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I've picked up a good bit of stuff from bragg, no problems, make sure you have lisence and insurance for your vehicle and be prepared to open the hood and any and all tool boxes you may have. if you decide to get there early. make it before 7:30. if not wait till 9 or so. there is a big...
it's just like the steering box. the army would drain the 80/90 and put grease in it when they couldn't get the gear oil to stop leaking. it's a hack quick fix to keep it from leaking all the oil out.
Re: RE: Height of Ring Mount Above Cab?
you wont see this additional brace in the deuce books but it's in the 5T books. I'll snap a pic of mine tomorrow for all to see. it basically reinforces the upper cab rail where the old hard top would have been.
I used U bolts from napa. 1/2" od...
it's all in the ring mount TM. also depends on the height of the person thats going to operate the MG. you want to use the top 2 sets of holes for the u bolts.
you not only need the reinforcement plate for the cab back but the plate that bolts to the top of the cab as well.
you need to check the voltage with a meter. place a load on it and see if it continues down or holds what its got. if it cannot maintain voltage under load your alt my be dieing.
They do have voltage adjustment screws but it may not do you any good if it's dieing.
the basic traning base here in SC. Fort Jackson uses primarily 1 ton chevys fords and dodges that have flat stake bodies with deuce covers on the rear to move the troops around. HTH's
your reinforcement plate should look more like this. even if you don't plan on putting a ring on the truck. go ahead and put the rivets in the plate. it will help to stiffen the cab a lot.
RE: Re: Pull Start??
make sure if it has a cummins that you open the injector pump manually. if not it wont crank. they have an electric fuel cutoff. it's easy enough to install 2 good batt's so why not?
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