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  1. Jbulach

    M923 External Air

    I’m not around my truck this week, but what I suggested “should” be fairly easy. Tee in a quick coupler and add a check valve just before the horn solenoid on the firewall that is just before the horns. The electric side, IIRC the horn button completes the ground side of the circuit? If so you...
  2. Jbulach

    M923 External Air

    I would look into isolating the horn completely from the rest of the air and electrical system. That way you can keep the air tank drains opened/spring brakes engaged and the starter, as well as the rest of the trucks electrical system disconnected…
  3. Jbulach

    M939 series 5 ton capacities

    I checked my 1996 version of the –10 and the on-highway weights (page 1-9) and the key verbiage on the description and data sheet (1-18)we are looking for have already been omitted. I would think the pre CTIS 1984 version should still have them, let me know if you find those pages I will gladly...
  4. Jbulach

    Do we know how long the auctions will continue?

    I would guess for at least 3 years, 10 months, give or take 3 days…
  5. Jbulach

    m925a2 winch issue?

    For some reason I can’t make a link, so I just bumped up my thread for you a few hours ago. It may give you an idea of what you’re looking at even though it was very hard to get pictures that are easy to comprehend. Search “M925 winch control tower repair” and it should pop up, or maybe somebody...
  6. Jbulach

    M925 winch control tower repair

    Bump for @ger84
  7. Jbulach

    m925a2 winch issue?

    I forgot about the issues with these junk control towers, I’ll see if I can dig up my thread on beefing mine up. This can cause problems of not being able to fully open the spool valve and not achieving full pressure. I did a bunch of modifying to my hydraulic system during my dump install, but...
  8. Jbulach

    m925a2 winch issue?

    The pumps will not likely be worn with the little use they see. Pressure test will tell you if you have a problem. If your pressure is under 1700psi, let us know, I can post a link to my dump bed build that covers how to shim the pressure relief higher.
  9. Jbulach

    m925a2 winch issue?

    Correct, no shear pin on the hydraulic units that I’m aware of. The only real thing to check is the hydraulic pressure, 1800psi and 1800 engine rpm max IIRC. I have never been very impressed with the power of mine and have a pressure gauge taped in on mine. Similar to your experience, with...
  10. Jbulach

    Operation: Gertrude. Kendelrios M715 restoration thread

    I have no idea if these are hard to prime pumps or if yours is just wore out, but sometimes packing the gears with petroleum jelly or possibly light grease does the trick…
  11. Jbulach

    Curious old M49 fuel truck

    Looks amazing so far! Hope to see it running and pumping fuel soon…[emoji6]
  12. Jbulach

    Right rear brakes service brakes not engaging

    It’s supposed to be a lot warmer the next few days. Might be worth waiting to test them again incase there is a chunk of ice in the brake valve that may just need thawing out.
  13. Jbulach

    Weight rating for 5 tons

    According to Memphis, front is 18k, and as others alluded to rears are 44k, so 22,000 each on those. A lot of good advice here on other limitations besides the axle capacity.
  14. Jbulach

    Weight rating for 5 tons

  15. Jbulach

    M925A2 reverse issue

    Do you have any more info/description on “play in the shifter cable”, or “not going into reverse smoothly”? IE, did you have to work the shifter back and forth, play with the throttle, just took a while to engage? Was the play on the transmission, or shifter end of the cable?
  16. Jbulach

    M925A2 reverse issue

    Theres no chance the transfer-case was in low range is there? I believe there was an MWO that installed a low range reverse lockout on “most” of these trucks to prevent shifting into reverse while in low range. If the seller is very experienced with these trucks I would be a little leery if this...
  17. Jbulach

    Operation: Gertrude. Kendelrios M715 restoration thread

    Hey Ken, keep at it you’ll figure it out! Yep, that looks like a bad design with way to much weight hanging off those brass threads. Any chance thats a nipple broken off in the tee-block, If so hopefully replace it with a steel or stainless nipple? If it’s a moulded piece of the tee block...
  18. Jbulach

    5 ton crew build

    Some good looking welds, but be careful welding all those seams up solid, or things will start looking like a banana! There are a lot of excellent seam sealers and panel bonding epoxies out there so you can keep the welding to a minimum.
  19. Jbulach

    MTVR towing capacities

    Do you have this data plate on your truck? If so, and I’m reading the blurry text correctly, you should have all the verbage you need to be able argue any legal weight trailer combination, just as long as it does not put you over any of the trucks rated axle ratings as stated on the plate.
  20. Jbulach

    M923A1 body removal

    Almost exactly 2,000lb without the troop seats. .Forklift Two forklifts Wheel loader Auto lift Although the hook it to a tree and drive out from underneath it method does sound like a lot more fun!
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