Recent content by bradmachine

m923a1, nhc-250, had slime in tank, clened tank. changed fuel filter, now truck won't run, got fuel coming out of the emergency cut off valve, good flow, truck will start and run on starting fluid. for a few seconds. one cylinder fires a little without starting fluid. are my injectors...

my M818 barely starts, misses and then dies at idle.... the last couple of times I drove it , it would die at a stop sign,,,, when left to idle, but would start ok and run if you gave it some throttle.... but now I think it is missing..... it has fuel... I'm thinking an injector is fouled...

can anybody tell me the purpose of the shrader air valve, like a tire valve stem, on top of the fuel water separator on the 5 ton??....

I need one of the tiny springs that seats the tiny ball in the hand primer pump on a 5 ton. Does anybody know where I could find one.... ??

I would hook up the airlines, and the light cord.... so that would activate the brakes... right??

how much are the 818's bringing at auction now?

add brake fluid, bleed the brakes, hook up the airlines, and drive easy.... a small leak will drain the system to a point. but filled up and bled, may work ok for a while. then look for the wet spot and fix the leak when you get it home.... 8 miles... you can do it, drive easy, keep some...

I have a PU619 generator trailer... two 10K (14K at sea level) generators, gasoline, aircooled, continental engines.. like a VW engine... 4 cylinder opposed 20 hp engines... I want to convert one to natural gas... I have city gas and I want to make one a standby generator for my residence. has...

I find the new steel soldiers website confusing and hard to navigate.... the old one was easy .... I guess I am old.... anyway.. I have the front block, the part with the pins that plug into the receptacle on the vehicle, and the rubber insulated cover with the spring loaded cap/latch... when I...

I have an old style 2 prong slave cable plug... but I think some parts are missing. is there a publication that shows the parts diagram of this plug, does anybody have any parts for this 2 prong plug?. I am trying to put together a cable.

my reason for removing the front drive shaft was to save wear and tear and reduce the chance of a breakdown, like loosing a front driveshaft...this is the first trip for this truck. and by dropping the rear driveshaft I would reduce the wear back there since there is no power divider between the...

I would have to put covers on to prevent dust from entering and oil from leaking out.????? or is there an easier way.?. I don' t have the covers.

Am getting ready to move my m818 300 plus miles over the interstate....don't need 6 wheel drive....will it hurt the sprague unit to drop the drive shaft to the front axle and let it free wheel down the interstate.....also drive shaft to the rear axle....don't need it either....would reduce...

I have about 35 gallons of 20 year old gasoline.....looks like apple cider and smells a little like varnish....poured some on the ground and it burns pretty good....am thinking about mixing it with diesel 50/50 and running it...????.....will it work.??????

I had one that went from July to December.....I finally got the truck.....by the time the euc cleared I had collected all the parts I needed to make the truck run. (radiator, driveshaft, alternator, and put them on / when it cleared I drove it home...I don't know why it took so long.....they had...