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I did a search of the NSN number and it popped up from a seller on a site called Bonanza. At the time they had 20 of them NOS in the wrapper but that was several years ago
I went back to the spot of the original picture from when I first brought the truck home to do a before and after. There's 5 years, 3 months and many mods in between the two.
I've done so much to it that I'm starting to run out of projects 😬
Today my brother and I got the level wind installed and functional. It turned out to be a 45,000 lb unit from the rear winch of a M816 or M936 so 3 of the 4 mounting holes had to be altered and all of the movements were froze up. All the lower fittings of the trolley were caked up solid so...
Idaho Motor Pool is auctioning off a pile of blank SF97 forms (real ones) this month. Just thought I'd mention that, you know, for academic purposes...
https://jbsauctions.hibid.com/catalog/168277/idaho-motor-pool-military-surplus-reduction-auction/?cpage=3
I finally worked up the nerve and replaced the water pump belt and the power steering belts. Yeah, the ones in the very back...
...now my entire spine hurts
Spring is trying to make a comeback here and I'm finally pursuing little projects again.
I picked up a set of black rivets and added the missing data plates to the side of the bed.
My R&D group has been working with the Festo ADNM multi-stage pneumatic cylinder and it can be configured with up to 5 stages with stroke lengths starting at 1mm and incrementing 1mm at a time. This might be a solution but there are some limitations on stroke size (see pic) and you can't go...
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