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Yes that works Ken. I used my shop vac when I installed my Fumoto valve in my oil pan as I had recently changed the oil on one of my trucks and didn't want to dump it or have a huge mess when swapping out the OEM drain plug for the Fumoto valve.
If it cranks and while it is cranking you have made sure that the fuel kill lever is in the counter clockwise position, I would say you have lost your fuel prime. Use the manual prime button on the lift pump until you hear the "squish" of fuel being pushed past the fuel return check valve and...
15/40 is what the military runs in them. The Delo 400 oil is a good oil and meets the specs for the Cummins motor in your M925a2 Using a 2 quart filter it will take just shy of a full 5 gallon pail if you let it drain till it just drips.
I place a magnet on the oil pan next to the drain plug on all my vehicles with Fumoto valves and when doing a oil service just start it draining and then pull the magnet off the oil pan and let any collected metallic debris come on out with the dirty oil :-)
The wheels on the M939 trucks are designed to be tubeless.
The wheels use a O-ring to seal the two pieces of the wheel.
The wheels use a wheel valve stem (see picture)
http://www.eriksmilitarysurplus.com/rimvastas12v.html
The part number for the NHC-250 motor in a Fumoto Valve is T-203 or T-203N (w/ nipple) The plug is a 1" x 18 thread (the Stock OEM plug is NSN # 5365-00-695-1247 (part number 69962))
The hospital my wife works for was having a themed dinner & dance for their physicians and the theme was M.A.S.H this past Thursday evening.
They knew that I had military trucks so they asked my wife if we would bring them, of course she said yes so I prep'd both the 923 and 925 (even with...