What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

[DJones]

Participated in our local Riley days parade today with Cub Scout pack #254. Beautiful weather and talked to a gentleman parked next to me that restored this 1974 fire truck from a rusty mess to what you see now and painted this mural on top with all the fallen fire fighters name and company from 9/11.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

If you get the whole 5-ton spinning, then you could drive through mountain ranges and not worry about stuff like tunnels with all that mess and expense.

Of course you'd need the drilling kit instead of a fording kit. It's in the TM I bet.
Go for it!

Sounds to me like the beginnings of a perpetual motion drive modification. Remove the boat anchor under the hood and add a handcrank in the front with a shaft going to the transmission. Spin her up and away you go. Save thousands in fuel costs every year. I can see it now....the Engine Delete Kit will be the next big thing this Christmas.

Not to make light of your situation Quarkz. You seem to have kept your cool through the ordeal. That's more than I can say for me if I looked through the hole in the floorboard to see a spinning tranny.

 

[Another Ahab]

Sounds to me like the beginnings of a perpetual motion drive modification. Remove the boat anchor under the hood and add a handcrank in the front with a shaft going to the transmission. Spin her up and away you go. Save thousands in fuel costs every year. I can see it now....the Engine Delete Kit will be the next big thing this Christmas.

That's the EDK, to those in the know.

 

[Another Ahab]

Not to make light of your situation Quarkz. You seem to have kept your cool through the ordeal. That's more than I can say for me if I looked through the hole in the floorboard to see a spinning tranny.

No kidding, that picture does NOT conjure up a warm-and-fuzzy feeling:

- "Cool, my transmission is spinning!!"

 

[Ford Mechanic]

You know I don't seem to have that axcess cover. Are all the 939 series supposed to have them?

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[Piper Cub]

You know I don't seem to have that axcess cover. Are all the 939 series supposed to have them?

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I'm pretty sure they should since that's where the dipstick/ fill tube is located. If you have a floor mat without a cutout to the right of cab center the cover is probably under there and the floor mat just isn't original.

 

[Ford Mechanic]

No floor mat in mine and the Trans dipstick you can axcess easily under the hood. Right over top the starter. Mine is a 923A2. Is yours a A1?

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[F18hornetM]

Well finally found a heater kit for the M813. Thanks to one of the members here. Hope to get it installed before Christmas parades.

 

[Cape Coastie]

I believe the A2's don't have the access door as the dipstick is under the hood as stated by Ford Mech.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I believe the A2's don't have the access door as the dipstick is under the hood as stated by Ford Mech.

Interesting. You learn something new every day!

Paint is in the very near future...weather permitting.

 

[603hellmutt]

Finished installing new fuel water separator, now to try and hunt down the section of fuel hose that goes from the tank to the separator. So far my search is coming up dry

 

[Piper Cub]

No floor mat in mine and the Trans dipstick you can axcess easily under the hood. Right over top the starter. Mine is a 923A2. Is yours a A1?

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Interesting, that explains the difference in floor mats then. I guess that makes more sense than having to pour oil all over the cab trying to get it to go into the little hatch.

 

[simp5782]

Had my first issue on my cross country travels. Had a pretty good hole in the radiator from 2 or 3 places. Was losing around 4 gallons and hour. I put some black pepper in it and dropped it to 1 gallon ever 4 hours of running. Made it back home a few days later. Swapped out the radiator for a used one I had laying around. Figured I would go ahead and winterize it so I installed a new thermostat and replaced all the hoses. Sucks that I couldn't find them all the same color on short notice. Added a new fan clutch that I had on the shelf since mine would make a nice metal sound when it does engage on rare occasions. Ran a hose thru the engine ports and Did a 60/40 mix on the antifreeze and 2 bottles of SCA additives. Went with some heavy duty hose clamps from NAPA. got tired of the old worm clamps.

Radiator wasn't too bad of a job doing it alone. Took me about an hour. Standing on the back side of the grille to get it out was not much fun though. I did not reinstall my electric fans yet since I am going to do a AC condenser and oil cooler install maybe this week.

