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During some off roading a branch snagged the lower rear corner of my toolbox door and put a kink in it. The kink in turn put pressure on the toolbox door latch and jammed it so I couldn't open the toolbox. My clumsy fiddling with the latch in an attempt to open the toolbox resulted in the latch...

Hi, does anyone from the NW Michigan area going to the Georgia Rally have enough room to haul a M66 Ring Mount & Duece Ring Mount Cab Reinforcement? The ring mount is about 42" in diameter & weighs 346 lbs; the reinforcement is basically a piece of flat heavy gauge steel approx 24" x 60" with a...

Back in 2008 I had a heart attack, followed up by open heart surgery and SEVEN bypasses. That put an end to my Deuce driving for a while. When I finally got around to wanting to drive it again the batteries were dead and would not take a charge. Things were still pretty busy around here, so the...

Has anyone ever cleaned/changed the hydraulic system filter on a M543/M816 Wrecker Crane? The filter indicator on my truck is permanently in the "Bypass" position, even with the engine shut down, so it seems some PMCS is in order. From reading the PS Magazine articles this seems like a no...

My M125 (Le ROI 844 gas V-8) idles real smooth but has a definite intermediate miss/loss of power once it gets much above idle speed. The previous owner told me ti had a 12 volt coil in it. I am highly suspect the 12V coil doesn't have the capacity to handle that big V-8. The coil is located...

I need a M816 snatch block, in military terms sometimes known as a tackle block or sheave assembly. In any event, it is the tackle block hanging off the end of the M816 wrecker crane. I need the common single pulley type with the attachment point for the cable end to make up the standard 3 wire...

Has anyone ever done or does anyone know if it is possible to flip the rear hubs on a10 ton M123/M125 series truck to run super singles on the rear as is commonly done on a Deuce rear axle? I have looked at the -20 and -34 manuals but they do not go into a lot of detail. Thanks, Lee

Does anyone know if the HEMMTT wheels will fit on a stock M123/M125 10 ton truck wheel hub?

I want to buy a M816 Wrecker Boom Winch Snatch Block for the three part cable arrangement as shown in the following photo (photo courtesy of No.2Diesel) Does anyone have one they can sell or suggest someone who might have one? Thanks, Lee

I want to buy a M816 Wrecker "Crane Capacity" Plate and the four plates which mount behind the hydraulic control levers in the crane operators compartment (the Rotate, Crowd, Winch and Boom Up/Down plates), the ones shown in the following photo. I've tried the usual suspects like Saturn and...

Here is a M816 Wrecker dumb question. How is the crane operator supposed to safely get into the crane compartment? The side of the compartment comes right out to the edge of the wrecker body, so how you safely get in there? On my M125 wrecker with the M816 body, the previous owner added a 6"...

I have a problem with the boom winch on my M125/M816 wrecker not winding level. When starting with a bare drum the cable will skip several grooves at a time between wraps until it gets to near the center of the drum, then it winds correctly. I can solve the problem with a slight sideway push on...

"DA Beast", my new M125 wrecker, came fully equipped with a set of 10 fairly well dry rotted 14:00-24 tires which are going to need replacement sooner or later. I've looked at the Michelin XL, XML and XZL and Goodyear G177 data sheets but the largest rims they list are 20" and some 21" sizes...

Does anyone know of a source for manuals for the M125 series trucks? I've searched the SS TM section and LOGSA, but came up empty handed.

Well the famous (or infamous) Highpoint M125 wrecker finally has a new home. It was delivered to my house here in NW Michigan about 2:00pm today (3/4/2008) after about 16 hours on the road from Union City NJ. For those of you who didn't catch the earlier threads, it started out in life as a 1957...

With my new M125 wrecker soon to be here, I've already started looking for insurance for it. As a little background, when I insured my Deuce my regular insurance company, Auto Owners, did not offer HMV insurance and wanted to sell me a commercial policy at some $800/year. My local State Farm...

YES I GOT IT!!! The Highpoint M125 truck with a M816 wrecker body is MINE! I gave the guy a deposit today, he is going to truck it out here for $3K, I should have it early next week! Its probably going to take me the good part of the summer to repaint it OD, maybe even 3 color camo. I realize...

I need a M125 wrecker moved from Union City NJ to Chase MI (approx 45 miles eat of Ludington MI (OK, I know there is no such thing as a M125 wrecker, this is a M125 10 ton cargo truck refitted with a M816 wrecker body). Mapquest mileage is approx 825 miles. FYI, this truck is about 30' long...

I need a M816 wrecker moved from Kenton OH (approx 50 miles south of Toledo) to Chase MI (approx 45 miles eat of Ludington MI. Mapquest mileage is approx 325 miles, most all of it expressway. FYI, a M816 is bout 30' long, 112" high, 98" wide and weighs 35,000 - 36,000 pounds. The trucks...

I'm interested in acquiring a M816 wrecker. GL has a few listed at Ft Indiantown Gap/Anneville PA to be auctioned at the end of February. Is there anyone out there with some knowledge of 800 series trucks or M816s who would do a preview for me? Better yet, does anyone know a truck mechanic at Ft...