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I have a M925A0 and i need to rotate my tires so i was looking in my tech manual 9-2320-272-20-2 dated 10-1985 and it list the lug nut torque as 450 to 500 foot pounds for the M925A0 and A1. Now for the problem, i crossed checked the lug nut torque against the latest tech manuals and came...

I took my M925 for a test drive today, when i got back i noticed a big air leak. After stopping the engine the secondary air gauge was losing pressure fast. Upon opening the hood i found air leaking out of the front of the fan drive clutch actuator. So can i take the actuator apart and rebuild...

Well, as we all know when you go to tighten your water pump belt on the Cummins 250 you always run the chance of a water pump leak when your done. Since i needed to tighten my water pump belt i spent some time today looking at the front on my engine looking for a better way to do this job. I...

I was going to do my winch repair on my M925 this weekend but since i can't find the right oil to refill my winch tank i decided to wait on that project. Not wanting to waste the weekend i got the manual out and started lubing all the zerk fittings listed in the manual. Now for my question, my...

I have a small leak in my Hyd. winch tank on my M925, thanks to the lovely G/L forklift drivers, but that's a story for a different day. Anyway i need to find some replacement oil to refill my tank with after i make my weld repairs. I found some AW 32, R&O Hyd. oil with no weight listed for...

Question, is G/L now starting to sell the M923A2 with the up armored cabs? The reason i ask is i have seen 2 or 3 of them lately setting at a local DRMO, G/L lot. I don't care about the armored cab at all, but i sure would like to have that truck for the nice AC system they already have...

After reading other members here talking about checking their axle hub temps i decided to check mine. So today, after driving my M925 for about 20 miles none stop i checked all my hub temps. First i check the front axle hub temps, they were right around 98 to 100 degrees. Next i checked the...

One of the first things i did when i got my truck was to download all the maintenance, parts, and operators manual for it. I have spent hours reading them, getting to know all the different systems on my truck. The problem with only having them on my lap top is i really don't like using it...

Okay, i have to pick up a big item in about a week, so i need to remove my troop seats. I went to the TM's, and per the manual it states to remove the seats to just slide the lock pins out, and then using soldier "A" and soldier "B" to just slide the seats out of the bed. The troop seats on...

I own a M925 with ABS and now have some extra money to start buying some spare parts for it. So I spent some time looking over the TM's, looking for electronic items that might contain IC chips, or computer boards on my truck. What i have found so far, only the trucks with the ABS brake retro...

First Before we start and someone says to check past threads for this info, i did a search of old threads and found very little information on pan heaters at all. I am lucky that it doesn't get very cold where i live, but i do own a place up north that is above 6000 feet and in the winter...

Today was a bright sunny day here in Arizona so i took a cold war vet for a ride in my M925. He use to drive 813's in Germany back in the 70's so he wanted to see how different the M925 was to what he drove. Before we left i did a PM check on the tires,oil and trans fluid. We drove about 45...

Okay my question is this, i have installed one of the solar chargers that another member here on S.S. has been selling. What i want to do is install a remote keyed battery disconnect switch to protect my truck from being stolen. Now after i have installed this new battery disconnect switch on...

Well i bought a new solar panel battery charger kit from another S.S. member and have been working on a mount for the panel. So here are some photos of the mount i made, please take a look and tell me what you think. Please note i don't like to drill holes in my truck so this mount is made in...

Something i found out today while changing my fuel filter. Now you have got to remember i am new to these trucks so some of you guys may already know this trick. When changing your fuel filter the maintenance manual says to empty, then clean the filter housing, next install your new filter...

Well i was working on my new truck today, i was changing the fuel filter. Anyway after i changed the fuel filter i started up my truck to check for fuel leaks, no leaks were found so that's a good thing but i did notice that sitting in my driveway with the truck in neutral i can't get the truck...

Well i have a problem with my low air fail safe warning alarm, the alarm horn does not work at all. Now when you start the truck up with the air tanks empty both the low air warning light and the parking brake light, light up on the dash. If you take off the parking brake the parking brake light...

I want to stencil the unit info back on the bumpers of my truck, but am not sure of the correct way to do it. When i bought my truck it had none of this info painted on it. Please note this was not because G/L painted over it. I am not sure if this was due to the fact that the truck had just...

Well my wife was having lots of problems getting into our new truck, seeing as that first step is 26" high and she has back problems. She told me that i needed to do something to fix this situation. So i took some scrap steel that i had left over in the shop and made a real simple slide out...

My question about valve/fuel injector adjustment is this, i only plan to drive my truck about 2000 miles a year at most, probably a whole lot less, so how often should i do the valve/Fuel injector adjustment. I am sure that the TM's say to do it every so many miles or hours of use. Since i am...