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Yep, you need hydraulic pressure to release the cab latch As it is “t”d off of the lift feed-line to the cab cylinder. what happens is the o-ring seal in the cab latch piston lets go and all the pressure escapes there and the latch won’t open. So you need to ID where the leak is. If the...

The center differential we are referring to is in the bottom of the transfer case. in the round section at the bottom where the drive shafts connect is a planetary gear installed as a diff that gets you that 70/30 torque split(mechanical advantage/70% towards the rear). There is also the P7...

Because they are air brakes, I think a simple traction control(brake the spinning wheel to force torque elsewhere) is very feasible. I have drawn up one simple circuit to do this, I just don’t have time to play with it yet...

What year is your truck? The manuals are available in the manuals section on this forum, which is the first section on the main steel soldiers page. I think it is on the second page under present conflict vehicles... The LMTV is full time All wheel drive with as mentioned a 70/30 torque...

A restricted pathway would delay braking force, but not prevent it. If you held steady pedal, the cans would fill to the delivered pressure eventually and provide the associated braking force for that pressure. Of course the quick check for volume is to simply disconnect the line at the can...

no no no, mines better:) Wasn't going there at all, The point I was getting at is they ALL work more than well enough when serviced and kept within their flow limits(Fix your leaks!). But if your old unit isn’t drying properly, it isn’t because of the design(it’s a pretty good design IMO)...

Wedge brakes, no zerks or cams, just rollers between the wedges and plungers, and you need to disassemble them to get to those for fresh grease...

The LSPV only effects rear pressure delivered to the cans. It won’t increase front pressure as the front and rear systems are completely separate. Actually i would strip off the front drums and actuators and inspect the wedge mechanisms(And once the front’s are done, I would do the rears...

You can see the shoes move outward toward the drum when you step on the pedal right? need a feeler gauge to check the gap between shoes and drum. You are looking for .020” between shoe and drum measured in the middle of each shoe arch. it seems weird that the spring brakes would hold but...

I have heard people claim they are better/more efficient, but have yet to see any published numbers on the old style to support such a claim. In fact, based on the sizes and design, it may be just the opposite for two properly serviced units. A new one would probably work great compared to an...

Yep, buck converters are not all that expensive in the lower wattage size. From what I have seen, it looks like you can buy the whole 24v valve/heater module for about $35 anyway, so it is not horrific to get either one to work...

When you build your frame and cage to protect the windshield and front corners, you can attach it to that:) i like just below the window for the reasons you mentioned, and it is still higher than most other 4wheelers are located:) if up top, I would want it inside the rack supported by the...

I don’t think anyone ever asked, but what battery config are you running? That will probably be what ultimately causes you issues(As it does most every other LMTV alt). On the stock alt, the battery bank is way to large a charging load and that was with wet cells, with AGM’s, which most of the...

Last symptom has to do with the anti-compounding valve and is perfectly normal. The rear wedge mechanisms can be damaged if both park spring force AND service brake force are applied together. If no park air is applied to release the springs, the anti-compounding valve applies it when service...

Dryer purge rate is a factor of air consumption. The dryer purges every time the compressor reaches cutoff pressure and unloads. If you started your truck and let it run for an hour without touching anything, in a non-leaking truck, I would expect it to purge once shortly after startup when...

Well actually I did... Like NDT said, if it is charging one battery in parallel, it IS charging the other battery as well. The interconnect wiring between the batteries gives it no choice... If one battery is at 14 and the other three are actually at 12, then you have a battery interconnect...

It may be isolated internally, but with the batteries tied together externally, and with good connections, a 4 channel noco basically becomes a 2 channel noco, as the two channels attached to parallel batteries are basically working in parallel. Yes, there are some slight differences in voltages...

Yea, I forgot about those. That is a great way also, but they are kinda spendy aren’t they?

The gauges used are off the shelf. They used a pigtail to interface the gauge threaded terminals to the plug-in gauge connectors on the harness. If replacing, you should be able to re-use the pigtails. Any new electrical gauges will of course need to be interfaced to power and their sensors and...

Yea simp, I don’t understand... NDT is on track... The pair of batteries farthest from the frame are the 0-12V set. The pair closest to the frame are the 12-24 set. think of a charger/maintainer like another battery. you connect a 12v maintainer -to- and +to+ on an outer battery. You...