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Thanks, Tom. I have been berated for my good advice along those lines, so I gingerly kept my cake hole shut....so be it...gotta go enter my Social Security $ into my checkbook... ta ta.
Yes, you have all wheel drive in both high and low range and for reverse and all forward speeds if the sprag setup is working correctly, and with the air shift deuce, too.
The sprags themselves get lazy and remember that they are in fact operated by an overrunning clutch so that the rears have to be spinning to get the fronts engaged...All you are doing by shifting the main tranny is telling the sprag which way you are going. (That is why it is taboo to roll...
I have never had one apart, thinking there were no user serviceable parts inside. However, I do have new switches for $50 ea if the need arises. Like the time I took the heater blower switch apart on my CUCV and wound up throwing it over the garage, new one at the auto parts store for $18...
Well, I found a reference to swivel valve: This valve permits 360 degree rotation of the wrecker crane assy. Not to worry about the flood light wire as it is attached to a rotating connector in the slip ring. The 270 locks can be removed and boom rotated all the way 360 degrees without...
I just went to my library and found TM9-8029-3 Which is a Ordnance Maintenance for WRECKER CRANE, REAR MOUNTED...WINCH AND WRECKER POWER TRAIN FOR 5 TON MEDIUM WRECKER TRUCK M62 2/54 I will go sit and read it for a while and report back if I find anything.. Lotsa stuff on the tank mounted...
A crown vic wagon...must be a Country Squire. Has to 1991 or earlier... good cars. I have towed 30000 miles or more with the CVPIs. You can get air shocks for the rear and they work really well...I carried a little 12 compressor and adjusted them to fit the load. There are bolt on class...
Pull the pin on the under floor linkage...not all the way just to free it from the rest. loosen lock nut and turn in or out 'til you have the 1 1/2 inch or so of pedal travel before contacting the t/o bearing. The pin to pull on the linkage has a round head and is detented. Usually just have...