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Very nice looking ambulance! Be careful how you drive it though. M151s are not that hard to roll over. The M718 ambulances will roll over even easier than the M151s. When I was in the Army, we had two separate fatalities when M718s rolled over in two separate incidents. We had several other...
I love my hydraulic chainsaw. Very light weight and lots of power. No fuel and no lubricating oil. I do have to drag the SEE wherever I'm cutting, though.
Check with CSM Army Tires in Anniston, Alabama. They really helped me out with new tires for my FLU419. Great price and excellent condition. https://csmarmytires.com
The oil pressure on my FLU419 is right at 75 PSI when I start it up cold. Once the engine warms up and at idle, the oil pressure is around 35 - 45 depending on how warm the engine is. Once warmed up and the RPMs are high, the pressure is around 70. I'm running 20W-40W oil. I recently did an...
Need to lay ~150 feet or so of 6-inch drainage pipe from my house. The FLU419 backhoe is making the job very easy. Buying my SEE was one of my better ideas. I don't talk about my not-so-good ideas. I live on a gravel road over 1/2 mile from pavement. There is a large rock, about 3 X 4 feet...
I have an M1061E1 trailer I picked up from Jimma a few years ago. It had a lot of rust on it and I had it sandblasted and painted with 383 paint. It looks like new now. I routinely pull it with my M35A3 and previously pulled it with my M35A2 before I sold it. The A3 maxes out at 45 mph, but...
When you say the transmission tries to move in reverse, is the transmission slipping? Does the engine lug down while trying to go in reverse? Perhaps the parking brake is locking up in reverse? I had that happen once in a deuce I previously owned when a spring in the parking brake broke.
I need to adjust the slave cylinder on my FLU419. The TM says to tilt the cab, which I don't necessarily want to do. I haven't actually looked at the SEE yet to make a determination because of other non-related issues. Can the slave cylinder be adjusted without tilting the cab? I've...
I've been thinking the same thing. Between hills and a 45 MPH top speed for my M35A3, interstates scare me. I spend most of the time with emergency flashers on. I've had some very close calls with being rear-ended in the past.
The first thing is to pull the cover off the engine and check the linkage. Make certain that nothing is bent and that the linkage moves freely. If you have a bent rod, rusty or broken springs, replace them. I thoroughly lubed my linkage, replaced the rod and all springs. If everything looks...
I would second using the 395/85R20 tires as a replacement for the 14.5R20 tires. I'm still running the original 14.5R20 tires on my M35A3, but I've already had one tire sidewall fail during the recovery several years ago. The tire actually caught on fire. I run my 14.5R20 tires with 60 PSI...