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Just won this 804A genny on a 2.5tdual wheel trailer. Picking it up Wed with a car trailer but will have to pull the outside duals to get it between the fenders of the car trailer. Anyone know off hand, what the socket size for the lug nuts? Thanks.

Whilst reinstalling the straightened bumper, I decided to adjust the position of the vise, on it's plate as one of the holes had been drilled through the edge of the bumper! It's an Anchor vise, 3 mounting lugs vs the 4 lugs of the original (??) Wilton. Looks like one of the upgrade hole was...

So... I decided to tackle the bent, twisted, cracked and much repaired (none too well) front bumper. First, using 20 ton bottle jacks, under the rear bogey, press the major bends out...... Bumper resting on two 4x4s placed equidistant from the apex of the bend I'm trying to straighten...

I need dims/90° pic of the drum clutch lever (18 ) - hinge plate, as the one on mine was missing, broken off at the hinge. Thanks.

So, installing towbar on side of M816, I found that the inservice welded collars mod, stops the two legs closing for stowage.. Anyone else have this situation? Gonna have to 'caress' the collars a little.

Gave the old girl a bit of a workout this week... Mafia blocks - 16 x 4' + 3 x 2'. Two days earlier. 20 used oak crane mats - 16' x 4' x 8".

Just incase anyone missed what went on in France last week... Astonishing Huge D Day Armored Convoy Leaves Camp (youtube.com)

Picked up a pair of real heavy snatch blocks. Thought I'd tear them down and lube everything. Surprised to see sheave was running on a double ring of roller bearings. 5 finger bolt head, obviously doesn't fit any (ordinary) spanner/socket, so I went straight to slogging at it with a big...

Well, another show over. Turnout wasn't as good as pre covid, but I guess it is much the same every where. On a plus note, I did meet n chat with 4 seperate, new to that show/any show people: Afghan vet - USAF Security with his Humvee kitted out as his was in theatre, a mate of his with a very...

Been following this chap for a while on all things truck maintenance/fabrication/ etc....... He has just done a vid on the MEP803 he aquired from GovPlanet to back up his home.... I Bought a Military Surplus Diesel Generator to Power my House (youtube.com)

Got the other Rover out last weekend... Some of the CES kit [Bii] on display. Busness end. As used by 2 PARA, 5th Airbourne Brigade. Forward Recovery Truck. Dropped by parachute into front lines from transport plane, C130.

Loaded for the car show tomorrow . Had to use the flat rack I made for the M916A1's fifth wheel as the fairgrounds entrance for MV's is too small for the M870A1 trailer.

So, in order to fix the hops barn (my workshop) as in, jack it up, push the walls back out and give it a real foundation, that dead tree (red arrow) needed to go. Ran out about 110' of cable (7/8" dia) in a straight line with atv, then looped end back so I could get it up to the change...

Well there isn't really a metal work/fab/repair forum and it's not exactly body work.. but I had some cross member bends to take care of on the trailer. Probably caught by a piece of oversized equipment when unloading (otherwise center boards would be inplace) Used screw binders/chains to...

Fill hub with gear oil before second wheel put on - a must unless hubcaps have center bung (red cap) - Last axle on drivers side, last pic. All spiffey with new seals, bearings, tyres, tubes, flaps and blasted drums, hubs and rims. Checking for runout. Spun by hand with calibrated stick! Then...

This is similar to how it was in service, but I got it w/o the lube unit. Stuck a 'red' diesel tank on it for farm tractors to get decent deal with delivery. But today I added a rack for my petrol Jerry cans, which I have for 'gas' engines; lawn mower, small genny etc. Yes... I have...

6TL's are hard to come by and silly money. What are the viable options for 12/24 series/parallel ? Factory layout. Cables are very specific lengths so would have to recable if going with 4 "civi" batteries. 24V only as in M809 series.

Apparently in Apr of 1919, British 'Whippet' tanks were touring upstate NY, drumming up support for Victory Liberty Loan bonds. Shame about the typo ... If anyone is interested, I can try better pics of the text.

Trying to get the old 60 Series Detroit fired up... following fuel lines as I'm not getting any (looks like it's the 'diesel head '- water fuel separator diaphragm/piston pump failure) BUT, there are fuel lines going through the "STE/ICE Differential Switch". It is on the side of the frame rail...

Been studying TO 36-1-191 on USAF vehicle maintenance, chapters on vehicle markings and have this question for FORMER SERVING S/S members..... Markings generally lusterless black 2.39, HOWEVER the National Symbol for vehicles posted to overseas operations should display five pointed star in...