Air compressor replacement - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

sailor2000 · 07-22-2007, 18:58

OK.. so I have my new compressor, have TM9-2320-209-20-3-2, chapter 13, section 13-31 in hand and am trying to get the compressor off. TM says just use an 11/16" wrench to take off the 4 mounting bolts... but how in the heck do you get at them????? The pulley is in the way and there is no way to get a socket on there?!?!?!?! What is the trick?

davemccoull · 07-23-2007, 04:52

you need a crowfoot wrench!.

acetomatoco · 07-23-2007, 07:17

yup, sometimes the right tools make a job very easy...the manual writers these days have degrees in literature and not wrench turning.

papercu · 07-23-2007, 10:27

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manual writers

I don't think you will find many these days, there may still be some that will use a typewriter but most are dome on the computer. Wayne

FreightTrain · 07-23-2007, 12:29

Remove the pully.Should be able to get rigth in there.

acetomatoco · 07-23-2007, 14:46

writing, generically is creation of the end product...a document... The method of getting to the end is up to the creator..ergo..typing, longhand, dictation to a third party, keyboarding on a computer, voice recognition, and reading of thought waves...what comes out in the end is usually not in any resemblance to the input person's thoughts or actions.. Bring back the #2 pencil and the eraser.

nf6x · 07-23-2007, 16:25

Without doubt, the -209 series of TMs for the deuce is the worst example of technical writing I have ever encountered. The entire heaping pile stinks of having been written by amateur writers with no personal experience working on vehicles, under the direction of bureacratic managers with even less pertinent knowledge. Besides being poorly-written in generic terms, it also thoroughly fails to consider the needs of its target audience. It truly represents the pinnacle of sucking.

sailor2000 · 07-23-2007, 16:45

Not to digress back to the original topic... but.... the crowsfoot didn't work... what did work.. slowly and painfully, was a "stubbie" 11/16" combo wrench to get the front hold down nuts off... and yes, pulling the pulley off would make it easier, but that requires removing the radiator first... anyway... the new compressor is in and working... can't find anything wrong with the old one that was making the 'ball bearings in a #10 can' noise that started this whole thing... so it goes...

Next time I have a bad compressor I will just get a new deuce... quicker and easier than a compressor change!! LOL!!

Recovry4x4 · 07-23-2007, 19:31

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Originally Posted by nf6x

Without doubt, the -209 series of TMs for the deuce is the worst example of technical writing I have ever encountered. The entire heaping pile stinks of having been written by amateur writers with no personal experience working on vehicles, under the direction of bureacratic managers with even less pertinent knowledge. Besides being poorly-written in generic terms, it also thoroughly fails to consider the needs of its target audience. It truly represents the pinnacle of sucking.

While I agree the 76 or so versions are horrible, the 1965 versions are pretty darned nice. I know I use them almost exclusively and so does Bjorn. I'm sure ACE won't leave the house without is TM 9-8022 and I have that too but I don't find it as useful as the 65 209 stuff.

sailor2000 · 07-23-2007, 19:45

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Originally Posted by nf6x

While I agree the 76 or so versions are horrible, the 1965 versions are pretty darned nice. .... I'm sure ACE won't leave the house without is TM 9-8022 and I have that too but I don't find it as useful as the 65 209 stuff.

Help a newbie out guys... please decode all that and point me to the best versions...

Thanks