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The 2nd from the left is the low air warning. If should go off around 60-70 psi.
The 3rd light is the spring brake warning, pull the spring brake knob out and it should go out.
I got around to putting on a new set of mud flaps from Fleet Engineers that I got for my M932A2. The mounts used the same holes as the stock mount.
The stock mount were to close and keep eating up the bottom of the mud flaps.
They are 3/4" and have a 5" offset and run about $70 for the set.
I do not think a Het and a M915 will fit. the Het is over 40,000lbs.
That will be a long drive at 45mph in the Het, LOL. I drove one about 500miles with
Castle Bravo and that was a long 12 hours.
Getting away from the selector valve is always a good idea. You are right about not needing all that fuel for what we use the trucks for.
It sounds like a plan to me.
Post some pics of what you end up doing.
Yes you can tow one, but it will be the longest, slowest trip of your life. I did it one time, will not do it again!!!
You can hook into the air pack and get the brakes to work, that is if the air pack is good.
There is some threads on how to tap into the air pack for the brakes.
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When I got my truck I could not shift the truck in to low and getting it back into high was a pain.
I found that the shaft that the two shift arms ride on under the truck were loose and had a lot of play in them.
Welcome!!! I have picked up trucks from Fontana, Barstow and Nellis is the past. Fontana is by far the easiest to deal with.
Sounds like your on the right track with the fluids, tools, etc.
You may want to down load the TM's for the truck and read till your eyes bleed, LOL
You can down load...
I have one truck that has Dexron III in it (well I think so) and all the other have oil looking color in them.
The problem I see with the TranSynd it cost a lot and if the truck is working ok I would not fix it. Just my thinking.