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    Glow plug resistor

    With no load you will get 24 volts at the output of the resistor.. when you put the glow plug load on the voltage drops to the required amount and the rest is dissipated in heat thru the resistor. The relay operation has no connection to the high voltage.. there is a straight thru path for the...
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    12 volt system with 24 volt starter

    Too each his own.. Oshkosh used series parallel switches in the snofiters for years.. The WWII 6 tons used 6/12 and I even had one in my CJ2A .. bought it at JC Whitney about 1966.. Mounted a second 6 volt battery in a marine box on the front bumper... sure cranked over fast... used the 6 v...
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    Parking brake can for Oshkosh trucks

    What duallie has air? ACE
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    Stock dual exhaust size?

    RE: Re: RE: Stock dual exhaust size? the standard dual setup is plenty big enough for the naturally aspirated 6.2... My 6.5 turbo on my 98 GMC has only one small pipe!! ACE
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    Cutting with torch, need advice,1st time.

    I would suggest a good course in metalworking and cutting etc from your local community college.. Maybe you could bring your own work there and have expert help and get credit for it... been done many times before.. Some High Schools even have their students in Shop Class work on outside...
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    M35A2 starter and "5 ton" starter the same???

    Air starters take a lot of air and if you don't have capacity in your tanks and no leaks over night you will not start... especially if your manifold heater is not working in cold weather.. Be sure to count teeth on any starter you use...I believe there are 11, 12 and 13 tooth lookalikes out...
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    M35 Fiberglass Tops

    Best to go to SECOs site.. However, you can get a nice fiberglass non rusting one from one of the good posters here... jatonka@telenet.net John Tennis Enterprises.. ACE
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    winch drive shaft

    If it is a converted truck from Gas to MF, it may have the original winch shaft... there is a second version driveshaft with a skinny neck for that application...which can be used on both gas and MF..
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    pulling M816 onto concrete slab?

    Reminds me of the time we tore down the sugar house and wanted to remove the slab...drove the sherman back and forth a few times to no avail... finally had to use a pavement breaker on a backhoe...very durable...
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    Dual Skyjacker steering stabilizer question? DANA 60 M1008/2

    RE: Dual Skyjacker steering stabilizer question? DANA 60 M10 Oh yes... by the way ...your truck is not a K30, it is a D3 and gummint stuff is always different when you least expect it!! ACE
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    Dual Skyjacker steering stabilizer question? DANA 60 M1008/2

    RE: Dual Skyjacker steering stabilizer question? DANA 60 M10 My oem one works just fine
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    Wrong filters??

    RE: Napa # OEM filters are few and far between...and expensive... The NAPA and WIX ... both made in the same place... are fine...and half the price...install and enjoy... By the way... if you need new gaskets for the secondary and final... they are John Deere M96T..... ACE
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    Valve Question

    RE: compression Is the "compression release" in the open position??
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    M38A1 won't drive over 35 MPH... Help!

    It was your bellcrank, air pressure and balance of wheels and shim packs drag on kingpins... all civvy jeeps and all Mil Jeeps have had the problem one time or another.... Shaking so bad you do not want to go any faster.... The ebrake dragging on the A1 is not a problem cuz it couldn't stop...
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    M211 vs M35 Air-Pack

    One has a check valve and the other doesn't...they are not interchangeable directly...different NSN etc...ACE
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    oily discharge from inboard air tank

    As your compressor is a piston engine clone, it has an oil ring on the piston... with wear it will bypass some small amount of engine oil...not unlike a Honda engine burning a little oil... in this case it goes into your air tank... not a problem....keeps the air tank from rusting out and as...
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    XM211 Air Pack - need Help

    RE: Air pak rebuild Mico lock...is the electric valve which holds hydraulic pressure and the switch is marked "do not use for parking" as it eventually pushes fluid thru the weakest cup in the system... and in the M211 series there are 24 cups in the wheel cyls plus those in the MC and PaK......ACE
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    headlights interchange with deuce?

    The M series headlamp bulbs are now furnished without the Packard or Douglas connectors so you can convert to fit all M series vehicles from 1950. The bullets are installed and also the wire # tags...ACE
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    M38A1 won't drive over 35 MPH... Help!

    RE: M38A1 won bellcrank in steering and out of balance front tires... Spend the money and get the manuals and read them in bed for a coupla weeks.. Should go 55....ACE
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    3-way switch rebuild.. help

    I have been working with those M series multifunction light switches since 1963. Some masochists have opened them up in attempts to "repar" them... The only serviceable parts on them are the handles.. I usually just recycle em and get another from a local flea market for $5. They were...
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