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  1. Suprman

    Re: Air pressure on the brakes of an M1081!

    Front gladhands are the usual brake locking culprits the passenger side one in particular. The service brake valves only get air when you are stepping on the brake pedal. The air dryer purges moisture out the bottom that it has collected in the last period of time after it purged last. When you...
  2. Suprman

    MRAP bumpers....who's using one?

    The light was used on Sheridan tanks. The previous tank used a VSS1 which is twice as bright but really big and heavy and takes 100a to run. I dont think it has as tight of a beam as the VSS3 though. The 3 is one person manageable the light itself is around 65lbs. the control box and...
  3. Suprman

    Re: Air pressure on the brakes of an M1081!

    The compressor unloader is rebuildable they go bad. Kits are cheap online. Dump that old style air dryer it could be clogged. At 90 psi your brakes should release. Make sure none of the gladhands are clogged or blocked in any way. Bugs can build a nest in little holes blocking air flow.
  4. Suprman

    MRAP bumpers....who's using one?

    The light does not appear to flicker. It's a xenon short arc. Makes a pencil beam you can adjust somewhat via control box switch though.
  5. Suprman

    MRAP bumpers....who's using one?

    No they are around here and there though.
  6. Suprman

    MRAP bumpers....who's using one?

    I have a few of them. Draws around 45 amps at 27 volts.
  7. Suprman

    MRAP bumpers....who's using one?

    The bumper is rg31. The light is a vss3 xenon arc. 70s vintage used on tanks for lighting up a target at 5 miles. Can do white light or IR.
  8. Suprman

    MRAP bumpers....who's using one?

    This can be seen from space
  9. Suprman

    MRAP bumpers....who's using one?

    I have a few mrap bumpers left. The ones with the center hole for winch pass thru.
  10. Suprman

    M 1088 semi tractor.

    The deuce is apples and oranges. Lmtv has 3 seats that fit full size adults and significantly more pulling power than an older deuce.
  11. Suprman

    GOV Planet Tax issues

    But if you are not a business purchasing to resell, by law they can collect sales tax for the state the item was purchased from. Delaware does not have a sales tax and vehicles purchased out of Delaware do not have tax collected regardless of business customer or private purchaser. What state is...
  12. Suprman

    Re: Air pressure on the brakes of an M1081!

    You can shut the air bags off. Bottom right control on the hyd manifold over the fuel tank. I have the air bags.
  13. Suprman

    Dan's M1081 Pick-up and Build

    There are 2 24 volt leads at the battery box. One to the starter and one goes to the polarity protective box and then in thru the cab to the panel. It's easy to miss connecting one if the truck came without batts. The 12 volt into the cab goes thru the polarity box too. I would start at the...
  14. Suprman

    Dan's M1081 Pick-up and Build

    On the left side of the panel, the 3 posts, no 24volt?
  15. Suprman

    M 1088 semi tractor.

    57mph. I don't know of anyone who swapped out the gears on an intermediate axle. Larger tires will bring the 5th wheel up even higher making it more impractical than it already is for anything but pulling a military trailer. The vehicle isn't designed for speed. It will pull a lot of weight though.
  16. Suprman

    Dan's M1081 Pick-up and Build

    Wtec 2 neutral start relay is in the vim module
  17. Suprman

    MEP 804A1 hook up questions

    You already have two 120 volt legs and a 208 leg. The 208 leg would be unused creating an unbalanced load. It wont work this had been covered over and over. The motor generator is the only realistic way to do it. Thats what the military does often when they need 400hz power for aircraft ground...
  18. Suprman

    MEP 804A1 hook up questions

    A transformer can be used to step up or down voltage but not change phase. There are electronic phase changers but they are very expensive. Anything is possible if you throw enough money at it.
  19. Suprman

    MEP 804A1 hook up questions

    The easiest complicated way is a motor generator. Its a gen head on one end and an electric motor on the other in place of an engine on a standard generator. You would get one with a 3-phase motor and run that off the 3-phase gen. It would have a single phase gen head spun by the 3-phase motor...
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