I was told that if i got the truck stuck with a heavy load on it and tried to cowboy my way out in reverse, breaking the transfer case is a definite possibility. This comes from a fella that has maintained and fixed a bunch of these truck used for spreading fertilizer for years. They sink them up to the chassis with a heavy liquid load. He said plowing snow back and forth in low range is not a problem. My m923 had the tag on the dash that said do not use low range in reverse. Im thinking its a blanket warning to keep hammer heads from breaking the transfer case.
When I go to pick the truck up I'm thinking I'll take along (4) group 31 truck batteries in case it's batteries are dead (pretty likely)....they don't have some odd type of battery terminals do they?
Wish I had another truck and a slave cable to start it with.
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After 3 or 4 phone calls it seems there isn't any "legal" way to drive it off the base. You can't get a temp permit without an SF97 form and you can't get an SF97 without first taking posession of the truck. Catch 22...
GL says they don't allow any vehicle to be driven off the lot, but the staff on base doesn't care how it leaves. (No GL staff on site)
I can either take a low-boy and haul it or drive it off and take my chances with the DOT.
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Take some fresh diesel and a 10mm wrench. Even with daily use overseas I sometimes had to bleed the injector of air. On top of the injector pump you will see a 10mm bolt, turn slightly and you will hear air escaping, close and try to start again. Also there is a solenoid for the emergency stop that will stick sometimes if someone shut the engine down by pulling out the handle.
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i will tell you because it will happen if you dont watch yourself. Donot use the emergency stop pull to stop the engine like you would in a m35. If you do its not going to start until you reset the lever on top of the injection pump. Read the operators manual completely and download the rest onto a kindle or something incase you have any issues. Everything is pretty well covered in the manuals if you will take the time to look.
I love my 931 and wouldnt take anything for it, good luck.
I would haul because of unexpected surprises since you DID NOT preview, we had one member that had a "driven on site" ended up with no starter/alt. and a bunch of other problems, other members have had the same type of surprises from NOT PREVIEW wins
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that is true, they will crack, big time. i should know, i broke one when i was in the army. didn't think about it, put it low and cracked it. thank goodness i was in the army or else it would be kinda expensive. i was so use to driving the m800 and m35 series trucks, i didn't stop and think. lesson learned
If this was at Dodge, and it was listed as driven in, you can almost count on it being a driver. They also provide a jump there if you need it. When you call to set up your appointment, they will usually tell you if its a good runner or not.
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I was told that if i got the truck stuck with a heavy load on it and tried to cowboy my way out in reverse, breaking the transfer case is a definite possibility. This comes from a fella that has maintained and fixed a bunch of these truck used for spreading fertilizer for years. They sink them up to the chassis with a heavy liquid load. He said plowing snow back and forth in low range is not a problem. My m923 had the tag on the dash that said do not use low range in reverse. Im thinking its a blanket warning to keep hammer heads from breaking the transfer case.
ALSO, I posted this question in another post but not sure if anyone followed it up; by the way the transfer case was described as working, when you put it in low range it automatically pulls in the front axle. Of course you can pop something because the front axle has all the traction in the WORLD. I know the Allison and torque converter don't help, but if the front axle didn't come in you'd have low range to the tandems and a little forgiveness...if needed. I'd rather pull the front in when I want it in.
