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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Same thing happened to mine except I was standing there as the last thread let go from all the shaking the engine was doing and hit the ground. They shake themselves loose after time even when you think they're tight. I reinstalled mine with some 'light hold' Loctite (blue or yellow maybe?)...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Where'd you find the new seat foam, an upholstery shop? I'm getting new covers for my Deuce and I need new foam for all 4, preferably fairly stiff foam. Thanks... Mark
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    My 5 ton learned me something today (like every day!) I've had an air leak at a joint on the downhill leg of the air hose from the upper passenger side tank. Having ALWAYS hated ************* with compression fittings and their **** ferrules, I've been dreading fixing it but decided that today...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I installed the backup lights that I got from TMG's on my M934 and M185A3. Hopefully next weekend I'll get both sets both wired and powered up. Even with the new shutterstat that I installed last weekend, the fan still turns with the engine running, but spins free when the engine is off, so I...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Coolant Filter... It's a Wix filter loaded with dry SCA so it's continually adding the anti-corrosive agent as the engine coolant is filtered. To get the coolant initially "charged", it took 3 bottles of the Fleetguard DCA4 liquid. I had done a complete flush on the cooling system and then...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Replaced the shutterstat, installed a block heater and a coolant filter and got the SCA level of my antifreeze where it should be...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I'm planning on adjusting the line pressure cable on my M934 tomorrow 1st thing. I greased the slot and bolt well but mine's about 1/4" from being "dead flat" where is should be and it looks like I've got 5/8" of threads showing, so it should be an easy adjustment, just so long as I don't drop...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Time to stump the X-Spurts. The yellow ABS light has never come on in my M934, except during the initial systems function check and then it's extinguished, that is until it turned wet and cold recently. Now it seems that anytime the temp is 40 degrees or below and it's raining or damp out, after...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I spent most of today running to various auto parts stores and looking at their "loaner" steering wheel pullers before finally throwing in the towel and going to my local Chi-Com Harbor Freight store and purchasing one of their fine, carcinogen chromium plated 8" pullers. The 20% off coupon...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    FINALLY got the transmission and transfer case fluid changes on my M934 completed after meeting my friendly NAPA man this AM and exchanging the bucket of transmission fluid for gear oil. Fired her up, worked through the gears a few times, added 1 quart to bring it up to spec and took off to get...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I knew things were going way too well today. I got the transmission and secondary filter on the M934 drained and refilled with NAPA HD tractor hydraulic/transmission fluid and the transfer case drained, all with little mess no less. I then grab the 5 gallon pail of what's supposed to be NAPA...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I didn't get around to changing the transmission and transfer case fluids on my M934 today as I had planned due to some permit drawings that I needed to finish (OK, I LIED, IT'S TOO **** COLD & WINDY OUT!) but tomorrow is another day and another chance to procrastinate!. I did fire the beast up...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    You should be able to find the thread size for the drain plug SOMEWHERE in the TM's, but I'll be ****** if I would even know where to start...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I can't take credit for it, someone else on the forum, whose name I've forgotten, turned me on to it probably a year or so ago. It's got a little "gate", like a 4 speed shifter that only has 1st & 4th. Move it one way and down and it opens (or vice versa) and move it 90 degrees the other way and...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Two Down... I'm on a winning streak! Christmas afternoon I installed a Westfolk spin-on, dual fuel filter assembly and this morning, shortly after the storm hit TX of course, I replaced the OEM engine oil drain plug on my M934 with a nifty little Jap oil drain valve: Then, with the nasty...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Best videography that I've ever seen from the inside of a rolling MV but "Fluffy" sure didn't leave much room in the bike lane for the spandex-clad crowd to transit (too ******* bad IMHO!!!)...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    So much for that fantasy. At least the dogs will still hang out with me, I think...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    DA-YAM, where do I sign up for one of those?
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    That's what I understand, after having viewed the Youtube video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ccBMMyNuA. HOPEFULLY this won't ignite the whole oil vs. transmission fluid debate all over again, which is like arguing over which are better, true redheads or true blondes. While Allison is more than...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Yesterday I got a Westfolk dual spin-on fuel filter assembly installed on my M934. Filled the new filters with fuel prior to installation and she fired right up without any "air-in-the-line" issues. I also installed a NAPA coolant filter assembly but didn't plumb it in yet. I've got to...
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