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  1. 73m819

    Batteries dead, gauge show charging?

    TWO 8Ds = 4, my 819 with 2 8Ds sat for TWO years, charged the batteries, started fine, STILL HOLDING a charge, I-- CLEAN the terminels real good 2--Look for a draw or short,, the alt can cgarge all day and if there is a heavy draw like a direct short, the batteries will NEVER charge 3--load...
  2. 73m819

    Chat missing

    The nice thing about temp chat is that I donot have to UPGRADE for it to work with my old nonupgraded yet laptop or disktop
  3. 73m819

    Chat missing

    temp chat always works DEPENDS on where and what
  4. 73m819

    Chat missing

    What about the old stand by temp chat that seem to work with change, no change, upgrade, down grade, retro grade http://client1.addonchat.com/chat.php?id=583341&s Note, ---- EVERYBODY should have this WORKING chat link either on there desktop or in there favorites And yes still works, just...
  5. 73m819

    M939 Front Axle Boot replacement.....how I did it.....

    When I did mine on the m819, I SEWED the inner edge to the ring
  6. 73m819

    Wrong fuel filter?

    The reason the filter is short in the long cannister is that the bottom half of the cannister acts as a a WATER & DIRT TRAP
  7. 73m819

    5-ton Exhaust diameter

    The 809s have a 4" exhaust, I straight piped my m819
  8. 73m819

    42 Sterling?

    Combine the two trucks, plus a WW2 fifth wheel, make NICE WW2 airfeild tractor wrecker
  9. 73m819

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    The sprag gets the ratio difference NOT by gearing, the front and rear drive shafts turn the same speed going down the road because the F/R have the same gearing (if F/R tires are the same), The overrun (sprage) gets the the F/R speed difference RATIO from the difference in diameter of the...
  10. 73m819

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    the front IS geared faster, when the rears spin, they are turning FASTER then the fronts because the front has slowed down and the sprag grabs.
  11. 73m819

    M923a1 air brake question

    The reason the xcase gets broke is because the truck shifts into fwd when the xcase is shifted into low, heavy foot GI puts the pedel DOWN, all that no spin traction touque has to go somewhere, it was cheaper to retofit a lockout plate and a "do not do reverse while in low" data plate then train...
  12. 73m819

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    The rear is 1 It is 1.07 to 1, front to rear, the transfer internals have the front going faster then the rears that is why they are called over running clutchs (sprag)
  13. 73m819

    M939 Series Air Brake Cage Bolts

    If you do not know the safe way to cage and and what to check for, HAVE SOMEONE SHOW YOU
  14. 73m819

    Underwater Deuce

    I would bet that AFTER that video was made, that truck became a throw-away because IT went swimming more then once to get that video made, in fact bet more then one truck was used and ALL became throw-aways
  15. 73m819

    42 Sterling?

    Looks like the boom is all there, it was a TWO section boom with the inner sliding out, being pinned where it is needed, looks like the swing out, drop down riggers are missing, that truck was a airfield tractor/wrecker, It had a fifth wheel and pulled a 12ton recovery trailer, these days you do...
  16. 73m819

    M-818 5-ton brake bleeding after new booster...

    Sorta out of sequence-- MASTER CYLINDER, air pack, LEFT rear, right rear, LEFT mid, right mid, right front, lift front
  17. 73m819

    parking brake on warning mod?

    Thought there was a MWO that had a retro fit kit that did just this
  18. 73m819

    Using Wrecker Rear Winch Without Soldier B

    350 lbs IS lite when your used to dealing with up to 350 tons, or figureing out how to slide a fully rigged up oil drill rig 20'
  19. 73m819

    Underwater Deuce

    When the video was made, there was no such thing as a m35a2, more then likely that truck was a GASSER
  20. 73m819

    Intervehicular Cable ? / Truck to trailer cable...

    "cable used between a tractor and a semi-trailer is called an Inter-Vehicular", it is a different cable then a pentle pull trailer cable, the iv cable has more wires and both ends have plugs
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