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Nothing has been done to the trailer Icould not get a picture of the brake light switch. the tan flip-up switch is 12-volt trailer lights, and the red flip-up switch is for the trailer brakes. I don't have a controller hooked up right now but when stopped, the switch will lock them

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I set up my camp trailer to be pulled by my 5 ton M52A2.The camp trailer has two large marine batteries and a 7 way plug the red wire Leds to these batteries and I added a 7 way receptacle to the back of my truck with 7 way wire Leding to the fire wall and added a junction block when this is...

Sometimes, when people mount an electric fuel pump on an engine like the 302 they also add a safety switch that is tied into the oil pressure so when the oil pressure drops, it cuts power to the pump. If this is the case, if the vehicle is stopped at a light, the oil pressure drops and the...

Welcome from Farmington NM

Hi Andy welcome from Farmington NM

desert fox welcome to the area .

Thank you for the information and for using the washers to press the seal in as straight as possible. Great picture.

I ordered these seals from Ebay They are an oil seal that is a replacement for the # 7409550 inside grease seal on my M52A2 and other 5 tons has anyone tried them?

Has anyone thought about splitting the hood and turning into a butterfly hood ? Opening the hood on my M52A2 is getting more awkward to get open to the standing position the worst part is when holding the side of the hood and stepping up on the fender and walking back and raising the hood. The...

I had one more wheel bearing to do on the back and finally made a step to help get in and out of the cab they are milk crates with a lid made from some screen put inside some window channel from an M211 the step is 13x13 and are bolted to the step

Lugnuts I think I bought them from Memphis Equipment, and they were silicone. The zippered boots looked like the grease broke them down and they fail .

I could get a year maybe a year and a half from a zippered boot on my 5 ton then in September 2015 I put in the one piece boots and they are still like new I looked in my repair notes .

I started regreasing the wheel bearings on my1967 M52A2 it has been just over 10 years for this wheel and at the time this wheel cylinder was new I took the cylinder apart a cleaned it in soapy water and honed the cylinder on the truck and let it dry then put it back together .

I have some old ends I saved when I replaced the ends, I will need to check the threads is that what you want?