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We pull an 18 ton Ferree tandem axle air brake trailer with our deuce and 5 ton trucks. When we want to winch a dead vehicle onto the trailer we disconnect the trailer and turn the truck around to use the winch. Disconnecting the glad hands sets the brake chambers on the Ferree, locking it down...

I should have mentioned---we used a small wire to clear the port.

We have had this happen when the rear port in the bottom of the master is restricted or plugged. There are two holes in the bottom, a larger one and a smaller one to the rear of it. The smaller one got plugged and we got the hard pedal you are describing.

I am not familiar with this series of truck but I can say I have had problems with serpentine belts in other applications because of the idler/tensioning pulley if it is spring loaded. They can stick on the pivot shaft and therefore cannot apply the correct tension force. If it is spring loaded...

Any of the military surplus dealers should have good take-offs they will guarantee. You need to take it off and check for gasket or seal leaks. If you can, devise a way to plug one passage and pressure the other under water to see if you have a leak as you would test a radiator. Also, a radiator...

I will bet the fuel is evaporating out of the carb as it does with mine. The fuel cannot go back to the tank out of the carb because the needle/seat assembly is above the fuel in the bowl; it cannot suck up fuel out of the bowl. If you have the correct fuel pump on the engine it has a primer...

Section8 is correct that the only difference in the M135 and M211 rims is the offset. You cannot use the M135 rims for dual wheels. On the M135 the rear hubs are flipped. The rims are the same 7.50" width for the 9:00 x 20 and the 11:00 x 20 tires. The M211 rims will work on an M35A2 ans...

I helped a friend bob his 923. In the middle of the job he said "if anyone wants to do this, have him call me first!". I respect what all of you have done. It takes a lot of work and dedication. Most of the conversions look really nice. There are always trade-offs; benefits to bobbed and 6x6. I...

My suggestion is to be sure the master is correctly bled. You need a couple of lines off a parts truck cut to about 12" so they can be screwed into the master and bent around upward and then downward to go into their respective fluid reservoirs of the master, ends down under the fluid level...

I have three trucks I can sell some parts off of, located in north central Indiana, pick-up preferred. I do not want to mess with packing and shipping larger items. I would like to have some compensation for part removal time spent. It may take some time for me to get the parts off because I...

Nice find, desert climate has its advantages! I have run one of these for years as a farm truck hauling grain, plowing snow, pulling a heavy implement trailer, etc. with no problems. I put a hoist under the bed. Some words of advice for what is many times said to be a bad transmission. Get the...

Take the trumpets off both stock horns and you get a hideous screech guaranteed to get attention! For trumpets coming loose, Loctite them? Regards Marti

I got the single eye cylinder new from Sam Winer Motors and the double eye cylinder new from White Owl, Memphis Equipment has them for sale in pairs but they were cheaper by the separate piece. Bearing numbers (Timken) are: Cam gear top: 27690 cone 27620 cup Cam gear bottom: 385-A cone...

I did not take pictures of the mess before I took it apart, but here are some of it on the way back together and the damage to the rods along with an example of how the Timken cages were destroyed, letting the rollers out into the mechanism. Regards Martin Sacks

I am repairing an M62 that has the swing mechanism damaged. The cause was water getting down into the gears, destroying the Timken bearings on the swing idler gear and the swing cam driven pinion gear. The result of the destroyed bearings was some of the bearing rollers from the idler gear...

I do not know if anyone mentioned it, but check closely for any tears in the front axle seal boots. If they leak, you now have destructive water and abrasive crud in the front axle drive knuckles. They will have to come completely apart and be cleaned and re-packed with grease. If you do not do...

Sorry to hear it is so hard to find deuce winch kits where you are. That is a definite problem. The 5 ton winch however is really over-kill for the truck. By using a snatch block on the deuce 10,000 pound winch you can move more than the weight of the truck. The 10,000 pounds is a conservative...

You do not need to be tied to military parts sources for about all of the parts. The truck is basically a civilian truck in military color except for the military switches and blackout lights. NAPA, etc. will have the parts you need other than the dedicated military items adapted to the civilian...

As good preventive maintenance, pull off the two covers over the main swing gear on the bottom of the crane pedestal. We are working on a friend's truck that got water down into the gear cavity, rusting it badly. the rust and resulting crud got between the gears, first caused jerky motion then...

Alternator Adjustment Attached is a photo of the adjustment. The adjuster looks like a four pointed receiver like a Phillips screwdriver would fit. Adjust it slowly; a little can change a lot! Before doing it, I strongly suggest you make sure all of your battery cable connections are good. Bad...