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Does the in-tank fuel pump seem to be working? Can check it by turning the main switch on and opening the bleeder on the secondary filter to see that it's making pressure - without the engine running. Could put a gage on it for a better test.

I think I saved a copy of the pdf locally and printed it later.

I'm watching this one with interest, Tom. +34F this morning? Gee, you must be a little higher up than I am at 900 feet - as it was only down to +48 this morning. Fall's a-coming. Glad I started splitting and stacking firewood back in May ;-)

Never seen one without the filter - but then again I've not really checked. Did you look at fuel line routing - was the filter there, and removed / replaced by either a short line or perhaps someone putting in a replacement long section of fuel line? Where did you get the truck? I can't...

I read somewhere that the MEPs in general were designed to run more than 9K hours before overhaul if maintained. Take that for whatever it's worth given that I can't remember the source, nor vouch for how accurate that number is. I'm looking to add at least one MEP-002a and an MEP-003a to my...

Nice! Glad to hear it fired right up for you.

They seem to come out at different times - at least my two have.

Mike - let us know if there's anything we can do to be of assistance in your quest to become a licensed radio amateur. There's a number of us on the forum that are 'hams', and I'm sure everyone of them would be happy to help.

Could be dealt with by turning the transmit deviation down, and using more receive audio - but it would be nasty to listen to when signals got scratchy. Best of both worlds; put in military radios for looks - but add some modern narrow-band radios, hidden out of sight, and use those for...

And common sense - lots of it while doing a pull like that. If you've not pulled anything like that before, give the task a great deal of thought and make safety a priority.

The Chief and Fred are correct - no type acceptance. I don't believe these radios do small frequency steps, either - and you'll want 5 KHz steps to work other stations not running military radios. If you only wish to work between your own two stations, that's not a factor.

This is exactly what I'm planning on - no unit or service markings, just standard stenciling for things like tire pressure, fuel type, and the other standard cautions and warnings. Simple and basic.

2-5 miles between two low power radios with decent 1/4 wavelength antennas mounted with a good ground plane (like mounting the antenna in the center of your hard top - mounting to the side of something will result in a asymmertic pattern, favoring one side) would not be unreasonable. The higher...

Like Fred said - there's no answer. I've been involved in communications systems since '72 - there's just too many variables involved to give a definitive answer. You can come up with gusstamets, rule-of-thumb answers, and typical performance - all based on a large amount of 'typical'...

I just got a brass reducing fitting for mine - forgot to mention it. Was less than a dollar at the same auto parts store I purchased the glad hand.

Can't help with the year - but '85 seems too new to be anything but an A3. Others know far more than I. Perhaps I can help with the insurance. I just went through this, and found the folks at State Farm to be the most helpful and reasonable cost for a 'driver' (not a collector). They made it...

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I don't think it's disqualified due to weight (could be wrong - since I escaped MA about 20 years ago, and you can get antique plates in NH on an M35) - but it can't be antique if you're going to work it. Are you planning on using it in your tree business?

For those in a bind for finding a commercial products, or simply wanting a good penetrating oil on the cheap, mix ATF and acetone 50/50; works very well. One of the home shop machining magazines did a study on some commercial and home mixed stuff, and the ATF/acetone mix was as good or better...

Try something better than WD-40 - like PB-Blaster from the nearby autoparts store. Kroil is also wonderful stuff if you've got someplace nearby that carries it. When you've got a 40 year old truck, you need a case of this stuff a year. Well, at least a six pack.