Recent content by CloverFireCo

Thank you very much, getting the driveshaft lengthened worries me little if everything else will bolt up. Chris

We have the M813A1 pictured in my profile there. An M39 series truck showed up at our fire company with a winch that we would like to remove and install on the M813. I was told to look to see if the PTO was the correct one to fit the M813 and I do see in the TM's that there were 2 different...

Just had the same type of problem. I thought I was having battery problems because every time you went to start the truck it cranked a little slower until it would not crank at all. The wire on what I would have called the solenoid on the top of the starter was frozen, couldn't get the nut...

If I am counting weekends correctly, that is the weekend of our fire company breakfast. All you can eat buffet $8 We are located off exit 119 of Interstate 81. Just a few exits north of the rally. Menu includes bacon, sausage, ham, home-fries, eggs, pancakes, french-toast, and every MV...

Drove to Saturn Surplus today and picked up a new pressure plate for what I thought was a great price. Now all I need is the time to put her all back together again. Thanks for all the help. Chris

And you had this done where? I don't know of any local shops that do something like this, I will ask around though.

Ok, so we are nearly on the very top of the mountain fighting a brush fire and I start to get a squeaking noise when I push in the clutch, not good. Less than 5 minutes later I have no clutch at all. Remember this is on the top of the mountain, accessed by dirt roads with that we are pushing...

What I did with ours, and seems to be working so far. There is 4 batteries on our M813. I pulled 12 volts from the first battery for all the 12 volt stuff except the radio, I ran this up into the cab to a 24V solenoid, powered the solenoid off the master switch. When you turn on the master...

Dave $1300 light bar was salvaged from a previous truck, didn't want to spend money to buy another so we are using the one we have, We certainly are not a rich fire company and most everything we have has been salvaged from somewhere. We procure much equipment through the unofficial "one fire...

having serious computer/keyboard problems at the moment, joy! 12/24 i dont think matters for strobe bulbs, but the power supply/capacitors are a 12 volt set-up, this is a $1300 lightbar, dont wanna make modifications that mjght screw it up. All of this has me leaning towards adding an...

Ok, I know that the radio will pull 37amps when you key the mic, milliamps when in standby. The rest of the stuff I have to get power to and check with a amp meter as I am not finding the information in either the manual or on the internet. Soooo at this point I am saying I am trying to pull a...

I thought about using two converters, was hoping that somebody more knowledgeable with electricity than me would confirm that this would work. Adding up all the load I am putting on the 12 volt system I am unsure that two 20 amp converters would be enough, I did find up to a 80 amp one on the...

My BAD!! just noticed the wiring part of the forum, if A mod will please slap me and move this to the right forum I would appreciate it!! Chris

Hi guys, Our M813A fire/brush truck project is coming along and I have some questions about adding 12 volt equipment to the truck. If I understand all this correctly I have 3 choices for adding a 12 volt system to the truck. 1. pull 12 volts from the first battery on the 24 volt system, this...

I have seen what they do with guards up there in cape cod. Those guys take a truck and build a tank. Looks like they could push most anything over. Side note: Our 5 ton project is progressing, am installing the radio and siren controls now. And it is slowly getting it rustoleum paint job...