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I have been chasing a starter issue for a few days now. All the easy stuff, connections, wire, solenoid checks out. Even with a brand new starter same deal. Clunk but no turning over. Even when you manually trigger the solenoid. I am wondering if I need to space it back just a whisper...

Hoping to grab a starter from local napa, any idea if they carry one for the 250 and what the number might be. I think it is only a bad solenoid but I am against the wall here. Searching the forum from my phone isn't easy and I have had no luck. Ken

Trying to find a substantial air leak. From 130 psi to 30 psi in an hour. Already pressured the system externally and gone over everything with soap. Found a few little ones but even with those fixed the pressure is the same. Can't hear anything. Ideas as to what could leak that much but...

Took the 923 out for a drive tonight, first time it had been driven (some idling and moving it around the yard but nothing on the road) since late fall. About 5 miles out while climbing a hill it lost all power and started stumbling and knocking, like a fuel knock. I was sure it was going to...

I started this in part because I am both curious and stubborn with a firm belief that given enough study, experience and testing I can figure out how to accomplish most anything. I was having an issue with a rim. It was rusted and had some pits but overall I kept feeling that the real reason I...

What can I say, it only has 3000 miles, the winch has never been unspooled, comes with 7 new tires and it drives nicer than my pickup. The thought is right now to license this one and use it for the tour company next year and give the 923 a break. The 923 needed injector work and some new...

I am looking at buying a M923A2 parts truck and the owner insists that the only thing wrong with it is that it is missing the ring gear off the flywheel. He has started to pull some intake stuff in preparation for pulling the motor to replace it but decided it was more than he can handle. I...

We are just about done for the year running our 1984 923 commercially. She climbed 3000 vertical feet in 14 miles multiple times a day, day after day after day. Probably close to 200 miles in low range, another 4-5000 in high. Hundreds of gallons in fuel, 2 tires, a probable pending lawsuit...

I wanted to know what was going on with the motor because well... just because. I used a place called Blackstone Labs. They sent me a collection bottle and for $25 email you a report on how the motor is doing. I know if you live near a truck stop you could find it for less but for me just the...

Lost a tire due to internal cracks, headed to Boyce and bought 4 very new 14.00-20 XZLs. While I was there I picked up four 1/4 inner o rings. When I pulled one of my wheels apart there was a 3/8 o ring in a completely different configuration. A big groove and the face plate that slipped over...

Something I have wondered about idly for some time now. How many troops did the military figure a 939 with troop seats would hold? Did they have a design specification or just cram them in until it is full? Ken

I will not be able to open my pdf manuals until I get home, something I didn't think I would need just to deal with a leaking top plate. In the picture the screw driver is pointing to a threaded hole that is not totally covered by the top plate. It leaks, a lot. Am I supposed to have a plug...

I have a failing trans temperature sender. You could have made some diamonds if you had coal when I looked down half way up the grade and saw the trany temp north of 260. After some testing I have been able to determine that my sender failed at set percentage off true value, like a out of...

Well that is what I am calling it. The truck was being persnickety on the tour run today. First I was trying to see if I could make it up the last big grade on the run in 1st high but looked down to see the trans temp at 255. I don't think it was that hot, didn't feel, drive or smell like it...

Back and forth the debate rages. I just did it to mine and the difference was astounding. This was a truck that shifted rather well mind you but now? No joke it is better than my wife's SUV. You could set a cup of coffee on the seat next to you, go from 2nd to 1st and not spill a drop...

I have been at this plate a few times now, once with straight gasket sealer like I found it and like the other axles. Once where I made up a nice thick cork gasket and sealer on both sides. For the life of me I can't find anything wrong, the cover sits flat, no damage to the sealing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJFKHfvMowE I knew of this process from a friend who worked for BNSF but never thought to apply it to anything I was doing. I guess I thought using heat was silly short of really big things. Well the 923 is big right? Working alone, getting that hub into my...

It was a tough job made worse by inexperience, working alone and broken stuff but I got it done. I made a little video for others to learn and laugh at me. I hope I don't have to do this once a year like some of you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Z6_ySV8D0 Ken PS: Look at what I found...

1984 M923. Both my boots are cracked/torn at 12 o'clock. Doing some research on changing them the few pictures of blown boots I found were in way worse shape than this. I am lacking a frame of reference for how bad is to bad. Is any hole one to many or is it like my old Cj5? I am also...

I am sure the ground pressure per axle/tire exists in a neat chart in a TM some place but some half hearted search on my part didn't turn it up. Anyone care to shortcut me? I need to know the empty psi per tire as it could come up with the roads in spring breakup. I have the 1400 goodyear...