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  1. Shoprat 19th Engr

    Nobody wants to insure my deuce!

    Oops for a M109a3
  2. Shoprat 19th Engr

    Nobody wants to insure my deuce!

    I do have insur. with Progressive it is farm comm. and cost is 495 a year
  3. Shoprat 19th Engr

    swollen glow plug removal

    Make an adpator to screw on the glow plug and use or make a slide hammer this will pull it out I have done this on the 6.9 and 7.3 engines
  4. Shoprat 19th Engr

    Truck wants to go faster when towing a trailer

    One reason is because of the stiff springs . When you hit a bump in the road the tires will come off the ground for a moment so the tires will spin ever so slightly but you will not notice that is why you get beeter fuel milage with a partial to full load in the back of your truck
  5. Shoprat 19th Engr

    can someone tell me the tongue weight of an empty m105 trailer???

    use a floor jack , 20 inch 4x4 and a jack stand and you can do this yourself
  6. Shoprat 19th Engr

    Foreign Objects in oil pan (see pic) NEED HELP

    Sorry Guys been a few years since I have been inside of a large diesel and you are so right about the holes in the piston for lub
  7. Shoprat 19th Engr

    Foreign Objects in oil pan (see pic) NEED HELP

    The tube looks like a piston cooler tube the tube squirts oil on the bottom of the piston to help keep the piston from overheating
  8. Shoprat 19th Engr

    No brake lights / stop lights

    Would say that your brake light problem is the turn signal switch check that you have power going in to the switch and you will find that the power is not coming out So it will be the turn signal switch :driver::driver:
  9. Shoprat 19th Engr

    Bought an M123A1C today

    Drove One those in the Army back in the mid 70s great Truck the one I drove had the 903 cummins also
  10. Shoprat 19th Engr

    Jet A in a 6.5

    Jet Fuel is like Kerosene you will need to put some type of top end lube in there to keep from melting a piston:driver:
  11. Shoprat 19th Engr

    R.I.P.-- John Winslow

    Yea I met John about a year or so ago .Yes he was a fare man to deal with . So sorry to hear of his passing:sad:
  12. Shoprat 19th Engr

    Weird tail light problem

    Try to see if you get voltage on the socket with the bulb in the socket if you do it is a ground problem for sure then try a peice of wire from the outside of the socket to the frame rail:driver:
  13. Shoprat 19th Engr

    New from North Carolina

    Welcome to SS from Va.:driver:
  14. Shoprat 19th Engr

    Unknown Lights?

    More than likely it is an int. light like the one inside the box on my m109 for black out mode:driver:
  15. Shoprat 19th Engr

    Weird tail light problem

    Run a ground wire from the frame to the out side of the socket and see if the light works if it does check the little strap on the socket as this is the part of the ground for the light:driver:
  16. Shoprat 19th Engr

    Another way to say Thank You to our military members

    We must always give thanks to the ones that have served and most of all to the ones that have given their lives for us to have the freedoms that we have . Never Forget those that have fallen
  17. Shoprat 19th Engr

    Another way to say Thank You to our military members

    Just to say Thank You to all that have served this Great Country that We all call Home Of The Free and The Brave
  18. Shoprat 19th Engr

    truck pulls to right when braking

    It sounds like that the flex brake line has started to come apart on the inside may want to replace both front flex lines and go from thereaua
  19. Shoprat 19th Engr

    m818 repower

    Yes the 10 8 and 13 speed trans is the same case but the 13 has a longer back box think it is about 2.5 to3 inches longer than the others because of the extra set of gears:driver:
  20. Shoprat 19th Engr

    m818 repower

    You can put any 855 Cummins in but you have to dail in the bell housing in to make sore that it is in the .005 to .010 so you do not have a problem with the operation of the clutch:driver:
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