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  1. FMTV Truck Sales

    CTIS schrader valve and kneeling valve assembly

    Figure 158, parts 33, 34, 35 are available here. Suprman is correct, the schrader valve inside the stem must be removed if using CTIS. Not sure where you found your leak - the seal to the wheel is notorious for leaking.
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    Affordable FMTV Snow Plow Anyone?

    FMTV Truck Sales is VERY proud to introduce the first commercial grade, reasonably priced FMTV snow plow/mount. Today we're able to offer plow mounts and plows for SnowEx HD, V-Plow and PowerPlow (winged) plows....Fisher and Western plow mounts coming soon. Meyer, Boss and highway plows...
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    Post what is needed to Title an FMTV as an RV in YOUR state.

    Montana requires an inspection by a police officer and submission of an Form MV-95. Vehicle must meet four of these five requirements: 1. Cooking, refrigerator or icebox 2. Potable water supply system, including a faucet and sink 3. Self-contained toilet 4. Heating or air conditioning, or...
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    Wolverine oil pan heater.. Anyone tried these?

    Block heater MUCH better than oil pan heater
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    FMTV Replacement Door Handle Upgrade

    Wow! THANK YOU to the five people that purchased the first day we posted them for sale! PLEASE give us feedback on the kit and instructions provided and please share your thoughts with the rest of the folks plagued with bad door handles, no keys and expensive replacements. Thanks for your...
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    FMTV Replacement Door Handle Upgrade

    Glad we can be of service! Keep the feedback coming!
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    FMTV Replacement Door Handle Upgrade

    Gents- As this is a thread looking for input on an upgraded door handle kit, should I assume we have one vote for pink handles?? :smile: We'll be posting the kits for sale today (with black handles for now) Thank you for all of your input - much appreciated!
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    They're awesome...and no noticeable low end loss
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    FMTV Replacement Door Handle Upgrade

    Our experience has been that the old style door handle failure rate is about 40%.
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    FMTV Highway Speed

    The change occurred in 2007 with serial number 100001. This production change was known as SO23 which succeeded prior PY4 and PY5 (A1) production runs.
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    FMTV Highway Speed

    Will do!
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    No need to change driveshafts...the gear set housings are identical (or you can just do a ring and pinion swap in original housing)...good idea to change axle seals, pinion seal, bearings and u-joints while making the swap though.
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    FMTV Replacement Door Handle Upgrade

    We would love to also offer a replacement catch and latch. We've researched and bottom line is that we would have to custom design and NRE costs are exorbitant.
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    FMTV Replacement Door Handle Upgrade

    Of all of the A1R's, miscellaneous A0's and A1's that happened to have been refitted with A1R-style handles and of the hundreds of SD Brazos we've supported since 2007, we've never seen any type of failure with the new style handle. The handle "family" is in current commercial production and...
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    FMTV Highway Speed

    Coachgeo- Correct - when in "Drive" torque split is 70/30, when in "Mode" torque split is 50/50. scottmandu is correct - if in 2WD, we would achieve a 42.8% increase in torque/HP to rear wheels (of course same torque/HP that went to 4 wheels before). I don't see any reason to angle the...
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    WN - Happy to answer any questions you might have. We've installed dozens of sets and have rebuild dozens of axles. We also sell the Caiman take-off or Meritor new gear sets. Swap is fairly straightforward. Feel free to post here or PM.
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    Introducing FMTV Truck Sales and Acela Truck Co.-"New" FMTV's and parts have arrived!

    Just posted new thread with BOM and pricing. Thanks!
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    FMTV Replacement Door Handle Upgrade

    Hello all- Our Acela Monterras all get a door handle upgrade to the new style A1R handles (see pix below). Kit would include: (2) New style door handles with locks (2) New keys (2) Handle gaskets All new rods, new rod clips Instructions and template for cutting The only drawback is that...
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    Introducing FMTV Truck Sales and Acela Truck Co.-"New" FMTV's and parts have arrived!

    Thanks Coffey1 - we are working diligently on reducing costs on some of the more expensive and common failure parts (like door handles). We will also be offering a less expensive door handle rebuild kit that includes the rods and plastic clips (actually a more common problem than the handles...
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