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Tire changing. How to properly and safely raise, support the truck, remove the spare, check the inflation, R&I the spare and stow the "flat". It would suck to get out on the road and not know how to do that. See attached pic. That happened in the middle of the desert. There were 2 or 3 flats...

Since someone asked for desert i'll ignore the mods...sorry :oops: Desert Grey MERDC,

Could be high resistance grounds or the starter just full of dirt and junk. They are simple, take your old one apart, give it a good cleaning and lube the linkage and then re install it to see what happens.

And the newer lights do have LED's in the B/O section.

I won't matter...wonder how many people even know what tach and dwell are :wink: I haven't used that term in a very long time!

You don't need the rack stakes...the long ones. I have a set or two also.

I can get some...might take a bit.

You should not lose air pressure. there is definatly a leak somewhere. Could be a brake chamber or a foot valve. Build air, shut it off and step on the pedal. Have soldier B listen for the source of the leak. If it is a brake can, READ THE MANUAL. They can kill you.

That is the standard 'ol duece M/C. The line on the cap is the vent line...follow it and you'll find that it goes to the road draft tube. Blow or brake clean the dirt/debris off the top before you tahe the cap off. Just take the vent line off and remove the cap. What TM do you have that shows a...

I have this...it is worn out! gotta get a new one and help support David Doyle! U.S. Military Vehicles Field Guide, David Doyle, Book - Barnes & Noble

Someone else here did that too a while ago. Here's my stowage.

Head gasket. If they are the old type, that is a typical symptom.

Nah, leave the dez colors...with no rain out here, you'll need it eventually! Good score! Can't wait to see it.

It could be leftover oil from the repair. Usually we use light oil and only a little bit. Some people put lots of oil in the components. It can also be from a plugged filter. Dry, sticky oil is usually evidence of the turbo trying to suck from an alternative source if the inlet restriction is...

Some of the 5T trucks have a shut off cable like a deuce. The lever needs to be reset after every shutoff.

Here's some pics from last weekend. Had them done, including running around a bit trying to find another pickle fork...just ended up "modifying" mine...in 3.5 to 4 hrs. After the first one came out easy, it was a biatch to get it back in. The second one went mucho easier...give a lazy man a job...

Looks like an M47 or M48. MMM track :drool:

Cough, cough...whatta, sick!? I'm thnkin' Sept sometime for the fall trip. Marching thru history is the 10th of OCT and I just got wind of ANOTHER Playboy deal on Oct. 31. Think i'll go to the party this time. Just to bring this to the top...again...there is the tehachapi event this comming...

I replaced mine with some SS braided ones. I have a pic somewhere, just gotta find it. Those have bothered me since I got the truck. When I took them off, they were hard and brittle. It is a good way to lose an engine.

rchalmers3, PM me for info. 48cj2a, thanks for the info on the pieces in question.