What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

[Swamp Donkey]

On to the water pump...

So apparently this is the only picture I have of the water pump. This is the water pump cavity if you've never seen it. Use a new copper seal and antisieze around the surfaces. Moving on...



Old thermostat. May as well replace it while the coolant is drained.



All cleaned up with new inner seal installed.



New thermostat properly fitted and tested on the stove.



New long overflow hose from tank to radiator...just because I had one.




New coolant, SCA additive and filter. Couldn't find my test strips and had to buy more. Par for course...again. I also ran an inspection camera through the radiator while it was empty. I was prepared to put in a new one at this point if it was in bad shape. Very happy that this one looked perfect inside. No scale or build-up anywhere.



All new belts.



Replaced the heater hoses.



And added the hood handle reinforcement tabs I forgot to put on when I replaced the hood.



Oil and filter change.



New driver side axle boot.



And a shakedown run to the Dairy Queen.

 

[Another Ahab]

You've been BUSY, Swamp Donkey!

 

[Coffey1]

He's been very quiet ! I thought the gooberment had finally caught him . Lol

 

[Coffey1]

Swampy you didn't say anything about a big radar on roof. Lol

 

[Swamp Donkey]

You've been BUSY, Swamp Donkey!

The busy part was life getting in the way. I put it back in its place though. The repairs were made during a 13 hour marathon using the little time I had. Plenty more to do this weekend. Two days after I fixed all the leaks, the front/front pinion seal starts throwing oil, lol.

He's been very quiet ! I thought the gooberment had finally caught him . Lol

Swampy you didn't say anything about a big radar on roof. Lol

No abductions Ken. If there had been, you'd of seen it first with the satellite you've got orbiting over my garage.

 

[Coffey1]

Lol

 

[tobyS]

Shhhhh, you aren't supposed to know they are there. It's top secret.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Don't be eyeballing all my junk Ken. I know you got that picture on 100x zoom...

I've heard he eyes all the guys junk! He puts makeup on sometimes too.

That boy just ain't right...

 

[Coffey1]

I was born that way.
Swampy got really good junk.

 

[Another Ahab]

I've heard he eyes all the guys junk! He puts makeup on sometimes too.

That boy just ain't right...

What kind of problem you got with makeup?

 

[Another Ahab]

I've heard he eyes all the guys junk! He puts makeup on sometimes too.

What kind of problem you got with makeup?




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Me too. Tell me. What's the problem?

 

[Floridianson]

Need a what did you do to your 915 today.
Today I ordered all new slack adjusters for the 915. Dang military had the wrong slack adjusters on four of the wheels and two were FUBAR. Also had to order the two washers and one retaining C clip that held on the drivers side slack adjuster because it was missing. I am starting to believe that if you get a truck that went through a work order you need to check there work for mistakes. Mine was done at Red River. Love my truck just hate redoing what someone else screwed up.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Replaced the front/front pinion seal. No disassembly pictures because I was preoccupied removing all the Orange RTV that had been used for that gasket. Seriously, there had to be a whole tube in there. Both oil passages were completely sealed with it. That front bearing had some oil in the cavity but it hasn't seen fresh oil in a long time. That little bit of oil was as black as diesel oil, and looked nothing like what came out when I changed the oil last year. The excessive use of RTV is a pet peave of mine for this very reason...

The gasket couldn't be salvaged but was in good enough shape to use as a template to cut a new one. I used some 3M spray adhesive to anchor the new gasket to the cover and some Green Permatex RTV rated for gear oil on the differential side.

Went on a 20 mile shake-down run with no signs of oil from the seal or cover. Now to clean up the rest of the oil that got slung all over the place when it failed.

 

[Csm Davis]

Need a what did you do to your 915 today.
Today I ordered all new slack adjusters for the 915. Dang military had the wrong slack adjusters on four of the wheels and two were FUBAR. Also had to order the two washers and one retaining C clip that held on the drivers side slack adjuster because it was missing. I am starting to believe that if you get a truck that went through a work order you need to check there work for mistakes. Mine was done at Red River. Love my truck just hate redoing what someone else screwed up.

You haven't read all the bad things that have come out of Red River? I will avoid them like the plague. I have seen to many straight from RRAD have major problems.

