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Suggest you visit the Missouri DMV website and determine the misery level of the bonded title route. Also ask the DMV if the assigned VIN is in the system. If it is, I would walk.
I believe that none of the wires are ground, so yes you can jump the +24 to the other wires to assist with “ringing out” the circuits. Two of the wires go to and from the flasher, and two go to and from the brake light switch, so sort those out first using an ohm meter. The remaining 4 wires...
Google says you have a “spares facility” for “nodal maintenance”. Circa 1986. This seems to have been a way for radio techs to have spare parts and diagnostic equipment in the field to keep radio networks operating. Not exactly historically significant. In my opinion you can gut it to do...
That is the fluid swivel. I believe the capscrews holding the dust cover and blue gasket in place are not intended to hold hydraulic pressure, which leads one to believe the unit is leaking out internally. That is not a simple fix. The mfgr listed on the data plate might be a helpful resource...
If it were me, I would first evacuate the system using a vacuum pump, then charge with 300 psi nitrogen, and see if the system maintains pressure over a few days. If so, drain the nitrogen and evacuate again, and charge with R22. You will need a vacuum pump, a bottle of N2 with regulator...
When Stewart and Stevenson / BAE lost the FMTV contract to Oshkosh, it was a very unhappy period in Sealy Texas. Everything the S&S team had worked on for 20 years was gone. Everything they had either went for auction or in the dumpster.