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I hang a boarding ladder off of my tailgate on the M923A1 and it is getting hard for me to lower and raise with the ladder on it, then I saw this post(Thanks to TwistedOaks Great idea)!! I did the mod to the tailgate and it works great. :naner:
Battleshort (sometimes "battle short") is a condition in which some military equipment can be placed so it does not shut down when circumstances would be damaging to the equipment or personnel.
Maybe they just did not want the guys shifting it. You can shift it by hand form under the truck. Just let all the air out of the truck and shift it or have someone push the button on the shiftier.
Castle Bravo on here may have a linkage.
They can be a bear, I clean off the paint, rust and put a little oil penetrate on them, then use my 1" impact and it still works hard. I feel your pain!
Be sure to disconnect the batteries before you start. The Tack and Speedo cable are what is holding it. Also you can remove the the power and start switches and that will help.