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I have read all the towing TMs I could find until my eyes bled, I have never found where it says what to do with the shifters of the towed vehicle .
All these rigs are different, some have auto trans, manual trans, two speed T-cases etc.
I'm sure someone will say just put everything in neutral...
There's a guy on YouTube called "black earth farming" that converted over some 800 series axles to air brake, he has two bridge trucks I'd dearly love to have .
If you have the room and the money for a running truck AND a parts truck that is a smart way to own these things, however air brakes are vastly superior .
But if that one truck has a dead engine and about to have no winch, it isnt going to be worth much to him or anyone else, sounds like good...
@ToddJK
I removed the fittings from the old base and put them in this one, hooked up the lines and done .
All original plumbing like the day it was made but with spin on .
I even mounted the base to the original plate by just drilling three holes in the vertical part of it .
So yesterday I finally got my spin on primary fuel filter base and filter installed, and the other two secondary filters changes, no one will ever convince me that they sent the correct gaskets, what a pita, I ended up removing the entire housing from the engine and messing with it for entirely...
I think what some guys do is eliminate the pass side primary, then change the micron rating of the 1st secondary which would now be the primary, and leave the rating of the last filter alone, some guys even tighten up the rating on that but I don't .
Not sure if they put a water seperator on...
You can get the two spin on filters that replace both of your secondary filters now, and anorher filter with mounting boss that replaces tthe primary with a spin on as well but with a higher micron # .
I bought a mounting boss that uses the Wix 33405 which is a 14 micron water seperator with...
The way the original primary filter is designed is really cool, the filter is only in the top half of the housing, so the fuel comes in, dumps straight to the bottom with no interference, deposits any crap (rust water etc.) in the bottom of the filter housing where it stays, then heads up thru...
Make sure everything is greasy, especially the front side of that washer and the back side of that nut, that greatly reduces the friction of the tightening nut trying to take the washer along with it , make sure no burrs on the backside of nut, you want it to slide smoothly along w/o grabbing...
So I was kind of in a panic when I posted this, this truck can't be down, its on call 24/7 .
I knew there was stuff out there available, just didnt know where .
A quick run to Oreillys auto parts for a remote filter mount was a complete waste of time, they couldn't even show me anything they...
Got a new filter went to put it in and it broke (primary)
Does anyone know of a spin on filter setup that goes in its place ?
This is the one under the generator pass side
I attempted once again to remove the new family of stubborn and unusually sturdy wasps from the inside of the cab of my M931A2 .
Here's a vid:
It's a 100° here, I let that engine run at high idle for 15 20 min, as soon as I shut it down (I almost eradicated myself doing so) the wasps were...
Fill it up with dot 5 silicone, if its leaking it'll let you know .
When you fire it up I'd keep a fire extinguisher handy or a heavy book over a removed intake pipe in case it wants to run away from home .
I'm a big fan of ATF in the fuel especially after sitting forever to lube things...
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