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[Swamp Donkey]

I took the truck and the drone for a ride through the fields yesterday to scare a few trees. I fiddled with some of the automated flying modes for the first time. These were shot using Active Track, which let's you pick an object for the drone to follow. It lost me a couple times when I was in the trees but that's to be expected with a vehicle painted to blend with the surroundings. Shot in 4K but I think YouTube only allows 1080p.

https://youtu.be/5wQ9xfZ-EbQ

https://youtu.be/2OsVqXt9nmI

https://youtu.be/WQjX5Lm9tW4

 

[Buffalobwana]

Dont be dissin' my ride homie!

I am sure they have had their fair share of problems, but the good ones never get noticed. Nobody ever posts "My RRAD didn't break down today! Dadgum RRAD trucks!"

Just sayin, that's all. My RRAD was done quite well.

dont worry, I don't take it personally.

 

[Buffalobwana]

SD are you using a Mavic Pro? That's so cool, I gotta do that!

while using the "tracking" can you also maneuver it, like manually make it circle you or fly ahead or behind?

I gotta do more with mine. I feel guilty about how little I have used it.

In my defense, it's really hot outside, and humid and I'm a big huge baby when it comes to heat. .

 

[tobyS]

My 2012 RR Rebuild M931A2 appeared to have a last minute knife cut on wires in the engine compartment...appeared to be a sharp knife but they didn't go entirely through all the wires. This couldn't have been accidental...and it was hidden from view. Otherwise I'm impressed with the quality of the rebuild. Fuel, rpm and tranny shifting need adjusted on this tractor.... but I would have expected them to be set low. My 929 needs that too.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

SD are you using a Mavic Pro? That's so cool, I gotta do that!

while using the "tracking" can you also maneuver it, like manually make it circle you or fly ahead or behind?

I gotta do more with mine. I feel guilty about how little I have used it.

In my defense, it's really hot outside, and humid and I'm a big huge baby when it comes to heat. .

Yes, it's a Mavic Pro. Any of the tracking modes can be seamlessly adjusted on the fly with the tracking not being affected. It will just keep tracking at the new angles or speeds you change. For instance, when the drone panned around the truck in the field and changed elevation in the trees, it was because I made those adjustments.

The hard part is trying to do it while driving, even though it's flying itself. Obstacle detection is only in the front, and to get close to the ground for a side profile shot requires it to fly sideways, so you can still run into things in the different modes. The different modes and settings seem almost infinite and can be a bit overwhelming when you've got other things going on. Just a matter of finding something that works for what you want.

I'll do some more videos soon. I was just trying some things out to see what worked best. I was out there for over an hour and only ended up with about 7 minutes of good video. It's not the Mavic's fault at all. It's amazing some of the things it can do. You just have to know how to tell it what you want it to do. I've got some more practicing to do on that end...

 

[TechnoWeenie]

My 2012 RR Rebuild M931A2 appeared to have a last minute knife cut on wires in the engine compartment...appeared to be a sharp knife but they didn't go entirely through all the wires. This couldn't have been accidental...and it was hidden from view. Otherwise I'm impressed with the quality of the rebuild. Fuel, rpm and tranny shifting need adjusted on this tractor.... but I would have expected them to be set low. My 929 needs that too.

You think RRAD did that? Or you think GL/GP (whoever you bought it from) did that? Wouldn't be the first time I've seen employees at auction places rigging the vehicles to fail so they could buy them cheap...or messing up vehicles when they go too cheap..... ****, I paid $900 for an M1010 at a local auction, and I should have got it for $100, but an EMPLOYEE of the auction company was bidding for 'himself'.. I don't even know how that's legal/ethical but, meh....It was clear to me he was only bidding to raise the price....

****, when I was younger and dumber, I used to go a ton of police auctions, and crown vics can be made to not shift out of park by disconnecting the brake switch @ the pedal....literally reach under the dash and a quick tug, and they'd go for dirt cheap because 'won't shift out of park'...... sometimes I'd smack the 1/4 panel where the fuel inertia shutoff switch was, which disables the fuel pump, and now you have a car that cranks but won't start... No one wanted to touch them so I got them cheap... Literally a 5 second fix... As essentially a kid, I saw it as 'gaming' the system, using my knowledge to my benefit... only later as I matured did I realize how unethical it was...

My truck was rebuilt by RRAD right before I got it... about 150 miles on a rebuild... it sat for 7 years, and all my problems were related to old rubber/age...(tire, fuel pressure sensor for ether, 1 inner tube).Pretty bulletproof other than that and I have close to 4k miles on it, drove it from Ft. Bragg to Seattle...