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It would be nice if Tom "bundled" the design drawings, suppliers, web page design, etc, and offered it for sale to some of the established vendors (hint hint)?????

I can reach my arm through the filler neck to the bottom to feel for yuck. If you are Popeye you may have to pull the fuel pump to reach in to inspect.

Looks typical for 8 years. I flushed the tank with E85. Took it off and filled it with 15 gal E85 and let it slosh around in my pickup for a few days. Dissolved all the goo and slime. Then drained, flushed with water and let dry thoroughly in the sun.

350 lbs is my guess.

Agreed, time to remove that monster and take to an industrial radiator repair facility. Not a neighborhood radiator shop. Your radiator has clogged arteries.

Thanks for posting. Maybe that magnesium story is BS. I read that on one of the Nike Herc vets websites.

Had a successful recovery today of a Nike Hercules "Trailer Van Director M259A1" from the NASA Johnson Space Center. Went a lot better than my last recovery there when the alternator on my 915 caught fire at the security checkpoint. This time zero problems. NASA was using this until very...

Just checked out your album. I think yours is about as good as they come these days. Was yours a winch model? I don't think yours ever had the radio set up in it.

Find someone local that fixes Allison Automatics. The parts on your truck are not military only.

You are a member of a very exclusive club. I don't recall any posts here about anyone having one of these. I have a SCR399, kinda in the same boat as you, have to figure out things by yourself. Good luck and post some pictures of your rig.

No, you have bad connections. Disconnect all connectors, make sure all contacts are clean, treat with contact cleaner and reassemble with a product designed for electrical connections. Also look for wiring harness damage from rubbing on sheet metal. Disconnect batteries before doing anything.

There were only a handful (20 maybe) of those trucks converted to the Allison. There is no documentation regarding the conversion. Make sure the controller (I think on the cab back wall) is getting power, there may be multiple feeds with both 12 and 24 volts, not sure.

Any immediate needs anyone can help with?

Are you working on a Freightliner M916 or an AM General M916 that has the Allison added? Press up and down on the shifter and report back any codes that are displayed,

Need to train your drivers on how to use it. They are forcing the levers because they don't use the unlock. It is no simple task to hack the harness going into the switch and separate out power in, power out to stoplight switch, power back in from stoplight switch, power out to headlights...

Welcome. You came to the right place. All your questions have been answered here, here is a quick summary: 1. Yup, these are slow. But they are designed to pull a 50,000lb trailer so your water weight should not be a huge issue. Make sure the fuel system is working properly and you have...

Welcome. CTIS will put 55 psi in the tires. Someone has banjo bolts on ebay at the moment.

Yes, you need a resistor. M38s were originally 24 volt with two batteries, but sounds like that is gone. M38s were 1950-52 only.

Number of pins AND voltage.

Send me a PM of where to drop it. Will need a new o ring too. You guys have M35s or the old GMC M135s with automatic? Nobody uses those anymore.