M923 finally made it home....

[Lee L]

It took almost a month, but the "new" M923 is home from Hooks. All in all, it looks like we did good on this one. Tires are brand new, all the fluids look fresh. Will run it a little and change all the fluids and filters. A little rough on the outside, but nothing that a little TLC and paint won't fix. Found a nice wooden crate in the bed with a brand new cargo cover and bows in it....all I need now are some troop seats.

The batteries looked new, but wouldn't charge, date code showed they were made in 2008. Installed two Optima batteries and she fired up in less than a second on the first crank...and it was 41 degrees here this morning. Oil pressure came right up, but no air pressure.

Crawled under the truck and found the dreaded "GL forklift damage": right angle outlet fitting from the ABS air dryer was broken off where the plastic line goes to the wet tank. Will get the parts to fix that and go from there.

Here are some pictures of the unloading process, made my wife nervous, to say the least

 

[plumkrazy]

Good catch Lee. I'm waiting on my 1984 M923 on the west coast that I should be driving back here to Abilene between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
SS is a great site for the dreaded OD Illness that never stops at just ONE.

Best Regards--Allen

 

[fuzzytoaster]

Good catch and congrats!

 

[spartan_185]

I know the feeling with the forklift damage. We just brought back 3 M923s from hooks. All of them have the same damage that you described, Plus one had a bent fuel tank bracket. Its the DRMO forklift operators that are usually to blame. They don't believe in careful handling. I'm just glad they don't handle bombs and munitions for the government like I do.

 

[marsman]

Congrads on a very nice looking new friend. It is nice to see an old warrior given a new home.

 

[Scarecrow1]

Very nice truck , that must have been the one listed as having an air leak . I wonder how they knew

 

[Ord22]

I would be nervous too. I'm glad everything went well. Congrads!

 

[Lee L]

I know the feeling with the forklift damage. We just brought back 3 M923s from hooks. All of them have the same damage that you described, Plus one had a bent fuel tank bracket. Its the DRMO forklift operators that are usually to blame. They don't believe in careful handling. I'm just glad they don't handle bombs and munitions for the government like I do.

This one has the back fuel tank bracket bent too. Going to have to drain the tank and pull it to see what it will take to straighten it.

Very nice truck , that must have been the one listed as having an air leak . I wonder how they knew

Actually it wasn't. This one didn't say anything about condition, all we had to go on we're pictures. The price was right so we took a chance and went for it.

 

[Lee L]

Good catch Lee. I'm waiting on my 1984 M923 on the west coast that I should be driving back here to Abilene between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
SS is a great site for the dreaded OD Illness that never stops at just ONE.

Best Regards--Allen

Sounds like a heck of a road trip! Hope it all goes smoothly!