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  1. airbornebandsman

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    The glad-hands from a local brake shop and the ball valves are from Lowes. The brake shop actually suggested I use them as the are for air and just as good as anything they would have.
  2. airbornebandsman

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Installed new ball valves and glad-hands on the rear of my M813A1 on Monday. The work pretty well, the old valves would barely move.
  3. airbornebandsman

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Got part 2 of the hand air brake installed. Cleaned out the valve and replaced all the Teflon tape. Then spent 3 hours under the truck getting all the lines plumbed onto the valve with no room for comfort. (Probably should have done this while the engine was out last year.) But I got it done and...
  4. airbornebandsman

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I installed the cab light some time ago but never got around to showing it off, it works great. Also installed hazmat placards on all four sides, in case I ever find enough ammo cans to put together an ammo transport display. Today I installed the first half of the steering column mounted hand...
  5. airbornebandsman

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Got the fender and lights back on from the engine swap. Put on the oil filter conversion kit, which is awesome other than a pesky class 1 oil leak, just a drop every now and then. Put on a new flasher relay, I have been have turn signal issues since I got the truck and that seems to have fixed...
  6. airbornebandsman

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Put a couple vents in my engine. Should run a lot cooler now.
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