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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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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