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lol. I shoulda taken this "bio-hazard" seriously

So I put in a water remover additive after the truck sat 6 months sitting, boy that was a mistake. Apparently it drove out algea blobs out of the tank and stuck them on my fuel filter (which I should have drained instead but went the lazy route thinking I would drain water at the fuel filter...

duly noted. A big rope is also lighter and safer than my chain too, I suppose.

That is what I was wondering too. Last time I forced a bit of air in the tank it seemed to vent out somehow but I thought it took quiet a bit of pressure to do that. What is strange is that moisture was getting in from somewhere somehow and so I had to put dessicant on the strainer.

Wonder how much I could charge to remove stumps with a 5 ton. lol

I left for a deployment and my M923 sat for 6 months. At the last minute I put a bag of rice as dessicant in a paper cup I placed on the fuel fill strainer. Came back and the rice did the job as it was soaked some but probably should have put more to keep it completely dry. The truck started...

i could not find any studds for 5 ton combat rim halves , was told to get a Hemtt studd and solder it on when I messed one up. Anyone knows where to find them?

Interesting idea. Just a matter of finding a trailer or maybe putting on decent wheels and dragging it out,

Went to local Forrest Service Military surplus scrap yard, found a few heavy duty snatch blocks and a couple crane big chains. The guy wanted to sell me a whole crane attachment, he had a couple taken off deuces and still good. Not sure how I would fit this to my 5 ton, though. Any idea if it is...

I wouldn't feel less of a man to ask help for this. Little nightmare in a box.

Interesting. Anyway one could replace the 5 ton torque rods with solid socket types?

“What have you done with THEIR 5 ton this week….” So, I am in a Guard unit of a branch that does not deal much in combat mode with trucks in general (hint) but my admin crew happens to be responsible/own for a FMTV in motor pool that has been neglected. Since they heard I had a truck they sent...

It's a workout alright. Glad when I got done with mine. I still have a few bugs here and there. The other day I went mudding and the following day the tire was losing air. I could not find a leak and reinflated it hammering around and it is now holding air, lost only 2lbs in 48 hours. Not sure...

You might have to change again the filters since it might have cleaned parts of the tank and sent stuff to the filters. This is what a car mechanic told me about fuel system cleaners and boosters when my car was vapor locking in New Mexico at high altitude in summers. It works for a while and...

My pressure brake lights switch went out. I ordered what seemed to be the last OEM part to replace it on the internet for $30. Local truck shop has some for 12V systems for $8. A switch is a switch so I left the $8 one on to see how it works out, if not I will put the $30 if it cooks up or if...

I use a motorcycle rolling stand to do this job but it is difficult to keep things straight in and out. It would be interesting to design a part to straighten the hub to the brakes.

Had one of those “neighbor kid gets stuck mudding about a couple miles away, and other neighbor gets stuck trying to get him out the second day” request for help from my neighbors. The 5 ton did pretty good getting them both out, although I started getting a little worried when the sticky stuff...

I got 4 goodyear M/VT 395/85R20 at auction and 3 former CTIS rims with M/VTs on them. Ordered a few rims from Feliz but they were the 10 bolters , not the 20 bolters like the CTIS ones. I installed the best 3 goodyears on the felz rims with beadlock, some borrowed from Sandtrail (which causes...

Well, it turns out the oil did not come out my hub. The hub area is dry. It came from somewhere else. I think it came from the valve itself. I was doing very tight turns which might have sloshed around severely the diff oil in the rearmost hub. I cleaned the area to confirm if it was the case or...

Went and drove in the mountains of North Georgia to pick up new tires. Stuff was epic going up and down hill in rain, fog and hair pin turns Drove about 500 mi. I wish I lived up there. It seems my rear differential vent is not working well. There was some oil leaking out the hubs despite...