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  1. 73m819

    anybody recognize the harnesses?

    the first and second pic looks like the plug and pigtrils to the military tow lights that is on the tow light bracket it self
  2. 73m819

    Testing 5 ton Sprag?

    does not take a lot of slip
  3. 73m819

    Testing 5 ton Sprag?

    the rear has to over run the front inorder to engage the sprag, this is the case in both forward and reverse
  4. 73m819

    Testing 5 ton Sprag?

    the 5t has a air shift piston in the xcase to shift the sprag from forward to reverse, this get air from a air switch on the trans, this only works in first or reverse, this is why you should always start in first after going in reverse, thw mwo uses a flip valve to shut the air off to the trans...
  5. 73m819

    Testing 5 ton Sprag?

    the rear may slip a little and not the front, if the rear does not slip a bit the front wont lock in and pull, also if you have the air switch installed per the mwo to shut off the air to the xcase, there by putting the sprag in neutral the front will not pull if the air is turned off
  6. 73m819

    Brake Drum Removal on M809 series 5 ton????

    when i had to pull some rear drums on the 819, i had to use a 4 pound hammer and tap HARD outward all the way around for a bit to get them to come off, do not hit on the edge , hit on the drum itself at a angle outward
  7. 73m819

    5t xcase

    well it seems that my xcase went in the crap-per coming back from the ga rally, it had been making a bit of noise every now and then( never saw any metal when checking the oil), at the rally it would not go into low(still wont), coming back, started to make one he-ll of a racket with the shift...
  8. 73m819

    Slave Cable Install ?

    mine has one long and one short, one is connected to the- the other to the +
  9. 73m819

    5 ton shear pins

    kevin at star electric has them
  10. 73m819

    Medium Towbar identification & Q's

    i made some of my pins for me tb, thay look military, my tb does not have the mwo and handled the xm977 just fine, even a multi point turn around which included backing the 977 up a faily steep slope next to the road
  11. 73m819

    beating the dead horse, disconnecting rear axle

    my rear drive shaft is out, never had a problem even in wet weather, though can get stuck in mud if the front if not locked in
  12. 73m819

    final shaft

    my rear shaft is out, i had no trouble on the SS ga. rally trail ride, my front was engaged (air turned on), i did find out at the 06 SS ga. rally trail ride that if the front is turned off you can get stuck REAL easy :oops: the idea behind taking out the rear drive shaft is to keep the two...
  13. 73m819

    What is this?!?!

    it is a voltage drop, old time unit, i have used this type a few times on old cats, going from 24 to 12, we also used those to run 6 volt stuff on 12 volt systems
  14. 73m819

    816 VS 819

    no, just the arrival, that week was real busy, ill post some more the next time im home, DD ill get those pics that you asked for also
  15. 73m819

    816 VS 819

    in viet nam, we pulled long goose neck lowbeds with our 246s
  16. 73m819

    arrives 9/24

    yep, im here in la
  17. 73m819

    arrives 9/24

    didnt do a thing to it, need to fix the fuel in the oil thing, then install a alternator and starter, hope to do all that the next time im home. pic was posted about a year ago, about a strange kw 8x8 on ebay
  18. 73m819

    816 VS 819

    RE: Re: RE: Can someone please help me. there isnt a m63 wrecker, in the 5ts you have m62, m543, m816 wreckers, you have m246 and m819 treactor-wreckers
  19. 73m819

    arrives 9/24

    it will stay od, a 5t fifth wheel, hemtt kboom, a big oilfield winch in front of the fifth wheel. NO CROME
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