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Well, I started the M880 last week, it's been parked out side all winter.
I looked out the kitchen window at the M884 plow truck w/bad trans, then peered a bit to the left & seen the parts truck M882.
While in the garage working on my summer time civi pickup, I gazed out the window at my W400...
The trans fluid will heat up as the pump circulates the fluid wil the engine idles, trans fluid expands with heat, so at ambient temps a pint low is about right.
I have had vehicles with TH400 transmissions for the last 40+ years. Once I thought I broke one, but it was the torque convertor...
Things I plan on bringing to swap/sell:
Aluminum deuce boarding ladder $200
NOS M35A2 air filters $45
M35A2 -10 operators manual in canvas pouch $40
6 - 1100R20 Michilen XL's on 2-1/2 ton rims $600 for all or $150 ea
1 - M135 rim with a T-hawk 900-20 on it. $100
a set of rear drums from a M135...
We will be getting into 3D printing this year. Just getting started on looking into the latest advancements.
As with everything in manufacturing, selecting the right equipment for the intended results is important.
Don't want to be jumping in & end up with obsolete technology a month down the...
I guess plasma cutters could be in this forum also. (while not 3d)
I've done 3d design & 3d milling in building plastic injection molds, I run the CNC machining operation at work, exposed to 3d printing over a decade before it was called 3d printing, lol.
The dash wiring also needs a good ground as well as battery to frame.
Perhaps the float to coil relationship on the sender needs 'adjusting'
This is just where I'd start looking. Hopefully someone that knows will chime in here.
99% of all electrical issues on these are ground related.
That being said, I have 3 of these ole Dodges in use and none of the gas gauges are accurate, each one reads different too. The M880 "E" is a 1/2 tank, M884 "3/4" is empty! The Ambulance "3/4" is full.
Forgetting which read what can be...