Recent content by battlecat

Congrats!

Pulled the old air pack and master cylinder. Installed two new units cleaning up all the brackets with a wire wheel and painted black rustoleum I glued the boot to from the master cylinder on to the push rod to help prevent it popping off and causing water and dirt to enter the master cylinder...

Thanks... I just tried that and no go. I got frustrated yesterday and tried to cut it out and even then it's in there like it welded it's self... New Master Cylinder and air pack ordered

Anyone know the trick to getting the master cylinder to give up its guts? I'm doing a MS rebuild so I pulled it out cleaned it off pulled the snap ring tension piece in the plunger section but it doesn't want to open up any further? The unit is pretty rusty so I'm soaking in in penetrating lube...

Just in case someone needs a mock up for their battery box. I used all junk bed frame L channel steel $free... Just a lot of welding and patience. Best part was I could start the truck and hear it rumble... Now the master cylinder rebuild and then tires.. Almost forgot I welded the mirror...

Finished the battery box fabrication and rebuild.... Two nuts and the straps are off and super reinforced bottom and hold downs.

I cut the old rotted metal out of the battery box complete floor and 1/3 of each side wall.. Fabbed up some bed rails for the bottom and welded them in. Patched the sides added two bed rails welded to the floor to raise the batteries. I then used left over bed rails for the Pulse Tech fuse block...

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Found the battery box was missing some metal. I went to find a spot to put the new pulse tech 12/24 volt battery box unit I got off a popular auction site and found, the whole bottom of the box was rotted out. I guess they needed something to hold the batteries in and they didn't have a guy who...

Good call, I'm adding all of the above to the must have list.. :ditto:

Changed the engine oil and filters. Small mess in the driveway. 69.00 for five gallons of 15/40 oil at tractor supply. (I think I need some more). 32.00 for filters from NAPA. Washed the Air filter out with dish soap and some bleach (waiting for that to dry off). Ordered the master...

Thanks gimpyrobb.. That makes a sense. I was hoping to have her in the 4th of July parade but to be honest the truck is old and in need of the service it hasn't seen in who knows how many years, plus a paint job.. I'll update when done. I pulled the info from a a couple other threads for the air...

Thanks! I just started looking up the parts list. I was reading another thread and it seems like that's the norm... I've got nothing to complain about, she made it home and whats a little elbow grease a few busted tools and some time getting to know the system.. Good thing I have some...

Oh good a quick fix! I'm sure I should bleed the system a bunch also, would just junk in the lines cause this? I'm just thinking this might be something someone else has seen and dealt with in the past, before I go rebuilding all the major parts of the breaking system. Don't get me wrong, I do...

OK so I'm hoping someone here can help with my issue. I picked up my new MV a 1975 M54A1C this past Thursday from GL and I ran into a couple of issues along the trip home. Note this is my first MV and first air hydraulic break vehicle but I'm very familiar with the hydraulic breaks on all...