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  1. Tow4

    Transporting M1070 from Reno, NV to Eastern MT.

    How about soldier B? Monstermog, is the ride so bad or hot that you are looking for a ride for the rest of the trip? Has to suck at 100 degrees. Good luck on the rest of the trip.
  2. Tow4

    Dietz Model 32 Road Flare / "smudge pot"

    I have a couple like DP posted. I use them with citronella oil to keep the bugs down.
  3. Tow4

    Transporting M1070 from Reno, NV to Eastern MT.

    If you decide to drive it back, I would limit the driving to what is necessary to get home without any extra side trips. Also, when I recover vehicles, they only get started and shut off one time each day and that is equal to the number of days it takes to get home. Cycles (starting and...
  4. Tow4

    M146 RV Conversion

    Ray, you are going to need a bigger trailer. You pretty much have that one filled up inside and out!
  5. Tow4

    Military museums or meetings in Florida

    If you get up to Pensacola, go to the museum at the Naval Air Station, it's very good. Lots of good stuff inside and they also had a lot of outside displays when I was there in the '90's
  6. Tow4

    Front rear left axle dripping some sludge

    You can pull the wheels and hub all together and make it a little easier if you have a dolly (thanks Ray!). You pull the axle and then remove the two hub nuts and slide the whole thing out. Easier than removing 20 lug and bud nuts, then wrestling the wheels and hub/brake drum.
  7. Tow4

    M1070 recovery

    The way no-fault insurance works in FL is each insurance company pays for the damages to their client's insured vehicle. The not-at-fault insurance company will then go after the at-fault vehicle's insurance company to recover their losses. I was in a major accident about 20 years ago where I...
  8. Tow4

    Another new guy from NC

    Welcome from Orlando, FL and part time Bryson City, NC.
  9. Tow4

    M931A1 Transfercase Issues

    My M929 transfer case shifts much easier if the truck is rolling. I have also had to put the transmission in gear and then back in neutral with the engine idling and the transfer case in neutral to spin the transfer case so I could shift it with the truck sitting still.
  10. Tow4

    1941 K18-C GMC Recovered today

    Georgia spray booths are surprisingly similar to Florida spray booths! Parking on the grass (if you got it) is a good may to keep dust down too.
  11. Tow4

    So this just happened...

    If you are going to be sinking your truck in the swamp on a regular basis, I would skip the synthetic because you will be doing this all over again. You can probably do three complete conventional services for the cost of one synthetic.
  12. Tow4

    Texas to Florida with 5 ton.Eventually

    Since I could get home the rest of the way without needing the brakes, I released the parking brake and manually pulled the slack adjuster back to fully release the brake. S-cam brakes are different from the wedge brakes on your truck. You check the brake drum for brake heat or the hub for...
  13. Tow4

    M915A1 voltage regulator change help

    I don't know about the alternator itself. You could try checking the B+ terminal with the engine running to see if it's charging on the 12 volt side. The 12-24n is for charging at 24 volts from a 12 volt alternator. I think the M915A1 is all 12 volts except the starter and the military...
  14. Tow4

    Texas to Florida with 5 ton.Eventually

    It's a little late now, but in the future take an IR thermometer. I ALWAYS stop a mile or two down the road and check temps on everything. You check axle center sections, bearings at the hubs, brake drums, transmission, transfer case, radiator, etc. Then I stop 10 or 15 miles further and...
  15. Tow4

    M915A1 voltage regulator change help

    The 12-24n is only rated for 10 amps. It uses the stator to turn it on. Pick one stator wire and hook it to the 12-24n and tape up or insulate the other two separately that you don't use. Since you already have it, use it. If you can get an OE, I would do that.
  16. Tow4

    M923A2 Transmission Fluid

    Why would a seal leak? It meets the Allison spec. I have the Allison 654CR transmission, if yours is different then disregard what I said.
  17. Tow4

    M923A2 Transmission Fluid

    This is what I used in mine. It has the Allison C-4 rating.
  18. Tow4

    Zout's Cookout

    You should have said it was worth a $1 so Robo could pay his $83 import fee and have his shirt!;-)
  19. Tow4

    Quote for 929 from L.A to Jacksonville Florida

    Does it run? If it's roadworthy he could drive it. It's a long way but you can do it in three days. One out and two back.
  20. Tow4

    What have you done WITH your wrecker this week?

    Aerial view of the LZ? :twisted:
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