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The brakes need to be adjusted...only 25 adjustments, plus two more on the Ebrake.... If you are not near the truck you should be studying the manuals each and every waking moment...until you are...

RE: muiti-fuel won did ya put more fuel in? did ya check the bleeder over the secondary and final....is your 5 ton a M/F? is your engine shut down actually pushed in all the way... check it at the IP... How far is driving it home? If more than 5 miles you should do a complete check of all...

The drain back is typically in the see thru return lines on the injectors unless someone has painted them OD... you shut everything off and watch the bubbles form inside the return lines...then you tighten the fittings or look for abrasion on them... usually nothing comes out the primary drain...

It is interesting that sometimes 25 quarts will not fit in a 5 gallon bucket... did you drain both sumps?

I am a fan of 14087 Gloss OD...

In the old days, every household had a can of 3 in 1 oil for jobs like that... Typewriter oil was of the same type only specifically a little less viscous... should be fine in M/F with your #2 Diesel ....I would use it in the Deuce...

And every tractor supply store in your fine state will have a stack of 5 gallon pails of 90 weight GL1....farm tractors eat it for lunch...

Maybe the underdash on right side air supply valve is open?

You can, but you will have no brake assist or horn or trailer brakes etc... there are no air brakes to release, and don't forget to release the hand brake....and the buzzer will drive you nuts unless you pull the one wire to it... My question would be "Why will you have no air pressure if the...

RE: Rebuilt Engine still in Looks to me like most of the bolts are taken out of the flanges and that it has been opened.. Typically you find the used engine in the can... The one which was replaced by the rebuilt one 20 years ago... be sure you open the can before you hand the money over....If...

RE: Duece won Ya gives it a little sniff thru the air cleaner while cranking....not before....have somebody who knows something about the Diesels before doing it... anonymous

Never mess with an AirPak which is working correctly other than to put the OHT in it every six months... You should be able to make a new air tube... just splice in a new section with good compression fittings...

they are rare as nos Jeeps and the books are the early Ords for the G742 and maybe some of the early 209s....

RE: Duece won Will it fire with a little sniff of good stuff... aka ether...? that will confirm your lack of fuel... I did not tell you to use ether...only asked if you had? No intention on my part to induce you to use ether...there that should be enough of a disclaimer....

In a combat situation, all markings are normally covered by sandbags or painted over with the exception of those needed for friendly ID...lately, that has been done by electronic devices... fof indicators...but the > V etc works, too... No one is ever going to gig you for add on safety devices...

So being a 0540 it is a late contract... 1970s....and is either a C or D originally.... and has had the steering gear replaced.. See DD's ID article

Going the 5 ton route is easier.

Excellent series of posts... I was a 12C40 in the old days. Also trained at Fort Lost in the Woods, Misery.

The air compressor has no relation to what model engine it is... The single barrel compressor was a replacement and the two cylinder compressor was found on all iterations of the MF... I see a new steering gear, in primer and this was part of the upgrade kit from the gasser engine in a lot...

With 10 forward speeds to begin with, how many would you like... You can run it in low range off road up to 35 or so and the rest of the time in high... Most of us split shift the transfer case when we think we need more gears...But I imagine you have more of a load than the truck was...