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I'll try and find the manual. The house is still in disrepair due to the kitchen/front room remodel. Boxes everywhere. I cannot remember where I put it at this time. I know the general area though.

I had an "install" post somewhere. The meds are due to the fact I had a small heart-attack in May. Thankfully it happened at the doctors office ! I guess if your going to have a heart-attack do it at the doctors. I had to go to the hospital and do all those tests and such. My blood pressure was...

The military used a special oil that costs about $50.00 quart. The only way to buy it is in 55 gallon drums. It costs a lot of money ! I once tried to get a group of Steel Soldiers to buy a drum but no one wanted in. Every now and then I check on the price. It still is obscene ! Using a good air...

True work is work, but sometimes some peoples work is pretty cool too ! We will of course talk Military Trucks too.

That sounds so cool !!! I'm really looking forward to meeting you and talking about your job !

Thanks Jason.

I agree it is very inefficient, but it is "original" ! That makes it extra special and valuable. Considering how many of these are still in existence, I would leave it original . Now if you want to make up your own, go for it. I plan to make my "S-250" shelter into a tool room mounted on my...

Totally agreement here ! A few years ago I bought two NOS air-pacs. I dissembled both just to be sure and found one was OK. The other one though had extensive rust through out ! It was almost unrebuildable ! So with anything being that old even if it is NOS your rolling the dice on the...

Really, "Bus Boy" . As a "ASE Certified Master Mechanic" I'm a little bit more then a bus boy. I spent years in the trucking industry before working on million dollar buses. But coming from a guy who spent days trying to prove me wrong on a fuel hose and then have the "gaul" to say buy this...

The cost to re-sleeve the bores is expensive, but it will never wear out again !

Yes. They actually "reline" the main and side bore with stainless steel. The side bore is what allows the master cylinder pressure to apply the main pressure piston in the air-pac. This bore gets really worn over time and the pressure cannot build-up properly. This is also where a lot of people...

OK, first off I have debunked this "debunked" myth a long time ago. "Kevin Rohlwing" who wrote that article is not a mechanic. He is a suit who works for the tire association. He wrote that article to help the average shop against lawyers out to get rich on lawsuits. Yes, too much "Anti-Sieze"...

Yes I believe in one of my earlier posts I did say to use the dial indicator. That is the "correct" way. I guess I should have explained the correct way to do it since trying to "tell" someone how it should feel instead of actually "showing" someone is a big difference. What is tight to someone...

The company that rebuilds the air-pacs with new stainless steel liners is "Precision Rebuilders" . Phone number is 1-800-325-2690 . Ask for Tim.

The original Deuce linning's are "G" rated which means they are hard ! Hard shoes wear longer but the problem is they wear the drums out faster. Most trucks use a "F" or softer linning so the drums and shoes wear out evenly. I guess the military wanted the shoes to outlast the drums for safety...

I've used those removers before. The problem is the stud is usually rusted in tight. That is why the nut broke in the first place. Now your trying to remove the rest of the jacked up nut with a tool that can slip around the nut. Sometimes it will work, but most times it will not. I have had some...

That is why I always bring the torque to over 200 ft Ibs. then back off until jam nut is free again and then slightly tighten again. No need for the dial indicator. Every mechanic I have ever known does it this way.

After reading about your incident I agree with you about the "Mansfield Bars" . The car would have been totaled either way. Just a side note for you younger readers. The Mansfield Bars are named after a famous actress (Jayne Mansfield) in the 1950's who lost her head in a rear end collision with...

I've never seen it done before. Usually by the time things are peeling off the cover their trash.

Man that is a hard one ! Other then cutting it off and installing a new stud you could try using a large pipe wrench to loosen it. First heat it up then use the pipe wrench. Your not going to get much swing on the wrench before it hits the hub but it might work. If this happened at any shop I...