan to do so again this year. Not fall out of the truck...
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    poppop,s M37 restore thread

    You can stop by anytime, but give me a call and be sure I am here. I am on the road a lot hauling produce around. 912-682-6299
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    M37 Flooding Bad

    If fuel puddles in the intake enough and an intake valve is open then gas will run into that cylinder. It then runs past the rings into the crankcase. I have never heard of gas going past bad rings if the engine still runs. Fuel pump most likely is the problem. If the diaphram has a hole in...
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    M37 Flooding Bad

    I am not familiar with this carb but most carbs have a bowl vent. If this vent is plugged then rising tempertures or shaking the carb will pressurize the bowl and force fuel out. It also creates a problem with the engines sucking gas from the bowl because it is pulling against a vaccume.
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    How do I identify my M151A2 ?

    Hey Andy Sounds like carb to me. Probably needs to be taken apart and soaked in carb cleaner and blown out real good. All these 151's have to have the choke out some to run good. When in service the mechanic would pull the choke till it ran good and then loosen the cable set screw and push...
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    complete engine overhaul including head gaskets

    I like to build my own. Buy a takeout and its a crap shoot. Sure you can get a good one, but then maybe you won't. When I hold each piece in my hand and re-implant it I know whats in there. In frame is harder to get to but nothing wrong when its done right. The only time I pull an engine on...
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    Preamble to yet another WC brought back to life

    WOW!!!!! If papabear don't like it I will be there tomorrow to get it out of your way.
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    Go hard or go home also applies to breaking stuff... Grenaded my front wheel bearings

    I have used this little trick several times. Weld a bead all the way around the bearing race and as soon as you are finished throw cold water on it. This s-----, Dam I can't spell it, but it causes the race it get smaller in size and most times can be removed with your fingers. I worked on a...
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    How do I identify my M151A2 ?

    Andy, I did a good job of explaining hydralic lifters to you, problem is this engine does not have hydralic lifters. The lifters are solid and called tappets. I just got to thinking and said hey, I don't know if these are hydralic and pulled my TM and they are not. Hydralic lifters are not...
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    How do I identify my M151A2 ?

    Andy, he must mean the valve lifter has collapsed. Each lifter has a spring in it pushing up on a small plate in top of the lifter. Oil get into the lifter and when the cam pushes up it compresses the spring and pumps oil up the push rod to the rocker arm. If its collapsed it will not pump...
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    How do I identify my M151A2 ?

    Andy, now that you have the pushrod back on, did you adjust the valve to the proper gap?? If its to loose it may not be opening the valve. If you don't have a feeler gauge then make sure the lifter is all the way down, tighten the adjusting stud down until you still have a little free play in...
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    Need Help with new to me M37

    NDT is right, I missed that. If this were mine I would buy an ignition tune up kit and replace everything in the distributor and a new set of correct wires. I did run some civy wires on my 151 but I could still get copper stranded at NAPA.
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