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    emergency shut off switch

    because so many posts on here have to do with electrical problems and people cant react soon enough to burning wires and run away starters.i have a very low cost solution.make a dummy connector that could be plugged into the the jump start receptacle on the passenger side of the grill thus...
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    fuse box melted

    working on a 1984 m009.for some unknown reason the top fuse in the fuse panel decided to melt and weld itself to the plastic fuse housing.now have no blower fan and the front battery in not charging.the blower fan is no big deal,but the charging is.i believe from what i have read here the...
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    axle snubber

    i have a 1984 m009.does the front axle snubber have any function?it appears to be a good distance from the pumpkin.its also in the way big time when working on the starter.i'd like to remove it permanently.
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    right hand fenderwell

    when your right hand fenderwell becomes so rotted what are the options 1 repair the original 2 replace with aftermarket (will it support the batterys ?) 3 replace with aftermarket and weld in factory battery bracing 4 look for good used original
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    3/4 wrench

    i'm here to tell all of you people out there to asap go and get a 3/4 wrench and keep it in the glove box of your vehicle.was headed to the city yesterday to get some diesel and the tank was low.had to travel down a steep hill and i think all the remaining fuel ran to the front of the tank.yup...
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    tip for no hot start

    i unplugged the switch in the left rear of the engine.now the glow plugs cycle all the time.this makes hot starts better.
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    strange running today

    went to the city today in the m008.been running good up until a month ago. starts instantly cold,but then promptly stalls. takes some cranking then fires and surges for 10 seconds all ok after that.but today coming up the mountain truck began to lose power.barly made it to the top.then pulled...
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    bad day electrically

    well it happened,one of the guys took our m009 from the highway garage this morning and the starter relay blew and stuck on.this made the starter crank out of control.trying to get battery cables with fingers is not fun.starter fried.going to put some kind of disconnect switch on the batteries...
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    need some help on a 15 kw

    we have a 15 kw at our highway garage.when we got it a few years age it ran perfect with no problems.but last year the white 4 cylinder diesel engine started acting up.it will start and run but only for a short time like 10 or 15 minutes.then the engine just dies out and quits running.however it...
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