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  1. Floridianson

    Essential Tools to have for an FMTV? Add your .02

    I take care of my Precision Instruments split beam and it shows 4% no where close to +/- 35%. This is not a cheap beam torque wrench and I trust it. I do ad couple of drops of oil to the threads as the manufacture recommends. Your truck as always do what you think is best. Myself when using my...
  2. Floridianson

    Essential Tools to have for an FMTV? Add your .02

    Problem looks like the lug nut has to be torqued the first time to the right specs with a torque wrench. What if the lug nut was never torqued right the first time. Tried and true is the correct torque wrench in my .02
  3. Floridianson

    Essential Tools to have for an FMTV? Add your .02

    The cost of the tool is high and with the Milwaukee M18 fuel you can use the One-Key and have it set real close to the torque specs of the lug nuts. I use my Milwaukee M18 and then double check with my one inch drive Precision beam torque wrench and it is real close to the numbers.
  4. Floridianson

    Essential Tools to have for an FMTV? Add your .02

    For doing the lug nuts or using the U joint / drive shaft removal tool and everything else get the 3/4 inch drive Milwaukee M18 fuel.
  5. Floridianson

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    I pushed back 300 feet of old rotten wood and lots of shavings to the edge of my property line with a track skid steer. Then used the 1088 as a roller and smashed the stuff to flatten it out. Did a great job by the way.
  6. Floridianson

    Brake Not Bleeding off Pressure

    Well as for the axles yes I do pull them to do the hub bearings. I don't know if Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange could pull off that magic but will to let him try. As for the major brake adjustment I don't pull the axles just spin the tire. What I do also is back off the jam nut all the way off the...
  7. Floridianson

    New member in Utah

    Welcome from Fl.
  8. Floridianson

    Wreckers: Do people buy them for hobby or use?

    I try and keep her busy. That truck I am loading is a M818 without a transmission and front axle.
  9. Floridianson

    Pulled the trigger on a M923- what next?

    On any truck with air brakes I like to make sure I have all brake chamber cage bolts and they are in good shape. Myself I clean them up and carry them in the truck.
  10. Floridianson

    Dead Pilot's M36a2 Build

    Fuel control screws 18 to 23 inch pounds is what the book calls for. Just tighten them by hand to about what it took to get them off and check for free movement. Loosen and correct if not moving "very" "freely". When installing the fuel control the pin blade must be horizontal when the arm of...
  11. Floridianson

    Another Shout Out For Floridianson!

    Always takes me longer to find your house back in the boonies than it does to work on you stuff. GPS sends me down goat trails. Leaving bread crumbs does not work and my memory well that's another story. From the looks of the bamboo growing around your place I will have to bring a machine to cut...
  12. Floridianson

    WTK: Spare Tire Strap Hooks to? Lengths for Cargo Cover Straps?

    I sold my nylon strapping because the spair still has two chains on mine. First chain keeps tire in cradle when lifting the the second chain has two of these clips showen in pic and connects to where the red line is on both sides of the cradle. The correct length of chain on mine when clipped is...
  13. Floridianson

    Finally bypassed the FDC in my deuce.

    Agreed if you lugging it will get hot fast. This is my GMC 3500 when I go to pass someone for just maybe 30 seconds.
  14. Floridianson

    M35a2 White Smoke

    Ok my bad it is a tester. What through me off was seeing the other injectors installed. Just hit me your little extra smoke could be from single hole tip, go to two hole or don't worry about it. If you watched the utube vid that shows what a stream looks like and we don't want a stream. Then one...
  15. Floridianson

    M35a2 White Smoke

    Looked like you gage was hooked to the injector return in this pic.
  16. Floridianson

    M35a2 White Smoke

    Was there a reason you tried to measure the injector return line. Looks about right.
  17. Floridianson

    Empty pickup truck - Michigan to Florida - Mid FEB.

    I will take maybe 1/4 of snow.
  18. Floridianson

    How can I stop melting terminals?

    Problems with the starter it's self?
  19. Floridianson

    How do you stop a m809 if the brakes fail?

    Yep and don't think a telephone pole will if you have enough speed.
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