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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...
Been looking through TM section and not found parts list for M916A1.
Fuel water separator filter head/primer located by Freightliner dealer does not match. (Had a devil of a job searching ViN too - another story)
Mine has a diaphragm primer AND a piston plunger primer in the same casting...
Intending to add rear ramps to my recently acquired XM1061A1 but the two pairs of eyes on the rear are not on the same axis. I am thinking of raising the inboard pair to the same axis as the lifting eyes then using both pairs for the ramp pivot.
TM does not show the inboard rings (not sure...
Recent acquisition of former generator trailer - found mangled jack leg in the ground rod storage locker.
Nearly all of the individual components were bent, broke, distorted or combinations there of.
Bevel gear shaft was bent and distorted bushing housing on one side. Bigger hole was...
Collecting from Chambersburg PA - does anyone know if I am ok to leave there with a temp plate and light bar behind a vehicle and NOT on another trailer? (Need experience/fact, don't need opinions.)
So - just seen a few of these get sold recently and am wondering how tall they are. They sit on 22.5's and look pretty high at the back, sloping down to the front - would they sit level on a M916A1/2 which has a 60+" fifth wheel?, or are they supposed to run nose down on a regular 6x4...
Allie in NJ contacted me about a dismountable hitch for his M932.
I went down and made some measurements of height required and possible "structures" available on his tractor. Strict requirement that it be easily removable so as to retain originality for shows etc., with the minimum of...
Any one else have this problem?
Outside view of drivers side rear bumperette - shackle pin head doesn't line up with hole in bumperette. Pin is actually a little rusty, so must be original.
Inside view (turned 90 deg for some odd reason) showing amount of mismatch.
Passenger side...
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