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So I filled up the oil, no leaks, and today started here up. Unfortunately, I was alone, My friend was unavailable. Engine started and ran. Lighter smoke out of the holes in the lower section of the exhaust, darker out of the top of the stack. Starter button and starter engine also worked. It...

Ok, just a check. Several of the manuals show the starter button at different locations. My starter button, in a 1973 M51A2, is located in the uppermost left corner of the dash board, TM ...10 and ..20 show the button in a much more central position, lower part of the dash board just to the...

That would be great, thanks

I am busy with the M51 to M52 switch, and am now looking at where to place the air and electrical connections for the semi-trailer. Looking at some of pictures and video's of the M52A2, it seems to me that they moved the spare wheel about 10" more to the driver side. The original vertical...

Tried to remove the starter button but can not get it out of its hole because it gets blocked behind the dash by a steel plate or something. Tried wiggeling and everything. Any tricks? Or do I really need to pull the entire dash from left to right away to get to this stupid button (if so...

Does anybody has a wirding diagram for the M52A2 truck? Diagrams exist for the Deuce and the 800 series, but none for the M5xA2 series? People tried finding a general 5-ton M5x wiring diagramyears ago in this thread,without success it sems. Anything new?

All the outside nuts are(and were) tight and the lubrication points are now lubricated. Hopefully tomorrow the 10W oil will arive so we can refill the hydraylic system. Did not try the adjust screw yet, will do that once the engine is running again and the new oil in. The previous owner...

I first did not find that groove, thought you ment in the foot of the base, like vertically. Then I got the new rings and started swearing because they were too big...than the light bulb went of and I recognized the groove and now it fits perfect (I hope). Filled her up but waiting with firing...

CDL for your and especially my safety. The CDL SHOULD be a big thing, HAS to be a BIIIGGGGGG thing. You are not giving the keys to a heavy truck to be driven profesionally to somebody because he/she has earned enough airmiles, do you? The times where you can say "here are the keys, you will...

I was with the Wiggers Group, they were recommeneded. Initially they said that even going to Czech Republic for museum actions was no problem, occasionally doing some work was no problem, as long as I stayed belwo 8000 km per year. Premium would be 120 Eur per year. They gave me an intial cover...

what is the highest and what the lowest torque on bolts where you really need a torque wrench? Or better, which torque range do I need

For those interested in what's happening on my 5-ton dump to tractor and back project, have a look on this post and the next posts. M813A1, thanks that;s what I hoped.

Not turning is what we made sure to do when redoing the filters, but thanks for the heads-up. As to torquing, like my late brother used to say, stop a quarter turn before braking. Or in plain text, don't have a torque tool yet. With our old cars, we only used them for engine heads, the rest we...

Weather: the worst thing is, at home I have a nice 50 ton ramp and large shed with all equipment needed for anything on steel work (that is my son has, time to pull in some debts he he). Unfortunately, I have to do all the crazy things out here if I want to have Dutch papers. INsurance is no...

Thianks, that's a relief to hear. They didn't pay back the 20 liters oil I spilled, the mess, and the time. And they should have profided the right ones in the first place. But yes, in general they are OK.

What about the M51A2 frame? I thought the M52A2 and the M51A2 have the same chassis.

I am new to this, so what is "regular gasket material"? I only know the modern spin-on stuff and oil houses with rubber rings as main sealing". Coming to think of it, the gasket on top of the housing, between the house and the bolt, was of similar material, like the rings in old water taps.

The people from REOMIE sent me a new set of gaskets, arrived today. Will try tomorrow, but it looks they will fit perfectly. ONe question, the old gasket was your basic flat rubber ring. This is thicker but also made of different material, greyish hard paper or pressed stuff. Anybody knows...

Next step almost completed. The first picture shows the old pintle hook, the new fish mouth coupling, and a shine new tube that made me a very happy man :jumpin: (no funny remarks please :wink: ). AS you can see, the length of the shafts are similar, but the thickness not. Fortunately, the...

The flipping upside down was on my request. I need to drill holes in the base plate and the bolts connecting the fifth wheel proper to the base plate are immovable (that is, without heavy power tools). I now also really know why the spacer wood is there: to provide room for the rivets sticking...