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Is it possible that the measurement of the toe-in was not accurate? Not casting aspersions, but toe-in measurement can be tricky unless you have the mil toe-in gauge. If you were off by just a quarter of an inch, it would affect the wandering. A half inch and it would be quite pronounced. Good...

I think the toe-in is 1/8" but check me on that. Bad wheel bearings? Irv

The only real question is what alloy they are made of. Failing that, I can just test a known good mil spec pin. I have a 1000 foot-pound torque wrench and could set up a dummy junction and just test the torque to breakage, get a number, and try pins made from all the common alloys until I find...

Shear pins: Steel is a huge mistake. My friend also thought steel was simple. He put a roll pin in there. The hook on the 5T winch got caught on the bumper and the next thing he heard was the PTO being ripped off of the side of the transmission. Time for a new PTO and new transmission. It...

It doesn't look like a Whittenberg to me. I have an extra Whittenberg fiberglass top and it has wide stiffening ridges on top. Whittenberg used to be in Tacoma, WA and moved to Richland or Pasco, WA many years ago. I think there was also a name change. Btw, the deuce and 5T cabs are...

The easiest way I've found is to gravity feed fuel forward using a jerry can up high (in the bed of a 813, for instance). Remove the fuel line from the fuel tank and adapt it to a line going up to the jerry can. I used a drop tube from a generator set to get fuel flowing down the tube. Crack...

Jumping out of LOW range I have the opposite problem. My deuce pops out of low range and I have to strap it down to the floor to keep it in low. Same fix? Ball/spring detent? Linkage adjust? Exorcist?:tin hat:

There is a M75 website already. Check out Idahomotorpool.com. I think it is listed there. Lots of info there.

There will be a rotation force, but it will be small and hopefully irrelevant. The rotation will be due to the stretching and winding of the cable. Well drillers know this well (stayed up late thinking that pun up, btw), because in a cable drilling rig, they pull the cable up a few feet and let...

I agree with the other posts. Nothing to adjust on the 5t. If I had another 5T I would seriously consider welding both sprags solid (it's obvious, once you open it up) and use air to ram it into forward going or rearward going, if I so desired, and just forget about an operational sprag. A...

A common problem with these rigs is the starter switch becoming slightly conductive over time. What happens is every time you hit the starter, high current flows into the starter, which is operated by inductive electromagnets spinning around and interacting with the stationary electromagnets...

I cleaned out my 5T airpack and it was dirt simple, no pun intended. Well, maybe a smidge of an intention.... No real reason for new gaskets. Nothing was deformed. Worked great afterwards. Just use common sense to put it back together. Irv

How many amps do you need? As I understand, you need to match the generator and regulator. I have a NOS spare 40A but that may not be what you need. Irv.

Oh yeah. Jump on it for $1500! By the way, the crane part of the truck is a commercial unit made by Austin-Western, and parts should be available through normal commercial channels. The crane portion on mine was rebuilt in 1996 by the previous owner, thankfully. Works great. Leaks a little at...

I also have a M108 with a Gold Comet gasser. Truck is made by Studebaker. I had to replace the engine with another 331 Gold Comet some time back. Somebody in the past had messed everything up and the bearings seized, etc. You may note how well it steers, compared to the more modern M35A2. That's...

The data plate on a M35A2 says 10,000 pounds on road. If you run heavier and get into an accident, you may well find that your insurance company won't know you, since you clearly violated the manufacturers specs. I think the reason for the relatively low tow weight is two-fold. One, the pintle...

Latex paint (really!) I have actually had very good luck with the new latex paint from Rodda. Before you laugh, hear me out. Having a rough time getting a custom color match in oil based paint, I asked a local industrial shop what they used, and they said they were basically forced into trying...

Hi, I have a M43 for sale in the classifieds here. I have the step and all the racks in mine. Not sure about the siren and rotator light, but I have them on mine. Irv

Rebuilding the air poppet valve on 5T tranny I rebuilt mine for free and it worked perfectly. The problem is the circular flat rubber pad on the brass disk takes a set and fails to seal. The rubber dents inward in a circular pattern. Take out the disk and use a brand new single sided razor...

I should elaborate on the feed point. The radio coax cable goes to the base unit, where it uses various coils and capacitors to match the antenna. The output of the matching network feeds into a very small coax cable that then goes up through the middle of that big spring to the fat threaded...