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glad you brought that up about the battery issue, slipped my mind. Thank You everyone for the input, maybe and sounds like I better just go with the regular starter... too bad this idea can't be improved, it's got the potential to being good in reality, with fine tuning so to speak
Thank You for links too... it's more like the tan one in the lube trailer pictures
ok i've tracked the tm # down but cannot get into LOGSA anyone have any suggestions or can take time to upload to SS and also any other sources to open it. here is the tm number
TM-5-4930-218-14
Will - so yay or nay...? I've got a bad starter in the 5ton so I have to replace it and figured since it was initially cheaper than a regular starter I'd go with it, but if not really that worth it and it's just one more thing to go wrong then I'll just go with a regular starter. Like i said...
According to the manufacturer there is an oil pump on the butt end of the starter. The starter cannot crank over until it senses that the oil pressure is to a certain psi. Therefore no starts with 8-15 second delays in oil pressure... Would be a great fix to the deuces.
here is it from their...
What a sweet thing she is. All rebuilt in 1991 and nothing seems to have been used since. Everything seems to be there so far. Someone had 'demil' it by taking all the hose lines off, grease guns off, unbolted fuel tank, undid fuel line, and drained every oil container motor, compressor and...
ok, and i tried getting a hold of you via pm but you must of never got it and then i posted a post in a thread right after you did trying to get a hold of you as well... I've had that place finder magazine for this area waiting to send it to you but dont have your address. you can either pm...
Has anyone used a pre-lub starter on their truck? Or seen one with it on. Been thinking about doing this as it is cheaper than a regular starter. However I would need to buy the wiring kit and also the piping for the oil.... opinions accepted ;-)
might of got lucky with that one mounted one... any pictures of the wheels tires? also does he have a cheetah that he can use while trying to inflate the tires at first?
:ditto:I've had a few of my trucks bed liner'd and Line-X has held up the best. After 10 yrs one of the trucks just now finally got a skuff so took it to them and they fixed no charge.
grounded, i tried getting a hold of you, i had that catalog for you but never heard back from ya... I'll have to get another if you are still looking for a place. (maybe you'll see this post)
ditto on the nfpa quote... :-/ hope they are all ok though and yes ditto on just taking tires and winch off... maybe use motor as a new pump ;-) on different truck