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Take 30 days off to reconsider your thoughts.

Here's food for thought. I had an inner duel blow once, and it took out the hydraulic brake line(on a pre 68 2.5 ton civy truck with a single rear axle). Yup, single curcuit brake system. Since the truck was fully loaded, the other (outer) dual blew from the extra load. I ended up...

The shaft should collapse just enough to get it off the PTO end. The other end, , you should be able to drive the U-joint apart. Then use a puller to remove the yoke. If your winch input shaft is really bad, it may need replacement. The yoke with the shear pin hole can be replaced. Fleet...

Sounds like the PTO lever linkage was incorrectly adjusted, for the neutral position/lock plate. I've seen that before, and the resulting winch damage.

Interesting, that drawing shows the hair clip pins, not the Lynch pins. Also has the 2 hole feet(that were supposed to be destroyed/obsoleted). Maybe the pins were updated later as well? I would never use the wire clip/hair pins on my tow bar.

Drop the pan and inspect!

Ray, please remove the sign, and hang it in your garage or something.

And to test the pressure,

Well, the control valve body has a recirculation/relief valve on it. item 27 in this pic from the TM. Have you read the -20 TM for troubleshooting the wrecker controls (I'm guessing it's covered there).

Use an IR gun and measure the radiator and water jacketed areas of the block. I doubt your running at 230, or it would be boiling out. The -20 has troubleshooting info for gauges listed.

Water in the oil, frozen? Stuck open pressure relief valve?

Yes it does! I often edit those titles. I fully agree we need descriptive titles, and need to reserve dramatic titles and the word HELP for real emergencies.

If the SHTF and you have 30K + rounds, you can get any truck you want(after the SHTF). If your not a good mechanic, get a newer vehicle.

We all have bad moments. It's how we handle them, that defines us. As C mentions, this is not the first thread of it's kind.:wink:

Would you like to learn about being banned also? :wink:

Sure, and to make this a lesson in searching, I knew the word "peanut butter" was mentioned in the thread. So that's what I searched, and it was the 3rd thread in my results. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/military-vehicle-road-trips/83548-louisville-ky-bound.html

If you read carefully, he has not removed the drum yet!

Did you miss the thread yesterday, where Gimp did an oil change(and turbo) on I 75? Half the oil change, he didn't even pull over for!

You old guys know ditto machines are obsolete, now a days? Next came the copier, then the scanner... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplicating_machines

2600 rpm is not "low", for a 478cubic inch inline diesel. An IH DT466 max rpm is about 1900-2400.