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    looking for the silinoid for the air horns on the deuce?

    RE: looking for the silinoid for the air horns on the deuce If you don't like string, you can use sash chain... honest...
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    Trucks Trucks Trucks

    Pretty self explanatory to me. 10 Deuces available, call Doug
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    Ouverson lockout hubs water leak

    RE: Re: Overson lockout hubs water leak Expand on Overson Hubs too, please. Never heard of em in my 40 years with MV...
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    Age & make of 5 ton

    Well, if it is in fact a Mack ENDT 673 powered 5 ton M Series, it will predate the Multifuels... It should be a M52A1. I have had a couple.. They made a full range of them...M54A1 etc.... I am guess in the late 60s... Try for a date on the other diffs..... That could be a clue
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    Clutch pedal was stiff now pushes with pinky

    If the oil gets too low it won't drip on the clutch any more and it won't slip...nor will the engine turn..
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    Clutch pedal was stiff now pushes with pinky

    200 kilometers is about 125 miles... he is in Canada where the miles are shorter...and the speeds are faster... A deuce will go 100 (almost)
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    Ignition troubles

    There have been a bad bunch of aftermarket Mseries points and condensors around for a few years now..Mexican I believe...it is amazing how these trucks run at all considering what you find inside the sealed distributors.. Glad you got it running... Be careful with sand paper and points... be...
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    GEN 2 Light is on (but dim) AND VoltMeter doesn't work???

    The stud with the ground strap is the isolated ground.. it does not ground thru the case of the alternator The other isolated ground on the right hand alternator is how they get them in series...just like the batteries... one ground on the front battery is the circuit ground and the second...
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    GEN 2 Light is on (but dim) AND VoltMeter doesn't work???

    My gen 2 light was dim and the second alternator relay would not kick in until I took out the little bulb holders and cleaned the green goo off the contacts with a jack knife and put in new 168 bulbs and used dieelectric grease on the whole mess... Green corrosion acts as a poor ground... pull...
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    Indiana MVPA Meeting at Ropkey MV Museum-8 September

    Give Fred and Lani my regards....thanx.
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    Dump Doors

    Don't forget to grease the window regulator tracks while you have the doors open... Any Sylglide the runners, too...
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    looking for the silinoid for the air horns on the deuce?

    RE: looking for the silinoid for the air horns on the deuce I personally like the original electric horn... beep beep.. In a pinch just get a manual valve off a old civvy truck and run a string out to it from the dash...
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    Lunette lubrication

    The gummint wanted ya to use a little GAA, but a little white lube and/or the neversieze will help ya... put some on the nut threads, too.. Usually if you back the nut off a coupla turns and whack it with a 12 lb hammer, as you probably did, it will pop loose... another method is to put a big...
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    what kind of oil for m35a2

    Any Diesel rated 15-40 will work fine.. If you are in the cold zone of Ohio, you may like 10 for the the short winter hops...stick with the GL1 in your diffs...
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    Temp gauge doesn't work

    RE: Temp gauge doesn the gauge should peg itself if you ground the sending unit wire..with switch on... Secondly of course you should check the wire for continuity from the gauge to the sender end...The gauge gets its power from the spider connector in the cluster...
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    Brake Lights On too long

    Yes, the right front one needs to be vented... early ones had the little cap vent, like an axle vent, and later ones just had a hole drilled in em... There is a check valve further back in the system which opens when you pressurize that glad hand to apply the brakes on the towed truck... if a...
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    No Voltage/power on 28v gen set

    It lets you know that it is a battery charger and not a jump starter or booster.. 100 amps is the breaker, I believe...
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    Landing Leg for Sale... M101, M116 etc

    See Ebay listing under seller cyclopsram NOS leg 7339354.. Thanks for looking...more stuff to follow ... also have M116A2 parking brake handles to be listed soon (4 ea)
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    something you dont see, or DO every day

    good job... We used to have M113s and M60s come down to our town fair in Sterling MA, from Leominster via Route 12 in the old days...
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    Air Horn Solenoid

    In your signature.. Kaiser is the spelling fyi.. 2 times.
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