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I floated the idea or installing Stemco seals on the rear of my truck awhile back. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?148996-Stemco-Seals/page2&highlight=stemco I never got around to doing it and my hubs are dry and cool running even after long runs at road speed. If the inner...

I agree with Steve, a trickle charger will not revive batteries of this size overnight. Maybe my motorcycle or lawnmower battery if I'm lucky. I have had Hawker 6TAGM's take 2 days of charging at 10 amps each to recover after leaving the lights on for a few days to regain the capacity to turn...

Driving as responsibly as possible and avoiding panic braking scenarios. I have also familiarized myself with how the truck feels under threshold braking on quiet country roads. Through this I learned to lower my rear tire air pressure from the 70 psi called for in the technical manual down to...

Simple enough. Many people who collect these trucks have tons of experience on how to handle such a beast. Flip the coin over and you'll find Soldiers of any kind of background. I've met some who never had a driver's license in their life but now operate big trucks. The M939 series trucks...

I often see at least one such blowout anytime we're in route to Ft. Stewart. I've always thought it was just a low air pressure issue masked by the run flat inserts on the HMMWV's. Soldier's don't check pressures with a gauge most of the time, just a visual inspection. I see the above picture...

Drove mine to a friends shop for temporary storage on Wednesday. I'm going out of town for a few days and my better half doesn't like to mess with the 5 ton while I'm gone. Fresh diesel, desplined front caps, and dual fuel modification helped me run with traffic on the bypass at 70 mph. I...

Good batteries are important. I'm sure 74M35A2 can explain better than I can. I had a set of old group 31's in my truck that were probably well past their get rid of date. On a warm day they would start the M923 as long as it started on the 6th or 8th rotation of the engine. Worst day I had...

I'm not one to stifle innovation but you seem to be going in two directions. If you have a good M931A2 in your sights and want to turn it into a dump truck, no confusion there. Wanting to bob it into a single rear axle truck is where I'm confused. You could keep both rear axles as built and...

Working on it is not hard. There are just alot more wires than an M923 and the drivetrain is electronically controlled. Cat C12, Allison 7 speed and CTIS. I've seen them taken down to the framerails quite often and made into a brand new truck. I like the video but only disagree with it's top...

If I had A/C and ran windows up to the GA Rally get together, my Deuce friends who roll with me may think I've gone a little too "high brow"! Since getting into the 5 ton community 3 years ago, I actually go to work on Monday following the 180 mile drive home on Sunday. They've let the...

Drove it to fellow member Welder1's shop. I'm going to summer camp with the National Guard soon and my better half didn't want it in the yard. For me it's no trouble to move around before cutting grass but she'd rather not mess with it. After getting it on fresh diesel last night, it cold...

The best help I can offer would be to take some pictures of my M984A4 interior. It wouldn't be much help though as the gauges are different, shifter is pushbutton, no doghouse in the middle, etc. I guess it could be used to show that even tan trucks come with green interiors from Oshkosh. I...

He's probably ok, I haven't contacted him directly about anything. If I ever burn my alternator up I'll probably reach out to him.

Eli, Picture looks good. Not sure if you towed it just like that but if you did I need to give you a wag of the finger. I don't see safety chains. Basically you need to have chains that run from the front axle of your deuce to the rear shackles of your 5 ton in the event a towbar pin...

Increased my trucks value by $175 by filling up the fuel tank. Roughly 60 gallons of fresh diesel. I've been trying to get the old fuel out since I decided to quit running 50/50 waste atf/diesel fuel. The multifuel trucks love that blend but the NHC-250 smokes way too much on the mix in my...

If you were closer, shipping wouldn't be a problem. I don't have a 75 dollar one, mine would be free to good home. It currently has a 14R20 tucked in behind the cab but I've gathered the correct parts to make my truck a little closer to an A1. I will say this, the pole flexed quite a bit...

I'm not sure on current pricing. When I had my Deuce with a D turbo, I wanted a C that would sing it's song! I got one shipped to me for the low price of pulling a M817 from the local base and storing it for some time. Removing my D turbo was not fun as the exhaust manifold nuts did not want...

In addition to a cage, I'd recommend a good 4 or 5 point seat harness and a helmet. My last two wreckers, M1089A1P2's and now M984A4 have 5 and 4 point harnesses respectively. The Army figured at some point that rollovers are alot more survivable if you don't get tossed around too badly inside...

Glad that you found your issue. I was almost ashamed posting my experience as I'm normally a mechanic instead of a parts changer. I guess I figured if air was moving one direction to actuate the expello valve on the dryer, surely it could go freely in the other direction. Not always the case...

I work at MCLB Albany. I've seen the frame rails and every stage in between a broken truck we receipted for back to a ready for issue "new" truck of all variants. I'd love to have one but only a hand-full have made it out through the DRMO process. Those that have made it out are in really bad...