Did some new grounds on the gauges on the dash. Coolant temp gauge and sensor still act retarded. Was acting fine now it is pegging out again orjust climbing. I always check my whole truck with a temp gun when I stop for fuel and what not. Ill add a new sensor into a different port tomorrow. Added a new light switch since mine was not working on "Stop lights". and a few other general maintenance stuff.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Had my first issue on my cross country travels. Had a pretty good hole in the radiator from 2 or 3 places. Was losing around 4 gallons and hour. I put some black pepper in it and dropped it to 1 gallon ever 4 hours of running. Made it back home a few days later. Swapped out the radiator for a used one I had laying around. Figured I would go ahead and winterize it so I installed a new thermostat and replaced all the hoses. Sucks that I couldn't find them all the same color on short notice. Added a new fan clutch that I had on the shelf since mine would make a nice metal sound when it does engage on rare occasions. Ran a hose thru the engine ports and Did a 60/40 mix on the antifreeze and 2 bottles of SCA additives. Went with some heavy duty hose clamps from NAPA. got tired of the old worm clamps.

Radiator wasn't too bad of a job doing it alone. Took me about an hour. Standing on the back side of the grille to get it out was not much fun though. I did not reinstall my electric fans yet since I am going to do a AC condenser and oil cooler install maybe this week.

Did some new grounds on the gauges on the dash. Coolant temp gauge and sensor still act retarded. Was acting fine now it is pegging out again orjust climbing. I always check my whole truck with a temp gun when I stop for fuel and what not. Ill add a new sensor into a different port tomorrow. Added a new light switch since mine was not working on "Stop lights". and a few other general maintenance stuff.

Funny you mentioned the color of the hoses. I just got some 5/8" blue silicone hose in for the heater hoses and coolant filter hoses so they'll all match. Looks like you got a box of rainbows.

What are you going to do with the old fan clutch?

 

[simp5782]

it will sit on the shelf until someone has a home for it. Just make me an offer on it and I can bring it to the rally.

 

[simp5782]

My truck I think is weird. Cause I never hear the fan clutch come on but every so often even when grossing 65k +. The electric fans do a good job. but still towing that heavy over mountains and I will stop somewhere and get out and hit the temp gun thru the passengers side inner fender liner onto the rear of the thermo housing and im sitting at 170 and 154 on the radiator. The bottom freeze plugs next to the exhaust are around 250 or so near exhaust temp.

and yes the stutterstat is good.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

it will sit on the shelf until someone has a home for it. Just make me an offer on it and I can bring it to the rally.

Bring it with ya. I'll deal on it with you at the rally.

My trans temp gauge did the same thing your coolant temp gauge is doing. I ran dedicated grounds and replaced the sending unit but neither fixed the problem. Turned out to be the gauge even though it was acting like a bad ground. If it turns out your gauge is bad then let me know. I think I have a new one I can bring with me.

 

[simp5782]

Bring it with ya. I'll deal on it with you at the rally.

My trans temp gauge did the same thing your coolant temp gauge is doing. I ran dedicated grounds and replaced the sending unit but neither fixed the problem. Turned out to be the gauge even though it was acting like a bad ground. If it turns out your gauge is bad then let me know. I think I have a new one I can bring with me.

Gauge is brand new. I have a whole box full of assorted new ones. I may throw another one in but today for awhile it ran dead center then it just started being stupid after restarting a few times to just let the truck cycle. Oh well. I will bring it with me. Thanks.

 

[jrntree]

OK, I finally had a few minuets to look into the trans issue on the M929A2 locking up....
thank you for the pointer I found the button on the end of the high/low handle was not coming all the way out so the interlock was doin its job and now with the button is in the out possession it is workin great. Thanks again John R.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?t=158208

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[simp5782]

Gauge is brand new. I have a whole box full of assorted new ones. I may throw another one in but today for awhile it ran dead center then it just started being stupid after restarting a few times to just let the truck cycle. Oh well. I will bring it with me. Thanks.

Gauge is not operating fine. Was a Bad New Sending unit.