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  1. m-35tom

    M1078 LMTV planetary hub setup

    the small gears, spider gears if you will, have nothing to do with the ratio. it is 2:1
  2. m-35tom

    Fast Axles

    spider gear size has nothing to do with the ratio, that is set solely by the 2 large gears. how much larger does adding 2 teeth to a already 24 tooth gear make it? yes they would contact different areas of the spider gears, I just don't know it there is room or not.
  3. m-35tom

    Fast Axles

    I don't yet agree that it would bind up, why would it? It may be that the 2 gears would need to have both even numbers of teeth. OK I am not sure this will not work, you have a driven gear and a fixed gear with the spider gear assembly fixed to the hub. If you increase the driven gear and...
  4. m-35tom

    Fast Axles

    Hi, sorry that is not always true. The ratio is that of the drive gear and the fixed gear. So the axle drives a bevel gear and there is a fixed gear on the axle housing with spider gears fixed to the hub. If the 2 gears involved are both 24 tooth like I think, it will be 2:1 reduction and turn...
  5. m-35tom

    Fast Axles

    OK so these are not planetary but spider gears like in the diff. Could planetary be installed in place of this whole setup? Why not?
  6. m-35tom

    Fast Axles

    does the FMTV have portal axles? Can you change the gears in the hub? I can have gears made pretty cheap.
  7. m-35tom

    Tow company recommendation near Fort Meade Maryland

    I am close and you can store and work on it here, free. and I have starter and batteries!! call me 410-549-6649 zip is 21104 Tom
  8. m-35tom

    Power steering for the Deuce?

    that is the later cross member for the A2
  9. m-35tom

    M35a2 fuel cutoff rod springs back to firewall 5 o'clock position when cover removed

    classic sign of worn out HH. won't idle, hard to start, once running seems to be ok but it won't be for long.
  10. m-35tom

    MEP-802/803 fuel return improvements

    I know there has been a lot of discussion about 3.5mm being the right size but 4.0mm is readily available and about 50 cents per foot and is just .020 thousandths larger so it goes on just as tight.
  11. m-35tom

    MEP804A--Anyone have one of these?

    Has anyone taken the gen head apart to see if the 3 wires that are internally connected into one can be gotten to? if so it could be made into a 12 wire head (which it already really is) and single phase would be easy.
  12. m-35tom

    Exhaust Brake on an M35A2

    would be easy to calculate. area of drill holes times 30, set spring to open at that pressure. so if those are 1/2" holes and there are 4 of them it should take 23.55 lbs pressure on stud to open valve meaning it would open at 30 psi.
  13. m-35tom

    Exhaust Brake on an M35A2

    spring should be on turbo side. looks right to me. timing for an exhaust brake is very simple. i realize it needs to be exact but the days of electronics have been here for quite a while.
  14. m-35tom

    Exhaust Brake on an M35A2

    do you think that spring is going to be happy running at 1200°F??
  15. m-35tom

    Exhaust Brake on an M35A2

    i don't see why. simple concept just kick open the exhaust immediately after injection. make rockers with small hyd plunger actuator on valve end, sensor on crank and cam electronics would be easy.
  16. m-35tom

    Air Dryer for an M35A2

    sounds completely normal to me. plug the line not the AD9 and test again. you will have to vent the air somewhere else to trigger the governor, it should turn on compressor near 90 and then turn it off near 120. that looks like a wrong gauge to me since normal is 90 to 120 gauge should read...
  17. m-35tom

    Exhaust Brake on an M35A2

    why not just engineer custom rocker arms that will act like a jake with an electronic controller?? you only need 6 of them, should not be that hard to do.
  18. m-35tom

    Air Dryer for an M35A2

    why does the other small line not go to the control port on the AD9? i looked it up and that is what is called for, pressure on control port when compressor is shut off to tell the dryer to purge. that pressure stays there until governor on firewall removes pressure on unloader. of course if...
  19. m-35tom

    Air Dryer for an M35A2

    you cannot make any kind of decision just guessing!! you need to know exactly where 3 and 4 go.
  20. m-35tom

    Air Dryer for an M35A2

    OK i thought maybe that dryer sent signal to compressor to unload. i see it does not. it works exactly like mine, only accepts pressure to cycle. so that diagram is correct for yours and mine.
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